The iflora for kids I bought from your site www.sunrisewd.com is a dream. I just wanted everyone to know upon Melody's recommendation, I bought kids probiotics and my kids never have stomach problems anymore!
40 oz Stainless steel Video Deom
Check out the large 40 oz stainless steel water bottle by New wave enviro. Super easy to use and clean. This water bottle holds 1/2 your days requirement40 oz stainless steel water bottle by New wave enviro Demo
Posted in Pregnancy Tips by admin
5 Cheap & Exciting date ideas for Valentines
Ok so I am still a newlywed, but we have kids so that puts us in the been married at least 5 years category and our dates have been boring! And with valentines coming up, I was dreading the dinner, flowers, movie routine- so I decided to compile a list of 5 different ideas to try to “spice” up our dating life.
Cheap & Exciting date idea #1 : Skip the movie and go to a hotel. Movies are expensive and you can wait for them to come out on netflix. Spend the same $50.00 on a hotel, much more fun than watching some one else enjoy life!
#2: Hire a babysitter and go to a drive through movie and act like a teenager again 
#3: Take a walk on the beach or park while holding hands. As a couple you can talk or say nothing at all but the simple act of holding hands can be wildly refreshing.
#4: Play a sport together. There is nothing more exciting than playing a game of horse or soccer or touch football. In addition to the competition ( I am very competitive) the exercise and sweatiness makes the date much more fun.
#5: Send the kids to Grandma’s house or their best friends – Spend the danicing. Who says you have to go to the “hottest” club to dance, some times your Ipod and living room can do the trick!
<script type=”text/javascript” class=”owbutton” src=”http://www.onlywire.com/button”></script>
Posted in Pregnancy Tips by Melody B
The O’Diet By Miss Gifford
The O’diet by Missy Giffor with Center of New Beginning in Lake Oswego, Oregon is a wonderful book.
Having met Missy personally and seen the results that she has gotten over the years from her 12 week Make over I knew that she was on to something good. I mean every woman that walked in that door looked AMAZING and felt great 12 weeks later.
I had to buy the book.
This book teaches you all the benefits of eating preservative, organic and pesticide free. I really did not understand that the preservative and pesticeds that I was consuming in my food was hurting my body so much. However, in the book ” The O’diet” I finally get why eating Organic is so good for you.
Anyways, I have almost finished the book and am anxious to start my 12 weeks.
Posted in Food- Recipes, Pregnancy Tips by Melody B
Why using Plastic Bags is dangerous to the planet-
Recently, I read an article regarding the exurbanite use of plastic bags that we as a world consume and it’s mind boggling-somewhere in the vicinity of 900 per person a year- unbelievable!
Did you know that plastic bags take up to 1000 years to decompose on land and 450 in the water ?
Speaking of Water- there are more than 100,000 marine animals dying from our plastic bag fetish er uh..convenience.
Let’s make a change-let’s stop using plastic bags, there are several viable alternatives.
1. Paper- paper is an option that seems viable and easy to do. Most paper bags are made from recycled paper. The benefits are that paper bags can be reused and hold more than plastic bags.
2. Switch to carrying re-usable canvases/mesh bags. While I understand that it’s difficult to shop w/kisd and bring your own bags- I think that its a good start.
Here is My Personal Challenge: Use Canvas bags for Grocery shopping!
So here is my thought- I am going to try using canvas bags to carry my grocery for 30 day or 4 trips to the grocery store.
I think that I will need at least 4 large canvas bags to take with my to the store. Now remember, I have a 2yr old-so shopping should be a fun experience! I will blog how my alternative to plastics trial goes.
Wish our planet well, one bag at a time! ~Melody
Posted in Health News, Pregnancy Tips by Melody B
Why do you have to work so hard at eating healthy?
This is my rant. Why do we have to work so hard at being healthy? Reading labels, checking recall post, and hoping that the manufactures didn’t add ‘hidden’ ingredients.
It’s almost like fighting a battle at the grocery store. Even if you try to eat healthy buying fresh fruits and veggies-you have to hope that they don’t have dangerous bacteria on them. Why do we as American consumers allow this to go on?
Eating fresh, healthy foods should be our right. And it’s a shame that we have spend extra time sorting out what’s good for us and what’s going to cause cancer, hormone deficiencies, diabetes, etc. It’s wrong really.
Never in our lifetime have so many Americans been on on medicine for diseases that are treatable with Gulp-diet and exercise.
What are the solutions? For the lucky few that live near organic farms, or have markets we can shop there. Others can shop at Whole foods or Wild Oats or other large healthier grocery stores.
But what about the rest of us? those who are on a budget or live in the boonies (like we do) what are we to do?
I’d like to hear from you-how do you think that we can get our grocery stores to only carry healthy foods? That won’t cost you an arm & a leg?
Here are some cool links: http://www.thefutureisorganic.net/index.html
http://www.organicconsumers.org/
Posted in Food- Recipes, Pregnancy Tips by Melody B
