Plastic

So I've been on this alignment kick lately. So now I'm noticing the synchronicity everywhere. I caught a clip on TV of Suze Orman saying we need to align our thoughts and words and feelings and actions in order to have harmony. We should work to make sure what we think and say and feel and do are in balance. I also found this quote on a website, "I aspire to ever higher levels of alignment between my thoughts, words, and deeds, and my values." Of course it all rings true because that is exactly what I'm striving for in my life lately.

This brings me to plastic. I could gag at all this plastic in my house. William is 6 so I've had a lot of this plastic around for SIX years! I'm thankful that we could pull out the carseats and pack-n-play and toys and high chair and saucer and walker and jumper and piano and all that jaz without having to spend a dime this time around but seriously the plastic (I'm trying not to say 'is killing me') is getting hard to take. I just can't wait until I can get rid of this stuff. I can't wait to move it out of my house. I'm so ready for Kira to start walking so half this stuff can go. I'm sure I'll have her at the kitchen table much earlier than William was. It's suffocating. It's everywhere. Everything in my house is fluorescent. She doesn't even like most of it. She'd much prefer to pull books off the bookshelf or tear apart the newspaper or rip a kleenex to shreds. And I believe that most objects have their own sort of energy or vibration. Doesn't an old wooden trunk or well loved piece of furniture just FEEL good?! Wood feels different than plastic. Plastic is so lifeless and our oceans are filled with it. There are a few different Garbage Patches of plastic in the ocean. One is TWICE THE SIZE OF TEXAS! Apparently these tiny plastic pellets of supersaturated poison are mistaken for fish eggs and end up in the fish that we eat. Gag me! So this cycle isn't working for me...buy the plastic that doesn't feel good to have around and then dump it and hope it doesn't kill us all in the end.

So I've decided to try and stop buying so much plastic. I mean maybe I would actually have my elusive ideal weekend morning and wake up to see my child playing with wooden toys if I actually bought her wooden toys. Maybe I need to stop shopping at Target. Then my house will have less stuff and the stuff that it has will be made of something living that will give off it's own lovely vibration and won't end up killing us all in the long run. So let's see...my thoughts (hate the plastic)...words...(hate the plastic)...feelings...(hate the plastic)...and ACTIONS (STOP BUYING THE PLASTIC) will then finally be in alignment. You wouldn't think it would take me 36 years to figure this out.

Maybe if we all just only buy reusable, poison-free products - that is all they'll make. I'm excited to see what non-plastic options I find. There is a Living Plastic Free blog that I'll have to check out. I also did a search on making my own powdered toothpaste.

2tbsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp vodka (only one teaspoon?)
2 drops each: Oregano oil, wintergreen, peppermint

or

wide mouth jar
add one cup baking soda
and one cup salt
swish a few tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide
rinse with water