• Health-n-Wellness

    Preparing for Conception

    I’ve been gobbling up the posts at Progressive Pioneer. When I saw a post about preparing for conception, I decided to dig into my pregnancy book basket and start sifting through all the information about pre-conception and how to prepare one’s body for conception.

    According to our current sense of our life trajectory, Matt and I are thinking about trying to get pregnant next summer. Although I am a planner and like to prepare for things in advance, I promise I did not actually run out and purchase any of the books in my pregnancy book basket. Rather, Matt and I went to the public library book store a while … Read More

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    Taking the Road Less Traveled

    I need books in my life. I really do. I need to be reading a book for fun in order to live a truly rounded, whole existence.

    I know this about myself and yet I don’t always cooperate with my needs. When I get busy at work, my reading slips quietly off my agenda for the day (or week or month!). It’s sad.

    But I’m on vacation! And I am reconnecting with my dear friend, Books. I’m reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Yes, I know I am behind all the other readers in America…) It’s a memoir about living an inauthentic life (in her case, it was in … Read More

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    Reusing Security Envelopes

    I was clearing out our mail pile yesterday (we have a new and improved place to put it rather than on the dining room table), and I noticed–for pretty much the first time ever–the inside of security envelopes. I’m smitten!

    And then I remembered a post that the lovely Kristina did about using security envelopes to make a wedding card. Now I realize what she was talking about! [Yes, I feel like an idiot for catching on so slowly.]

    I’m going to start collecting those envelopes (hooray for reusing!) and then make something very similar to Kristina’s without feeling any guilt about copying someone else’s idea. That’s what blogs are … Read More