Reasons to Consider Eliminating Power Tools When Gardening.

Gardening with manual tools are twofold.Manual tools are environmental friendly and requires muscle power. Manual tools use no gas or electric. Using manual tools requires more physical movement than power tools making it a workout in the garden.

• Reel mowers - no gas or electricity and requires manual pushing. 
• Hedge sheers are manual, similar too cutting with big scissors, no gas or electric needed.
• Hand garden tillers can be purchased with a long or short handle. Great for small spaces and requires muscle power.
• Use a small stability ball while working in the garden instead of a stool, for core exercise.

No need for resistant bands, pulling weeds will engage your muscle groups as well as digging, raking, trimming sidewalks with a hoe and hand-held tools to remove grass from cracks in sidewalks.
Your body will look great, and you reduced the use of gas and electricity. 

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Enjoy Gardening,
CHOCHANDS

Ideas for monthly seasonal bucket list

 Seasonal bucket list can be for every season or every month.Seasonal bucket list are smaller bite size pieces of your bucket list. Seasonal bucket list are things YOU would like to do or places you would like to go in your zip code,town,city,state,neighboring state.Then expand out to across the country,and then out of the country.Make sure you are doing what makes you happy. Here is my example of a monthly seasonal bucket list.

•  January- Visit Times Square on the first day of the year.
• February-Week-end stay at  The Ritz -Calton,Tysons Corner
• March-Visit National Museum of African American History
• April-Take a trip  to Norfolk,VA. botanical Gardens
• May-Have a  day or weekend of relaxation on the beach in the state I live in.
• June-Have a day or weekend  on the Outer Banks,North Carolina
• July-Watch Fireworks on the National Mall,Washington,Dc.
• August-Visit a pet farm or zoo 100 miles from home.
• September-Pick the fruit from the state  it was grown in.Virginia Carter Mountain Orchard,Charlottesville,Virginia.
• October- Visit Acadia National park (Maine)
• November-Go to the Macy's Thanksgiving parade.
• December-Go to a warm state during the cold .If your state is warm go to a cold state,and  Enjoy life.            

These are just example,s make up your own seasonal bucket list.Make it fun.you can change it to every three months,every two months,every six month.Make a new list when the old list has been completed.

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Celebrate each month as if was your last,
CHOCHANDS

22 Effective Curb appeal tips while on a tight budget

Trying to give your home a great appearance can become expensive.Here are some tips on making your house look and feel like a home.This is a project to bring beauty to your home and your neighborhood.

• Buy clearance perennials flowers. Lowes Home and Garden is the best place for both perennial and annual flowers.
• Remove your over grown weeds and clear out all window boxes and gardens.You will be amazed at how much better it makes a house looks.
•  Repurpose  dollar solar lights.Reuse solar lights in old lamps, use to light fence post,lanterns, buy old light covers and place solar lights underneath,etc.
• Start your garden from seeds.
• DIY your  lawn with old boots,make a plate garden,use old garden tools to tastefully decorate your yard.
• DIY door wreaths.
• Keep the appearance up throughout the season.
• Clean the yard from all debris in the late fall/early winter,to prepare for the following year.
• Use bricks to line garden boarders.
• Paint your front door.or clean it.
• Add a front door kickstand.
• Change your doorknobs and address numbers.
• Replace your porch light.
• Hide your AC unit .
• Change your Welcome mat.
• Paint  foundation of house.
• Change or paint mailbox post and mailbox.
• Add flowers trailing flowers around mailbox post.
• Change your window shutters.
• Rent a power washer to clean house.
• Paint any peeling paint.
• Clean out gutters.

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Have Fun.
ChocHands

DIY gift Ideas for LEON day

National LEON day is June 25,2018. Get it LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. It's exactly six months until Christmas. It's time to prepare for Christmas. Here's some ideas to start your LEON DAY.

