Reading Time: 5 minutes Little Girl will turn 5 in about 6 weeks. Therefore, I’ve been thinking a lot about the resources needed to prepare my child for school. As it stands right now, we have decided to “red-shirt” her (watch for a post on that early this summer!) and wait until fall 2014 to officially start kindergarten. My […]
Archives for April 2013
How to Organize an eBook Library
Reading Time: 4 minutes Earlier, we talked about how to read an eBook even if you don’t have a Kindle or other eReader. In light of the Ultimate Bundle sale going on today, I thought it would be appropriate to give some tips on how to organize an eBook library. I am not naturally organized, so this, like everything, is […]
How to Read an eBook Even If You Don’t Have a Kindle
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’ve hung around my site very long at all, it’s no surprise that I absolutely love eBooks. I started buying and reading them about two years ago, and I’ve never looked back. Although I’ve been a bookworm since, well, birth, in recent years my bookshelves have become so crammed that I’ve simply run out […]
Is Your Water Toxic?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Berkey Filter was one of the first things I reviewed when I started my blog in 2011. I had one wanted for for a while, and we finally were able to get one. I had to convince my husband it would be worth it, but 10 years later, our whole house loves it, and […]
My Worst Homemaking Mistake {and 5 Ways I’m Working On It}
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today is quite humbling, but that’s kind of the theme of my entire site, right? I’ve been humbled, you’ve been humbled…and we’re all learning together. For a while now, I’ve wanted to share with you what I consider to be one of my worst–if not the worst mistakes I’ve made as a homemaker. Ready? I […]
I Can’t Stand Silent on this Silent Holocaust Anymore {Because It’s Not Just About Kermit Gosnell}
Reading Time: 4 minutes As I write this, I just finished giving my infant a bath. She giggled and cooed and played with her toes and babbled her new favorite word–“mama.” To think, just 7 mere months ago she resided in my womb, warm and comfortable and nourished and loved. Her first images of the world were blurs of […]
You’re Half Blind {to my life}…So Let Me Open Your Eyes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Yeah–that’s me–pretty make-up-less–except for the smudged mascara that I had a really hard time putting on! This past weekend, I spent my entire Saturday half blind. My family had spent Friday night in a hotel with my parents for a family reunion of sorts to celebrate my grandfather’s 90th birthday. I left my contact lens […]
Not-So-Natural Reactions to Natural Food Colors
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Natural” food colors may be to blame for your child’s mysterious allergic reactions. Annatto and carmine can be just as harmful as artificial food dyes. By Hilary Kimes Bernstein, Contributing Writer As a fairly new mom, I remember being shocked when my sweet 18-month-old son started violently and repeatedly banging his head against anything. Even […]
A One-Size Diaper That Fits from 5-35 lbs. and Doesn’t Require Stuffing? Yes, please!
Reading Time: 3 minutes This post is sponsored by Sweet Little Blessings. I was paid monetarily and received a free diaper. This cost helped off-set the expenses of publishing my ebook on cloth diapers. All opinions are mine. Right before I launched my new ebook, Confessions of a Cloth Diaper Convert, Coleen, of Sweet Little Blessings, sent me a […]