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3 Day Juice Cleanse/Fast: Part 2 – The Review
This post has taken me a lot longer to get to than originally intended, but I think it’s all for the better – it’s been nine days since our juice cleanse ended, and it’s given me time to “return to normal” and figure out what folks seem to be most curious about in relation to doing a juice cleanse. So, this post contains our experiences and opinions about our first cleanse. It is organized by … Read entire article »
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3 Day Juice Cleanse/Fast: Part 1 – The Process
Right around New Year’s I was doing some Pinterest WORK when I came across a pin for Dr. Oz’s 3 Day Detox Cleanse. I have been interested in doing a juice detox cleanse for quite some time, and especially so since my hormones went all haywire when I stopped taking birth control. I asked Craig, half jokingly, if he wanted to do a juice cleanse, and he said simply, “Yes.” So, I started researching. I … Read entire article »
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To All the Whos Down in Who-ville: Helping Newtown, CT
It was late in the day on Friday when I heard the news of what had happened in Newtown. I was bombarded with posts on Facebook when I sat down at my desk after a day of meetings. One of the posts was a link to a petition for stronger gun control laws. I signed it and posted it in my own news feed. My post didn’t draw much attention, but the comments I did get were all negative, chiding me for pushing an “agenda”, for being disrespectful to the victims, and for implying that it was the gun’s fault. Now, if you know me well, you would know that none of these things were my intention. I am not a politician, so I don’t operate on an agenda. I operate … Read entire article »
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Got a Kid? Get a Book. Free.
Healthy Families, a partner of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, has two free books for moms. They’re collectively called the Happy Birthday Baby Books. Book One covers pregancy through age one and book two covers newborn through age five. If you’re in Arkansas or Western Tennessee, you can order free hardcopies of the Happy Birthday Baby books. Anyone anywhere can download the free ebooks. Sure, there are a lot of books out there that cover … Read entire article »
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What Petechia Looks Like
Poor Callen. His sister gets to be in blog posts about photo contests, and he gets featured in posts about skin conditions. In April, we took Cal in for his four year old well child checkup. His sweet sister was so kind as to tell him weeks in advance that he would be getting shots. We discussed this many times over the days leading up to his appointment, and in the truck on the way, and … Read entire article »
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Soy 102: Soy as Product #Bean2Blog – Part three
Soy is being billed as the “miracle bean” not only because it can help fill the gap between food production and food consumption on our planet, but also because it is a highly versatile option for many other types of products in categories ranging from automotive to construction to personal care. These products are just beginning to play a role in the drive to produce more soy. (98% of all soy grown in the US … Read entire article »
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