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I offered to bring fried chicken to our July 4th picnic with our friends. Since we are eating a more traditional foods diet, I wanted to make the fried chicken “TF”, but I wasn’t sure how. I searched online and found a recipe on www.kraftfoods.com that I modified and made more like the diet that we eat. It turned out so good! My friends thought that they were eating fried chicken, when in reality, it was grilled. (more…)

I wanted to post a link to a great article I read in the Oct/Nov 2008 issue of Mother Earth News. Lucky for us they also posted it online.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/2008-10-01/Dietary-Fat-Health-Weight.aspx

Ok, it’s been over a week since I posted my progress with this.

The last week, I started to mix in some honey (about 1/2 tsp) in with my baking soda. I’ve been having some flakes and thought that might help. It didn’t help too much and my scalp was worse than ever! So, I’m going back to just the BS as my wash. I’m still using 1/2 cup ACV, 1 tbsp honey in a 20 oz jar and filling the rest with warm water. I’ve started adding a few drops of tea tree oil, in addition to the lavendar oil. My hair was starting to seem a bit dry, too. I figure I’m doing something a little off, probably the amounts of BS or ACV, so I’m going to have to adjust one of those. (more…)

There are so many different uses for honey, you’d be amazed! September is National Honey Month, so this is a good time to check out The National Honey Board’s website.

I thought I’d list some of my favorite ways to use honey.

Beauty
Face wash – You can make all sorts of face washes with honey. To wash your face with honey, just wet your face. Pour a small dab of honey onto your hand and smear all over your face. You can rinse right away with warm water or wait a couple of minutes. Either way, your face will be very smooth and soft. Put on a light moisturizer, like pure shea butter, and you’ll never go back to your old way of cleaning your face again! (more…)

G is having a great week at school. At his birthday party on Friday, one of our friends brought their nephew, who is also a kindergartner at G’s school. They have been playing with each other this week and have been having fun. It’s so nice for G to come home and say that he’s excited to go to school the next day!

My semester started this week. My first classes were yesterday. It took me over 10 minutes to find a parking space and when I finally did, I got to my class and all the power was out throughout the entire campus! It finally came back on right before my second class. I think this semester is going to be fairly challenging, especially my Math class, but I think I’ll do well. (more…)

Yes, you read right. I have decided to try not using shampoo! I’ve been reading a lot lately, and I found about the great uses of baking soda and ACV (apple cider vinegar). As of Tuesday, I decided to try washing my hair with a handful of baking soda and then doing a hair rinse of an ACV mixture (1/2 cup of ACV and 2-3 cups of water…some people use less ACV). The first day I just used the baking soda, my hair seemed fine, but my scalp itched just a little. My hair seemed a little messy, but I solved that with a pony tail. The next day I used only the baking soda again, but took a little conditioner to my hair, because my hair hits below the middle of my back and was a little hard to comb through the first day. The third day, I searched online and found the ACV rinse idea, so I decided to give it a try. It made it so that I didn’t need conditioner. (more…)

I would like to wish all the mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day! I got the best Mother’s Day present from Gavin. He made me a jewelry box at school, painted it red (because he thought that was my favorite color) and decorated it with colorful spongy things. It about made me cry. It’s the first handmade present my baby has given to me, for Mother’s Day. Inside, there was a beaded leather string. It’s so precious. I think I’m going to hang it from the van mirror.

I hope all you mothers out there have a great Mother’s Day!!!

I absolutely love the rain. So the past two days have been wonderful! Thunder and lightning, very very frightening….We even got some hail and, luckily, it was pea size, so no damage. It’s been drizzling all day and we have been in a “winter” storm warning since yesterday. Lovely. I really like walking in the rain and it soaking my hair. I don’t know why, maybe it makes me feel like a kid. 😀 The only difference between storms now and storms when I was a kid, is that you were guaranteed the power would go out when we were kids. No chance of that happening, since the city just finished burying the last of the power lines. Kids these days are missing out! When we knew there was a storm coming, my mom would pop up a bowl of popcorn, slice cheese and apples and we’d have a picnic by lightning and candlelight after the power went out. Sometimes we have special nights like this, where we turn off the tv and the lights, set out a picnic on food trays and eat popcorn, cheese and apples in the living room. It makes for special, memorable times for our kids.