April has been really eye opening for me and Trevor and for Clark H&P. April has been full of challenges and choices to overcome them. Let's get into the tangible ways/things that have helped us along through this fine, sunny (and too hot) month of April. In no particular order. . . 1.) Organic Kellogg Potting Soil Trevor swears by this organic outdoor potting mix. It says it's for "containers" but we don't listen to that. We use it straight on the ground, too. The ingredient list impresses Trev because it's simple. . .and we're all about simplifying. Fewer chemical fertilizers and more manure. Just sayin' manure is mighty in your garden. You can find it anywhere you'd buy gardening supplies. How it helped: Saves us the big bucks $$$. This bag costs us around $6. Nothing else compares! Healthy soil is healthy, tasty food. 2.) Self-Inking Stamp This image is being turned into a self-inking stamp. Need I say more? First, Groupon gave me a really good deal. Second, the stamp I already have was carved by me. Yes. Cool, creative, classy but limits the amount of text and clarity I can get. Thirdly, inking a stamp from an ink pad onto many things you want the stamp to appear on is tedious work. I ain't got time, my wonderful friends. This is a business stamper and I can tell you right now my new stamper means serious business. How it helped: I think you know how it helped me. But it will help you, too, if a.) you have many things to stamp or b.) you want a cute stamp to just stamp a few things with. I know, terrible way to convince you. Just check out the cute templates on their website, rubberstamps.com, and you'll see what I mean. 3.) "Use what you Got" Chicken Coop All the ladies are raving. About this chicken coop, I mean! If all the human ladies are salivating over the rustic charm of the salvaged wood coop, then I can only imagine how the hens will react. Trevor had to put in some elbow grease for this one. He pulled the wood from the old dilapidated farmhouse, yanked out all the old nails, washed the wood and, of course, built the thing. How it helped: If you can get your hands on some old wood and recycle it that's a lot of money saved. Also, future breakfast savings. We go through so many eggs. Plus, nothing looks as vintage as vintage itself! 4.) Dream Cream by Pure Haven One of those first hot days we had in April was also a day for weeding, making garden beds and planting. Even with my sunhat and sunscreen we burned, baby burned. Trevor easily recovered while I felt parched and peely. The worst I suffered was my lips! Oh my lips were dry and flaky for days! How is that even possible? And until I admitted my beloved lip balm wasn't cutting it, and switched to this heavenly cream (yes, on my lips), I continued on with rough and parched lip skin. It healed my lips in a single day. What I have always used as a body cream is now my heavy duty lip treatment. How it helped: Ointment-like and rich. All my friends who use it boast how it's not greasy and that a giant tube is less than $14. It has a cult-like following with a reputation for versatility. . .not sure what took me so long. Pick up some for your own in our shop here. 5.) The Five Minute Journal One of the best ways to to lighten up, take life a little less seriously, and free your heart of all the overwhelm (stressful things big or small) is to actually get serious. What I mean by "get serious" is to focus your thoughts on gratitude. The only way that I personally am able to accomplish that is through prayer and faith. However! Putting my mind to gratefulness, thankfulness and a solely positive outlook has become a joy. How? With the five minutes I look forward to, twice per day, and it happened once I started writing it all down. I'm not going to try to explain it, so simply have a gander at this thing for yourself at fiveminutejournal.com. You could always accomplish the same thing in a blank notebook! How it helped: The approach is too simple to make excuses to not follow through. Hence, I take 5 minutes every single morning and every single night to write down a few words. Other than my time spent in prayer it's the very first and very last thing I do each day. Together it has been life changing. LIFE CHANGING.
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