I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
Congratulations to Mrs. Taft, Brandie, and Whitney! You have each been emailed because YOU WON! Thanks for playing! ————————————————————————– As much as I hate to give up my computer to anyone – ever – I do occasionally for my children. Because I love them. More than my computer. And they love to play on the [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays, Giveaway on January 8th, 2010 | 16 Comments »
The Natural Mommy got a makeover at MOPS last week. Wanna see what I look like with makeup? And trying my best to resemble one of those pretty ladies on the cover of a magazine? But, also, I’d like you to notice the little red dot on my cheek, to the left of my nose [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays, Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on March 2nd, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We’ve ridden quite the potty-training ride this year. (Are you potty-training? Need encouragement? Find it here.) We are recently giving up taking a break from all the efforts over here because, really, I’m not sure what else I can do to get her ready besides sit here and wait for her to declare, “I FEEL [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays, Potty-Training on May 9th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So Benjamin’s birthday was… a month ago. And we got him presents. And we wanted to wrap said presents. But all we could find was Christmas wrapping paper. Neither my husband nor I wanted to go out and buy wrapping paper. My husband reasoned that a one-year-old wouldn’t know the difference and set out to [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on April 18th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Now that you’ve got Pandora, you may think you’re all satisfied and could want nothing more from your internet. Obviously then, you do not know about the Hulu. Hulu is free! television! shows! From the current season of The Office to the prematurely discontinued Arrested Development all the way back to The Mary Tyler Moore [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on April 10th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It’s my motivation during the day. Because sometimes I need some motivational music to get me off my duff and get stuff done. Pandora.com is, and I hesitate to say this, because it’s quite the understatement, an online radio, of sorts. Since 2000, it’s been hard at work on what it calls the “Music Genome [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on March 28th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I like butter. I don’t like margarine (it’s just not natural). Butter is expensive. Butter does not spread. Spreadable butter is even more expensive. But I thought the only options were A) use margarine or B) spend lots of money on the spreadable butter. I started researching all the different things I could do to [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on February 29th, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Here’s a tip I learned just today: Melt 7/8 tablespoon butter, cool a minute, then add to 7/8 cup milk. Mix well, and you’ve got yourself a full cup of half and half! I’ve got a recipe that calls for one cup half and half. The smallest container I can find at the store holds [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on February 14th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is the bread that convinces friends and family to go buy themselves a bread machine. Because, not only can you NOT (double negative, WATCH OUT.) find anything that tastes this good at Wal-Mart, but would you believe it’s cheaper, too? (See below for price analysis.) Ingredients: 7.5 oz water, 80 degrees 3 Tbs honey [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on February 1st, 2008 | 10 Comments »
About a month ago, I was able to get Apple Cinnamon Cheerios for $0.50/box. The whole family was understandably excited. See, being the Natural Mommy, I try my darnedest to get the family to eat such healthy breakfast foods as granola, oatmeal, and shredded wheat. My husband tends to prefer Cinnamon Toast Crunch. So, in [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on January 24th, 2008 | 9 Comments »
