Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Environment, Health, Illness on May 31st, 2011
Multitasking, I scanned the CNN headlines when one caught my eye: WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk. To paraphrase the story, the World Health Organization says that the radiation emitted from cell phones is a “possible carcinogen.” Crap. I was an early cell phone adopter, spending hours on the phone as I [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle, Reduce, Shopping on Apr 29th, 2011
My mom had Little Girl yesterday. Me, I was working. This week just won’t stop. Okay, so she goes out and, as usual, brings her home with food. In this case she’s got two muffins from the local bagel store — a chocolate chip for Big Girl and a blueberry for Little Girl. They arrive [...]
Posted in Environment, Favorite Things Friday, Going Green on Apr 22nd, 2011
Uggg. I’ve been messing with the design of this page, trying to improve social sharing. (And hoping to get more people to like the site on Facebook. What?!? You don’t like NaturalAsPossibleMom.com yet?!? Just click on the Facebook link below the TopMommyBlogs box below.) Anyway, my web designer (aka my husband) found a cute Twitter [...]
Posted in Environment, Recycle, Reduce, Sustainable on Apr 4th, 2011
This past week has been one of the most productive that the Big Girl/Little Girl household has ever seen. My husband and I have cleaned house — literally. We got rid of the equivalent of two carloads of stuff from the garage, four large boxes of old electronics (including a 37-inch LCD TV that was [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Environment, Food, Going Green, Health, Organic on Mar 16th, 2011
Big Girl is a Girl Scout. A Brownie to be exact. I am a Girl Scout leader. It’s been three years. Every year around this time we’re asked to peddle cookies to our friends, relatives, and neighbors. Every year around this time I am extremely conflicted. In case you haven’t heard: Girl Scout cookies aren’t [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Environment, Food, Recycle, Reduce on Nov 29th, 2010
It is no secret that I LOVE Trader Joe’s. Love it. One of my favorite things about the store is tucked way in the back along the left wall: the sample counter. Yesterday, they were sampling Checkerboard Mousse Cake ($6.99.). Are you freakin’ kidding me? So sweet and smushy and yummy. I couldn’t buy it. [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Recycle on Nov 15th, 2010
November 15 is America Recycles Day, brought to you by the Keep America Beautiful folks. (Remember, the people who offered us up the Native American who cries commercials?) This holiday is basically a nationwide call for Americans to make a renewed (or first) commitment to recycling. Me, I’ve been recycling for years, but I’ve only [...]
Posted in Environment, Health, Safety, Toxins on Nov 11th, 2010
A few years ago I wrote a story about lead poisoning for Parents Magazine. After my month of interviews I can tell you that almost half of the homes in the U.S. contain lead. Also, that most instances of lead poisoning go undetected. And that the most common age to become affected is between ages [...]
Posted in energy, Environment, Going Green, Health on Oct 26th, 2010
I’m thrilled to have a guest blogger today! Meet Kathy Morelli, who pens the blog, Motherhood, Marriage, & Mental Health. I just read an article in the September issue of Oprah Magazine, by editor-in-chief Susan Casey. Ms. Casey wrote about she recently witnessed the devastation caused by the BP oil leak (uh, how about super [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Environment, School and education, Shopping on Sep 22nd, 2010
One of the most wasteful places, in my opinion, is the school lunchroom. Lots, and I do mean LOTS, of single-serve containers, wrappers, and packages. Take fruit leather, for example. They usually come in a box, each fruit bar individually wrapped. The boxes cost $4 for eight. (Or about $.50 each.) Recently, I came upon [...]