Ginger Tea

...I'll wait and you all can tell me about it. Yeah, Goey, that's right ~ who really cares about the p.r. of twi.

...thinking tickets for two ANYWHERE (like Vegas, or New Orleans, Hawaii, or Bermuda...silly me)

can we define dysfunctional? (;

rolf I bet after a few "huhs" "what's this" They hugged you and loved you anyway ~

If you tell me something she likes (scent wise ~ or an example of a perfume she likes or you like on her), I might be able to come close enough to it in a simple bath oil for you. plus, if you but some strethey coed, you may be able to make her a choker or something fantasic with some semi-precious stones (an is in strand from a bead shop or store) ~ I could assis you there...as well. Anyway, if you write down a scent, I could give you some simple selections to choose from that are cost-effective and ~ will go a long way. Whatever you like! ok? Same with anyone else... Here's some Mamly treasures ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spicy Aftershave Mix together the following essential oils; 5 drops each ~ ok? lavender bergamot (fcf) 4 drops ~ ok? frankincense 4 drops ~ ok? petitgrain 2 drops each ~ ok? grapefruit lime 1 drop each ~ ok? black pepper (the esential oil, please) patchouli basil Leave to infuse for 2 days then add 2 tsp. Lemon Vodka; infuse 2 more days; mix in 4 tsp. orange flower water (homemade or health food store) Leave one week! Shake up, fill in a cool amber bottle or shaker type with cork or snap lid... That a million dollar aftershave sure to please everyone ~ Graprfruit Seed Facial Splash ~ "Grapefruit seed extract has so many healing qualities including antibiotic, anti-viral, anti-fungal, and deodorizing properties. Add 3 drops of *GSE to i tbsp. pure water ~ and apply daily to face...watch out for your eyes please! And it will tingle some on broken skin. For scalp health ~ add 5 to 10 drops of *GSE to a portion of shampoo, massage, on wet or dry hair, leave on 2 minutes, then rinse thouroughly. epeat twice the first week, once a week afterwards. (what would be nice is to get an herbal shampoo from the herbal store, they are wonderful and cheap enough, pour in the *GSE ~ another plastic bottle you'll buy there anyway...and add them to cool bottles as gifts...yeah, Guys who travel or are batchelors' might really love this...trust me.) Smooth Shaving Oil Mix together essential oils like this; 10 drops frankincense 6 drops lavender 6 drops bergamot (fcf, they'll know) 3 drops euchalyptus 1 drop tea tree blend with 10 drops grapeseed oil (not extract) Massage 3 drops over the beard or other area to be shaved...then shave as usual. This leaves the skin soft, and supple, and is antiseptic, antivital, and antifungal...speeding any healing of skin problems or cuts. ~~~~ Make tins of loose teas for gifts ~ you can label them or paint on the tins...stencil..whatever ~ Some combos are ~ (loose teas plases, buy infusers to go along with your gift for $2.00) Buy loose green tea ~ Buy OR USE YOUR OWN DRIED MINT LEAVES, peppermint, spearmint, or wintergreen Mix them together and pour into your decorated tins, adding the infuser to the botton or the top. ~ You can use other herbs if you like, and while you are at it, tie some cinnamin sticks with a pretty velvet cord and present an orange blossom or flower honey to go along with...if you can't spend alot...trader joe's sells loose grens and teabagsa of mints and other herbals...you can mix and match what tastes good to you, then empty the teabags into your loose green mixture ~ Just some ideas...don't forget tea cookies, like ginger snaps and lemon thins too!

...where one's experiences with the world, thru people, conversations, books, movies, art, etc...all are perceived with this 'filter'. Does it 'line up' with the way-dogma and it's version of the bible or doesn't it? If is does ~ make a match ~ it's okay (until someone changes it) If it doesn't ~ it's demonic, carnal, of this world (until someone comes along and does it). Just part of the answer I'm thinking about... Clean your filters! (;

