• Win ONE GALLON of Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil!!

    I am so excited to bring you an AMAZING giveaway!! Hold on to your hats people!! ONE GALLON of the awesome and amazing Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil from Topical Traditions!! Ohhh yea…. I knew you’d be excited!! If you aren’t familiar with coconut oil, you should do some research. This stuff is truly remarkable. It’s a staple in our house and for a good reason too. First, it’s fantastic to cook with!! You should taste the brownies I make with this!! Yummmm. Coconut oil also has other great benefits as well. Not just taste but antioxidants too: Laboratory tests show that this Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is a very high quality coconut oil, with very high antioxidant levels. A study done in Malaysia and published in the International Journal of Food Science Nutrition also reported that the wet-milling fermentation method produced the highest amounts of antioxidants, and another study completed in Sri Lanka in 2011 confirmed the result. Tropical Traditions Coconut oil isn’t mass produced, each batch is made BY HAND!! Just like they’ve done for hundreds of years. They even handpick the coconuts to use!! That’s impressive! The coconuts are certified organic with strict USDA standards. Need ideas how to use coconut oil, Tropical Traditions…

  • Fitness Flower Review and GiveAWAY!!

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    A 2013 Holiday Gift Guide Pick! Fitness Flower! I am stating it here and now. I need to lose weight and get into shape ASAP. These Grandkids are kickin’ my butt!! I don’t want to be the Grandma that sits in a chair and watches! I want to PLAY TOO!!  So, baby steps, cause well, you know… it’s me.  I love to eat and I’m not overly fond of exercise! BUT!! If I exercise for 2 minutes at a time? I could do that!! Hello The Bathroom Begonia from Fitness Flower. This is a really cool concept. It’s pretty. Bright colors, yellows and greens. It really looks pretty on the bathroom mirror. Okay, but as you know pretty doesn’t make the fat go away. You have to use it. Which is SUPER EASY and kinda fun!! (I KNOW!! I said FUN and EXERCISE in the same POST!!) First, your already doing your regular beauty routine and basic maintenance so why not multi-task?!?! The Bathroom Begonia six simple exercises that you can do in the same amount of time as say, brushing your teeth. NO more excuses that you can’t fit exercise into your day!! Extra bonus it’s on the mirror!! You…

  • The Hoo-Rag

    FINALLY!! That’s how I feel about the Hoo-Rag. Seriously! I often wear a bandana, especially when we are camping. Just a plain old red and white cotton one that I have to continually have to re-tie, re-adjust. I’m loving my Hoo-Rag!! Not only is it super cute!! It’s comfortable. REALLY comfortable!! Now, all that said and done, it’s really unfair to compare a Hoo-Rag with a bandana. A Hoo-Rag is soooooooooo much more!! SO much more!! I can wear my Hoo-Rag in so many ways!! It’s comfortable all DAY long!! It’s stylish and so very versatile! The Hoo-Rag is a seamless, tubular bandana. It’s made of 100% polyester microfiber. There are so many different ways I can wear my Hoo-Rag. It’s perfect for hiking, fishing, running exercising….. and truly would be a PERFECT gift to give for people that are outdoors a lot. The Hoo-Rag even has a UPF rating of 30! The Hoo-Rag measures 20X9.5 inches and stretches unilaterally to fit a variety of head shapes and sizes. If all that isn’t enough the colors and pattern selection is AWESOME!!!!! Seriously, something for everyone!! They will even custom make a Hoo-Rag with YOUR logo!! How cool would that be???…

  • Excerpt from “A Parent’s Playbook”

    Enrichment Activities An Excerpt from A Parent’s Playbook “It’s what we’re excited about that educates us.” ~Lives on the Boundary.Rose, M. (1995) A mother raven flew over a swan swimming in a lake, and thought him unspeakably beautiful. Believing that his fine white color came from washing in the water in which he swam, the raven left her nest and took her chicks to live near the lake. But no matter how often she washed her baby birds’ feathers in the water, their black color never changed. Instead the birds all nearly starved because the food they ate did not exist near the lake. Once the mother raven realized the error of her ways, the family of birds returned to their native home and flourished because they were able to nourish themselves as nature intended. When we as parents attempt to transform our child into a different kind of child, we deny their spirits nourishment. While we may have to live with one-size-fits-all during the school day, we have an opportunity to feed their spirits with extracurricular activities, and celebrate who they were born to be. As parents, we want to give our kids the chance to discover inner strengths that…