July 2008

Prayer for Today

by gidget faith

Today I’m going to see a fertility specialist for an evalution for recurrent miscarriages. This passage of scripture really spoke to me this week and it’s my prayer for today… Excerpts from Psalm 143 (NKJV): A Psalm of David. 1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, [...]

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Who is Gidget, anyway?

by gidget faith

The first time I associated myself with the character “Gidget” was in junior high art class where I made a bookmark that said “Gidget” on one side and “Moondoggie” on the other– I was a romantic at an early age. I had recently seen, and fallen in love with the 1959 movie Gidget (and with [...]

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Book Giveaway!

by gidget family

Click on over to simplemom.net to read her interview of the author and for a chance to win this awesome-looking book, The Creative Family. I hope I win!

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SuperMarkets and Snacks

by gidget food

Here’s a nice little article/interview sent to me from #1 research assistant Sarah about supermarkets. http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200611/supermarket.asp I like this quote: It’s clearly good to have fewer pesticides in the soil and water–not to mention in your body and your children’s bodies–which is why it’s good to buy organic. But organic junk food is still junk [...]

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Just came across this… twice!

by gidget simple & frugal living

I read this quote on 2 blogs today… Okay, God, are you trying to tell me something? “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris I’m working on simplifying…

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Win Free Cloth Dipes!

by gidget family

I just entered and you can too. the Baby Cheapskate blog is giving away free Bum Genius diapers (my cloth dipe of choice!). Here’s the link: http://babycheapskate.blogspot.com/2008/07/giveaway-12-bumgenius-30-diapers.html

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My Cosmetics Reviews

by gidget green & natural living

I’ve been working on a spreadsheet of some reviews of the new, natural cosmetics and skin care products that I’ve tried. Here’s what I have so far! I’ll let you know when I update it! There will also be a link on the right for this if you want to access it later. Please leave [...]

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STUFF

by gidget faith

Here’s an educational, and actually quite entertaining, short video (about 20 min.) about Stuff, going through the stages Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, Disposal. It gives an interesting background on consumerism and how our country wasn’t always all about shopping, using, wasting, etc. like we seem to be now. And to be honest, a lot of [...]

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