Quick update

Tracy giving birth to her first born ~CODY~

Tracy giving birth to her first born ~CODY~

I had planned on doing some in depth blogging last week, but we were surprised by the birth of one of our mama goats. The little guy (Cody)was born a preemie, so he is not doing all that great. His mama does not want much to do with him, so we have been trying to care for him.  Today, another gave birth. This new little guy (Licorice) is very big and thriving, all ready running around, and  playing too. Fun Times!

 The other is not due until September, and by then, there will be a litter of bunnies to nurture too. We are having a blast and spend most days outside. I will be working on my blog later this week though. :o )

Hope you all are enjoying your SUMMER!! We  also have been  gardening more this year, and have already been eating from it. We also will be making some Goat Milk Soaps, and Vegan soaps in the next couple months.

Come on Girl, almost there....

Come on Girl, almost there....

 

It's a BOY!

It's a BOY!

 

Welcome CODY!

Welcome CODY!

 

Cody sleeping

Cody sleeping

 

Cody Eating

Cody Eating

Raw Moms’ Summit ~DAY 3~

The videos are up, it’s day 3. Woo-Hoo! So far these are the ones up. They are so informative and educational! There will be more daily, don’t miss out!

http://www.rawmomsummit.com/FreePlayDay.php

SHAZZIE on:
Veganism, Breastfeeding and being a Blissful Mom

BRIAN CLEMENT PhD on:
On Men, Moms and Self Esteem of Children

GINA LAVERDE on:
The Audacity to Undo Autism

BERNARD S. SIEGEL, MD on:
Breaking Ground in Healing With Love, Medicine, & Miracles

Just trying a new background

This one will not be staying, only a temp. Since my blog is taking a rather shift in a healthy way, the last thing I want here is a cup of coffee! lol

I also want to quickly share this great link:
www.rawmomsummit.com
Your going to have to chew and spit a couple parts, but all in all…it is going to be a wealth of information. All for Free!
In summery, they will be discussing, natural parenting, attachment parenting, Homeschooling and Unschooling, cloth diapering, elimination,raw families, Healthy living in the inside and the “real” cause to ADHD, Autisim and Asbergers. It falls back to toxcity levels and poisons in the body! There is a cure, there always has been, it’s up to us to educate ourselves!

New to Unprocessed Foods? No Problem!

Lets talk healthy food choices!

~Nuts
Almonds, Hazelnuts and Pumpkin Seeds are the three healthiest nuts. I never knew that. I always thought peanuts and walnuts were, ironically, they are the two worst ones for the human body.

Almonds, when eaten raw and unsalted, are the most alkaline of all nuts,  The best for the bone structure of the body, strengthening the enamel of your teeth too. That is really neat to learn!

~Processed starches that contain gluten, is  the  worst  thing for the body, then animal products. I always thought it was the other way around. After all, just look at Vegetarians..They don’t eat animal products but are crazy for starches.

Second food that wrecks haven on your bodies insides are:

~ White sugars
Third and forth  foods to try your best to abstain from, would be meats and dairy. This also includes fish. (I am still eating fish (salmon) at this time, about once a week.) My goal is to do away from it too though. It takes time, having eating the Standard American diet (SAD) for the past 30+ years. Little by little, Start of steady and  slow, taking away one thing at a time until you feel comfortable and emotional enough, eliminating the others. Do NOT try to go from a dead foods diet to an alive foods diet over night. You will cave in and give up. Your body will also go through too much detox all at once.  Detoxifing your bodies insides. (future post) :o )

 I have had many folks share their personal testimonies with me these past three months. It is amazing how the Lord has brought  folks IRL,  into my life, at this most perfect time. They are vibrant and healthy, lovely people!
People can be at a healthy weight but VERY UNhealthy. I know several people that are thin, but have high blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol problems. Your goal should be, healthy on the INSIDE and OUTSIDE.

