There’s nothing better on a cold, dreary day than comfy clothes, a blanket and a steaming hot mug of tea. Herbal teas are wonderful winter companions. Not only are they tasty they also may have many benefits for your health. Making your own Soothing Herbal Tea Blend is a simple task that can help you relax and unwind. It’s important to understand the herbs you use because some can have contraindications to… Continue Reading
101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home – Book Review
Are you increasingly uncomfortable with the ingredients found in commercial products? You know, the ones you put on your skin…use for your health…and all over your home? Do you feel like you’re surrounded by a noxious chemical cloud and worry for your safety…and your family’s? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a resource of easy, proven recipes for homemade remedies and herbal products to replace those chemical laden concoctions?… Continue Reading
Cream of Coco Soap – Review and Giveaway!
Recently, I was asked to try and review Wisdom of the Ancients Cream of Coco Soap. I love the chance to review products and since I also like to bless others with giveaways, I asked if they would also send a bar to give away. They did, I tried it and here’s my review. You can enter the giveaway at the end of this post! I had never heard of this… Continue Reading
Creamy Pumpkin Face Mask
This weeks’ Make it Myself Monday post was about making your own Pumpkin Puree. My daughter wondered if there was anything we could do with the “guts”, and since I wanted to use as much of the pumpkin as possible I was thrilled that she researched and found some great ideas, such as a Pumpkin Facial Mask! I just used cooked “guts” that I pureed. Pumpkins pack a lot of… Continue Reading
No Grain, No Pain
There is nothing more scrumptious than the heavenly aroma of freshly baked bread, blanketing my home in total comfort. I’m a big fan of bread, and many things made with wheat. In fact, I just recently ordered a 50 pound bag of organic soft, white wheat berries…and I wasn’t out of the last bunch I ordered. I was thinking ahead, you see. Sometimes, I think I really shouldn’t think… To… Continue Reading
DST 2012…It’s All in My Head? Yep, Apparently
My hatred of Dumb Stupid Time is rooteddeeply in my brain I’m a little slow in posting my annual I-Hate-Dumb-Stupid-Time-and-Mitch-Daniels blog post. You can thank Dumb Stupid Time for that. I could barely function yesterday since we all, like well-programmed robots, dutifully moved our clocks forward one hour in an inane effort to “save daylight.” Well, I didn’t. I haven’t changed a clock since we were forced to start doing… Continue Reading