Before you start reading, if you’re having issues with painful fissures, check out my post on How I Healed my Fissure: Natural Remedies for Healing Fissures. I really contemplated writing this post because no one really wants to talk about personal health issues like hemorrhoids. Simply the name itself is off-putting. The more and more…
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“So how many do you have now?” People ask when I tell them I have chickens. “Umm, 13.” I reply. Usually I don’t get a weird look, but every now and then I can only imagine what that person is thinking. Yes, I am a crazy chicken lady. No, you can never have enough chickens….
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Peach butter. So easy, so delicious, and such a great way to use the majority of all those peaches you have lying around — especially when the season is coming to an end. You can opt to can them or you can put it in your refrigerator and use it within 2 weeks. You could…
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It’s amazing how radically different a first pregnancy is from the second. When I was pregnant with Andrew, I remember how I felt about the baby shower: “I can’t wait to get #AllTheBabyStuff!” I think maybe it was a combination of being excited that it was my first baby and feeling like I needed #AllTheStuff but…
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Yesterday I wrote a post explaining why I hired a doula to be at the birth of my second baby and today I wanted to follow it up with this amazing Q + A with my doula, Christie. Christie is the president of the Tampa Bay Birth Network and has been a doula for over six…
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I really try to not make the same mistakes twice in my life if they have a huge impact on me and this absolutely coincides with how I want the birth of my second baby to go. I didn’t know any better with my first birth for a lot of things. Although I wish I could…
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I have been working hard to exercise all my options for saving money on organic and natural foods since we have a weekly budget of $100-$120 to spend. From meal planning and making sure my pantry is stocked, to relying on helpful money saving resources and going to various stores for the lowest priced items. Saving…
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What is it about pudding that is so delicious? The smooth, creamy, velvety texture? The way it jiggles a little? The fact that it is yet another way of enjoying chocolate? Whatever the reason is, chocolate pudding tends to be a family favorite across all families. Most of us are used to the chocolate pudding…
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School morning breakfast doesn’t need to be boring and filled with sugary cereal. Although we love to eat fresh eggs from our backyard flock of chickens, eggs can get a bit boring — especially for the little ones. One option would be waffles made ahead of time (frozen already) and popping into the toaster to…
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If you follow a couple natural wellness or real food blogs, you’ve probably noticed them promoting a new buying resource called Thrive Market. Basically Thrive Market is like Costco meets Whole Foods only you don’t have to leave the comfort of your house and yoga pants to shop it. Alright, well maybe I do leave the house…
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