Transitional  Breakfast Food Choices:

Instead of that bowl of cereal-try to have a bowl of fresh fruits. This is what I do when I am not on a juice fast. I pick 3 fruits, cut them all up and arrange them real pretty in your best cereal bowl. My favorites are Apples or Pears, blueberries or grapes, with a sliced banana or mango. Bananas are very starchy, so use them sparingly. If you need to eat them each day for a while though, hey, it’s better then having cereal with pasteurized cows milk.

 Speaking of that big bowl of cereal with milk, try switching to almond milk during your transitional period. Yes, it can be bought at Walmart. You can also use or make your own rice milk. We prefer the almond milk here though. Try both, switch to your favorite! Remember, if you make your own rice milk, do NOT use white rice. White rice is highly bleached and overly processed. We buy organic brown basmati rice. Costcos sells it very reasonably. It comes in a very sturdy canister, that is reuseable.

Almong milk and Rice milk can also be bought for 2.00 at Walmart. They are  found in one of the middle isles. Neither is dairy. Almond milk is also so easy to make.  All you need is a blender. We just made a gallon of it yesterday in fact. All I needed was 2 cups of almonds, a pinch of sea salt, REAL vanilla extract and some organic brown sugar.You can also use REAL maple syrup instead of the Organic brown sugar, or Stevia. we were out of both, so we used organic brown sugar.  DO not, and I repeat DO not use fake imitation  anything. This includes your basic Domino’s brown sugar, which is nothing more then molasses covered white refined sugar which is poison to your body.  I use to use the stuff all the time, until I researched and decided to educate myself on how poisonious it was for the body.

This is also true of all the Aunt Jemimah type syrups which are filled with additives, corn syrups, artificial caramel coloring and other   really nasty unhealthy stuff. Pancake syrup that is not real maple syrup should be a top priority in omitting from your  families diet. I will be writing up a post soon on how simple and easy it is to make Almond Milk at home in less then 30mins. I have many informative healthy posts coming up these next few weeks!

Other transitional breakfast foods may be oatmeal. I buy a great big box of “Organic” oatmeal at Costco’s for about 10 dollars. The kids love it! Much better and more “whole foods” then those little packs of  Quaker Oats that are filled with additives and artificial flavorings.
If you have been eating cereal for years and years each, you might want to consider switching to an all natural Organic cereal. There are several kinds to choose from at Costco’s. Sam’s Club does not carry Organic stuff. They do carry a great big bag of RAW nuts though. Costco’s does not. :o P
You can always go to Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s, if money is not a problem. <G>
Costco’s carries all the Kashi cereals in bulk too, along with, Organic Raisin bran, and a magnificent Pumpkin crunch cereal that my husband adores. Having a cup of either of these choices with some almond milk will be a step in the right direction, until you can be fully satisfied on a great big bowl of fresh fruits first thing in the mornings, or better yet, a green smoothie or freshly juiced carrot juice which is remarkably healing to your body. :o )

My Next post will be about Lunch’s and how to transition over to a more healthy lunch choice. I will also be doing a blog about some amazing testimonies on what has been happening in mine and my husbands life, including, hair suddening growing back in my DH’s bald spot and gray hair turning back to it’s original color! Amazing stuff!

My mother who was only with me for 3 weeks was also able to get off her diabetes meds, Gurd meds and cholesterol meds, In only 3 weeks, from eating, what is better known to the Raw Vegan foodists, as a CLEAN diet!! Stop wasting your time on the Standard American Diet, which is abbreviated, not by accident I’m sure, (SAD)

Think about all the children who suffer something awful from ADHD and Autism, Why? because we are taught, in schools, at such a young age, to follow the poisonous food pyramid. I’ll also be including what a Clean food chart pyramid looks like in another future post, as well as a post about distilled water verses Spring Water and my own personal testimony of how I cured my gum disease and 4 loose teeth at home, with my own amazing UNfluorinated tooth soap :o ) The kids and I had an amazing dentist visit last week..Perfect teeth AND gums for the first time..NO CAVITIES!!!

I even had my dentist taking notes! :o )~
That is all I have time for today…ENJOY Your Day!

