Getting Stuff Done

These are my toes...

Well, I'm tired. Really tired. I've been on such a mission to get my house organized. For some reason, that has become the symbol of a good mom right now. Organized house, clean kitchen, means that when mommy goes back to to work, the children will be fed and the house won't look like a tornado hit it. We'll see I guess. Ellie and I started getting out the halloween decorations today. We found the giraffe costume we bought last year for Kailey. But, Ellie also found her witch costume from when she was a year old, and now wants to be a witch. I can't believe, but it still fits, so I guess we can do that. But then I need a black kitty, not a giraffe :)

I don't know why I'm so obsessed with everything lately. For example, we already drink hormone free milk and eat hormone free chicken (hormones bad for girls.) And of course, sodium lauryl sulfate in shampoo and soaps. BPA in plastic. All those have no place in my home. But then I've decided that we eat far too many additives in foods. So I began doing some research, and I just can't keep buying such foods. Have you ever looked at the labels? High fructose corn syrup is in EVERYTHING! I think my daughter is sweet enough and hyper enough, don't you? No need for all that sugar. So we are eating foods with as few preservatives and additives as possible. Really, I don't know if all these things cause cancer, or early puberty, or neurological disorders, etc. The reasearch isn't conclusive either way. But personally, I like to err on the side of caution. I'd rather not find out in 10 years that I was wrong.

So since my girl is eating her hormone free, additive free chicken nugguts and bunny crackers, drinking her hf milk out of her BPA free super cool big girl cups, smelling like her delicious smelling soap and shampoo that costs a fortune, I gotta save some money! My bloggy friend Andrea has got me started on CVSing, and I finally went on my first run yesterday. Gonna try again this week. I made myself a huge coupon binder (like a big dork) and sorted everything out so I can start saving serious money. I mean, really, this healthy, organic lifestyle is really putting a crimp in my fun money. Ellie and I haven't been to Panera in like, a month! :)