This is the time of year that I really start to strategize our produce spending. CSA (community supported agriculture) signups are in full swing and I have recently discovered Bountiful Baskets. We need to quickly decide if we will participate in our CSA and each week I have a hard time deciding if we will…
Category Archives: Natural Parenting
Our First Bountiful Basket Pick-Up
Last Monday I ordered (they call it “contributed” to) our first Bountiful Basket. Bountiful Baskets is not a business, but is instead considered a co-op. You are pooling your money together to buy things at a great price. The conventional baskets are $15 and you can pay another $10 to upgrade to an all organic…
Life in Bullet Points #3
Attempting bread baking again. Started a loaf yesterday and exercised real patience to try and soak it for the first time. My friend Sarah had a recipe that already had the soaking instructions incorporated and I could not help but soak it…although it was a little painful to wait even longer. Currently the dough…
Trip to Grocery Outlet 1-25-13
Today I hit up the Grocery Outlet near downtown Salem. Found a few fun things and thought I would share a picture and some prices for those who are interested. Total today for all of this was $46.11. Here is what I got: Organic Yellow Potatoes $2.49 Organic Coconut Milk $1.99 Tillamook Sour Cream…
Life in Bullet Points
We have had some of my family in from out of town and it has been so fun. Gatherings everyday and many shared meals. Sadly, they head home today. Good news…we get to party with Hubs side of the family tonight. Life is full… and I am tired. I told Hubs that I can…
(Review) Eco Store Natural Products
When Eco Store offered to let me review two of their products I was thrilled! As I dug around on their site to pick out my two products I was even more excited because their prices were awesome! Who doesn’t love a company whose favorite phrase is “No Nasty Chemicals”? Genius. When I was looking…
Reader Question: Where do I start with moving to a natural/organic diet?
(Welcome Better Mom readers! I mistakenly linked the wrong post. If you would like to read the post titled “Game Mode Mama (Sergeant or Shepard)” please hop over and check it out. Although I think you will enjoy this post too.) A reader and friend wrote me with this question: “So I have…
Natural Homemade Disposable Wipes
I ran out of wipes 2 days ago and did not have plans to go to the store. In fact, I did not really want to buy wipes even IF I went to the store. Such a rebel. I had heard of someone making homemade disposable wipes and thought I would give it a try….
Why I blog about my grocery trips.
I am pretty sure that 90% of my Facebook friends think I am crazy when I do posts about my grocery shopping trips. Most people probably don’t get it. Here are some reasons why I sometimes snap pictures of my groceries and share what I paid for them. Sometimes I wonder if anybody even cares,…
Azure Standard Day (AKA the post where I ramble about produce prices and buy tree bark).
Yesterday we picked up our Azure Standard order from our Drop Point in Rickreall. It was a more unusual order for us. We desperately needed blueberries and I could not find organic or spray free blueberries for a reasonable price for the life of me. We had gone through our stash of frozen blueberries that…
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I am a blessed wife and mom to 4 year old twins and a 21 month old. I live in Salem and blog about local natural/organic deals, frugal homemaking, creativity with little ones, planning parties, and small projects around the house.
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