The Truth about the American Diet!

I am a health-nut. My husband’s family all struggle with cholesterol problems. A few weeks after I got married, I began my nutritional journey into ways to help ensure my husband will be around as long as possible.

My husband followed me on this journey, although not always as enthusiastically as I might have . . . → Read More: The Truth about the American Diet!

But It’s A Dry Cold…

I just don’t quite understand people who’d prefer this:

to thirty below zero Celsius. I just don’t get it.

For those of you who aren’t Prairie Canadians, let me define some terms. Thirty below is very cold. Thirty below is also incredibly dry. Here on the Canadian Prairies, when it gets to be thirty . . . → Read More: But It’s A Dry Cold…

Parenting Reminder for the Week

Do not correct a child without reminding him or her that you love them – unconditionally!

Now I’m not exactly sure how to go about doing this, but for the smaller annoyances, I am going to work on speaking softly and gently and making sure I make eye contact with my children and smile.

. . . → Read More: Parenting Reminder for the Week

Motto for the Week

Only a life lived for others is worth living. -Albert Einstein

Parenting Reminder for the Week

Show an interest in the things that interest my children.

This may sound simple, but sometimes in the fluster of daily preparations, I forget to slow down and spend time to really admire a Lego creation, focus my listening on a newly composed piece of music, or study a freshly drawn picture.

These things . . . → Read More: Parenting Reminder for the Week