I knew the swine flu paranoia was getting out of hand when I found this in my kids room… Just kidding… someone sent me this picture, but I thought it was worth sharing! Have a healthy day!
Cleaning Naturally with Common Household Products
October 16, 2009 Leave a Comment
One topic I have become increasingly interested in in recent months is natural cleaning products. Since I switched to natural cleaning, I have found a lot of great recipes, tricks and shortcuts that have not only taken the chemicals out of my daily life, but made our house cleaner, fresher, and faster to clean! The [...]
How to Lose Weight while Preventing the Flu this Season
October 15, 2009 3 Comments
As we enter the season of holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, etc) and the season of flu, two concerns on many people’s minds are flu prevention and weight loss. Luckily, there are some simple suggestions that can help maintain a healthy weight and help bolster the body’s defenses against the flu and other illness [...]
How to Make my Extremely Healthy Veggie Smoothie
October 14, 2009 9 Comments
In order to get my daily requirement of vegetables without spending hours on end chewing salad, I have devised a way to cheat… Veggie Smoothies. I don’t recommend them for anyone new to eating vegetables, as they have been known to make even the most devoted vegan make a face, but the health benefits can’t [...]
Are the Seasonal and Swine Flu shots safe?
October 14, 2009 1 Comment
There is no question that the existence of the H1N1 virus and the vaccine created as a result have become hotly debated issues in the media, by bloggers and perhaps most fiercely, by moms. There is so much information out there, that it can be overwhelming to sort out. Since I personally fit into high [...]
My Birth Saga- Part 4
October 13, 2009 1 Comment
Evil Miss Frizzle held Bambino upside down for a few seconds, tapped him on the back and elicited a shrill scream of disapproval. While the Evil Miss Frizzle was stitching me up, the uncooperative nurse cleaned, weighted and measured Bambino and put eye drops in his eyes. I finally got to hold Bambino about ten [...]
Back to the Basics
October 13, 2009 Leave a Comment
Here are several of the most simple, but commonly ignored keys to health and wellness. 1. Drink water. A good starting benchmark for water consumption is to take half of your body weight and add twenty. That is the minimum number of ounces you should consumer, per day. If you exercise, add 8-16 ounces for [...]
