Fear

The Greek word  Phobos *which is where we get the word Phobia today* means "fear" or "terror" and was also the name of the Greek god who is a representation of fear in Greek mythology, Phobos was known for accompanying Ares the god of war into battle along with the ancient goddess Enyo, the goddess of war and strife, the goddess of discord Eris, and his twin brother Deimos. the god of dread and terror. 

Fear.  In today's world they tell you to be afraid of EVERYTHING this food causes cancer, this food makes you fat, you'll die if you don't do this everyday, you could die in a car, you'll definitely die on a plane, terrorists are everywhere.  The list of things to fear goes on and on, books are filled with phobias.  Fear stands in the way of so much, of so many.  Recently Cassie a blogger that I've recently started to follow wrote A very interesting post and it got me to really start thinking. 

What am I REALLY afraid of?  Do those fears stand in the way of me living a really authentic, and amazing life?  The life that God wants for me?  What are these fears?  Why do I have them? What can I do to eradicate these fears?

I felt inspired to make a list *like I always do* of the fears that worry me the most, the ones that so often occupy my mind, and my heart.  One of my fears actually intertwined with my blog and this post.  So that is when I decided to do a blogging series on fear.  I know there will always be things that I'm afraid of but there are some that I can definitely do something about.  So I'll be showing my list of fears here and then this upcoming week I'll go into more detail about each one, and how I plan on overcoming them or just coming to terms with them. *I will also be very honest in these posts and hope that people are kind enough to keep negative opinions and judgements to themselves*

Now I'm not a huge Yoda fan *he kind of creeps me out* but he made an excellent point.

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger.  Anger leads to hate.  Hate leads to suffering"

 I don't think you could ever get anything more true than this from a weird little Jedi, fighter, troll dude.  The stuff about the dark side notwithstanding, Yoda makes an awesome point.  Fear Does lead to anger, anger Does lead to hate, and any negative emotions like hate will Always lead to suffering.  If i look back at the times I've lashed out at people at the very root of it, it was almost always because I was scared of something.   
Bet you never knew star wars got so deep did ya?


So here is the list of the fears, worries, and anxieties that keep me up at night. The ones that make my mind go crazy.  And the ones that stop me from living the life that God wants me to.

1. Driving
2. Being honest about my body
3. The end of the world
4. My brothers & Parents
5. Something happening to my marriage
6. losing someone else
7. my inability to follow through

Second Hand Sunday

Welcome to Second Hand Sunday, this is going to be a bit different than usual.  This is the Home Remedy edition of Second Hand Sunday!  I'm only sharing a few on here but I just thought maybe some of you don't know these things!  And I couldn't get by without them, so I need to share the wealth here!  And I mean it's family tradition and also considered second hand information so it works right? Right.

So if you don 't know what this is, it's Aloe Vera.  An amazing plant!  This isn't exactly a home remedy more of a good idea.  When I was a little girl running around with about 10 of my cousins up at my Grandma Donna's house someone *inevitably me being the youngest and the only girl* would fall and hurt themselves, get a scratch, sometimes even a burn, or a sunburn, rope burn, a cut from something we shouldn't have been playing with...pretty much anything and everything you could think of we were told could be fixed with aloe vera...not the kind in the bottle you get at the store but the plant grandma had outside on the porch and the best part was we wouldn't get in trouble for it because the adults never had to know!  You just go over and rip a chunk of this wonderful plant off and rub the sticky gooey end on wherever and whatever is hurt...and there you go!

 

 

 

Number two, Apple Cider Vinegar.  ALWAYS have it on hand.  It's great!  It is the only thing I've ever tried that ALMOST INSTANTLY cures hiccups!  I hate hiccups.  HATE hiccups there is nothing worse.  It can acutally hurt ya know?  Well 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and they are GONE yeah it's kind of rough going down but like I said almost instantly gone.  This second hand info came from Great-Grandma Dorris on my mom's side.  *And she actually looked like Dorris Day, fun fact*

And Last, but DEFFINITELY not Least!  My absolute FAVORITE home remedy, and if you're anything like me it'll be yours as well!

Yes.  Yes that is yellow mustard.  Do you know what it cures?  Do you know what it cures instantly and beautifully?  Do you know what obnoxious pain it takes away *that somehow even to this day ALWAYS manages to make me cry?* ...Bee stings, wasp stings, ant stings...pretty much anything that stings you.  Squirt a generous supply of yellow mustard on it.  Nothing is better!  The pain will go away faster than you'd expect!  I will never forget when I first learned about this as a little girl I got stung at my grandma's house and came inside crying and my great grandma cowles *around 90 at the time* walked over and squirted mustard on the offending sting and told me in a firm voice to "hush" I was in shock then I realized the pain was gone!

It works so well that in the summer I actually keep these in my purse *because I hate getting stung and I'm that paranoid*

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eBay

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 well I've never purchased anything on eBay before *I'm an amazon girl I guess* I found something I want SO badly!!! Nobody has bid on it yet and it's been up awhile...does anyone have any eBay experiences they'd like to share?  Helpful tips maybe?  Anything would be appreciated!

I want to get a new camera

So I need a camera, a really good camera, I LOVE to take pictures and am so tired of doing it with my phone my husband is 'mad' at me because I got in his words a 'dinky cheap camera that still sucks' because I didn't want to spend alot of money on it especially at Christmas time now he's telling me to start looking for a better one...any ideas?  I really am not sure where to go with this I've been looking at what other bloggers are using and though I'm usually a cannon girl the Nikon D5100 looks very nice...any oppinions?  Advice?  What do you use?