Love is in the air and everywhere you look you see shades of red, pink and white. Stuffed animals and sugar laden chocolates fill the shelves of every store, but you want something special for your Valentine this year, something they will never forget. Have you considered essential oils? You can incorporate them into many
Make your Valentine’s Day ‘Scentsational’!
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…
If you could have only 1…
“All Natural”
A Fresh Look at Eating Local
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…
Essential Oil blends are something that are becoming ever increasing popular. The efficacy and harmony of the oils is the utmost importance when developing an essential oil blend. Young Living’s years of rigorous research combined with extensive lab testing and farming expertise means every proprietary essential oil blend contains complimentary constituents that deliver the expected
If you could have only 1…
When it comes to books, I don’t know that there is any shortage of titles I want to read and learn about, but if you want to have a reference book that has EVERYTHING about gardening, animals, cooking & preserving, etc. there is only ONE. Really! Carla Emery’s book “The Encyclopedia of Country Living”! You
“All Natural”
Natural. What does that mean? If it is your goal to live naturally, than you need to know just what natural means and what it does NOT mean. Since most of the articles on this site are going to be referring to things you eat or come into contact with your skin, let’s look at
A Fresh Look at Eating Local
I’m sure that you’ve heard things like ‘eat local’ and ‘eat sustainable’ but how? And what if you live in an area (like me), that only has a farmer’s market in the summer? How do you eat local then? And really what’s the point anyway? Not to mention the questions, “What if I’m on a
Doctors… Who needs them?
Well the honest answer to that question is, “We do!” which might surprise you, but let’s start at the beginning. The problem with the image of “Doctor” nowadays has become distorted. They have been elevated to an almost demi-god state, where people believe everything they say as truth and will only do things their doctors
Starbucks… is Greenwashing again…
A LONG time ago, I used to work at Starbucks. I loved it, it was a ton of fun and I got to meet some great people. My last day of work was the day before my oldest son was born (he was early!). I learned a lot about coffee working there and there are
Barefoot and Pregnant…
I always thought the phrase “Barefoot and Pregnant” was funny but somewhat derogatory: so I decided to do a little play on words and update the phrase a little bit. Let me back track a little bit and explain… When my husband and I went to see a chiropractor for the first time, but
How to ‘Start Living’ with Young Living
I thought for this post I would present it as a tutorial with lots of pictures. Now that you are ready to purchase Young Living products for you and your family, you need to become a member (just like you would at Amazon or Sam’s Club)! As a member you have a couple different
Striving for Perfection
So the past few months I’ve been working on my blog. Writing articles, learning WordPress, learning how to use all the plugins, etc., thinking the whole time that ‘when it’s all ready’ I’m going to launch it! Lately I’ve been asked about my blog and as I look down at the ground, I respond with,
