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The Natural and Non-Toxic Home

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My first workshop at the 2010 Natural Living Conference is Natural and Non-toxic Home given by the fabulous Candita Clayton ( owner of one of the fabulous shoes in the previous post). Here are a few of her tips for a room by room home health check-up: Entryway: Check your chemical residues at the door. [...]

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Bee Stings and Bee Balms

The Boy likes to prance around barefoot during the summer months. Never mind that our yard may or may not have several piles of deer poop dotting it. He’s quite adept at dodging these land mines though. This uncanny ability makes him immune to my pleas to wear any kind of footwear. So when he [...]

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Brother, Can You Spare A Rib?

I asked The Boy to read a book for a book review he and I are doing later in the week. In return, I promised to buy him the last two installments in the Percy Jackson series. Why this excited him so much, I don’t know. We have a rule. If it’s a good book, [...]

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Cloth Diapering 101

Cloth diapering isn’t just for the tree-hugging set anymore. We did it for two years with The Punk before The Old Man finally got tired of it and staged a revolt. I think mostly because it took him two years to get over the shock of the water birth. It was also around the time [...]

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Cloth Diapering a Newborn

For the first two years with The Punk, we used cloth diapers. I know. Ew. That’s the first reaction when you hear about people using cloth diapers. Ew. Well, the whole process is disgusting. Cloth or not, you’re dealing with urine and feces either way. I suppose it’s just a matter of what grosses you [...]

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Fun In The Sun

My kids are running around looking like extras from the movie Eclipse. I’m not that into the synthetic sunscreens because I’m not entirely convinced that they aren’t carcinogenic themselves. I try to use products that use minerals like zinc oxide for sun protection instead. The Environmental Working Group came out with their Best Beach and [...]

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Flea Market Finds

On one of my rare Sundays off from work, The Old Man and I love to dive into other people’s old crap. Nothing thrills us more than milling around stalls brimming with dust-laden wares. I’m all over vintage tablecloths and kitchen accessories. If there’s a vintage tea towel within a 5-mile radius of where I’m [...]

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