Use a plastic spoon or a wooden one! A large platic spoon is your best bet because you'll be able to use it again ~ where a wooden, well, it's porous and the essential oils will ansorb into it ~ you will throw that away afterwards. What are you thinking of making TomTurkey? ~~~ Scented Papers When you find a great box of stationary, and want to give that as a gift to your favorite letter-writter, here's a few ways to add scents to the box (beforehand, of course) Place 5-6 drops of your favorite essential oil(s) onto a pieco of cotton and add it to the box...leave for 7-10 days, then remove...(like rose, bergamot, sandlewood, jasmine or ylang-ylang) ~~~ Potpourris for Drowsing You can fill a bowl by a bedside or fill a sachet to slip into a pillowcase between/ beneath pillows for soothing esters ~ all flowers are dried, btw. dried rosemary has a clean, soft scent, not like the ol or fresh herb, and it can be mixed in the following to prevent *nightmares (someone's child having any?) *2 tbsp. lavender, 1 1/2 tsp. rosemary, 1 tsp. chamomile, 2 tsp. orris powder. ~ *smooth slumber sachets *2 tbsp. rose petals, 2 tsp. merliot or sweet grass or woorfuff, 1-2 pinches vetiver root, ans 1 tsp. orris root. ~ * clean balm scahet * 2tbsp. lemon verbena, i tsp. lavender, 2 tsp. powdered dried orange peel, 1 pinch cinnamon and 1/2 vanilla bean (remember ~ everything must be dried out first...you can buy these things already dried at a health food/natural store or do them well in advance yourself.) ~~~ Dream catcher boxes In a tight lidded box, add several drops of lavender, jupiter, or frankinscense to a cotton ball....store for a few weeks..then take out and safely tuck inside a tedy bear or a dream catcher for 3 weeks to infuse the fabrics...

Hi ((Krys)) If you have a few bottles, like the nice blue or greens, reds, pinks, even clears (you can add little trinkets inside or dried flowers or fruit rinds, etc. ~ small bottles for 1/4 oz. on up ~ you'll find these will work well plus you can trim down a wine cork or buy re-sealable or snap-down lids ~ you can even dip the lids when the bottles are filled, in a melted wax and put a little seal on them or engrave your own( be careful with the hot wax though, I recommend a double-boiler there) ...and don't forget to add decorative beading if you fancy or use a lovely ribbon. ~ only use pure essential oils here please (not synthetic, they have no benefits and we are using this for our skin) THIS IS THE BASIC BATH OIL FORMULA ~ TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING OILS ~ YOU WILL ADD THE OTHER INGREDIENTS I"VE WRITTEN UNDER EACH DIFFERENT RECEIPE TO THIS ~ ALWAYS START WITH THIS FIRST: 1/2 cup almond oil 1/2 cup castor oil OIL from 6-10 Viatmin E capsules I cup safflower oil or sunflower oil 20 - 30 drops oils essential oils (depending on what you like or will select below) Blend all these oils together. Place in a glass container. with a tight-fitting lid. Shake or stir every day for a week. (this helps blend the fragrances and allows you to make adjustments) Before bottleing, add coloring oil (if you like) or dried flowers, fruits, herbs, etc...but they must be DRIED. Maskes 2 cups of the folowing fragrant bath oils. ***RainForest Tropicals to the above basic recipe ~ your selection of essential oils would be: 15 drops of bergamot 10 drops of peppermint 5 drops of lavender 5 drops sweet orange oil My choice of additives would be dried mangoe (from produce dept at grocer and dried mint leaves...maybe some dried pineapple slice...) This is a refreshing bath oil and a teaspoon in a fully drawn tub will be delightful (and enough). ***Golden Eastern Nights Bath Oil Usung the basic formula above, your selection of esential oil would be: 20 drops of jasmine oil 10 drops of bergamot Here's something that will please the recipient too... buy a gold leaf sheet at your hobby/art shops...composite leaf is fine, it need not be 24 kt.) Blend oils and fragrance. Tear sheet of gold leaf into pieces and place the pieces into the bottle before adding the oils. ~ One teaspoon added to a drawn bath ~ ***Orange Cinnamon Bath Oil to the bacic formula above ~ add these essential oils instead; 20 drops sweet orange oil 10 drops of cinnamon oil ...broken cinnamon sticks and a dried orange slice (cut in half) would look great in this bottle but remember to add these things to the bottle before pouring in the oil. One teaspoon...drawn bath ***you can use the basic recipe and when you get to the part that needs your adding fragrant essential oils ~ Here are some more combos ~ or you what you loke, please know they are potent oils...thet will release their esters...less is more... *Lavender and lemon is very nice try a drop of each together, see what you think *Chamomile and ylang-ylang might be something you'd like... if interested, I'd go 10 drops chamomile 10 drops ylang ylang 5 drops clary sage ~ *Lavendr and sweet orange oil 20 drops sweet orange oil 10 drops lavender *Rosey Spice 15 drops rose oil 10 drops cinnamon *Ocean Breeze here's a few combos *eucalyptus, rosemary, bayberry, lavender, *peppermint...try a drop of each together on a blotter...see whay you'd like most together... Guys love this too... You might even find an 'ocean blend' already made at the natural food store...check that out because they may have already combined it just right for you ~ or give it a try yourself...I'd add a little *ylang ylang in there too! (a little leftover bergamot oil might help with *cypress oil, if you are looking for a clean cruisin' feeling... To go along with these oils ~ you can use the same oils to bath salts, as well... my fav soother is: i tbsp. glycerine 10 drops chamomile 5 drops ylang-ylang 5 drops clary sage to a few cups of epson, dead sea, celtic and sea salts. Another of my fav 'SEAsalt' is I cup epson salt I cup sea salt 10 drops peppermint 5 drops eucalyptus oil 1-2 drops cypress ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Theses bath oils are simple and do not include the items above ~ seperate simple wonderful recipies *Orange ~ Grapefruit Bath Oil makes less than 1/4 cup 3 tbsp sweet almond oil 5 drops orange oil 5 drops grapefruit oil combine oils in bottle and shake! *add one tsp once the bath has been drawn to avoid the essential oils evaporationing ~ *Roses ~ Baby Oil Rose Bath add miniature dried roses in bottle before adding oil. Use a clear or very light bottle here. I cup baby oil 20 drops rose oil (rose oil is expensive, but you can buy rose absolut for about $10.00 a sm. bottle ~ that wil give you enough to make this, some rose facial tonic, add drops to your moisturizing creams, and make rosewater ~ it won't be wasted (; *add to a full drawn bath ` as above ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's some helpful fragrance goupings for you ~ if you get stuck, ok? Citrus ~ bergamot, sweet orange, tangerine, mandarin, lime, grapefruit and lemon Spicy ~ vanilla, cinamon, clove Herbal ~ sage, rosemary, peppermint, bayberry, eucalyptus, Musky ~ sandlewood, patchouli, Floral ~ lavender, jasmine, rose, chamomile, ylang-ylang Fruits ~ mango, coconut, blackberry Special combos you can buy, already prepared and mixed for you, with both top and bottom notes ~ ocean, rain, mountain airey-types, and rainforest ~ oh..and apple grove, etc. I'll ck in soon to see how it's going Krys or any of you can reach me if you have questions ~ or if you can't find something... may have some hanging around. Happy Holiday Creating! Ginger edited..I have just located Crabtree & Evelyn's Fragrant Herbal... I'll give some combos from there to you personally Krys, if you like...or perhaps they do have an internet site... I've loads more from aromatherapy books for specific 'scents' for 'specic responses' Let me know if I can locate something for you ~ from total relaxing, to lifting depression, to aiding grif...you name it...there is something for everything. xo [This message was edited by Ginger Tea on December 10, 2003 at 1:47.]

