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At Goodwill for $14.99!!! What a bargain! Nettie's going to flip! I've already scrubbed it...

Me, DH of 16 years, DD1 (15yo), DD2 (10yo), DD3 (nearly 2), a labrador, a tabby cat, a lop-eared bunny, and goldfish! Life is grand! http://daisyheadmamas.blogspot.com/

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Courage to Continue

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Me, DH of 16 years, DD1 (15yo), DD2 (10yo), DD3 (nearly 2), a labrador, a tabby cat, a lop-eared bunny, and goldfish! Life is grand! http://daisyheadmamas.blogspot.com/

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OT : Facebook

Anyone else on their 1000 attempt to log into Facebook ? I have such a love/hate relationship with FB ...

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Ryannbaby

Thanks for updating on your DD. I do know how scary it is, DS has heart issues, so I do understand that dread...

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I'm Ryann (30), DF Gabe (31). Our beautiful DD - 14 months - Isabella Francesca Marie - Born on St Patty's Day 2009. So in love with our little beauty!

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Prank Gift (TMI????)

My 15yod came home from high school last week and showed me this link, LMBO!!!!! ...

Me, DH of 16 years, DD1 (15yo), DD2 (10yo), DD3 (nearly 2), a labrador, a tabby cat, a lop-eared bunny, and goldfish! Life is grand! http://daisyheadmamas.blogspot.com/

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Signatures Available!

Got to My Exchange Profile in the left-hand corner, click on it, scroll down just a bit, and add! ...

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Wet Tennis Shoes and My Inner Mommy Struggle

(APO my blog) Wet Tennis Shoes and the Inner Mommy Struggle It's been raining for...

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Wet Tennis Shoes and the Inner Mommy Struggle

It's been raining for days here. The rain flows in rivers down the streets and pools up in the clogged street drains.

It's been nice, really, to have all of this rain. Because we live in a semi-arid climate, rain really is scarce. Well, precipitation of any kind is. Although we get a lot of snow in the mountains, down here in the valley, the snowfall is less than the norm. That doesn't make for a nice summer. Means we'll have lots of forest fires. Which means lots of smoke in the air. Which means our lungs will burn if we're outside playing. So we'll be forced to stay indoors during the only 3 months of the whole year when it's actually fun to live in Montana.

Anyhow, back to the rain.

It's so peaceful to sleep to the sound of a steady falling rain. It's also nice when it rains during the weekdays because then I actually work...at work.

My older daughters walk home from school. They're not used to all of this rain, so they weren't prepared the first day the rain came down in buckets. I got frantic phone calls at work at 3:15 p.m.: "Hi, Mom! Did you notice it's raining? Can I get a ride home from school?"

Well, I remember when I was a kid and I didn't get rides home in the rain. We wore things called "rain coats" and had things called "umbrellas." But not my kids. They get carpooled everywhere they go, mostly, even on sunny days. But I recently made a rule to save on my time: "From now on, you girls will walk home from school."

They both whined about it, obviously. But in the end, I won...like I normally do.

So back to the rain and after school.

I actually DID pick them up and bring them home that first day of rain. But the next morning, when it was still raining, I told them to dress for the weather because they most definitely were walking home in the rain.

Which they did. One with my free Clinique umbrella and the other with a hoodie over her head.

Next morning, as I'm dropping them off at their schools, my 10yo remarks: "Hey, Mom. My tennis shoes are still wet."

I lean over the seat to peek at her shoes. Yep. They were still wet. In fact, they were SO wet that they still went "squish" when she walked. AND it was STILL raining.

Up popped my angel mommy on my right shoulder, and the devil mommy on my left. Angel mommy said, "Awwww. Have a heart. Drive back home and get her some dry, warm shoes."

And devil mommy said, "What??? That girl is TEN years old. If she can't figure out that she needs dry, warm shoes, that's HER problem. This will teach her a lesson."

I paused...what to do? What to do?

I looked at my car's interior clock: 3 minutes before I had to be to work, and I still had to drop off the teenager at her school.

So I said to my 10yo daughter, "Well, looks like this will teach you to wear dry, warm shoes, Faithy! Sorry!"

And I pulled away from the curb and left her standing at the corner of the school playground with her umbrella over her head and squishy, wet shoes on her feet.View Thread

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Nettie says:

(this morning as she's sitting on the potty): "Poop. Stinky." Only she can't say "stinky." It comes...

