Inspiration for a simpler, love-filled life
As you may or may not know, about four years ago I decided I wanted to grow my hair long. It all started out quite innocently but ended up with me completely overhauling my approach to hair care. When I began growing out my hair, it was in one of its worst states….
Breakfast. Am I the only one who feels like I am in a breakfast rut? Maybe it is just me. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so they say. I’ve really found this to be true. I love a good protein shake, or bacon and eggs. Yum! However, my…
Have you heard of the wonders of that familiar backyard “weed,” dandelion? I’m sure you have, but for those who haven’t… dandelion is an amazing plant and flower, packed with vitamins and healing properties! Did you know… Dandelion is used to purify the blood? Every part of the dandelion is…
It was around the New Year, January of 2013. I had given birth to my fourth child, a daughter, four months prior. Yes, I was busy… but I also had this burning desire inside of me. You see, I wanted to teach. I wanted to write. I had so much bubbling up…
Procrastination. A word I have been familiar with almost my entire life… as soon as I learned what it meant. 😉  As much as I dislike that word, it hasn’t kept me from practicing it every day, in multiple ways. I’ve always wondered what it is about some people who don’t procrastinate. My…
20 Real Food Homemade Ice Cream Recipes Yum! Summer’s not quite over – especially for us here in Arizona! But I figure homemade ice cream recipes are good year-round. 🙂 Sometimes we think of ice cream as an unhealthy, sugar-filled, fat-laden overindulgent treat with no merits. But I really feel differently! Sure, most store-bought…
How do I tell you about water kefir? Water kefir sort of changed my life. Does that sound unbelievable? It’s true; if I could pinpoint one change we made that made the most difference in our lives, I would chalk it up to water kefir. That fizzy, bubbly, tingly, probiotic vitamin powerhouse. It was…
I’ve felt maxxed out on recipes lately. By that I mean, I just never feel like cooking anything – and I always feel like I am making the same exact things over and over. Bleh. So strangely, I decided to throw some things together, and they turned out pretty good. This…
Have you ever dehydrated watermelon? Did you even know you could dehydrate watermelon? As much as we love to dehydrate various foods, it wasn’t until this year that my husband decided to dehydrate some watermelon, when we were overflowing with it one evening. Turned out, it was a success, much like…
