Category Archives: Uncategorized As a foolish teenager I used to broil in the summer sun. Under the guise of beauty, I’d coat myself with tanning oils and perch under the blazing sunlight, hoping to get a nice tan. (Granted, I grew up in the prairies where we only really had summer for, like, three days, so the damage…  I remember when I had my first baby. She was a little overdone. The extra days she spent in my belly made her fingernails very long (and kind of creepy) and the skin around her ankles and wrists was prone to peeling. Being a floundering new mom, I stood, dumbfounded, at the drug store…  I used to go weeks without eating a single vegetable. Really. I spent many years trapped in some pretty unhealthy eating habits but in more recent times I find myself getting a little more educated and wise with my choices. Sure, there are still days when I’ll have only had a large coffee and…  <a href=”http://ox-d.sheblogsmedia.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=512b99ef2b55a&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE” ><img src=”http://ox-d.sheblogsmedia.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=359153&cs=512b99ef2b55a&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE” border=”0″ alt=””></a> Growing up, I thought that food came from the grocery store. You walk down the aisles, pluck what you need from the shelves and fry it up at home. End of story. But then I married an apple farmer and got a first-hand look at where food actually comes…  –> <a href=”http://ox-d.sheblogsmedia.com/w/1.0/rc?cs=50c8913f1a87e&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE” ><img src=”http://ox-d.sheblogsmedia.com/w/1.0/ai?auid=327089&cs=50c8913f1a87e&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE” border=”0″ alt=””></a> I have often lamented my “all or nothing” approach to cooking, cleaning and all things domestic. I’ll procrastinate about laundry all week long, then have no choice but to chain myself to the dozens of waiting heaps of clean clothes so the kids have undies again. I’ll… |
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