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 [...]
Archive for April, 2009
22 Apr
Earth Day resolutions
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 [...]
21 Apr
Lead in vitamins
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 [...]
19 Apr
Raspberry Lemon Muffins
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 [...]
15 Apr
Kid Safe Chemical Act
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.
9 Apr
Community Supported Agriculture
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 [...]
5 Apr
An hour of reading!
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, [...]
2 Apr
Earth day is April 22
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 [...]
