it's not how many pokers are in the fire

[threadwalker]

it's how you pull them out. yesh...was grilling dinner. Yay me! yay fire! Yay seared-fleshy-goodness...oh crap- that's my fleshy-goodness!

metal-skewer + bare hand + fire = oooooow!@$!@!#$#%!

asbestos finger upgrade must be on back order. boo! i've been exploring all the things i can do left-handed while right hand is in ice-water bath. E.G,

embroidery = no
dish washing = F! no
typing left-handed = y
watching tv = y
running = lol... no
snuggling kids in bed = no water bath = briefly.. for as long as i can stand sensation of fingers on fire
computer games = no - can't mouse
hand joining linen with tiny stitches ... on ebh chemise = y!!! wow! but need both knees too. yoga stitching
eating boo-boo-girl ice cream cone= praise the makers of chunky chip mint, hell yes!

more exploring forth coming as soon as i replace my ice. tomorrow wiil suck at work. sigh. the shape of the skewer is perfectly raised in a contrasting color of blisters on my wittle fingers. *sniffle* i may be a +6 for planning, but i think i'm -6 in kitchen. humor aside, this f-ing hurts. wonder if i'll be able to sleep.

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Re: Essential Oils in the every day world

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Essential oils totally fascinate me. If I had more faith in myself that's really what I'd be doing for a living. Unfortunately the term "aromatherapy" is ridiculously inadequate - the simple act of smelling them does have therapeutic effects but it goes so much farther than that! They are a big part of humanity's original pharmacopoeia, and as you mention, we're coming around to realizing that we threw the baby out with the bathwater when we got rid of so many of the "old ways" for the new "science".

Don't get me wrong, there's a great deal of good about modern science, but a whole lot of arrogance and humongous blind spots too. Essential oils work because of *chemistry*, for pity's sake, and yet you can still find posts from skeptics that claim that the use of essential oils is "quackery" and has absolutely zero efficacy - and this in the face of clinical trials of certain oil properties!

*pfeh*

/rant

Apropos of nothing whatsoever other than your comment making me think of it, may I friend you? :-)

Re: Essential Oils in the every day world

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Yes please. We need to talk more!