For a very long time now I have looked at play tepees and thought about how much fun it would be to have one for the kids. I am not sure why but I have yet to get over my childhood fascination with tepees. I have even been checking out a camp resort that has large family size tepees to camp out in. I think it would great fun. In the meantime though I have been living vicariously through my kids, especially my littlest guy, and his new play tepee...the Little Turtle's Tepee. It is a great toy … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2013
Get the Scoop, on Genetically Modified Foods
In the mid-90s something called a Genetically Modified Organism was introduced to our food supply. A GMO occurs when the genes of one animal or plant species is artificially inserted into another animal or plant. One side of the debate supports that studies showed a 61% decrease in herbicide usage on GM Cottons. However, the other side rebutted that because of the speedy spread of Super-weeds, resistant to herbicides, even more chemicals would be used to compensate. When it comes to the GMO … [Read more...]
Ways to Lower Holiday Waste
The holidays are just around the corner and that means lots of excess and waste. It's that time of year when many folks will spend entirely too much on stuff they don't need and they will pay little if any attention to how their purchases will impact the environment. It is not just the products themselves either, with their cheap plastic and toxic materials. It is also packaging...the boxes, the plastic, and the paper. It's the holiday cards (2.6 billion sold annually) and the store gifts cards … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle
Woot! The Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle returns and it is better than ever. It includes 86 great ebooks and a bunch of other goodies. As a big reader and huge ebook fan I am mostly excited about the books. I have a tablet and I loooove to use it to read my vast collection of ebooks. I can literally take hundreds of books with me at any given time. I just store them in the cloud (Dropbox) and I can read them anywhere. So of course whenever I can add a large amount for an itsy bitsy … [Read more...]
Preparing Your Home For Cold Weather
When cold weather shows up and decides to stay that is when my cold weather to-do list starts being made. I have quite a bit I need to get done each year and making sure it all gets done is extremely important for a variety of reasons. Everything on my cold weather home preparation list ensures that our home is a safe, warm, affordable, reliable, energy efficient, and healthy place to be for the winter months. Some of it is just checking for problems before they happen. Other aspects mean doing … [Read more...]
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