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Happy Friday! Ready for the weekend? I am! I’m in training, as in exercise. Okay, don’t laugh. I’m being serious. I have been meaning to get off my duff and exercise more; to work out; to get active. I don’t do nearly as much as I should and it’s obvious. Well, the time is now. My inspiration: This flyer came across my desk and I thought, “I want to do this!” Hmm…let’s think about this. I don’t like to run, climb stairs, or knowing that I’m exercising in general – I like being active but not the act of exercising, if that makes sense. I haven’t been walking daily or as often as I should. I love yoga but again, haven’t done it in eons. I huff and puff because I’m out of shape. I can be competitive – I don't care to beat out anybody on this climb but it has sparked my determination and competitiveness to put my goal of getting fit into action. Gotta start somewhere right? So this is my personal competition to prove to myself I can do it. I’ve got three months to prep and t...

Hello! It’s time for a giveaway, dontcha think? Well, today’s giveaway is sponsored by Tropical Traditions . Yay! Hopefully, by now, you’ve checked out my review of their hair oil. If not, read up here or to recap: it’s good stuff I tell ya. All organic and natural – nothing chemically or toxic about it. As I’ve mentioned in my post, I found for my hair it works well using it a few times a week and usually I put it on my wet hair as a leave-in conditioner. However, it’s great as a frizz-tamer/smoother on dry hair, too. It’s very moisturizing with the combo organic oils. My hair is considered “normal” type but dries out because of the hair dryer and flat iron and of course, not getting it cut as often as I should. I’m sure this hair oil works well with most hair types. Now, for the giveaway. *** Tropical Traditions has generously offered one reader their own 8 ounce bottle of hair oil to try. *** ♦ To enter , just leave me a comment below which scent you’d like to try if y...

Howdy kids! I think I've got my head in the clouds today. I want this:  photo from getmilkshake.com  Highlights of this award-winning bike: Made from organic biodegradable flax fibers Covered with water soluble paint Internal lighting in the frame (no batteries!) The fenders and handle grips are made from bamboo Tires made by Schwalbe (whoever that is but sounds impressive) with recyclable rubber inside A 9-speed Shimano drive train (again, whatever that means but must be cool) with Schwinn custom designed components Not cheap (estimated at $1200) You can read more about it here or see more pics here . I want these shoes: Who doesn’t love Tom’s ? These are just too cute! With these on, I’d end up taller than my hubs. Don’t think he’d mind though. ;) And this dress: And hmm…they ( Shabby Apple ) just so happens to be having a sale (20% off) going on right now through the end of July. Sweet! I want this too: With this next to it: Made from cattail a...

Good morning and happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend. Today, I've got a book review I've been meaning to post. YS2 loves to read. Looooves! Okay, he’s not actually reading the words yet but books are a fave and they have been pretty much from the beginning. He loves books read to him or sometimes he “reads” them on his own. When I was contacted by author, Elke Weiss, about reviewing her children’s book, “ Hannah and the Talking Tree ” from Free Focus Publishing , I could see at first glance it’d be a great book for YS2 so of course I said yes. I was so excited when I got the book and could look at all the beautiful pages. So colorful! And the story is cute. And I thought it was so nice of her to personalize it for Caleb. The story is about a girl named Hannah who has big ears, which of course, makes her unique but because of it she’s able to help a talking tree she finds. She learns how important trees are to our environment, us and the animals. It’s written ...

Today, I’ve got a review for you of Tropical Traditions Organic Hair Oils . I received a sample a couple months ago so my sincere apologies for my tardiness of this post. It probably works out better this way as I was able to use the hair oil for a while before posting. I have naturally curly/wavy hair. Now, before you get all green with envy let me explain my hair. It does what IT wants, it gets frizzy, ends get dry and become unmanageable at times, and sometimes it’s just a real pain. I’ll also confess I’m not good with hair. When I first get it cut, I’ll make an effort and style it for about two weeks then it seems to find its way pulled back into a ponytail. Easy, done - not stylish but it's done. However, the not really taking good care of my hair and drying it fast on high heat and/or using the flat iron can cause some damage and dryness. I tend to use a lot of conditioner so I was very interested in trying the hair oil. You can use this in different ways but the way I ...

Hello friends! Hope you all enjoyed a sparkly fun 4th! Or Canada Day (on 1st) for some of you…or just a two-day weekend for others... It was a good weekend here with lots of sunshine! Wait, did I say sunshine? Here? In Western Washington? Yes! We had sun and lots of it (ok, there was one sorta cloudy day and some rain one night) – and heat! Some will say it was a scorcher (80 degrees). I wouldn’t go that far but it was so nice to be out and about in warm weather again. It was much needed and much appreciated here. No doubt our garden has been soaking up the rays. I noticed over the weekend some of you have entered yourselves in the HotRawChef.com 5 in 5 contest . Woo hoo! Good for you! With a few of you whose blogs I follow regularly, you’re making this vote particularly difficult for me. For those not familiar with this contest, entrants submit a video of their recipe that involves five main ingredients in five minutes or less – 5 in 5. Here are three videos from blog frien...