In order to develop a habit, I have found that I have to do it daily for two weeks. I am going to test this out by spending 15 minutes a day straightening up or organizing an are/very small piece of the house. Those who know me know that I run a small business out […]
I don’t share a lot of recipes because I am a very simplistic cook, and most of what I make does not actually require a recipe. This dish for example does not actually require a recipe, but I will make one up for you so that you can share in the deliciousness of it as […]
I have very dry skin that is definitely showing its age. I tend to use some very good moisturizing creams, and have a pretty good system to keep my skin from being dry, but I still have skin damage and age spots (Southern California has lots of sun). I was checking out the creams at […]
I love kids. They are so much fun to hang out with. I may have a very different parenting style than many people, but I think that my style is normal and awesome. There may be a couple of differences in my style though. See if you can spot them. Photo by Alexandra Giese During […]
Welcome to the our series: The Skeptics Guide to Essential Oils. Specifically I was very skeptical about how the oils worked and if it was all just an airy fairy new age concept. We are having a whole series with our Oil Explorers group, which is a wonderful group of people who are on an […]
When I was going to have my first child, I would read stories that would gush about how there was this instant bond with the baby when it was born. I found that to not be true. When my daughter was put on my chest, it was like she was this little alien that had […]
Essential oils are meant to be used to support a healthy lifestyle. What does this really mean? It means that they can be natural things for the everyday health. There are so many ways that they can be used, but since they are organic compounds, certain ones may work for you, and others may not. […]
We all need a little pampering, and our feet are often ignored when it comes to pampering. Let me start by saying that my feet are really really dry. I have a condition that affects me on my feet and hands. I am actually really lucky that these are the only affected areas that I […]
Sometimes it seems like it is hardly worth trying to work for a living because the kids keep getting sick. When the kids are school age, they seem to get sick a lot, and then I have to stay home from work too. Sometimes I start to wonder why I have a job when I […]
I have a teenage boy with very smelly feet in my house. His feet are so smelly that it is considered a form of torture to be shut in a room with his shoes. We tried powders, sprays, deodorants, and Lysol to no effect. Those trials resulted in smelly shoes that had a hint of […]
We go about our days and live our lives. We periodically give money to people who are holding signs at the street corners if we feel compelled to. We donate to charities that we feel fit our giving profile. We give to church groups and try to be a part of the charitable community. So […]
There is a lot of talk and hype about essential oils right now, and I got on the band wagon. My initial intended use for them is not going to work out, so now I am going to go on a journey to see what roll these oils can play in my life, and I […]
It is summer and the kids are out of school. We need to build activity into their days or it is too easy to settle in to a lazy summer and watch too much TV and play more video games than is good for them. We have Tennis Tuesday every week, and go swimming at […]
Having grown up in Southern California, I fell in love with snorkeling when I was a kid. I probably snorkeled for the first time in Hawaii, but I didn’t fall in love with it until later when I was older and we went snorkeling at La Jolla Cove in San Diego. La Jolla Cove is […]
The summer started out a bit difficult because I didn’t have a job set yet, so I was unsure what my schedule would be. It is hard to plan when you don’t know. Then we went on vacation to Yosemite, and we all got sick. That took us down for a week or two. I […]