Feng Shui to Help Kids Sleep

[Backdated to May 15, 2013]

Ever since Bean got her new big girl bed 3 months ago, she's been having trouble with sleeping solidly - first it seemed to be more related to her naps, then it progressed into waking up several times in the night. Of course, on top of the bed changes and the feng shui issues I'll detail below, she's been getting her back molars (ouch!) and going through the that-thing-is-scary stage of being 3.

Poor Bean.

As I mentioned previously, when she first got her new mattress, it was placed right in the flow of chi

Too Much Chi for a Knee

[Back dated to May 10, 2013]

The family has been having sleep issues. Sleep is critical in a family of young kids (especially for parents!!!) I've been looking closely at each room to determine how to best handle remedying our sleep challenges (as well as looking at other factors).

Unexpected Gifts

On Monday we received several unexpected gifts - two neighbors independently decided to give us some bags of clothes that their kids had outgrown. I am always appreciative of these gifts since it's really tough to shop with two little ones in tow.

I was struck that both neighbors decided to bring them on the same day, but it took me several days to figure it out.

Clutter: Saving for "Someday"

After working on this clutter cleaning project for a month now, I'm developing some habits about looking critically at the objects I come across, particularly if I find myself opening some cabinet I haven't looked at in a while.

Last Thursday I realized that my habit is not fully formed - while I'm looking and deciding if I need to keep things, it would better serve my purpose to stop and consider the Why of why it is still there, rather than happily marking as another piece of clutter I've removed.

Clutter not understood is clutter that will appear again.

Ok, time to get real with my stuff/Stuff again.

Cleaning the Kitchen (Marriage bagua)

Just did some very overdue clean up in the kitchen tonight, while chatting with my hubby over topics that we both needed to air. Good conversation and positive things for our future. It felt so effective to wipe down all the counters, wash the dishes, scrub the pesky stains from around the burners while we talked - simple stuff, but how clear and shiny everything looked and felt after we were done.

Cleaning the kitchen has been on my mind because our kitchen falls into the feng shui Marriage bagua of our house, and we just celebrated our anniversary last week.