yard sales and discounts stores....

so if you don't go to yard sales, you are just missing out. now i am not going to lie and say i totally love going. and if you had been with us last weekend when we went, i would have sworn that i would never go back. but, you have to take the good w/ the bad- and when it is bad, it's REAL bad (last week happen to fall in this category). but i am constantly reminded why it is good. for example,...

Malocclusion: Disease of Civilization

In his epic work Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Dr. Weston Price documented the abnormal dental development and susceptibility to tooth decay that accompanied the adoption of modern foods in a number of different cultures throughout the world. Although he quantified changes in cavity prevalence (sometimes finding increases as large as 1,000-fold), all we have are Price's anecdotes describing...

carefree...

these pictures make me want to be a kid again! i love the yellow thrown in there w/ pink...speaking of kids- please keep your fingers crossed that mine doesn't get kicked out of school today....i have so much i need to do!! have a fabulous tuesday.* images courtesy of ciao tay, maree homer, glam l...

Diabetics on a Low-carbohydrate Diet, Part II

I just found another very interesting study performed in Japan by Dr. Hajime Haimoto and colleagues (free full text). They took severe diabetics with an HbA1c of 10.9% and put them on a low-carbohydrate diet: The main principle of the CRD [carbohydrate-restricted diet] was to eliminate carbohydrate-rich food twice a day at breakfast and dinner, or eliminate it three times a day at breakfast, lunch...

emerson made.

hello...i am officially obsessed with emerson made. have you seen her blog? not only is she adorable but she makes the coolest flowers to add onto any outfit or wedding dress...i want all of them. so here are some inspirations, inspire by her beautiful creations.....*images courtesy of emerson made, meg braff, emerson made , hannah maple, emerson made, dom...

DAUN JATI BELANDA, Potensi Kontrol KolesterolAugust 9, 2008 by hioedeyoga (http://hioedeyoga.wordpress.com/)CUKUP DISEDUHMeramu daun jati belanda relatif mudah.Daun yang sudah di keringkan cukupdi seduh dengan air panas, seperti halnya membuat teh. Sering juga daun inidi buat ekstrak atau serbuk.Berikut beberapa contoh ramuan yang bisa di buat dari daun jati belanda :1. Peluruh Kolesterol, ambil beberapa lembar daun jati belanda keringkemudian seduh...

Jati Belanda Si Pelangsing Pengusir Kaki GajahDesember 25, 2007 INDONESIA sebagai salah satu negara yang kaya akan sumber daya alam, merupakan negara yang sangat potensial dalam bahan baku obat. Ribuan jenis tumbuhan yang diduga berkhasiat obat, sudah sejak lama secara turun-temurun dimanfaatkan oleh masyarakat kita. Biasanya, selain untuk pengobatan juga dimanfaatkan sebagai pencegahan dan pemulihan stamina serta kosmetika.Adalah Guazuma ulmifolia...

oh hey.

fancy meeting you here. see my day hasn't turned out the way i planned....i woke up feeling awful, i drive tay to school, visualizing getting back in bed...*ring, ring- hello, we have an agent who wants to show your house today at lunch time {insert cuss word here}...seriously, my house is a disaster. i race home to clean and call mom (for some reason, it is easier to clean if i am talking on the...

common denominator.

it became very clear when searching through my pictures, that i have a thing for zigzag's right now. i think they are fabulous and are a much needed addition to my home....i am thinking that zigzag rug (it was painted over seagrass...a DIY)! or maybe i should keep this....*images courtesy of apartment therapy, lindsey harper, bellasugar, cottage living, brilliant asylum, windsor smith/ house beautiful,...

lots of windows please.

ever since i saw a post that things that inspire did on bringing the outside in, i have become obsessed with the idea of windows taking the place of upper cabinets in a kitchen. it is just amazing how beautiful it looks to have all of that space open. i am a huge fan of not using upper cabinets and this allows so much light into a space. then i saw this picture of the shower enclosed with window...

back...

i'm back from a long wedding weekend....we had lots of fun, lots of rain, and lots of good friends to hang with....now i have LOTS of work to do (and a sick child to take care of)....happy monday.* images courtesy of flickr, where the sidewalk beg...

wedding weekend.

we are off to a wedding for our great friends lee and keri...their first date was our rehearsal dinner a little over 5 yrs ago...(wow, we have been married for a long time warren). lee and keri live an exotic life in costa rica and have for many years....so they decided to bring the wedding stateside...we are excited to see them (although going back to costa rica would have been a lot of fun too)....

Diabetics on a Low-carbohydrate Diet

Diabetes is a disorder of glucose intolerance. What happens when a diabetic eats a low-carbohydrate diet? Here's a graph of blood glucose over a 24 hour period, in type II diabetics on their usual diet (blue and grey triangles), and after 5 weeks on a 55% carbohydrate (yellow circles) or 20% carbohydrate (blue circles) diet:The study in question describes these volunteers as having "mild, untreated...

rustic...

these pics are preparing me for my weekend in the mountains....hopefully, that won't be the only way to shower....although, it is quite cute...i'm just more of an indoor shower kind of girl :)*images courtesy of absolutely beautiful things, my home ideas, atlanta home, and decor ...

soooo pretty.

sometimes a picture stops me dead in my tracks....hence the beautiful stairwell with that amazing soft blue wall....it was the inspiration for this post and one of my favorite color palettes. i think all of these pics combined would make one heck of a house....i'd move right in. *images courtesy of aimee herring, lime in the coconut, just beachy, tori golub interior design, ada and da...