Parenting Challenge
There is a great blog at The Natural Parenting website that goes beyond attachment parenting onto conscious parenting. Really being in the moment and aware of what you are feeling before just reacting to your child. Listening to their needs and wants before judging or making them do something for the sake of making you feel more [...]
Fly Lady
Since we have moved into a new home (a rental), that is very nice and has awesome energy since it isn’t cluttered and messy, I would love to keep it that way. In the process, making it a habit to be organized and tidy. So I have been FLYING.
My major accomplishment thus far has been [...]
Bread Machine and Juicer
I have learned that when I’m looking for something, that I should tell people around me that it is on my need/want list. A few months back, I told my mom that I would really like to make my own bread, but didn’t feel equipped to do it correctly in the oven. You know [...]
Using up your cereal
As I was digging through the cupboard one morning last week, I found 3 cereals that were really low and I was just really sick of eating. So I took it upon myself to dump all of them into the same bag (which was a nice cereal bag with a plastic closure on it), and [...]
WFMW – Preparing for baby!
I have been preparing for a baby long before I became pregnant, but the preparing that has gone on during the past 30 weeks has been a busy time. I can only imagine what the next 10 weeks will be like in preparation for Sprout’s arrival.
Our baby shower surely helped us a lot to get [...]
Cleaning routine
I had noticed that I just wasn’t keeping up with my chores lately. It wasn’t because I was busy or even because I was entering my third trimester of my pregnancy. It was because I was completely bored with my routine. I have it written on a dry erase board that is attached to my [...]
Works for Me – Toy Edition
I am expecting my first baby in February, but the issue of toys has come up many times during discussions with my DH and I. As we are trying to live more simply, we want to make wise choices when it comes to the toys Sprout should have.
I was very grateful not to receive a [...]
Homemade Tortilla Recipe
As I move toward a more simple life, my goal is start learning how to make my own things and especially starting in the kitchen. As I made my grocery list this past week, I knew that others made their own tortillas. Why can’t (shouldn’t) I do that too?! I didn’t put tortillas on my [...]
Monthly Grocery List
Since we live in a small town and it’s hard to find organic products (or products for a reasonable price), we travel about 60 miles once a month to go to an employee owned grocery store. We have a lot of options there, and we find the things that we like (organic foods/produce, organic beauty [...]
Quiet time before work time
Do you ever get lost in the hustle and bustle of it all? You’re stressed, you’re overworked, and all you want is a few minutes to yourself to breathe….
That was me this morning before I even rolled out of bed. I had a vivid dream (thanks pregnancy) but a vivid dream that wasn’t filled with [...]