This vinaigrette is a favorite in the family. It is quick and easy to make, plus it is loaded with food items that are high in nutrition....

Today I wanted to share a few of my favorite items for the schoolroom. I must admit that I have the tendencies of the "teacher type" and experience great excitement every fall when it is time to buy new pencils and paper. Even more than that, I love a functional, beautiful, well-organized space. I have also found that when I provide this type of space to my children, they thrive as well. We all know how expensive things are these days and how difficult it is to find quality i

The battle against the electronic world is real. It is real for adults, but it is especially real for children. TV shows, movies, music, games, there are so many options for kids to drain hours of their day on an electronic device. Now, even schoolwork or homework is the reason. Children live in a digital world, and this cannot be good or healthy.  What did kids do all day a hundred years ago? How did we reach a point where we feel as if electronics are vital to our daily hap

Sinus infections are the worst! Most years, I am lucky to avoid getting the flu when it hits the house. Does my body avoid sinus infection? Not so much. I will come down with a sinus infection at least once a year. It is pretty miserable; my nose runs constantly; there is pressure in my whole face that causes headaches and my eyes pour water. When this annoying infection pops into my life, I hit it hard with all the tricks below. I do not mess around, and I am happy to say th

Oh, the taste of raw milk! So divine! We have been buying raw milk from a local farmer for the past three years, and it is literally my...

Getting Fit. It is the first thing that many women think about the day after they’ve had their baby. Yet, in many cultures, over the span of thousands of years, women did NOT get right back to their daily duties after having a baby. Though the vital recovery period ranges anywhere from one month to two, six weeks is often the recommended period of rest time. It is also the amount I, and many women that I know (who’ve had 4+ children) recommend. In fact, the times I forced mys

Getting Fit. It is the first thing that many women think about the day after they’ve had their baby. Yet, in many cultures, over the span of thousands of years, women did NOT get right back to their daily duties after having a baby. Though the vital recovery period ranges anywhere from one month to two, six weeks is often the recommended period of rest time. It is also the amount I, and many women that I know (who’ve had 4+ children) recommend. In fact, the times I forced mys

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” — Joseph Addison My children love to read! And I love that my children love to...

I recently wrote a post titled, " 5 Traditional Medicines to Decrease Stress , " and it got me thinking about a few other ways that I...

It is no joke that a mother’s life is typically not a stress-free life. It is wonderful. It is beautiful and so worth it, but it is not stress-free. It becomes imperative then to find ways to manage and decrease our stress. As mothers, we must seek to do this not only for ourselves and our health, but also so that our children can look up and see a mother who is enjoying her life, and not a mother who is constantly reacting to the emotions of stress that her life causes her.