Pawsengers

5 years ago I became a mom; my husband has two Labradors that I inherited during the conception of our relationship. I am not a huge animal lover but like any good step-parent I treat them as if they are my own. My husbands attachment and feeling towards his our dogs is complete love and dedication [...]

Recycling Is Not Always Easy But I am Lucky

Emmet County Recycling

Over and over you hear about how important recycling is and how it is the easiest thing that you can do to help the environment. It should be easy but in all communities that just isn’t the case. Some cities do not have recycling and those that want to recycle have to drive more than [...]

No You Didn’t!

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After a day of traveling and missing my kids dearly, it was refreshing to sit next to a mother and her young son on my flight from NYC to Montreal. The child like any other child, eager to move and explore and the mother wanted so desperately trying to please the little boy to keep [...]

Lust or Love?

green and clean mom and ecostoreUSA Lyne

Yesterday, I got this notification from A Cowboy’s Wife about why Lori does not like giveaways and what she likes instead. It was the timeliest post because Friday night I met with my beloved client, ecoStore USA, and tried to explain this very thing to her. As a blogger it is very time consuming to [...]

Children, Body Images, Media and Marketing

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Tonight at dinner my daughter loudly said, “Mom I cannot eat that, it will make me fat!” My jaw dropped to the ground. My eyes filled with tears. I felt angry at my husband laughing as though what she said was cute and funny. My husband has no idea what women go through or how [...]

One Is the Loneliest Number

one

“ONE is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do….. ” Remember that song? That’s what I sing after I get out of the shower and use this product. I’m serious, that was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the product. For those of you that are wondering what the heck I am [...]

Father’s Don’t Let Your Daughter’s Grow Up Too Soon

fathers and daughters

Most likely this is not the father’s day post you would expect. It is about what father’s and parents should know because burying our heads in the sand will not help our daughters and sons. This is a post about chemicals, food and puberty. I see a dad and two beautiful daughters in the picture [...]