Choosing the Good Life Through Self Care, Health, and Happiness
My family goes on a vacation every couple of years to St. George Island with three other families. We spend a week eating, drinking, relaxing, eating, drinking, swimming, eating, and drinking. Now, the pace has changed slightly over the years. The first trip was five years ago and included eight adults and one baby. When […] Read more…
In part one of this post, I discussed my journey to find safe cleaning products to use in the home. My knee-jerk decision to make all of my own products turned out to be disappointing, so I began my secondary journey which was to find store bought options that used safer ingredients, but were also […] Read more…
With the flowers, trees, and my husband’s allergies in full bloom, I have been thinking more and more about ways to detoxify the air in our home. Typically, I would consider poor air quality to be an outdoors issue. However, according to EPA.gov, most adults spend 90% of their time indoors and the air quality […] Read more…
I’ve always admired those who are able to fit a workout into their daily routine. I’ve made the attempt several times, but have been more of a once or twice a week on and off kind of gal. Since sweet baby came along (and completely rearranged my body), I became adamant about making […] Read more…
After making the decision to embrace a more natural lifestyle, my first step was paying attention to what was in my food. The next step was trying to find ways to eliminate certain chemicals from the home ala cleaning products. My first instinct was to make DIY versions of everything. There were tons of recipes […] Read more…
Flu season was never something that I was too concerned about. We would try our best to not get sick obviously, but it wasn’t a daunting task. Fast forward to being a first time mom with a six month old and a particularly scary strand and “hello flu”, you have my full attention. While we’re […] Read more…