With everything that happened in Japan many became concerned about the effects of nuclear fallout reaching them. Potassium Iodide and Iodine are sought after in regards to radiation exposure so it is no wonder that sales of these are going nuts right now. But please don't pay $500 for a packet of potassium iodide pills that were selling for $10 last week. There are natural sources of iodine that you can look to and Potassium Iodide and Iodine can help your glandular system after radiation … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2011
Breakfast Bentos and Green Smoothies
My youngest guy is a bit a grazer and a night time eater. He will rarely sit down and eat a whole bowl of cereal or yogurt but give him a bento box filled with nuts or flax chips and he will munch slowly for a couple hours until he has managed to eat it all. Like me, he struggles to find the appetite to eat in the morning. Not sure why that is. So in order to vary things and encourage him to eat more in the morning hours... I have been giving him a variety of foods to eat in small quantities... … [Read more...]
Contigo BPA Free Water Bottles for the Gym
I have enough water bottles I tell ya. Between my glass water bottles from Lifefactory, my adorable stainless steel water bottles from Blue Q, and my Intak water bottle, I have got the water bottle situation covered. That was until I saw this: The Contigo AUTOSEAL Kangaroo Water Bottle with Storage Compartment. BPA Free!! I just joined a gym recently and faced the common conundrum of what to do with the small stuff that I want to keep on hand while I exercise... like my gym card and the key … [Read more...]
Kids’ Charity Design Contest
If you have artistic kids and you want to add another element of social awareness to your lives (and who doesn't) you may be interested in a kids design contest being run by The Company Store in honor of their 100th anniversary. I rarely post about things like this but their concept just rubbed me the "right way". Giving cool comforters to kids who are homeless or going through home transitions just seems like a great way to give needy children a sense of home no matter where they are. Their … [Read more...]
The Happiness Project
Read and AMAZING book over the weekend. One of those books that can really change your life it you let it. The Happiness Project chronicles the one year journey of author Gretchen Rubin as she tries to find ways to increase her happiness everyday. Now she wasn't depressed or even unhappy really. She had/has a very good life but she still found that she had trouble living in the moment and "feeling" that happiness that she knew she should be feeling. She was nagging her husband, being short … [Read more...]
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