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Simple, Green living pt. 4

This past week, Scott and I watched a new show on ABC called, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.   I am SO encouraged about this show!  And I am in shock that it is on television.  If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.   One thing that I am passionate about is providing [...]

Bumps and bruises

Usually when a child falls and gets a bump or bruise, what’s the first thing that you think of doing to help?  Grab an icepack, right?  A few years ago I learned that putting ice on the hurt area really doesn’t do much of anything (besides annoy the child!).  I discovered a very simple [...]

Food, Inc.

… is the name of a documentary coming to theaters June 12th.  It’s about time a film made it into the theaters that will actually show some of the realities of the so-called “food” being offered to us these days.  I’m so excited about this!!!  Check out the trailer and let me know what [...]

Eating raw

Neither my husband or I grew up eating what I would consider healthy food – lots of sugar, convenience foods, canned goods, margarine, Spam and Tang with not a lot of fresh fruits or vegetables on the side.  Skip ahead to 9 years ago.  At this point, we were just beginning our journey toward [...]

Deodorant

Several years ago, Scott and I stopped using anti-perspirants because of the aluminum content in them, which has been linked to many health problems including alzheimer’s disease and cancer. I suppose that this might have been harder for us to do if we were still living in the humidity in Texas, but in Oregon [...]