Toxic Furniture... how sick

So yeah, alot of the materials in the items we put our food on, sit and snuggle on for hours, and put our kids to bed on are TOXIC.... Maybe no shock to you, but it disgusts me.

Here's a link to the state of Washington's "Pollution in People" Less-Toxic Furniture article that really gets the wheels turning!

Here's also an article from Treehugger.com about Killer Couches... I'm about to make a whole house worth's of furniture from papier mache!!

(yes, that's the papier mache throne I have been sporadically working on for two years lol!)

Natural Ant Prevention

I am SOOO sick of ants! I want to get rid of them, but not put poison into my home and environment, or actually kill the ants for that matter. I would just be happy to make the arrangement: stay out of my house, I'll stay out of yours!

Here's a few articles that I enjoyed while researching how to de-ant my home in a good, green, way:

Bugs And Weeds Prevention Starts Outdoors
Getting Rid of Ants on the Frugallife.com
Get Rid of Ants Cheaply and Naturally on EHow.com

Took a great walk

Just got back a little while ago. I took a nice walk with my daughter and can't believe how energizing it is!

If you look to the right of this blog, you will see "My Workouts". It's an app from mapmywalk.com that shows my latest walks. I'm trying to attain a goal of 50 miles in a 30 day period that ends on the 27th so I'm pretty excited that I will totally surpass that.

I'm going to sign up for 75 miles in the next 30 day period. I know if I set the goal it will be something I will reach.

In the process, I am dropping weight, finally!

Anyway, if you walk, I highly suggest going to mapmywalk.com and seeing if it might be a place for you. I have a walking buddy in Canada through the site and I also share it with a few friends of mine to challenge and encourage each other.