Monday Mission: One Simple Lent
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to celebrate Lent intentionally to improve yourself – spiritually, physically, emotionally. Lent has always been a major…
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My Plan to Heal My Cavity (Ok, Fine, CavitieS!)
If we can regrow/heal bone, why not teeth? When I posted this question on Facebook last week along with my story, the interaction and reactions…
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3 Reasons I Love my Husband More than Ever
Did I ever tell you I was my husband’s first girlfriend?! Poor fella, Valentine’s Day fell only about 3 weeks after we officially started dating,…
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Giving Birth at Home: Pros and Cons of our Homebirth Decision
Two-month-old’s giggles may just cure cancer and create world peace, my husband quipped the other day. We’re in the baby giggles stage now, those amazingly…
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Super Safe, Super Cheap Disinfecting Solution for Baby Toys and Your Kitchen
Chicken with a side of bleach, anyone? I used to have a bottle of diluted bleach water under my sink (which was likely often way…
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Monday Mission: Wash Green, not Green Wash
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to hone your senses for green-washing as you up your game with green cleaners. It turns out…
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Part Two: How the Poop Do I Know When my Gut is Healed? (i.e., Bring on the Bread!)
You’re thinking you might benefit from “healing your gut” and you’re ready to cut grains and more out of your life. How long is this…
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Tired of Unhealthy Choices at Every Social Gathering?
Parties and potlucks aren’t exactly a bastion of healthy food. It’s not like people usually walk away from a buffet table groaning, “Oh, I feel…
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Surprises, Being Wrong and Discovering a Name (Birth Story, Part 2)
I sure made you wait a long time for part 2! I would say it’s appropriate because I had to wait to meet this baby,…
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Black Bean and Avocado Starter Recipe
After a big meal, the last thing you want to do is prepare more food, right? It seems almost unfair that two huge “food” holidays…
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Mac and Cheese and Having a Baby (Birth Story, Part One)
Ah…baby number four. Poor child has almost no chance of having a baby book – maybe a baby folder with a few things tossed haphazardly…
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Gluten Free Soft Pumpkin Cookie Recipe
Fall is here and so are pumpkins! I love stuffing these nutritious veggies into cookies and more. This sugar-free gluten-free pumpkin cookie recipe is a…
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Labor, Delivery, and Saying "NO"–5 More Interventions We Refuse
I went into my first labor like a warrior to battle, out to defeat the evil enterprises of medicine that would try to make me…
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Guess How Many Times This Pregnant Mama Has Consumed That Orange Glucose Test Drink?
Last week when I shared 5 Prenatal Standards That I Refuse, the conversation, if I can call it that, got a little heated on social…
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You Can Say NO to Your Doctor – 5 Standards We Refuse in the Womb
To be a good parent, you’ll quickly find that you have to say “NO” an awful lot. I was surprised to find when first pregnant…
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Monday Mission: Sharpen up Your Knife Skills
Do you or your kids know how to properly use a knife? Sharpen your knife skills with these free videos. Then let your kids help…
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Magimix Product Review: Is a Big Mondo Food Processor Better Than a Less Expensive One?
I’m trapped in this interesting world between my staunchly frugal nature, the urge to buy the best-sourced food possible (which means paying more and more…
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