That's really great ! BTW, you were picked by someone we both know 'out here' in the Secret Santa ceremony...lol. You'll need to pass the snail mail addy to F.T. so that he can be jolly ~ o; I've been stringing beads ~ some pretty glass ones and some semi-precious stones for ornaments this year...with silver or brass wire...they look great. I've added 'jewels' to candles too. (on the outside, like a skirt-over or pinned them on). Wine charms...real easy to make with memory wire or even old erring hoops you may have around..or regular wire for a closer attatchment. Each set (of six) included a different focal point trinket or pendant (depending on the look) and a few frosted glass beads or crystal beads ~ every wire has a different color for each glass...so people will recognize their wine glass from anothers. I have this pretty set I bought ~ brand new stemware ~ where I'm working on beading the stem in a way that it comes out at the fluted bottom in a continual swirl....you need a jewelers pliar really to do this...and a thin gauge wire...24 is good, because your using small beads. I think it will make an awesome gift... I also have bought stretchy cord and lampwork glass tropical fish beads (colorful and adorable) to make kids some bracelets and anklets...and hair thingies. So, I've been working on jewelry this year...for gifts...if anyone is interested, go to your neatrest bead shop and browse thru 'BeadStyle Magazine' or "Bead and Button" and see if there's anything you might want to get into ~ as in ~ make yourself (or for yourself). You can order beads cheaply if your going to make alot of things by checking out Mountain Fire Gems catalog (it mails quickly if you act now)~ they are quite reasonable...have almost everything you would need...except the designer 'focals'...but your bead shop will have plenty of featured artists work. Is anyone interested in bath oils ~ aif so, I'll write some out next time...and guess what? You can bead your bottles too! o; If you can buy some pkgs, of hairsticks...wooden ones already with a drill on top...quess what else you can do? That's right! You can use a pin (1 1/2 in' length is good) ~ load it with pretty beads (gemstones like amethyst, citrine and peridot actually go cool together, in assorted shapes, or flourite is nice because it varies from greens to lavenders, rainbow moonstones flash beautifully, or pearls...freshwaters pearls in mauives and peacehes are hot right now... Anyway, Later... Nice ideas ~ thanks for adding them.