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You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat... Faith and her school lunch: organic salad mix with organic turkey...

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You Are What You Eat...

Faith and her school lunch: organic salad mix with organic turkey lunch meat, organic all-natural "Pirate's Booty" puffed corn, snack crackers, and organic fruit roll-up.

Above: all-natural peanut butter, the kind you mix and store in the fridge.

Here's some organic spring mix (lettuce), banana, apple, orange, tomato, and lime.

My story on healthy eating habits:

If you buy junk, you'll eat it...and so will your family. If you buy healthy, you'll eat it...and so will your family.

Beware of hydrogenated oils, corn syrup, lots of refined sugars, and artificial colors and flavors.

Purchase foods with ingredients you can pronounce.
If you can't pronounce it or it isn't natural: DON'T BUY IT.

Here's a list of potentially harmful preservatives you should avoid. Click on this link for more information on HOW these preservatives are harmful : http://www.keepwell.com/preservatives.htm

Benzoates are found in margarines, fruit juices, flour
Bromates are used to bleach flour
Butylates are used in margarines, butter, and vegetable oils
BHA is used in potato chips, crackers, pork, steak sauces, cake mixes
Caramel is used candies, soft drinks, bread, frozen pizza
Carrageenan is used in sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt, ice cream, beer, punch
Glutamates is used in most every convenience food
Mono- and Di-glycerides is used in margarine, butter, peanut butter, breads, cookies
Nitrates and Nitrites is used in hot dogs, cured meats, cheese

The above listed preservatives are suspected of contributing to: asthma, skin rashes, diarrhea, high cholesterol levels, impaired kidney and liver functions, headaches, dizziness, cancer, birth defects.

Some really good books to study up on this:
"Poisons In Your Food" by Ruth Winter
"A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives" by Ruth Winter

My family lives on a monthly grocery budget. And even though I have a budget that I need to adhere to, I can still shop for healthy, nutritious, all-natural or organic foods.

My family appreciates the effort I spend in purchasing these products for them. They taste great and it's fun to find new recipes using these healthier food products.View Thread

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testing new changes

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chrisandjen0717. I am not comfortable at all with the new features linking WebMD to FB and Twitter so I...

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A Mother's Love

"Twenty-six people who remembered their mothers as treating them with warmth had reduced inflammatory...

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My Blog -- your input

so I'm crazy fanatic about this now. It consumes me nearly as much as this Nourishing Mothers board,...

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Am I an Oxymoron?????

(APO my blog) Am I an Oxymoron?? I love Jesus...and my planet. "For By Him All...

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Am I an Oxymoron??

I love Jesus...and my planet.

"For By Him All things were created: things in Heaven and on Earth, visible and invisible..." -- Colossians 1:16

"In His Hand is the Life of Every Creature and the Breath of All Mankind." -- Job 12:10

I haven't always been "crunchie." In fact, I've been the total opposite. I've been wasteful, I've been a polluter, I've been unkind to this place called "Earth" for many, many years.

I never thought to be any different.

The only people I knew who were "crunchies" wore hemp skirts, wore dreadlocks, didn't shave their armpits, and played the didgeridoo. (you know, one of those 4-foot long wooden pipes that bellow out deep tones and grunts). I wasn't going to eat ants or tofu (synonymous to me a while back, LOL), or shop at those weird-smelling all-natural food stores.

I definitely wasn't going to go THAT extreme in order to be more eco-friendly and help preserve God's gift to us: our planet and its ecosystems.

But then I began to understand how our wastefulness NOW will have an effect on our children and grandchildren....and future generations.

The polluted rivers and lakes...the polluted air...the landfills overflowing with overindulgences...

So slowly, I began to notice how my actions NOW will have long-lasting effects, and I wanted to begin to change that.

I started to do some research, started to learn some of the basic jargon like "eco-friendly" and "carbon footprint."

That morphed into questioning my current living style: "How am I impacting these fragile eco-systems?"

And then began my prayer: "Lord, teach me to take care of not only my husband and my children, but also my environment."

And thus began my journey of "crunchiness."

I'm amazed to find that there aren't a lot of Christian folks practicing eco-friendliness. I don't know if it's because they, too, are worried they'll have to grow dreadlocks and not shave their armpits? I'm not quite sure.

