Natural Mothering E-book Bundle!

Looking for some natural mothering information. Look no further, check out this awesome e-book bundle! 

Click here to visit The Natural Mothering E-Book Bundle.

~This collection provides passionate, intelligent, and practical information to equip mothers to make informed decisions along their parenting journey and provide them with the resources they need to raise their children joyfully and naturally.~

Topics include:
~herbal remedies for children
~non-toxic beauty care for moms and children
~dealing with cavities and remineralizing teeth
~childbirth & breastfeeding
~a non-biased guide to thinking through the contentious topic of vaccines
~nutrition for babies, toddlers, children, and in the prenatal period
~diapering and pottying options
~dealing with trauma and depression
~teaching children manners, how to cook, and caring for others
~fertility
~meal ideas & homemaking helps for busy moms
~attachment parenting

Authors include a number of well-known bloggers, holistic health care professionals, and fertility experts - including Pinky McKay ICBLC, Ramiel Nagel, Gabriela Rosa ND, Wardeh Harmon, Natalie Kringoudis, and Will and Susan Revak of Orawellness.com. 

Click here to visit The Natural Mothering E-Book Bundle.

Just Say No to Honey Boo Boo

I am not a fan of Honey Boo Boo. I don't think that beauty queen scene has anything good to impart to youngsters. And its just plain annoying. So today's cartoon on the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists site was perfect. Enjoy!

(click here to view)

Terry Wise Ratland Ink PressApr 3, 2013 EditorialCartoonists.com

No SPAM Please!

Dear Anonymous Spam Commenter,
   Please stop leaving random, spam comments on my blog. Just because I don't post all the time doesn't mean its not still active and that I don't moderate the comments. Your comments don't get posted without approval so no has seen any of your comments or wierd links. Your wasting your time and mine. Please stop. Thank you!

Anyone else out there have this problem? Do you have a solution?

Great Things I learned from my Mom! (RIP)

April 26th, 2012
I've been thinking about writing this post for a while, but just don't feel like I have enough memories to make it long enough. My mom passed away 11 years and 1 month ago. I never fully grieved my losing her and today like any day I could probably list all the things I've needed her to teach me rather that remember what she has. But I'm going to start this post just like I did the one for Dad and hope to be able to add to it often.

~She taught me to speak to children like they were adults. They understand and they learn to speak properly, earlier and more accurately.~

~She taught me how to make the most amazing macaroni salad, although the recipe has since been lost.~

~She taught me how to hang clothes on a clothes line and how to do laundry.~

~She taught me how to bake.~

November 19th, 2012
~She taught me how to crochet.~

~She taught me how to do embroidery.~

~She inspired me to learn to sew.~

~She taught me how to iron, which is vital to sewing.~

Christmas Bazaar at Vineyard Christian Fellowship

This weekend I'm participating in my first ever Craft Bazaar at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship! There will be Live Music, Warm Food, and Beautiful Handmade Gifts from over 60 vendors.

November 16th, 2012 12pm-8pm
November 17th, 2012 9am-4pm

Vineyard Christian Fellowship
4950 N. Bradley Ln.
Garden City, ID 83714

There will be over 60 vendors offering a wide variety of handmade items including crocheting, photography, woodwork, scrapbooking  jewelry, home decor and so much more! There will be live music and delicious food available both days.

{Copied almost identically from the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Invitation card: created by Kim Collingham}

I'm bringing cute little crocheted owls! Hope you'll come and enjoy the festivities with us!

Update (11/18/2012): The bazaar was a lot of fun. We had moderate traffic. I think it was too hard to compete with a Boise state game weekend. I sold one owl and use a few others to trade for things around the bazaar that I wanted to buy. Looking forward to new crochet projects and planning different things for next year. 

Nutiva Coconut Oil

Just want to let everyone know that we got a great deal on Nutiva Coconut Oil yesterday at the Boise Costco. 1 (78 oz) jar for $21.99. The closest comparison I could find on Amazon was 2 (54oz) jars for $51.97 if you signed up for subscribe and save. So if your local Costco doesn't carry it, I'd ask for it and tell all your friends to ask for it. Since Costco supplies it to certain stores you just might get it at your local store.

How To: Fall Gardening with the Gardenieres

This post brought to you by Miracle-Gro. All opinions are 100% mine.
                     
Watch the Gardenieres!
My two favorite videos are on Harvesting Rain Water. Part 1 and Part 2.
I've been curious about rain water harvesting for a while now. Not sure where I first heard of it. But when I did I was living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Not really much rain to harvest. And we get most of our rain in the summer-time when the monsoons come through. Any water collected would either evaporate or be so hot I'd risk burning plants. So needless to say there really wasn't much reason to learn about it.
Another, thing I think that has kept me from doing Fall Gardening is that to me, Fall holds the conotation of Harvest time. So in my mind we're harvesting not planting. Granted I knew there were crops for all seasons I just never really thought about it all at the same time.
Now we live in Idaho and since we got here in the begining of October it's rained about as much as we would get all year in Nevada (not sure if this is an actual fact, but it sure seems that way). So now it's definately something to learn more about. The videos have helped me do just that. While I save up for an actual water havesting system, I think I'm just going to use some old trash cans we have around here.
Also check out this video on how to Create a Potted Herb Garden:


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