Archive for the ‘Awesome’ Category

Now that we have gotten just about everything in personal care switched to non-toxic..

I found a “0″ toothpaste (Tom’s of Maine at Trader Joes)!

I started on a new path.. reading the labels on the food we eat.. gasp… what a concept, right?

I’ve dabbled in this before, but never the extent that I am now.

I’ve been buying organic and actually focusing on the ingredient labels and I’m not buying what’s not natural.

It’s amazing how lovely food can taste when it’s fresh and preservative free.

Even the children noticed the difference in their snacks and have embraced the change whole-heartedly.

I’m not necessarily a fan of the cost, but I’ve been buying things on sale.

Above all I think it’s worth it.

Good for our bodies.

Good for the environment.

You can’t really go wrong.

I’m thrilled to announce Ava Anderson has a new product!

I had thrown all the hand sanitizer away in our house because of the awful chemicals it contained, Purell is a 5-6 on the toxicity scale on the EWG Cosmetics Database, eye opening with hand sanitizer being such a widely used product.

Non-Toxic Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizer, with organic aloe and organic essential oils!

Independent tests done show it kills 99.99% of germs!

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For six years I have had to live with horrible shrinking linoleum in our kitchen and then the foyer followed suit. A large swatch of concrete slab peeked through, it taunted me with it’s dried floor glue ridges every time I swept or mopped.

I hated this floor, even worse I wasn’t a fan of my husband who did not see why we needed to spend the money to replace it.

Something changed in him this year, and along with his bonus from work we asked family for cash this Christmas instead of gifts so that we could get the dreaded floors replaced…. finally!

We knew we wanted laminate. The search went on for weeks. We went to several different stores. Some were too cheap, the big box stores were to expensive and some were just laughable. We had it between two stores and then we had to decide what type, color and price worked best for our budget.

Brian and I were at a stand still. He liked one type, I hated the color. I loved one type, it was too expensive. He went out without me and brought home two samples, we placed them on the floor by the kitchen cabinets and the decision was made…. finally!

We procured a wonderful man from church to install our new flooring. He used to do it for a living before he needed something more secure for his family and now he does jobs on the side.

Ryan, is amazing. Not only did he do an incredible job he taught Brian how to be a little more handy during the process. Even I got in on the action. I pulled a few nails which turned out I’m not a fan and took off some baseboards which was much more fun.

I don’t have a quality before picture as my husband took it with his phone and I never thought to take one at all. Why would I want to remember the horror that was my kitchen and foyer floors?

But here is what it looks like now and I am thrilled that it’s done.

Finally!

I’m liberated!

For awhile I thought about doing my own thing and while it’s not perfect and I still have things to work on, I’m excited to be on my very own without Etsy.

I am now one step closer to my crochet goals! Eventually I would like to design, but right now my brain is a little bit fried from life to truly focus on it.

I will *fingers crossed that I get approved* be able to sell some new items soon, like these Newborn Pink and Brown Mary Jane Skimmers (a Hook Candy pattern):

Come visit me and if you are interested in something free to give away on your blog, let me know!

May Angel Star Crochet