Child care shopping — food & diapers

The time has come to look for child care. Will needs the stimulation and I need to work. So, today Will and I toured a local child care center that is run by the city.

A few things that I was surprised by is that they were not open to cloth diapering but more importantly, they get their food from Sysco I am not sure on the specifics of the offerings this company has but I was told that there are no organic foods and that they use processed foods. Why are we serving sub-par foods to our children? Where ever I end up placing Will in day care I am will work to transition them over to serving healthy foods so that the children will be healthy and happy. When I was growing up, I ate pretty well but too much of the American Diet. When I found out that whole foods make me feel energized and happier I was thankful. I can’t believe how much of my life I was eating crap and feeling crappy. It doesn’t have to be like this. There are options. Just look for them. Make it happen. It is not as hard or expensive as you might thing. If you need ideas feel free to ask me but there are a ton of resources out there and an increasing awareness about this issue.

Don’t settle for sub-par food for yourself or for anyone. If you are addicted to them or just used to them, challenge yourself to make the switch to whole grains and fresh foods. I think you will find you will become addicted to feeling great. Your whole life will improve.

a slice of now

My creativity is on overdrive and it is making me anxious. Why? I don’t know what to do first. I have so little time. Why do I have so little time? I have a little one. I have also been craving blogging a lot in the last few weeks and before that I have thought of doing it every few days.

I was asked to sensor a blog post a little while back and it has sat ill with me. I wound up doing it to protect someone I care about. The whole idea around blogging that I love is transparency. Transparency has been an issue that I aim for and struggle with fine tuning.

I damn the threat of censorship right now and write…

I just read a post, an about page and, listened to the theme song over at Budgets are $exy and I liked his style. He seems inspired, transparent and creative. Things I want for myself and for my blog.

I want to:
practice yoga everyday
attend yoga class once or more a week (I get so much out of group exercise with a fabulous instructor)
fix my posture
make money
help those who need help! (tools: $, yoga, time, etc…)
hone my social media marketing skills
have a house with a yard and a room for Will (a room for visitors would be awesome)
relax
be a great(er) mom
get Will and myself on a pleasing schedule
blog regularly
hire a nanny & housekeeper and pay them well
be respected for who I am, what I write here, and what I am capable of (potential employers, I really am a catch, no matter what you may think of what I write in this blog)

and the list goes on.