Sharing Some Care During Cold and Flu Season: Send a Free Gift to Someone in Need

There’s no way around it.  We’re entering the time of year when coughs and sniffles and dripping sinuses take their toll and intrude on our everyday lives.  The people we love and care about look to us for comfort and care and Kleenex is making it even easier for us to share that caring with [...]

Vegenaise & More: Vegan Options We Enjoy, to Replace Some of Our Favorite Dairy Products: a Review & Give Away

On July 14, 2012, in Condiments, Fitness, Exercise & Health Issues, In the Kitchen, Snacks, by Glenda Embree

With several members of our family experiencing problems digesting dairy, it has posed a problem finding alternatives to the foods they have loved and taken for granted.  You really don’t realize how much dairy you consume until you try to give it up.  Sometimes, we simply don’t find replacements that satisfy, and then the disappointment [...]

Baby Ota – the Ultimate Comfort and Swaddling Experience : Review and Give Away

On May 10, 2012, in Family Circus, Fitness, Exercise & Health Issues, Giveaways, Reviews, by Glenda Embree

As many of you are mothers, just like me, I know that saying the word “colic” will no doubt bring up memories of sleepless nights and a wailing infant who couldn’t be consoled, no matter what you tried.  After weeks and weeks of the same, and reaching a point of near exhaustion, some well-meaning soul [...]

Healthy Kids and Healthy Me : Giving Up Soda for a Cause

I’m not going to lie.  I’m wincing a little as I write this.  Not because I’m in physical pain, but because mentally I have convinced myself that I need something — something that this month, I’m not going to have  — something I love — something that I have been known to hide from the [...]

Can Healthy Snacks Be Satisfying, Comfort Food? Our Healthy Snacking Challenge

On May 1, 2012, in Fitness, Exercise & Health Issues, In the Kitchen, Reviews, by Glenda Embree

I’m on a quest to reduce the sugar in our family’s diet.  I’m excited about the potential changes – for weight, for health, for just feeling better.  My family … not so much.    Don’t get me wrong.  None of them have anything against being a healthy weight, being in the best possible health or [...]

Simply Right 4X Probiotic Digestive Care Supplement and a Chance to Win a $400 Sam’s Club Gift Card!

On May 1, 2012, in Fitness, Exercise & Health Issues, Giveaways, Reviews, by Glenda Embree

Awhile back, I shared how much the Member’s Mark 4X Probiotic Digestive Care Supplement had helped my husband with his lactose intolerance and digestive problems.  Probiotics have changed the way he is able to eat and enjoy food and we feel really fortunate to have learned about them.  The supplement has recently undergone a packaging [...]

Inspiring Easter Smiles with “Baskets” from Grandma

Those of you who have been reading this blog for awhile have probably figured out that there is a fairly large age-span between our kids.  They’re 10, 15 (almost 16), 19, 25 and 27.  Is it just me or do they never get to old for Easter baskets?  -lol-  We have added two fabulous son-in-laws [...]

There’s SOMETHING in the Water! A Zero Water Filtration Pitcher Review & Giveaway

On April 4, 2012, in Fitness, Exercise & Health Issues, Giveaways, In the Kitchen, Reviews, by Glenda Embree

Our community water supply has been a huge issue for our family for almost 20 years.  I was pregnant with our third baby (now 19), when we moved here.  I absolutely love our community and consider it my hometown, but we were told on our first day here, that we should not drink the water, [...]

April 4th is National Walking Day! Dust Off Those Sneakers and Let’s Move!

On April 3, 2012, in Family Circus, Fitness, Exercise & Health Issues, by Glenda Embree

Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 4 is NATIONAL WALKING DAY.   That means it’s the perfect time to do some spring cleaning in more than just our homes.  It’s time to clean up those bad habits that keep us stationary and lethargic –  to throw out those crazy lies that we whisper to ourselves, saying that we can’t [...]

I’m Doing a Meaningful Beauty Test Drive

On February 20, 2012, in Fitness, Exercise & Health Issues, Health and Beauty, Reviews, by Glenda Embree

I was contacted recently to do a test drive on Meaningful Beauty’s new Advanced Anti-Aging Skincare System.  After celebrating my 50th birthday with you, last summer, it’s probably time for me to face a couple of the tiny lines asserting themselves around my eyes.  Holy cow!  Were those there before? I have that “after 40″ [...]

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