~ you are the best clue-solver I have seen on the GS ~ The 'sandier' ~ the better El Fortunoff (Good Fortune) to you and yours! Many Happy Returns! Ginger Tea

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...of course he did. For the sake of everyone that also believed like him, I hope they change ~

and thought, it may be a good test for yourself on utilizing your realizations to protect yourself and also, feel secure about where you're at... if you want closure and to see people. If you really want to 'live and let live' ... you may be surprised to find that their cultish behaviors won't hurt you ... they might bore you ... but you'll be okay. If you want 'out' ~ you can give that to yourself to. There may be someone there who knows about a job, or also feels the way you do ... you won't know if you don't go ... but that doesn't mean you have to go either. You can still make what you want to happen for yourself, no matter where they are at. TWI doesn't make the rules for your life anymore, so, go have fun... or stay away and see a great movie instead! Like you said, you get to decide.

Does he have a ministry? I'm curious about Jerry for my own personal reasons...not because I'd join him, for sure. ???

Thanks CoolWaters. I remember about a 15 year old who shot her brains out while visiting her sisters house for the summer...her Mom died the year before. There are thousands of these types of stories. People, especially the young, feeling isolated and helpless...and in pain. We all need to tell young people...'show' rather...that we care...that we can listen and with-hold judgement...that their life will get better .... ... if only they can get ahold of someone's hand today ... someone who cares ... we need to learn and more importantly, LISTEN for the warning signs! Kit, Sex education and suicide education IS for prevention...not encouragement! IF it's failing... it needs to be revised... it's too important to put back in the closet... but it certainly needs an 'overhaul'. Ginger

So, you give me these pictures of some shet-kickers to what????? To put up around MY HOUSE!!! And scare the kiddies!!!! What's yo' problem? TWI...or any other CULT #1,2,3 or twenty thousand ~ "fa get about it!" btw, those pictures do look like the ones at the post office ~ you know, on the bulletin board...the most wanted ~ unwanted! Hi Seth, Happy Thankgiving and all to you ~ Ginger xo

IT???? What is IT???? IT's that bug that crawls up some people's a$$es!!!! Did I get it? (not IT as in up my own a$$) (;

Hi Vic ~ Some years ago I started a gratitude journal. On each page ~ or half, if you have a wonderful journal and want to save space like I do this year...(; ... you list 5 things you are grateful for, right? Years ago, when I started, my attitude of gratitude wasn't as refined ~ or should I say, 'clear on' what gratitude really is ~ thanksgiving ~ I used to search around to fill in those 5 little lines, always grateful for my child, a home, work...friends...abilities...all the 'given's' Over the years that's grown...from having bad days where I'd had little to contribute to gratitude, where I'd say, it rained today ~ (someone might be glad)...or things like birds or butterflies were eating or flying around something or other... Over the years ~ Trips to libraries were replaced by book buying of my favorite authors and new ones, having my own library of sorts now, as well... Weather ~ was able to be seen for the intricate part it plays in our daily lives, not for a lack of something else I wasn't able to focus on ~ about our life ~ why question, right?...be thankful we can breathe... Friends..having them doesn't matter in quite in same way as being one does, I've begun to see... Family...well, no choice there...but making the wrongs right, doing the best for anyone who asks or needs...kinda makes up for all the crap families look like they bring when gratitude for being born in one isn't acknowledged, yes? Work...pays the freight and then some...and thankfully, is changable for the flexible person... Everything matters...when we take time to notice...especially the little things. What seeds are you planting? How does your garden grow? What wonderful returns come back to you for the efforts... Thanks for a THANKSGIVING thread Vic ~ THANKS ~ GIVING This whole concept (embracing it) makes my life much more real, so vivid, and brings depth and understanding...and awe to most things that come in my path. I think my journal today might add that some more may benefit (it's only a day away to making such a commitment as to be thankful for only 5 things a day) from what gratitude really is...a life enhansing tool for CHANGE, improvement, replenishment, and rejuvination...among other things. Love & Happy Thankgiving to You and Yours, Ginger

if it's in your area are the cool 'used' tape, book, cd, dvd, even album ~ exchanges...you can buy or trade. Hey, if anyone is looking for a cool hobby or new small business venture...while you won't get rich (unless someone's trading in some rare first editions or such)...this could be a pleasurable experience for a part-timer...your overhead isn't much, a garage or renting part (such and such sq. ft.) of a shoppe and other than a good filing system, a computer, a few shelves (do it yourself types)...you could get busy...put in some ads in the free penny savers or send out flyers...word gets around quick...and you'll have a hands on hobby ~ anyway, sorry for the choo-choo

Well, you could tape it next time it's on tv if you can't find it anywhere...although a phone call to a video store might produce a copy...hmmmm...Forrest Tucker with Rosalind!!!! I was very young when I saw Ann Miller play Auntie 'MAME' on Broadway...it is one of my all time fav's too! Good luck..if I come across one way out here ~ I'll let you know! xo

...a Planetarium instead! (;

To the Sane One! (; xo

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