{This and That Friday Edition}

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A few answers to questions: 

A few thoughts: 

1. In the best bites bread recipe I use Red river cereal as my grain base

 Can be bought pretty much any grocery store...

2. I wash my face with a baking soda mixture twice a week. I can't use anything but water on my face because of my severe allergies to ingredients found in most everything so its a great cleanser for me and I love it.....its 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water but really I just pour some in my hands and add a little water so it makes a wet paste and grit it all over my face and rinse:) clean feeling and so soft:) plus a million other ways to use baking soda.

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3. Where do I get coconut oil? and for what uses? I bought mine at bulk barn for around $16 but it lasts a long time and I'm sure any health food type store would carry it....make sure it pure extra virgin coconut oil not synthetic....our favorite uses...

from food my kids'/D's favorite ice cream topping from here

to using it for diaper rashes, cooking oil in recipes, massages, on my face at night in place of Vaseline awesome and smells so good! and so so many others a great natural alternative to all the other stuff:)

Thoughts:

 1. okay my favorite app probably so far is the

myfitnesspal its a free app

you put in what you eat it tallies your total caloric intake sets it up for how much you want to lose and  you can scan bar codes of the food and serving size you are eating... put in your workout seriously its awesome it does so many awesome things!  If you care about that kind of thing it kind of gives you an accountability partner if you are honest with it seriously it is amazing!!

 don't mind the haters on the review star chart i love it so whatever to them ha ha:)

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2. why isn't cream of chicken soup ever sold in case lot sales or in even in a  case on a normal day?

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3. Love my little girl who said the other day when she got home from school

"Mom when bad things happen at school I just pull up my big girl pants and toughen up:) That's my girl

not sure who ever told her that..... it wasn't me but seems to have sunk in ...and don't be thinking bad things happen all the time she likes drama she's a girl right:) she likes to tattle too and she is finding out once again that kids don't like that {neither do brothers ;)

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4. Loving this costco find this week..... D's cousins wife set up a facebook page with super good meal ideas incredibly healthy and good  new food to try and where to get it and seriously low cal and nutritious thanks tish!

love these with a little somethin on them if you like rice cakes that is these are the flattened version of them:) only way healthy and 48 calories for three 

and 5. I can't believe the amount of young people with little children who pass away tragically or otherwise. I guess it has always been that way and maybe its a stage of life but it makes me cry putting myself in their shoes and being alone and single with children would not be the path I ever imagined, yet a lot are called to walk it....but is it just me or does it seem to be happening more??


6.Love that D actually took a day off today and went skiing with friends that like never happens glad he got away and had fun! and We had a perfect warm {a little windy at times } but other than that neighborhood kids everywhere! Here we go again spring summer fall ha ha!


Have a great weekend:)