When you hear the word trafficking, what do you think of? Maybe drugs….slavery….India….something overseas that doesn’t really directly affect us here in the U.S.? Before I started really studying and researching this very issue, those were the thoughts that ran through my mind, as well, when I heard the term. It wasn’t until I started to become more educated about this very topic that I realized how naive I had really been. Read the rest of my post on MamaBuzz….

I’ve been cleaning out my office, and I happened to see this page from December in my calendar. I just had to share.Just in case you can’t make out what it says….

With pomp, power & glory the world beckons vainly,
In chase of such vanities, why should I roam?

While peace & content bless my little thatched cottage,
And warm my own hearth with the treasures of home.
~ Beatrix Potter

I’m so ready for a change, and thanks to Collective Bias, Lean Cuisine, and Skinny Cow, I’ve been given the opportunity to have the accountability that is so necessary in getting to that healthier lifestyle Hubs and I so long for. Our goal: to teach our kids the value of living on less. Be sure to check out the entire post over on MamaBuzz….

Laying there in my bed around 1:30am, I kept hearing this ringing in my dreams….only I couldn’t quite figure out where it was coming from or what it even was. Groggily, I finally woke up enough to realize that it was our home phone, basically ringing off the hook. Who would be calling at 1:30 in the morning, unless someone was hurt? 9 months pregnant with our second child, I dragged myself out of bed, into the kitchen where I picked up the phone, and sleepily answered, “Hello?”

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