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Protecting your skin with sunscreen is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Make sure to choose the best sunscreen type for each activity. Check the ingredients in the sunscreen to ensure that they are safe for children and will not cause environmental problems, such …
We’re big fans of seafood and prepare it twice a week for dinner. We enjoy crabs, shrimp, lobster tails, scallops, oysters, etc. We prefer steaming our shellfish instead of breading it…to help keep the calories more reasonable. You can steam it in water, water & …
I love gardening and that includes growing a lot of indoor houseplants. Every spring and fall I like to spend time transplanting my houseplants into larger pots, replanting the baby plants into new pots and feeding my plants. How many of you enjoy indoor gardening?
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A lot of my friends & family members say that I have a green thumb. Well, not really. I just happen to use the right products and I maintain a schedule when it comes to caring for my indoor houseplants.
One product that I highly recommend to others is the Miracle-Gro Indoor Plant Food Spikes. This product helps your plants grow healthy and strong. Each spike will feed one plant for up to 2 months. With that said, I only use them twice a year…unless I’m having an issue with a specific plant then I might use them more frequently.
Each package comes with directions to teach you how to use them. Basically, you’ll use the included plastic aerator to make a hole in your soil, place the spike down into the hole, cover it up with soil and then water your plant. For most indoor plants you’ll use one spike but if you have a large planter…you may need to use two or three per container. That’s it, you’re done!
In the photo above you’ll see four baby aloe plants that I transplanted into a new pot with fresh potting soil and I inserted a new plant food spike. Those four baby aloe plants came off of my HUGE aloe plant that I keep in my sun room. A healthy plant will produce a ton of babies for you!!!
I’ve faithfully been using the Miracle-Gro Indoor Plant Food Spikes for about four years now and I swear by them! Within 4-6 weeks after I started using them I saw a dramatic improvement in how my indoor plants looked! Frankly, they all look healthy and strong. As an added bonus, many of my houseplants spawn off babies which I replant into new pots and give away to my friends and family.
Where do I get these little miracle spikes? Well…I personally buy them from Amazon at a really great price. You can also find them at your local garden centers and home stores. (I find that they’re cheaper from Amazon).
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Image by Werner Heiber from Pixabay Back in the day, plastic surgery was almost a national pastime. Everyone was doing it. From celebrities to housewives, “having something done” was the norm. These days, however, invasive cosmetic surgery has gone by way of the 8-track. Instead, …
Time for another installment of Shelly’s Pet Peeves, Vent, De-Stressing Session…whatever you want to call it. I need to get a few things off my chest in regards to visiting the doctor’s office. It’s enough to get my blood boiling at times. We all have …
My children love books and several times a week we spend time reading together as a family. My 10 1/2 year old is a prolific reader and my 4 year old is just learning to read. As a parent I’ve passed down my love for reading to them and we’re always looking for new books to read.
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Be Brave, Be Brave, Be Brave is a children’s book written by author F. Anthony Falcon with illustrations by Trisha Mason. It’s a true story of Fatherhood and Native American Heritage. ISBN: 978-1-57687-914-6.
Synopsis: A man of Native American descent contemplates what lessons he will pass on to his newborn son in this heartfelt, expansive exploration of fatherhood, identity, and legacy.
Based on the true story of the birth of his son, Be Brave, Be Brave, Be Brave recalls the thoughts of author F. Anthony Falcon upon holding his child after the baby and his wife endured a life-threatening labor during Hurricane Harvey’s landfall in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Having felt adrift from his Native roots, Falcon found himself with a deep desire to understand his heritage so that he might better bestow it upon his son. A meditation on what it means to “be brave,” this is the take of little Lakota’s perilous arrival into the world, of Falcon’s struggle to reconnect with a heritage that was lost to him, and a father’s attempt to describe what it means to be a Native American man in America today.
About the Author: F. Anthony Falcon found his love for books in the library at William B. Travis Elementary School in his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas. His love for history led him to research his own Native American heritage in the hope that he could one day instill that pride in his children. Anthony has a love for writing as well and a huge imagination which, when put together, makes for some very interesting reading. He currently resides in Corpus Christi, Texas with his wife and son.
My Thoughts: One of the things I really love about this book is that it’s written from the perspective of the father which is refreshing. As you read through the story you’ll learn a little bit about the Native American culture, a new father’s perspective on being a new dad and a little bit of insight on what was going on when Hurricane Harvey came ashore. There’s a lot packed into the 32 pages to entertain you and the kids from cover-to-cover.
Be Brave, Be Brave, Be Brave is like no other book in my children’s reading library. It’s extremely well-written with beautiful and artistic illustrations. It’s the perfect book for any school’s library, the public library, baby shower gift or just to give to your own children. I think you will enjoy reading it over and over again. The type of book you’ll want to pass down to the next generation.
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