We have been brewing Kombucha for a while now and have many Kombucha Scobys to share. I will be selling them for $5.00 each + shipping to your area.

This includes directions and your starter kit.

Leave me a comment on how to contact you.

 

 

PS- I also have Keifer Grains for sale. $5.00 for your starter kit, as well as wheat sour dough starter kits.

Gardening & Stuff

~Gardening

These last couple days have been very productive. I am knee deep in gardening this year. Last year we were attacked by bugs, only having 2 beds, we didn’t profit much. This year we have 5 beds and DH is in the mist of building my a green house the length of our house just about! That will be ready next Spring. For now, I am working hard with what I got and have the hand blisters to boot! We are already harvesting Strawberries every few days and all the tomato trees have big bold green tomato’s on them. We also have several squash that are itty bitty, they grow super fast though, so I should be able to can them up next month. Are plan is to grow enough, to last us until next summer. In Fall we will be able to harvest all the taters and onions, along with some other types of squash. Oh, we also have been harvesting fresh lettuce. Boston lettuce of course with some table lettuce and butter crisp. Our pepper plants are also about 12″ tall. Praise the Lord for his over abundant blessings.

 

~Sewing

My MIL has taught my 10yr old to knit, so she has been doing simple projects. She made me a lovely lavender hair scrunchy just today in fact. I have been busy sewing myself up some Summer skirts and linens. I also have been doing some puppet crafts with the little ones. It is so nice to be able to have so much time to spend with the kids. We were missing school a bit, being on a routine and all but things have now picked up with some different activities and we all are enjoying our time off.
I guess that is it for now. :o ) Enjoy your Summer!

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What a busy day!

Since I gave up coffee I have had so much MORE energy! Yes, you read that right, MORE energy!

I started the day at 6am. I managed to sprout 3000 alfalfa seeds that should be ready for Harvest this Sunday.

I gave the dogs a bath, and the bunnies a bath too.

I made a homemade split pea soup, Hallelujah Acres style!

I baked some homemade colonial dinner rolls for the kids.

I have been going crazy dehydrating stuff since my dehydrator came in.

We got some apple cinnamon cookies in there, a roll of  blueberry fruit  leather, 4 slices of sprouted bread, and some flax crackers. All this will be done at 10 pm tonight. YAY and oh, so healthy!

We also went strawberry picking in the garden.

As far as cleaning goes, the whole house got vacuumed, the bathrooms got cleaned, and I made some homemade furniture polish and hand soap.

That’s it!

Of course it is not even 4pm yet, so there is much more to do and Praise God, I have the energy to do it! I am off to juice right now…Here are a few more snapshots.

 

Oh yeah, my son was looking out his bedroom window a little while ago and imagine his surprise when he was greeted with a 2 foot long black snake! As I dashed for the camera, a mocking bird swooped down and scared the snake silly and it ran for cover. lol

 

30 lbs lighter, 4″ off my waist-line

Well, I lost 30lbs now and 4″ off my waist. I only 70lbs left to go!!! lol

I feel real good about it. I am content with not having went through with the surgery. I fell off the wagon for about 4 days when we had company and I had to cook for lots of people, but I got right back to my raw vegan diet and have never felt better. I got horribly sick  having ate all that cooked artery clogging foods! It is hard to explain, unless you have felt the same way.  All my energy got drained too. I use to need 8-10 hours of sleep to function, but when I eat raw, I only need 6 hours tops and feel great, with energy even at midnight! I guess my body had gone through a cleansing period these past couple months with eating so natural, and when I began to eat the Satandard American Diet again (SAD-for short.) My body rejected it. Anyway, here is a couple snapshots my DD took yesterday. I am 30lbs lighter and have taken 4″ off my waist, and went down two dress sizes. I am a pretty happy camper.

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”  Philippians 4:13

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Another Blessing

Wow! Look what we got blessed with today. It is a cream  separator. We have been praying for one for a couple months now. They run for 400 dollars. Way out of our budget!  The Lord is so wonderful!