Why Do We Need to Analyze the Beauty Products We Use?

This is a sponsored post.  All thoughts and opinions shared are as always, 100% my own.  I am not an expert, just a Mama concerned about what I put on my families’ bodies.   During the months of January and February my plan was actually to run a series on Natural Beauty but as I have now let you all know, the second of January I found out I was pregnant.  To say I was shocked is quite the understatement.  {Read More}

Show Your Plastic Challenge: Week 9

Show Your Plastic Challenge Week 9

Week 9 SHOW YOUR PLASTIC CHALLENGE TOTAL –  55 PIECES, 1 lb 3 oz I’ve never squeezed a tube of toothpaste so tightly.  As I massaged the Tom’s of Maine mint tube to get every last drop out, I thought to myself, “Am I ready for this?” I committed mentally to not buying anymore plastic tubes once this one was gone. Sometimes my imagination gets the better of me. It’s time this week to enter uncharted waters – sampling baking {Read More}

Show Your Plastic Challenge: Week 8

Week 8 - Show Your Plastic Challenge

Week 8 SHOW YOUR PLASTIC CHALLENGE TOTAL –  58 PIECES, 13.6 OZ How do you react when life hands you a lemon? A wise old friend of ours (in her 80s now) once told Amanda & I, “When life hands you a lemon, stick it in your bra.” Everyday, every week we come against obstacles and we could choose to allow those obstacles to interfere with our goals, whatever they might be. If you’re like me I might trip and {Read More}

Show Your Plastic Challenge: Week 4

WEEK 4

WEEK 4 SHOW YOUR PLASTIC CHALLENGE TOTAL – 60 PIECES, 1 LB 9.6 OZ Our ugly evidence… As I was contemplating my post for this week I realized that some of  you might be questioning my motive for undertaking this project. Why would anyone want to go to such effort to rid their life of something so pervasive & convenient as plastic? Some of our regular blog visitors may already be aware that Amanda and I (along with our three other {Read More}

Solar Energy-One Solution to Global Warming

Photo Credit: Creatica.com

Global warming is something we have all heard about.  Just the weather a lone this year is enough to prove to me that our system is out of balance.  We were so unseasonably hot for the month of June and with little to almost no rain our summer is proving to be scorching. Although Global warming in itself is its own topic, we know that it is a serious problem that has been brought on by a number of various {Read More}