But let me say that I feel great when I recycle, when I teach my children how to take care of our fragile ecosystems, AND when I teach them God's word.

So why do I feel like such an Oxymoron? I don't think there are very many like me out there. In fact, I'm willing to bet $100 that I'm a small percentage of the Christian community who is living eco-friendly...er, at least eco-friendlier.

Because I have a LONG ways to go before I can say that I'm totally living eco-friendly.

But one thing I want to point out: I will not love my eco-friendliness more than I love God. I can't forget to put Him first...and neither should you.

I thank God for leading me on this new journey in my life....and I hope you join me.

Tell me YOUR story...View Thread

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My Pimp Ride

(APO my blog) [a name=4587670203901183852> Grandma Margaret and Grandpa Weldon's Lincoln Town Car...

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(APO my blog) [a name=4587670203901183852> Grandma Margaret and Grandpa Weldon's Lincoln Town Car

Sadly, Grandpa Weldon and Grandma Margaret are no longer with us. They left behind some beautiful antique furniture, a house full of fine china, chandeliers, closets full of polyester clothing, a garage full of used items (they grew up in the Great Depression and saved EVERYTHING), and a champagne colored (PINK!) Lincoln Town car with only 20,000 original miles and brand new tires.

Our Victorian home is chock full of their antique collection, and our car collection now contains a pink Lincoln the size of Texas.

But it gets GREAT gas mileage. 27mpg. It's a total cooshy ride, as well. I'm not sure if you've ever had the privilege of placing your bottom on the seat of a Lincoln car, but it's an experience you will never forget. This vehicle contains all of the bells and whistles of modern day cars. I'm totally thankful for this addition to our family.

Our other vehicles consist of two older Ford Expeditions (the Eddie Bauer versions with all-leather seats and sunroof). But they get HORRENDOUS gas mileage.

So now I'm driving myself and my three children around in Weldon and Margaret's pink Lincoln. I get a lot of funny stares, especially since we live in quite a "crunchie" area of the West where folks ride their bicycles to work or their scooters or drive their brand-new Prius.

I almost feel like I should hang fuzzy dice in the rear-view mirror and lower the car to the ground like you see in some movies.

So while my modern Expeditions sit parked in the driveway, I'm getting in and out of my pimp mobile every morning. It really used to bug me, the way people would laugh or stare. But now, I just watch my gas gauge say: 27mpg and 260 miles left until empty, and I grin all the way down the road...View Thread

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Who Wants This FREE terry cloth diaper?

I made this tonight with my 10yod. Lilac colored with a sewn-in insert. Velcro closure. Waist: size 16...

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Best and Worst Places to Be a Mom - by WebMD

did you READ this? Pathetic results for the U.S. I'm actually kinda shocked... "A U.S. woman is more...

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Make Your Own Textured Counting Book

http://www.teaching-tiny-tots.com/toddler-books-touch-and-feel-numbers.html This looks really...

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All-Natural Powdered Laundry Soap

(APO my blog.) I finally did it! I made my own all-natural laundry powder. Ingredients:...

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My First Family Cloth and Cloth Napkins (jlcohen!!...

[a name=7281215236318481663> Cloth Napkins and Family Cloth ...

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I am really trying...

I got most of my garden planted over the weekend and found a bunch of slugs when I took back some of...

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Just a Reminder:

This board is for mamas who breastfeed, cloth diaper, AP, co-sleep, EC, homeschool, cook organically,...

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Things your DH does that make you clench your teet...

(or SO) What does your DH do (or not do) that just makes you clench your teeth or make your head...

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Lord, give me the strength...

...to not want to strangle one of DH's daugthers. She is young (24) and pregnant for the first time. I...

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Another Cloth Diaper Question

I didn't start to CD DD until she was around 6 or 7 months. Have any of you cloth diapered a newborn? I...

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My Crunchie Weekend

So you've inspired me to press on. This weekend, I will make my own hairspray and body cream. I will...

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My Blog

http://daisyheadmamas.blogspot.com/ There's a bunch of stuff I put on yesterday that I didn't post...

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Clearing Room APO 18-24 mo board

I'm in the process of clearing out some toys, not to get rid of them, but DS seems bored so i want to remove...

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New Child Bike Carrier -- TOO COOL!

Check THIS out! Here's a video on how to use one of these! Too cool! http://www.kidzproducts.com/ ...

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