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Cedie Omaña
June 23, 2024
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In Today's Edition:
Homestead Tip 🌱
Poll Results From Last Saturday! 📊
Personal Development: Mastering Emotional Agility 🧠
A Steady Family: Navigating the Waves of Grief Together 🤍
DIY With The Steady Home: Aloe Vera Gel 🌿
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Homestead Tip of the Day:
Develop a rotational grazing system for any livestock you may have, such as goats, sheep, or cattle. This involves dividing your pastures into different sections and rotating the livestock through them to manage grazing and allow grass areas to recover.
Poll Results From Last Saturday! 📊
What’s your favorite type of homemade fermented food?
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Sauerkraut
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Kimchi
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Pickles
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Yogurt
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sourdough bread
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Others (Feel free to specify your choice after you've voted.)
via @beehiiv polls
We've got more exciting polls lined up for our upcoming newsletters. Feel free to join in the conversation! 😊
Personal Development
Mastering Emotional Agility 🧠
Emotional agility is all about being able to deal with your feelings in smart and healthy ways, especially when life throws you curveballs. It means being able to stay calm and level-headed, even when things are tough.
Here are some helpful methods to develop mental agility:
Recognize Your Patterns: Notice when you feel certain emotions and what triggers them. Are you a storm that brews over small inconveniences or a sunshine that fades quickly at a challenge?
Label Your Emotions: Put a name to your feelings. It’s easier to manage what you can identify. Is it anger, or maybe frustration that you’re really feeling?
Accept Your Feelings: Understand that it’s okay to feel things, whether good or bad. Emotions are just emotions; they’re not commands.
Harness Your Responses: Decide how you will react to your emotions. Instead of letting your feelings drive the car, you be the driver!
Practice Mindfulness: This can help you stay present and engaged, even when emotions run high. It’s like keeping your eyes on the road in front of you.
Learn Every Day: Every situation teaches you something about handling your emotions. Reflect on what worked and what didn’t.
Get Moving: Physical activity can help manage emotional intensity. It’s hard to be a boiling pot when you’re busy running the steam off!
Keep practicing, and watch how your emotional agility grows.
From The Steady Home Gang
Spread the Steady Love 💚
Got a friend who cherishes their plants like family? 🌱 Meet The Steady Home crew—a perfect spot for plant lovers like you to connect!
Come join us to swap stories, trade seeds, and turn our gardens into local showstoppers! Let's grow something beautiful together!
A Steady Family
Navigating the Waves of Grief Together 🤍
Losing someone or something you love is tough, and everyone feels that pain differently. Hence, supporting each other through grief is crucial for healing and coming out stronger as a family.
How to Support Family Members in Grief:
Listen with Love: Sometimes, the best thing you can do is just listen. Let your family members talk about their feelings or memories, and just be there for them.
Offer Practical Help: Sometimes those grieving lose track of daily tasks. Offering to cook a meal, clean up, or run errands can be a big help.
Respect Their Way of Grieving: Everyone rides the waves of grief differently. Some might want to talk, while others might want to be alone. Respect their needs without pushing them.
Remember with Them: Sharing stories about the loved one or revisiting memories can be a healing experience. It’s a way to celebrate the life that was lived.
Encourage Professional Help: Sometimes grief is too heavy to handle alone. Encouraging a visit to a counselor or a support group can be very beneficial.
Stay Connected: Keep inviting them to family activities, but don’t force it. Just let them know they are not alone and are still an important part of the family.
Grief is a tough journey, but no one needs to travel it alone. By being there for each other, listening, and offering support, your family can navigate through this storm together.
The Steady Home’s Giggle Chamber
What did the vine say to the gardener?
"Stop stringing me along!"
DIY With The Steady Home
Aloe Vera Gel 🌿
Project Overview: Making your own aloe vera gel at home is not just easy-peasy lemon-squeezy, but it's also super practical. This all-natural gel is perfect for soothing sunburns, moisturizing skin, and much more.
What You'll Need:
Fresh aloe vera leaves (the bigger, the juicier)
A sharp knife
A blender
A strainer or cheesecloth
A clean container for storage
Optional: Vitamin E oil or essential oils for extra benefits and fragrance
Steps to Make Your Aloe Vera Gel:
Prep Your Leaves: Grab a couple of large aloe vera leaves. Use your sharp knife to carefully peel away the tough outer layer of the leaves to reveal the clear, gooey aloe inside.
Scoop the Gel: With a spoon, gently scoop out the aloe gel. Try to get as much as you can without grabbing the yellowish part near the leaf skin, as it can be irritating.
Blend It Up: Pop the clear aloe gel into your blender. Blend it on high until it’s frothy and smooth. This shouldn’t take more than a minute.
Strain It: To get rid of any leftover chunks and achieve a smooth consistency, pour the gel through a strainer or cheesecloth into your clean container.
Add Extras (Optional): If you like, you can add a few drops of Vitamin E oil or your favorite essential oils. These can help preserve the gel a bit longer and add a nice scent.
Store It: Keep your homemade aloe vera gel in a sealed container in the refrigerator. It should stay fresh for about a week. If you notice any odd smells or discoloration, it’s time to toss it out and make a fresh batch.
Pro Tip: If you’ve never used aloe vera gel before, do a small patch test on your skin first to make sure you don’t have an allergy.
Let’s Keep It Reel!
I've curated some hilarious videos just for you to enjoy. Take a look and get ready to laugh out loud!
When a baby goat catches you staring:
@finkleydownfarm What you looking at…? 🐐 #funny #cute #babyanimals #farmtok #farmlife #finkleydownfarm
The peacock's baffled: "Why's this chicken ignoring me?”
@pinkpearalpacas #peacock #funny #farm #animals #chickens
When a cow decides it's tired of moving slowly and tries to keep up with its horse pals:
@dailymail Look at them go🤣🤣 Credit: Storyful #funny #cute #gettheretogether #SkipTheRinse #horse #farm #farmer #funny 
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