If you haven’t already noticed, I’m sure you will soon, that my workouts are really heavy on lifting (no pun intended), and light on cardio. While I do love cardio, there’s a lot more to fitness than just cardio. Unfortunately, there’s a myth among women that lifting heavy stuff will cause us to Keep Reading
Project Fit Pregnancy: Week 14
There’s this sad philosophy being perpetuated by our narcissistic culture that the “best you” is the one who looks like a super model. Do you want to become a better person? Get fit! Flat stomach, slender thighs, no jiggles under the arms - those are the things that make you a great person. There Keep Reading
Fit And Healthy Pregnancy
I haven’t really talked about fitness much on this blog. Maybe mentioned running a time or two, but that’s all. As of today, that’s going to change. Gabriel and I are kind of fitness nuts. Not major fitness obsessed protein-powder-and-supplements nut, but just mildly nuts. We enjoy working Keep Reading
A New Addition – human this time
2013 is going to be a big year for our family in so many ways. But the one that trumps them all is, oh yes, a new baby! We’re going to find out what life with two kids is like. Garrett’s going to find out what it’s like to be a big brother. I’m going to find out what a second labor and Keep Reading
Homemade Laundry Detergent
My homemade laundry detergent, vinegar, and a stray pumpkin Homemade laundry detergent sounds like a really big deal, but you’d be surprised by both how easy, and how effective it is. Granted, it’s not Tide, but it’s still good stuff. Certainly as good as cheaper detergent brands. I’ve been very Keep Reading
Cloth Menstrual Pads; Green, Money Saving, Healthy
Today, I’m thrilled to present a guest post by Paula from Wholeintentions.com on why we women should consider switching away from our chemical laden, feminine paper products. This is an issue that doesn’t get a lot of attention because of it’s personal nature, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore Keep Reading
Easy Homemade Tomato Sauce
We got home from Texas late last week. Hooray! Waiting for us as we walked in the door though were bucketloads of tomatoes from our 200+ plants. I’m so happy our tomato plants are doing well this year! Last year we didn’t properly amend our pitiful soil and the poor plants didn’t do well at Keep Reading
Homemade Baby food
Every time I walk past the baby food isle in the grocery store I find myself wondering: do people really feed their babies that? I mean on a regular basis. There are circumstances where I can definitely see buying jarred baby food - like on a long car trip or something. It’d just be easier. But Keep Reading
Organic Pest Control
Summer’s here! Okay so, maybe not quite. But it’s hot outside, and gardens are going strong…. And they’re full of bugs. What’s the organically minded gardener to do? The last thing we want is to spray pesticides that make the produce unfit to eat. Here are a few of our summer bug Keep Reading
DIY Hair Cut
I got my hair cut yesterday. Yup. Actually, I cut it myself. Don’t worry, I’ve been cutting my own hair for a while now. Paying for a haircut really stinks, so I used to have one of my sister, or Gabriel, cut my hair. But, I got tired of having such a boring cut, so I decided to try Keep Reading
