Last night I helped teach a class on DIY (Do It Yourself) products using essential oils. One of the recipes I shared was my DIY foaming hand soap recipe and since I love it so much I thought I’d share it with you too. When we first started to move toward a more natural lifestyle I […]
cloth diapering 101
After cloth diapering for five months I am by no means an expert and this is definitely not a comprehensive course on cloth diapering (hence the 101), but people ask about Hudson’s diapers pretty frequently so I thought I’d give an overview for you curious folks. (for the sake of brevity, I’ll use cd or […]
essential oils for the classroom
It’s back to school time and while I’m not actually going back to school (this is the first time in 22 years that I haven’t had a “first day of school” either as a student or a teacher…so weird!) I know I have a lot of teachers who read my blog so I thought I’d […]
super simple fudge pie
I used to think making a fudge pie would be difficult and time consuming. Guess what…it isn’t. But shhh, that’ll be our little secret ‘mkay? You can wow your friends and family when you make this pie and then chuckle gleefully to yourself since it took all of ten minutes of work. This recipe was […]
so what’s the deal with essential oils anyway?
I’ve posted a few things on Facebook and Pinterest recently about essential oils and as a result I’ve had a lot of questions about what they are and how I’m using them. I thought I’d go ahead and address that here to (hopefully) answer everyone’s questions. This post contains affiliate links. I am a Young […]




