Monthly Archives: December 2010
Deciding for Other People
| December 27, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy |
On a parenting site I follow on Facebook, someone posed this question: “On the subject of goals, when you want to try a new idea for the family (grain-free, family cloth), is it a 50/50% decision with your partner or mostly one person’s idea?” Photo by edkohler Once you’ve got kids with another person, I understand that some things related to the kids are going to be a group decision. However, from the two examples… Keep Reading
Burning Man – Radical Self-Reliance
| December 23, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Burning Man |
From the Burning Man website: Radical Self-reliance: “Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.” People say that Burning Man will change your life. They say that you’ll go out to the desert and you’ll come back a different person. This is true for many people. After becoming a citizen of Black Rock City one button-up business-suit guy I knew became a wild and freaky traveler instead,… Keep Reading
Pregnancy: 19 Weeks
| December 21, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Pregnancy and Birth |
At 19 weeks pregnant, my biggest news and biggest complaint is that I don’t feel pregnant. Most of my physical symptoms have subsided. I still get the occasional round ligament twinge, but that’s about it. I’m not gaining weight and I’m not getting much bigger. I don’t really feel pregnant, and that’s pretty annoying. I can’t wait to be MORE pregnant! Blood Sugar – I’ve been testing my blood sugar since October. It was high, so at… Keep Reading
Blog Makeover
| December 19, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Uncategorized |
Lately, I’ve been trying to tweak the layout and design at LoveLiveGrow to get some different functionality out of the site (like full-length posts on the main page) and it hasn’t been going well. While I’ve been using this same design for a long time and it has really suited my purposes well, I think it’s time to make a change. So tonight is the night. I’m getting started on a whole new design, and this means things may be a little wonky around here for a couple of days. Keep Reading
Sex and Sexism For Babies
| December 17, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Parenting |
I’m fully caught up in looking at baby stuff these days. I’ve never enjoyed shopping, but apparently I love baby shopping. I was waiting for a ride in a Toys R Us the other day when I encountered something HORRIBLE. Keep Reading
Wordless Wednesday: Spiderweb on the Porch
| December 15, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Nature |
Drinking Full Fat, Whole Milk
| December 13, 2010 | Posted by Issa under Kitchen, Simple-Eco-Happy |
I grew up drinking 2% milk. I was raised on the philosophy that you should drink the lowest fat milk you could tolerate since by default fewer calories were better. As an adult, when I switched to organic milk, I also switched to non-fat milk, since the organic was richer, and I liked the non-fat milk just fine. Just a few months ago, Joshua asked me why I was drinking non-fat milk. I mean, I’ve finally gotten over calorie counting and other dieting nonsense, so it didn’t make sense to him why I would drink anything other than whole milk. I really stammered for an answer that would make sense and not rely on erroneous dieting thinking. I liked the taste of lower fat milk just fine, unlike, say, non-fat cookies. So, all other things being equal, I finally settled on a stammered answer something along the lines of, “Why not?” But embedded in there is the real question I should have been asking: Between different fat levels of milk, are all other things really equal? Keep Reading
Facebook
GooglePlus
Twitter
StumbleUpon
RSS
Popular Posts