Decorating With Love

Does your home reflect who you are or who a magazine says you should be? So many times I have left walls and shelves bare more concerned about finding the right decorations than finding decorations that tell you who I am. My home will never be featured in a magazine. Number one it only stays that clean for a minute after it’s done, the rest of the time is sort of messy chaos, in a friendly, happy way. Secondly, what I love, and what’s important to me aren’t necessarily the things other people love. Family is most important to me, … Continue reading

There’s No Place Like Home

I recently read an article called What Does Home Mean To You. It was a collection of short paragraphs by a bunch of different people giving their definition of home. Not one single person mentioned clean floors, dusted shelves or sparkling mirrors. Every paragraph was the feeling they get from being home. It’s not even necessarily a physical space, for some people it’s where ever their spouse or children are, for still others it’s Mom and Dad. What says home to you? Although I would like to say a clean house, it’s really not. Home to me is anywhere my … Continue reading

Kiss My Face

Lately, I have been doing a lot of research on ingredients in health and beauty products. I already buy many organic food items and try to focus on healthy choices. On one visit to the health food store a woman who worked there told me that if you change anything it should be your health and beauty products. She understood my concerns about the cost of going organic and wanting to prioritize. She informed me that anything you put on your skin gets absorbed right into the blood stream. There is no filtering or protection such as with your liver … Continue reading