The Gaiam Community store has a great list of ways to reuse your yoga mats. Here are some of their ideas: * Donate to homeless shelters as sleeping pads * Use an exacto-knife to cut out shapes, letters, numbers, etc. Perfect for little fingers * Line kitchen shelves * Cut the mat into squares and use them as "bases" while playing baseball with the kids * Cut into strips and use for drainage in flower pots … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2007
Why Do I Blog?
I have been tagged by my friend and fellow natural mama, Carrie Lauth. She wants to know why I blog. Here are a couple of my reasons: I love to write. I have been writing since I was in gradeschool. Back then I would most commonly write fiction novels, some even reaching several hundred pages in length. It was very enjoyable. I wanted to be the next Nancy Drew or perhaps the next Carolyn Keene...I wasn't really sure. Well, as I grew older I stopped reading and writing fiction and in its place … [Read more...]
Wood Toys
As a child, I can remember playing for hours with wooden toys. It was always a new adventure to build forts and other projects from wooden blocks. Looking back, those were some really fun times. Wooden toys allowed us to use or imaginations. Nowadays, it seems all the toys on the market are electronic. This is to keep up with the demands of our children in today's society. When it comes to toys, technology may be hindering the development of our children's imaginations. Don't get me wrong, the … [Read more...]
Desert Roots Farm
I have a rare treat today! I recently interviewed a wonderful, inspirational woman farmer named Kelly Saxer. Kelly is the famer and owner for one of the local CSA programs in my area called Desert Roots Farm I have known Kelly for awhile so I thought it was about time I interview her and share her knowledge with my blog readers. She gives us some tips on growing your own food and perhaps even starting your own local CSA. Enjoy! Tiffany: What exactly is a CSA? Kelly: CSA stands for … [Read more...]
Veggie Gardens
I am in official garden dream mode. What does that mean? Well, it means that a great deal of my waking thoughts are dedicated to my upcoming garden. I am dreaming of the veggies to come. So how about you? Are you planning a beautiful and tasty vegetable garden this year? While growing your own vegetables may seem like a lot of work, theres nothing like biting into a nice ripe tomato or a juicy carrot and thinking I grew this myself. I just love making entire salads with nothing but the … [Read more...]
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