Hooray! It’s the 1-year anniversary of this blog!
I didn’t even make it to the one-year mark breastfeeding my first child, so this is pretty cool. Thanks for sticking with me over the year and leaving comments, which make it all worthwhile. I hope this blog is as enjoyable for you to read as it is for me to write!
If you caught my post about how much I love my mineral makeup from eyeslipsface, you’ll be excited to hear that they are on sale for 50% off right now! Just enter the coupon code BLOWOUT during checkout.
I’m thinking of taking advantage of the sale and trying out the new mineral lipstick… Unlike more than half of all national name brand lipsticks sold, it doesn’t contain lead (yes! there could be lead in your lipstick that you are eating every time you lick your lips!), paraffin, petrolateum, mineral oil, chemical sunscreens, or other undesirable ingredients.
I’ll let you know what I think when I try it!
Think climate change won’t affect us in our lifetime? Think again.
It’s coming faster than you think. Read the whole article on climate change in the west from the Organic Consumers Association.
These are a series of photographs of the Grinnell Glacier taken from the summit of Mount Gould in Glacier National Park, Montana, in 1938, 1981, 1998, and 2006 (from left to right). In 1938 the Grinnell Glacier filled the entire area at the bottom of the image. By 2006 it had largely disappeared from this view.
Those of us who live in the states crossed by the Colorado River should be especially concerned about water conservation, and it rankles me every time I learn about a new golf course planted in this arid environment. Don’t even get me started about how the sight of vast expanses of water-hungry Kentucky bluegrass in a high mountain desert raises my blood pressure.
Check out Nuprana for user-friendly water conservation products for environmentally friendly people.
Cooking for Kids posted a quick and easy Mexican Rice recipe based on the Glorious One-Pot Meal cooking technique.
Food writer Stephanie Gallagher took the basic concept of GOPM — using a cast iron Dutch oven inside an oven at 450F — and gave it a few tweaks such as stirring the ingredients and removing the lid to brown the cheese at the end. The result is a fun, kid-friendly meal or side dish that you can whip together in no time.
Thanks, Stephanie, for sharing a great recipe! I’m always excited to hear when people understand the Glorious One-Pot Meal method so well that they venture into their own creative recipes. 🙂
More magazine is having a contest to create a new meaning for “the F-word”. I suggested that F should be for FOOD!
Come see why and Recommend my photo at the More F-word contest! Contest ends at midnight tonight (August 18!).
