{Health and Beauty}

Quick Ways to Add Good Nutrition and Exercise to Your Busy Life

This is a sponsored post by Abbott/Ensure. I am sharing my own thoughts on how I’ve included their product in my lifestyle.

We are all so very busy and finding extra time to take care of ourselves can be exhausting. Often times, we end up not doing anything at all. As busy women, we need the proper nutrition and exercise to support ourselves. Recently, I’ve been thinking about how I can better my health and add more exercise to my life. I was inspired by an interview with actress, Kate Walsh, who celebrated her 50th birthday last year. She has made a commitment to prioritize her self-care routine. Well, I decided I want to do the same thing. NO MORE EXCUSES!

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Picture My Irritable Bowel Syndrome

By Dru 6 Comments

*This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Picture My IBS initiative, however, all experiences are my own and may not be representative of everyone’s experience.”

Do you mind if we have an online therapy session? I want to talk about something personal and at times scary. Having Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) the last five years has been a struggle. It’s embarrassing, life changing, and exhausting. I don’t talk much about it to anyone because of the nature of the disease and I don’t want to make anyone feel uncomfortable, but I feel a need to share some of what I experience so I can talk to others who might suffer or educate those who don’t have any experience with IBS.

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Creative Ice Cube Hacks

By Dru 17 Comments

I don’t know if I’m just trying to cool down from this hot summer or what, but I am really intrigued by the ideas I found using ice trays and freezing different things for your everyday use. These are just a few of the Creative Ice Cube Hacks I found.

I love the relief aloe vera gives on my sunburns, but a frozen aloe vera cube sounds so soothing and exactly what a sunburn needs, a cooling of that hot skin.

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Filed Under: Diet, Dru, Gardening, {Health and Beauty} Tagged With: Freezer Ideas, Frozen Ideas, Ice Cube Hacks, Ice Cubes

May – Mental Health Month

By Dru 25 Comments

Hello Friends,

There are so many people who struggle with mental illness and our family has been hit in a big way by the effects of it. Our son and brother, Jeremy, suffered with Bi-Polar Depression and eventually took his life. You can read our story here. We want to support and help those who are facing issues and feelings like Jeremy did.