Picked this book up from the library a few weeks back and promptly renewed it so I could hold onto it longer. With a wistful sigh I will return it this afternoon... Household Wisdom: Traditional Homemaking Tips for Modern Living. For me it is partly a beautiful coffee table book that walks us through homes of days past... the the crisp linens, the hardwood floors, the fine white China, etc. I loved flipping through the pages and looking inside traditional homes that have a distinct old world … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2010
Greening the Hereafter – From Burial to Cremation
One aspect of green living we may "forget" to consider is what will become of us after we die. And no I am not talking about an afterlife, I mean what will become of our physical body. Yeah, kind of a morbid topic but this post is part of the Green Moms Carnival being hosted by Deanna at Crunchy Chicken. Visit to her blog to see what others are writing about this topic. I decided after my grandmother passed that I liked the idea of a place where you can go and visit your loved ones after they … [Read more...]
Chewing Gum – Harmless or Toxic?
For awhile now I have had a no gum rule for my kids. Thankfully it isn't a real big issue since none of us were ever big gum chewers but when Halloween rolls around I need to be vigilant about gum. It has nothing to do with cavities or sugar though. It is instead about choosing that they NOT chew on plastic. Plastic has all kinds of chemical and toxic nasties and in true bone-head fashion we decided to take a relatively normal and natural product (gum) and plasticize it. Well, no thanks. Native … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Lower Your Winter Energy Bill
Old habits die hard. Well, at least some of them do. My husband and I had an interesting conversation last night after he came home from work late for the 4th night in a row, right after he worked two overtime shifts on the weekend. You see my husband has gotten into the habit of jumping at the chance to get overtime work because those opportunities were so rare after the 2008 recession fiasco until recently. When the recession first hit, he was laid off for weeks at a time and obviously this … [Read more...]
6 Natural Ways to Beat Stress
I walk a fine line on this blog. I would like to say I brazenly talk about all the difficult stuff I might face as a mom but really I don't. Instead I blog more about the good stuff which can of course leave people with the impression that you are either perfect or dishonest. But alas it cannot be helped most times because I value the privacy of my children as they get older and I have to be mindful of everything that gets sent out into the world wide web. You just have to try and be as real as … [Read more...]
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