November 2009

Breaking the Habit with Coffee Alternatives

November 30, 2009

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My love affair with coffee began at the tender age of 13. I started making myself a small mug after my Dad had his cup first thing in the morning. Soon I graduated to Iced Frappuccinos and Tim Horton's English Toffee coffees with my high school friends (I know the Americans out [...]

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Upcoming… Healthy Holidays Eats and Sweets Carnival

November 25, 2009

I love Christmas food! Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet or mashed potatoes (or both), hot spiced apple cider, "sugar" cookies...There is something about holiday food that is incredibly festive and celebratory, and so very familar and comforting as well.
Unfortunately, holidays often tend to be a time when many of us fall off of the healthy [...]

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Eco-Friendly Grocery Shopping at its Best: Moukisac Review and Giveaway

November 24, 2009

I've been using cloth shopping bags for the last couple of years whenever I go out grocery shopping, and I just love using these sturdy, reusable bags to avoid the usual plastic offerings. Still, I wasn't happy. I may have been avoiding some waste, but my beautiful fresh produce was still sitting in (what else?)... [...]

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Making Healthy Changes When Your Husband Isn’t on Board

November 23, 2009

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There are a lot of things that my husband does that I know very little about. For example, buying and installing more ram for our computers. Or writing a marketing proposal and presenting a sales pitch to the CEO of a company. Or how to set up a set of drums, much less [...]

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1 Minute Survey

November 22, 2009

Ladies, I have a quick favor to ask of you...
This is something I should have done ages ago. For me to be able to continue serving the needs of my readers, it would be so helpful for me to know some more exact demographics, rather than just guessing (because guessing is kind of fun, but [...]

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Homemade Cough and Cold Syrup

November 20, 2009

Since mentioning and tweeting (@keeperhome) about this syrup I made, I've had many requests to share the recipe, so here it is!
It comes from a book I mentioned briefly before called 10 Essential Herbs by Lalitha Thomas. This is a rare (I believe because it's out of print) book from 1996 that my mother-in-law stumbled [...]

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Conserving Water: Why It Matters and Ways to Do It

November 19, 2009

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While I wouldn't say that I'm completely unconcerned about conserving water, it hasn't been a large focus for me in my desire to simplify our home and practice better stewardship of the earth that God has given us dominion over. I had heard and read bits of information here and there about [...]

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Carrying Burdens That Don’t Belong to Us

November 18, 2009

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Are you feeling overwhelmed? Is it possible that those burdens you're carrying were never yours to carry in the first place?
When we get off course, God is so faithful to intervene and use any number of ways to gently guide us back to where we ought to be. In my case, He most [...]

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Nourishing Crockpot Carnival: My Crockpot, My Friend

November 16, 2009

She may not see as much use in the summertime, but come fall and winter, my crockpot is my very good friend.
I think my favorite thing about using a crockpot is that all it takes is a small time investment in the morning, usually as we're finishing up breakfast and I'm tidying the kitchen. That [...]

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Getting Sick= Good Practice with Herbs!

November 15, 2009

Wouldn't you know it, that within days of posting on garlic and all of its healing properties, we would come home from a weekend away with several sickies (including myself)?
I've spent the last 4 days on a computer fast, as suggested by my wise and loving husband. He knew that I was a bit burnt [...]

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