Make a candy bouquet.
Shop for Christmas items in thrift stores.
Make Christmas wreaths.
Start decorating handmade Christmas balls.
Make DIY Bath Bombs
Make Christmas Stockings
 Decorate felt Ornaments
Make Christmas Candy apples Or Cookies
Create handmade tree toppers
Decorate candle holders and wine glasses.
Sew quilts.
Knit or crochet a winter wear.

Christmas will be easy because you started Christmas six months early.



Happy LEON day!!!

Have Fun.
CHOCHANDS

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Pray for the Prey.You could save a life.

We all are Prey.
We are all in need of prayer for  protection. “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭31:6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Prey is not just animals in the wild. Humans prey on each other. No gender,age or race is omitted. Violence ,physical hurt and harm is a major form of prey,but there are subtle forms of being prey which is just as deadly. It kills ones spirit.

• PREY-  Killing a persons good  reputation.
• PREY- Planting negative mental seeds in others.
•  PREY- Accusing an innocent person.
• PREY- Bullying,both adult and child.
• PREY-  When rank,power,authority is miss used.
• PREY-  When the truth is told and twisted as a lie.
• PREY- When every believes the liar. 
• PREY- When made to feel less than others.    
• PREY- Rich taking from the poor.
• PREY- Repeating secrets

 These types of subtle prey stirs confusion of the mind,it has potential to break down the body.It starts in the mind and permeates throughout the body.

Don't lose hope.There is a weapon we can use for the daily battle of being prey. One of best places to start for protection against being someone's prey is Psalms.
We must remind ourselves of these verses daily.
 “May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭72:4‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭72:14‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭72:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭72:12‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭72:19‬ ‭NIV‬‬
 Don't be dismayed we have the power of prayer to deliver us from being prey.

Pray for the Prey. You could save a life.

CHOCHANDS

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My Tested "Tried from Pinterest "

 I have a pin I tried because it was so popular on Pinterest. I am going to report on ACV -Apple Cider Vinegar .
I was very weary about drinking vinegar.I have pinned a lot of pins about ACV, however I never really tried the pins for myself,until about two weeks ago.I was given a bottle of  Briggs ACV from  my daughter,because she could not tolerate the taste.
I tried  the ACV with just water.It was truly ,truly DISGUSTING!Well,I went back to Pinterest and researched different ways to drink ACV.
I  found great pins which suggested using lemons and honey.I tried the Briggs ACV  with lemon and raw honey.It was amazing.I used a straw as suggested because of the acidity in the vinegar and the lemon.It tasted great. I have been drinking the ACV mixture in the morning before eating and the last drink of the evening ,with a straw to protect my teeth.I will do an update later to report if there has been any weight loss or reduction in appetite as suggested.



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Thanks for reading,
Chochands

Why prayer apps are helpful.

Without prayer we have no weapon against the enemy. As humans, we think about the trials and tribulations of the things which surrounds us. We switch our focus from the unseen to that which is seen.I understand,sometimes life gets busy.

The demands of the world tries to pull our attention from quality time with  GOD.

• We give prayer for the food we have before us.
• We ask for quick help,'GOD help me through this day."
• We thank GOD for keeping our family and ourselves safe.
• The cycle starts over.

Having a prayer app can break the cycle of not having quality time with GOD. Here is how you can use prayer apps during busy days.

• With a prayer app you can create reminders to pray and you can set a timer for how long you want.
• With a prayer app you can keep a list of your prayers and mark them when answered.A prayer app will allow you to share your prayer with others. 
• Prayer apps have a reminder to pray at a schedule time. 

A scheduled timer  comes in handy, when praying for someone before a event,such as doctors appointments,surgery,court,a birth of a child.The list is endless.
Reminders can be set for lunch breaks , bathroom breaks or any small chunk of time.
Even before you pull off of work to go home or before getting out the car to go in the house.

The prayer app I use is ECHO. There are others you can try such as,PRAYERMATE,and PRAYERNOTES. No more forgetting to pray for others when using the app as a reminder.

I will close with,
LET US PRAY,

CHOCHANDS

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