Archive | January, 2008

Middle of the night terror

by on Jan 31, 2008 in news & giveaways

Monday night we had ones of those shocking experiences…we were soundly sleeping in bed when we bulted upright at the sound of a large crash and broken glass at 3:30 in the morning. Do you know what thoughts were going through my head? Someone is breaking into our house!!!! Grab the babe and run!!

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Simple Living: Quotes

by on Jan 30, 2008 in frugal & simple

  Live simply that others might simply live.  ~Elizabeth Seaton The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.  ~Hans Hofmann Eliminate physical clutter.  More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter.  ~D.H. Mondfleur We don’t need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants.  [...]

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Cloth Diapering: Is it worth it?

by on Jan 30, 2008 in bellies & babies, natural & green

Karis in her BumGenius! Cloth diapers! There are so many cute diapers out there now and it’s so simple! No dunking necessary! Why in the world would I pursue this route? My main reason for cloth diapering was so I could spend more of our budget on good wholesome food (prioritizing my spending). But there [...]

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Frugal Valentine Ideas

by on Jan 29, 2008 in building the family, frugal & simple

Valentine’s Day should be like any other day…but then again, it is a good reminder to get a little more creative this time around! I love expressing my appreciation to my hubby, but being that creativity is not my forte, I need help! How can we express our love in a simple, frugal and most [...]

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More Desserts: Nutritiously Delicious!

by on Jan 29, 2008 in recipes & kitchen tips

More nutritious desserts that won’t kill you! I wish I had pictures, but alas, you will just have to take my word for it, these are good! Don’t you love the thought of making good wholesome desserts? I sure do…that is why I am always experimenting with recipes and tweaking them to make them healthy!

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Kitchen Tip: Use Your Dishwasher!

by on Jan 29, 2008 in recipes & kitchen tips

Did you know that you can save water and electricity by using your dishwasher? I would never had believed this if it were not for a recent stumbling upon an article which said: “Doing only full loads of laundry and –this one is a surprise – using your dishwasher instead of hand-washing dishes saves water. [...]

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Simple Living – Part 2: The Pilgrim Mentality

by on Jan 28, 2008 in frugal & simple

Check out the intro and part 1 of this series. “A wealthy plantation owner invited John Wesley to his home. The two rode their horses all day, seeing just a fraction of all the man owned. At the end of the day, the plantation owner proudly asked, ‘Well, Mr. Wesley, what do you think?’ After [...]

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Making Wholesome Baby Food

by on Jan 28, 2008 in bellies & babies, recipes & kitchen tips

I am sure all of you are way ahead of me in this area, but I am in the learning process of making my own baby food for Karis. This week I was evaluating if the extra work was really worth it. The convenience of buying prepared baby food in the jars is so tempting [...]

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More Benefits and Sources for Coconut Oil

by on Jan 26, 2008 in recipes & kitchen tips

Mountain Rose Herbs is a wonderfully superior source of organic unrefined and refined coconut oil, and at the best price around! At $41 per gallon, it is significantly cheaper than even Azure Standard (which is around $34 for 1/2 gallon). If you are interested in hearing more about this excellent oil and its multiple uses, [...]

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Nutritional Eating on a Budget

by on Jan 25, 2008 in natural & green

Why do we think it is impossible to live nutritiously and organically on a budget? It is because we are buying everything in a box or can! These pre-made packages of so called “organic” goodness are not as healthy as I originally thought and they jack up the food budget. The simple solution: make them [...]

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