Today was a very difficult day for me…and, I’m sure, more so for my baby goats. (Just to catch you up, on the second half of our vacation– which was so relaxing and wonderfully uneventful that I decided not to write a “part 2” post- our friend sent us home with two new adorable baby...
We’re on vacation! This year has been extremely stressful for us, so after saying, “I need a vacation” a thousand times over the last few years, we decided to actually do it. We took a few days to make our way up the California coast then head over to my mother in law’s house outside...
My (older) baby girl had her 4th birthday party last weekend. As most moms often say, “where the heck did the time go??” The night of her party was “Super Moon Saturday” and while the pictures I saw being posted online were pretty cool, the moon I checked out before dropping dead in my bed...
I’ve been feeling pretty crappy lately. I have stubborn weight on my tummy, adult acne, fatigue, a growing amount of facial hair (more than normal- which is a lot anyway), and frequent intense abdominal pain that I think is benign ovarian cysts. My mom (who is my physician) even happened noticed that my thyroid gland...
Just in case you’ve been thinking, “I haven’t seen much going on at Real Food Family lately”, I wanted to let you know that I just finished producing a huge full-length musical at a large private high school. This is one of my “day jobs”. I do love teaching performing arts because it is my...
January is my favorite month in Southern California. Not only because it is my birthday month, but because we have the most amazingly beautiful sunsets of the entire year. I used to easily stroll down to the beach to enjoy the views and have worried about losing this joy since moving to our new mountain...
The porch at our new house was (and, um…still is) covered in boxes and instead of unpacking and cleaning, as I should have done, I wanted to get my homesteading adventure officially started by bringing home some chickens. Fortunately our new house came with a fully enclosed chicken coop and absolutely adorable hen house. I...
We have just signed a lease to rent a small house on a 3 acre property about 25 minutes away from where we live now. Two weeks ago I had no idea that we would be doing this. Five years ago, I had no idea I’d EVER consider something like this. Five years ago I...
Today we celebrated my second daughter’s first birthday. Wow- a year can pass so quickly! I learn so much from my children and this learning process begins with the unfolding of their birth. Charlotte was born in the peace and warmth of our home, in water and next to a soothing fire while the sun...
**Real Food Family is looking for families to share their story on this video gallery! Sometimes I think I shouldn’t publicly get involved in the “vaccine debate”. What if our nation eventually mandates all vaccinations, without exemption, and my family becomes a targeted enemy of the state? My online postings will be documented proof that...