Global Warming? Where??!!

January 4, 2010 Uncategorized

(This blog post is a test for Technorati. Please ignore it. RXRZWWXYVNUQ  )
I admit, I was convinced that global warming was happening. Droughts where I currently reside in Texas, little snow where I grew up in Minnesota, etc.
This winter, for some reason, I’m not so sure.
Could it be that the warmth [...]

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6 Natural Acne Remedies

December 30, 2009 Natural beauty

Perhaps if I had known about natural acne cures when I was a teenager, life would have been a little less embarrassing.
Just a little.
These days, I usually only get a pimple when it’s “that time of the month”, and my husband never seems to see it so I don’t care. However, you may have a [...]

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Eight Reasons To Eat Spinach

December 29, 2009 Nutrition

When I was a kid, I hated spinach. Or so I thought. I hated it because my sole experience with it was green sludge in a can.
Blech. Popeye was not my hero.
But later in life, I discovered raw spinach. And wondered where it had been all my life. Especially since my parents had a couple [...]

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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

December 24, 2009 Mental health

Laughter may truly be the best medicine. So in the spirit of living in abundant health, I’d like to give you the gift of humor and laughter this Christmas.
Here’s a joke from a site I just discovered, cleanjoke.com. A site I will begin visiting with some regularity, I think.
Little Johnnie desperately wanted a bright red [...]

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Baking Soda: The Cure For What Ails You?

December 23, 2009 Natural health

You have probably tried or at least read about the many uses of baking soda. Off the top of my head, I can think of several:

deodorize refrigerator/freezer
remove burned spots from pots and pans
deodorize kitchen trash can
freshen cat litter box
remove soap scum from bathtub
in conjunction with vinegar, clean toilet bowl and garbage disposal

But if you were [...]

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The Marvelous Mushroom

December 22, 2009 Healthy recipes

My husband will be happy. I bought some crimini mushrooms today, for the first time in a long time. I haven’t been because, frankly, they cost extra dinero. Since our food bill is already going through the roof with the addition of another eater in the house, I thought, do we really need them?
One could [...]

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Natural Childbirth: Is It For You?

December 18, 2009 Natural family

Is natural childbirth something every pregnant woman should strive for? Today I bring to you a guest writer, Sheila Baskerville, to answer that question.
Is Natural Childbirth Right For You?
Author: Sheila Baskerville
If you are pregnant, it is important that you plan ahead regarding your expectations for the birth of your child. You may have noticed a [...]

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12 Foods To Boost Your Immune System

December 17, 2009 Natural health

The most natural way to boost your immune system is not through taking herbs or practicing yoga, Rather, it is through eating foods that optimize immune function.
The following article taken from mercola.com lists the 12 best foods to eat during cold and flu season.
(P.S.–I am reducing my time online for the next couple of weeks [...]

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Nourishing Winter Soup

December 15, 2009 Healthy recipes

Vegetable soup recipes can get a bit dull sometimes. But I recently created a recipe for a vegetable soup that both my husband and I found quite tasty, if I do say so myself.
I don’t often invent recipes, but the several zucchini and yellow squash I received from my last food co-op pick-up, [...]

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Disciplining the “Live Wire” Child

December 11, 2009 Natural family

By the time Benjamin was around two years old, I had a feeling he was going to be what some label as a “strong-willed child.” Now, in all of his three-year-old glory, I’m not sure he’s as much strong-willed as he is what I think of as a “live wire”: full of energy, in constant [...]

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