Nija's Thoughts

Acne *vitamin A & vitamine E- once daily *brown sugar- in face wash *Grated cucumber- apply over the face, eyes, and neck for fifteen to twenty minutes eating right & exercising- three meals a day, lots of water, avoid sugar, strong tea or coffee, condiments, soft drinks, candies, ice cream, refined & processed foods *Hot Epsome Salt Bath- 2x a week, add 1 ½ kg (about 3 1/2 lbs, 6C) of Epsom salts to 60 L (16 gal) of water having a temperature of about 37°C (about 97°F). remain in the bath tub for 25-35 mins till sweating freely. After the bath, cool off gradually Menstral Cramps *hot compress- Soak a towel in warm water, wring it out, & apply to lower abdomen *drink a lot of warm liquids- chamomile tea & honey, gingerroot tea, nettle tea Sunburn *aloe vera or vinegar- it will stop inflammation & pain *mustard oil- rub on the affected skin & allow to it dry, this will take out the heat from the skin *Baking Powder Bath w/ a few drops pf Lavend...

I saw an AARP Bulletin and it mentioned something about Harry Potter being banned on the cover so I looked at it & found a list of books that at one point were banned or had attempted to be by American schools & libraries. They include many classics like the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn for its adultuary theme, The Grapes of Wrath by John Stienbeck for it's language, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe for being too political, I Know Why the Cage the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelo for too much sex. Remember these; The Adventures of Huckelberry Fin, Gone With the Wind, Of Mice and Men, The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mocking Bird, One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, In Cold Blood, The Color Purple, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl? Well they were all banned at some time for being socially offensive. The American Library Association annually sponsors (in part) a banned books week from Sept. 25- Oct. 2 that celebrates the first amendment draws attent...

I graduated from high school on May 21 and I feel no different. Some part of me feels like in the fall I will see all my friends again walking the halls that we didn't really act like we owned even if we were the "big dogs on campus". Highschool was always interesting to say the least; other peoples drama, friends parting, and relationships. Being involved with the arts in school made it that much harder to part with but surprisingly I didn't find myself in tears as I walked across that stage & saw the friends I was leaving behind with the impressions we made upon eachother but smiling and happy. Now I'm still not sad but I am going to miss everyone as we move on to bigger and better things. Good thing there is always facebook:) peace, love, & flowers

I feel old when I get up in the morning to see dora & diego, handy manny, and ni hao kai-lan. Those are just some of the shows where you actually learn something instead of the more mind numbing stuff that allows parents to let the tv babysit there children. When I was little there was the flintstones, the jetsons, scoobey doo, & tom and jerry. We learned sharing from barney, seaseme street and blues clues, quality shows. Does anyone remember Madaline? that was the cloesest we had to a language learning show & I loved that show as a little girl. Kids now are deprived of such good shows that were nice & simple but didnt talk to us like we were hard of learning. I remember lamb chop, mr roger's neighborhood, gullah gullah island, & wishbone as most people around my age do. Where are shows like that now? They still show some of they good ones like auther and clifford but children arent watching them as much:( peace, love, & flowers nija

This is my first blog post & this was what came to mind. First I think that the taylors should have gotten best kiss. I love twilight & am a avid fan but their face sucking was epic lol. Second what was going on with Jacob's hair in the preview clip? it was like that guy from grease. I love grease but I don't think it's a becoming look for jacob. I'm still very excited for eclipse to come into theaters. I feel like the movies are just getting better but I wish the characters looks would stop changing so drastically. I understand that in movies the characters looks tend to evolv with the story but I dont think the twilight characters make overs fit the small time span that the story seems to take place over. peace, love, & flowers Nija