Announcement... please re-read the simple guidelines for submission (below) so you can be sure your post matches the spirit and theme of this blog hop. Please do not submit giveaway posts. Also, please remember to link your post to one of the host blogs! It's Simple Lives Thursday! My favorite day of the week where you share your tips and recipes for living a simple life. Whichever blog that you choose to link up your post, it will show up on all 4 sites! As a reminder, this blog ... continue reading...
A Raw Food, Real Food Diet for Our German Shepherd Dog – Part 2
I am so glad to have seen so much interest on how we started on a raw/real food diet for our German Shepherd Dog. It seems many of us can relate to health problems we have encountered while feeding our dogs dried processed dog food. It was also amazing to read many recovery stories and complete turn of health by starting our dogs on raw/real food. For me, feeding Boaz in this way helps me reflect on my own diet and what I'm feeding my family and how I can improve upon that as well. In ... continue reading...
A Raw Food, Real Food Diet for Our German Shepherd Dog – Part 1
This is my long haired German Shepherd Dog Boaz. I haven't seen him look this beautiful in a long time. I used to think we fed our dogs pretty well. We used to feed Boaz and his sister Zoe the dog food below. At $45 a bag, we thought we were doing our best. However, nine years ago, I didn't know anything about our industrial food system and being a newlywed at 25 years old, this was my first experience tending to live animals. My first time of having the responsibility of ... continue reading...
Let the Gardening Season Begin!
It's hard to believe I've already started sowing seeds outdoors. The past four days we've had 80 degree weather... and it's March. It's been hotter here in Iowa than in Southern California. Unbelievable. Honestly, I can't believe I've already started in the garden considering I'm due to have my third child in 2 1/2 months. I was planning on keeping things simple this year. Some spring veg at my home gardens and starting some seeds to have tomatoes, peppers and eggplants later in the ... continue reading...
I’m Over at Keeper of the Home Today
I'm excited to be over at Keeper of the Home today sharing on eating a healthy and real food diet during pregnancy. In today's post, I'm sharing about my experiences in childbirth with a first cesarean section contrasted with a second natural VBAC with the guidance of a midwife. Diet and exercise was such a huge part of growing a healthy baby and placenta that I'm sharing everything I learned about a healthy diet and am currently applying for my third baby that I plan to be having at ... continue reading...
