Take a look at this graphic from heartmath.com and see how stress can affect your mental, physical and emotional health. Some of these points are staggering, what we allow into our lives without even knowing it. For those who have continually dealt with stress in their lives, we can become numb to stress that causes us mental, emotional, and ultimately physical harm to our lives. It’s time to notice the frustration and the triggers in our lives that harm us and our children and remove them.

If you are under stress …

If you are looking for a large home with a lot of space to grow and live in, set in a quiet rural area, centered in the middle of Alabama, you may have found your home. If you are interested in organic gardening, fruit trees in a beautiful setting, we need to talk to you!

flo·ra/ˈflôrə/
Noun:
1. The plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period: “the desert flora give way to oak woodlands”.
2. the bacteria and fungi, both normally occurring and pathological, found in or on an organ.
**intestinal flora: the bacteria normally within the lumen of the intestine.
I love gardening. and here is another reason to love it: Digging in the dirt may be good for your health. I first heard about this when I read Jordan Rubin’s book, The Maker’s Diet. He was, at one point during his bout with the deadly illness, …

Since Rachel posted this, our lovely rooster, Sol, has disappeared. We were sorry to lose him. We have no idea where he disappeared to and can only guess he met his fate. He was a beautiful guy, and we actually miss him. So do the hens, though the gallo blanco from the neighbour’s flock doesn’t seem to mind.
originally posted at A City on A Hill
September 16, 2011
Conocer Sol, Da Gallo

Hiya, everybody. I’m Sol, da gallo of the flock. [Gallo means rooster in Spanish, in case you didn’t know that already. …

Rancho Alegria
A small gated community

There are two properties for sale here in this gated community, located near Arenal Lake in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The perfect Costa Rican home.  Easy, cost effective and beautiful with views!
Description of Property
Buy a beautiful site for only $40,000 or $75,000 or buy a new home. Average cost for a lovely home is $115,000 which includes the house  plans. You can spend more or less depending on size and finishes.  You pick the plan and colors.  Reasonable offers considered and financing is available.
Situated near the Continental …

We want to share with you a company that we are very excited to share with you about: NaturaLLinens. They opened their store in the fall of last year. They carry many eco friendly practical items:

Napkins and Towels
Pillow Covers 18 X 18
Pillow Covers 16 X 16
Handkerchiefs
Burlap Table Runners
Coffee Filters/Tea Bags

They have recently introduced items made with organic cotton from a fair trade source. If you don’t see what you are looking for, please email  at naturallinens.tx.rr.com. They do offer custom orders.
If you would like to …

Jess, of Titus Keepers Natural living supplies for heart and home, has graciously put up a fund raiser on her site to help the families on Gleaning the Harvest. She is giving 100% of profits from all sales from October 15, 2011 through November 20, 2011 to Gleaning the Harvest families.
We are fast-approaching that Nov. 20th date!! Time is running out! Be sure to take a look at her Personal Care and her Natural Cleaning supplies and see what you might be interested in for your own home or for …

Please take time to familiarize yourself with the information in this video. If you already are familiar with it, please pass it on to your friends. The fact that so many adverse reactions go unreported to make it appear that vaccines do little harm and are not responsible for severe injury and death means that not enough people understand the things this video explains. and we need to understand it at least enough to get people to report it when they have adverse reactions in themselves or their children.

There is …

You will have to decide if you are shipping anything down to Costa Rica or if if you will pay to take it with you on the airplane, or if you will forgo bringing much of anything with you at all. If you decide to ship items, you will want to get a jump on contacting the shipper and finding out details you will need for him and from him. It is very good to write down questions for your shipper as you think of them and be sure to …

It is not imperative but it is important to know the Costa Rican currency and how to calculate it in your head (or at least on paper) to US Dollars before you get here. Because the current exchange rate is about 500colones to an American Dollar, it is pretty easy to do, even to teach your school-age children.
The CR currency is a colon(co-LONE). The exchange rate between the American Dollar and the colon fluxuates, though, for the past several months, it has stayed just under 500c/$1.00. As of 4-1-11, the …