For a while now, my husband has been giving me grief because I eat eggs almost every morning for breakfast. He’s warned me that my cholesterol is probably sky high because of this, but I always scoffed at his advice to eat oatmeal instead. Recently, I had a blood analysis done and found that eggs [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition on April 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
Happy Earth Day 2009!!!
For the past couple years, my husband and I have used Earth Day as a chance to make a resolution for the upcoming year. We have resolved to make many lifestyle changes that are better for the earth and our family. Here are some of the environmentally friendly things we’ve done in [...]
Filed under: Environment on April 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The FDA reported in 2007 that many brands of vitamins contain lead. Sadly, the vitamins found to have lead were designed for pregnant women and children, who are especially susceptible to the dangerous effects of lead. I wish I’d heard about it back then, as we have given one of the brands with the highest [...]
Filed under: Children, Lead on April 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday we were stuck in the house thanks to a spring snow storm. Fortunately, we have a new stand mixer, so I decided to warm my family up with some freshly baked goods. We had extra lemons so I went searching for a lemon bread/muffin recipe. This one from Epicurious.com had potential, but used a [...]
Filed under: Recipe on April 19th, 2009 | No Comments »
Consider signing this declaration in support of the Kid Safe Chemical Act. The Envrionmental Working Group is trying to get 500,000 signatures. For more info on the Act, open this pdf.
Filed under: Chemicals, Children on April 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
I’ve known about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) for a couple years now. The first time I heard about it, I thought it sounded great. Basically, you buy a share in a local farm and support it through an entire growing season. Then you get some of the produce from that farm. If it’s a great [...]
Filed under: Environment, Food and Nutrition on April 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In December, I posted about how my then 14-month old couldn’t sit through 30 seconds of reading. I had recently read a book, The Read-Aloud Handbook, that talked about the importance of reading out loud and often, and I was motivated to really try with my child. I did try and a couple weeks later, [...]
Filed under: Children on April 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
Earth day is right around the corner. This is a great time of year to evaluate your lifestyle and look for ways to lessen your impact on the earth. I’d like to encourage readers of this blog to start thinking about something you’d like to do, to commit to, to change, in honor of earth [...]
Filed under: Environment on April 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »