Cutting The Cost Of Eating Healthy: One Meal At A Time
We have all heard that it is too expensive to eat all organic, or preservative free, or gluten free, or whole 30, and so on… and thus, eating healthy isn’t always an option for many. In addition to making our healthier habits products and our homemade remedies and supplements, we also have been working on replacing some of our expensive…
Our First Giveaway
Time for a Giveaway! This year, we are making baskets with some of our favorite kitchen/cooking items to gift to our family and friends. Each basket is filled with items that we have made ourselves and use in our day-to-day lives. We are excited to be gifting these baskets to the people in our lives and wanted to give one away…
A Sappy Love Story
I have a lot of good ideas! Yeah, that can come across as a bit of a boast, but it seems like my mind is always taking information in, processing it, connecting it to other things and then generating some idea. Wait! Isn’t that just called thinking?!? Ok, so I think a lot! – There, that sounds better,…
Our Go-To Salve
“You should put some salve on that!” Whenever anyone has any sort of cut, scrape, burn or skin ailment, those are the first words that everyone in our immediate and extended family have heard me say. Hey, I can’t help myself, we have a salve that seems to be nothing short of miraculous. I have been known to slather this…
We Can’t Say We Are Allergy Free – We Can Say We Are No Longer Suffering From Our Allergies
Allergy Free? Heck no, we still have our allergies, but now we are sure suffering a heck of a lot less. Check it out! We have been a family of allergy sufferers for many years. Food allergies, chemical allergies, seasonal allergies, pet dander allergies, and I am sure there are quite a few medicines that we are highly allergic to…
Painful Lesson
I know better than to apply certain essential oils undiluted (aka neat) to my skin. I really do know better. I have read the research and studied the effects of the constituents when applied topically. I know which medications I am on, and I know which oils may interfere or reduce my medication’s efficacy. So all this “knowing” doesn’t mean…
4-H Lozenges
Finally, I get to tell you all about the natural, homemade throat lozenges I made. I set out to make these 3 weeks ago, and I finally got around to the actual making part last week. Now, before I continue on and explain why these are 4-H Lozenges, I want to take a few lines of text to explain a…
Healthy Homework
Homework!? I used to hate homework. Yes, you may have noticed that I used the word “hate” right there. (I don’t use it often). I use “hate” because all my memories of homework are layered with feelings of dread, boredom, frustration, and annoyance. The busy work that was labeled homework was often meaningless, and seldom (if ever) related to anything…
Spring Prep – Stay Away
No, this isn’t about lining up our home-school curriculum for the spring. However, now that I think about it, I probably should be putting some energy that direction real soon. (I have been neglecting that chore for a bit now, halfheartedly hoping that kiddo will step up and do it herself.) And this post really isn’t asking you to stay…