Today's guest post is from hydrantgirl, a friend whom I have known pretty much all my life. She is awesome. Check out her blog, www.hydrantgirl.blogspot.com, to see the guest post that I wrote for her blog today! Hello, my name is hydrantgirl. I’m 32 years old, a certified firefighter and…
The 2010 Best of Canada Natural Health Awards Living Healthy in the Real World has been nominated in the Health Resource - Social Media category for the 2010 Canadian Natural Health Awards! It's very exciting. If you like this blog (and if you live in Canada), feel free to cast…
In conducting research on the ingredients in cosmetics and household products, I was fascinated to find that many ingredients are not listed on household products. Lysol, for example, only says "Active ingredient: Hydrochloric acid 9.5%", but that doesn't explain what the blue colour is. Looking briefly online, I was unable…
Nicole, a local nutritionist and the co-author of the book we're working on regarding overall health and emotional attachments to food, came by my place on Wednesday so that we could work on the book. We ended up spending 6.5 hours working on the book (and on another project we…
Giveaway winner And the winner of the Smarty had a Party giveaway is... Geosomin! Geosomin wrote: Well, it’s my birthday coming up soon, and it’s right by Halloween, so I would definitely use these supplies for a birthday/halloween shindig at my place.Then I wouldn’t have as much work cleaning up…
Last chance to enter to win my Smarty had a Party giveaway for party supplies! I've been really intrigued by the 100-Mile Diet for several years now. Something holds me back, however, every time I intend to try it out. Travelling is a major issue; if I'm out of the…
Don't forget to enter to win my Smarty had a Party giveaway! Packing a bag for travelling purposes can be quite a bit of fun - it's a puzzle to try to get all of the things we want to take into a bag that we can easily carry with…
Since my condo is now looking lived-in and I actually own a couch and coffee table, I figured that it was about time I had friends and family over for a "little" housewarming party (four months after I moved in, hehe). Therefore, the company Smarty had a Party chose a very convenient…
Shop on Open Sky I now have my very own Open Sky store! Check it out by clicking on my Shop Healthy page. Peruse the items and let me know if you have any questions - I'd be happy to elaborate on the awesomeness of the products that I sell.…
I finally had the opportunity to see the documentary film America the Beautiful yesterday evening. The film describes how various industries in American culture influence people to think of beauty in a very specific way. The combination of health with rhetoric is one that I can never resist, and this…
