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Harvest hosts is a great way to experience a new place on a very personal level. We have been guests at a variety of locations, everything from exclusive winery's to personal homes. Reading the reviews often paints a clear picture of what your proposed location will be like. Do not expect any form of bathroom facilities. But often enough you just want to enjoy serinity and not have to put your polite face on and introducing yourself and tell your story. That is why we are camping after all. After all we will continue to mostlly stay at campsites with the occasional Harvest Hosts visit. - Plan to quarantine on a campsite
- don't bring any plastic toys, or at least bring just a small bag and hide them away! - bring books to read and color in and crayons - make sure you got kids gear for all weather - stock up on wine (seriously) We are quarantining on The Medicine Farm in Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. It's a real special place and I recommend this experience to anyone. I believe we had rain for the first 4 days straight. Still the kids wanted to play outside, so out come the rain boots and the rain jacket. Put any soaked clothing up on a line to dry out once the sun comes back. Our kids are 2 and 4. they both seam to have an endless amount of ideas of how to have fun in this rain forest. from playing puppy (one is on a pretend leash as a puppy, the other is the boss), to creating songs that tries to help with the poty training (shake it out-shake it out in the morning.....) The bottom line is, go explorer with your kids, be a kid, do something new every day, from building a fire ring, to putting up a canopy or some lines to hang cloths, to playing and creating songs to learning how to count and read. Kids want to do everything you are doing, and while that can be challenging to have your little one help with cooking dinner, doing this while quarantining is probably the best time, because you ain't got shit to do anyways. might as well be patient, take the time you have and bond with your kids, or your partner! When did you last just sit together with your partner and where not just physically but also in spirit and mind connected, with no rush of getting to the next thing? I haven't in months, sadly, maybe in the last year. So: Be loving, be patient, be forgiving. Realize how amazing of an experience you can have with your kids if you try to see things from their POV. I am still only 10 days in, so i'll keep ya posted!
EDIT: the video is not available anymore and i won't bother fixing it, since it will prob happen again. So just look for Foundation training and back pain. good luck!
this is the exercise i am doing to help strengthen my back and get rid of some pain. as my belly gets heavier and puts more stress on my back, this seems to help me a lot so far. i am 20 weeks now. not saying, this is for everyone. it's hard and might not be the right thing for you. but it helped me and helped my husband even more. so talk to your health adviser first.
...things change. slowly first. Even tho I'm still early on (16 weeks) it has been a very interesting and also a challenging experience already. I have, had, a very set regimen when it comes to my physical activities. My partner makes me push myself to the limit all the time, as I try to keep up with him, and I like that kind of stress/challenge. As the weeks go by with my pregnancy I was able to adapt my way of thinking. It was not about being my strongest anymore, not about keeping up and getting stronger. It became about staying healthy.
At first it felt strange and disappointing, that you couldn't do certain things as aggressive or intense anymore. With bouldering for example I am very careful to not tackle any too high boulders. I am a very clumsy person, who doesn't quite know how to fall properly. My limps just flop around uncontrollable. So now, having a responsibility to grow a healthy baby, I stick with very easy problems, minimizing risks of injury. Sometimes i would even just lay back and watch only or do some squats and push ups instead, if the hike to the boulders haven't already exhausted me. And this is just one example which translates to all the things I love doing, and there a lot. What I found so far was pretty enlightening, tho obvious. As much as I enjoy competition or challenges and taking some risks, I find myself enjoying my activities in a more meditative way. I am more aware of my beautiful surroundings, body and soul seem to be better connected. I seem to go into any activity in a more relaxed way, less aggressive ("i have to get this route, i have to ride this trail"). Maybe that is the glow that people talk about that pregnant women seem to carry. The glow of relaxation, being more at peace (unless some of the unpleasant side effects are bothering you a lot. Tho i see a trend in active women having less of those, at least within my circle of people). Never forget to have fun and listen to your body and common sense. We moved here around the end of August 2014 and it has been an amazing adventure. After about four days after moving in, we moved out again. Sort of... We went on a vacation, for a whole month: Vienna, Corvara in Badia, Trevico, Vienna.
Initially I only planed to see my family by myself. My beloved man insisted to attend his duties as a husband, joining his wife, me, on the journey to gather with my family. The funny thing is, as soon as his family found out about our Europe trip, they wanted to come and it evolved into this fantastic big family and adventure trip. We all went from Vienna, Austria, to see family and friends, to the beautiful Dolomites in Corvara, Italy. Another mission of the Lemotte's, my husband's family, was to meet and see some of their relatives in Trevico, South of Italy. Arrived in Trevico, we did not waste much time to visit the relatives. Some have shed tears once they realized, that my father in law's ancestor was somehow related to them. They opened their homes and kitchens to us, welcoming us, as if we knew each other for ever. The food was out of this world. Back to living in Mariposa: Mariposa has an Espresso Bar, Pony Express, it's amazing! You get actual Espresso there. Most of the people seem very friendly and welcoming. Wildlife, butterflies, forests, beauty. Check out that awesome video my husband made under TRAVEL!
What are you working out for??? Hopefully its for the new dress that you just bought so you can tell everyone "yo, check me out, i look so amazingly amazing jo!!"
Stop caring what other people think and say! Love your self and your body, be healthy, stay active, be helpful to others, be sharing and forgiving, be close to nature, be spontaneous, be curious and ask questions, try new things, show your love to others... |