on being a “granola mom”

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I usually consider myself to be fairly “crunchy” (i.e., green, a treehugger, at one with mother nature… you get the idea). Some time ago, I subscribed to Ideal Bite and I find it only occasionally gives me something useful. Generally it is just yet another email in the inbox to delete. However, this morning’s tip actually does contain something useful.

With gift-giving season right around the corner, the thought of the money spent on stuff nobody wants is on my mind. If you really aren’t altruistic enough to ask your loved ones to buy someone else a cow, you can avoid those long return lines by just giving your family a very specific list of what you do want instead. Check out this free general purpose gift registry. Even better (than it being free) is that it is apparently compatible with wishlists already in existence at Amazon, JC Penney and so on.

Back to crunchiness though…. This morning I dropped off some Holistic Moms flyers at a local Wellness Expo. I must admit, for all my perceived crunchiness, I felt amazingly soggy (mainstream, even) in that environment. Maybe I just need to go hang out there to absorb it all. Bloomington townies - if you’re reading this - please do go check out this expo. It should be quite informative if one is beginning a journey into holistic-ness.

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