by Michelle Lasley | Feb 11, 2020 | Family, Food, Health, In the Home, One a Day, Outside the Home, Post a Day 2020, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
Food fads are a thing. Every year, it seems, we learn about something else we should or shouldn’t do or eat for so-called optimal health. Milk is in until it isn’t. Alternate kinds of milk are in until they aren’t. We can eat based on our blood types. We can use ancient traditions. We can even get into gastro-molecular inventions (what!?).
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 15, 2019 | Health, In the Home, One a Day, Post a Day 2019, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
Did you know that vinegar is a natural way to clean your home without using any toxic chemicals? It is! 11 years ago, I found this list of 29 ways to use vinegar at home for a tabling event hosted by the library. It was called “Keep Portland Weird”. And,...
by Michelle Lasley | May 27, 2019 | Health, In the Home, One a Day, Post a Day 2019, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
In the beginning, we had an ant problem Do you have an ant problem? We do. And, over the last 16 years of living here, I have only found one solution to work: homemade borax ant poison. Living here in the Portland Metro area, someone once told me a section of town,...
by Michelle Lasley | Jun 21, 2018 | Health, In the Home, One a Day, Post a Day 2018, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
It started out as any typical endeavor… I grabbed the necessary materials, and I arranged them just so. I propped up the tools and arranged them just so. Then, I began mixing, matching, showcasing. When I was all done, I reviewed. And, oh boy! You couldn’t...
by Michelle Lasley | Jun 14, 2018 | Family, Food, Health, In the Home, One a Day, Post a Day 2016, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
My mother told me, when I was selling books door-to-door, to take my vitamins. I spent 20 minutes staring at the options in the aisle to the chagrin of my friend who I had just told, “I’ll be quick.” I had no idea what to buy. I had no idea what one...
by Michelle Lasley | Jun 11, 2018 | Health, In the Home, One a Day, Post a Day 2018, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
This is the “king of oils”. Sourced from Somalia and Oman, doTERRA actually created a cooperative with existing farmers of Frankincense. So, why do we even call it the “king of oils”? Because this complex oil can support the whole body in a...
