July 2021

If I Had My Life to Live Over Again “If I had my life to live over again, I’d try to make more mistakes next time.  I would relax.  I would limber up.  I would be sillier than I have been this trip.  I know of a very few things I would take seriously.  I […]

September 12, 2011 by lisabarlage Fruits and vegetable juices are not usually considered high risk products. Yet juices might be considered high risk if they are raw and not pasteurized. Contamination from bacteria on the outside of the fruit can get into the finished product and grow in the juice. The most common bacteria is E.coli which […]

October 30, 2015 by lisabarlage As the weather cools down the type of meals we often cook in slow cookers start to sound wonderful. Think warm, hearty, time saving, and one-dish meals. Slow cookers can help you to save both money and time – and maybe even your sanity. Instead of walking in the door […]

Yachtzee-like game This afternoon my daughter comes into the living room and asks, “Where is the Yahtzee?” I was a little miffed. Why would I be upset that my 17-yo wants to do something that doesn’t involve technology? Let me explain. My parents recently came home from Florida to get their COVID-19 vaccinations and for […]

Cleaning up messes? Flu season? Coughing and sneezing? Grab those disinfectant wipes! Germs will be gone, right? Yes, but those wipes may contain Environmental Protection Agency-registered pesticides.  Yes that’s right, pesticides.  Some of these products should not be used around children, especially small children.  Many of the ingredients in these products have been linked with […]

You may have noticed lately there is more “chatter” about the benefit of eating meat and/or dairy products from cows that graze on grass rather than grain products.  That’s because more and more people are looking at grass feeding as an important component of an animal’s food composition.  The quality of any food you eat […]

Cleaning up messes? Flu season? Coughing and sneezing? Grab those disinfectant wipes! Germs will be gone, right? Yes, but those wipes may contain Environmental Protection Agency-registered pesticides.  Yes that’s right, pesticides.  Some of these products should not be used around children, especially small children.  Many of the ingredients in these products have been linked with […]

Posted in Healthy People, Mindfulness, tagged career, creative, emotional, environmental wellness, financial, intellectual, physical, self-assessment, social, spiritual, Stress, Wellness on April 4, 2019| 4 Comments » If you had asked me last year my definition of wellness, I would have said eating right, exercising and lowering my risk of getting sick. However, wellness has many […]

I have officially made it through one week of working from home and I’m going to be honest with you: It feels like I’m stuck in the movie Groundhog’s Day with no end in sight. I have three small children under the age of eight that demand a lot of my time and energy. I’m […]

I have officially made it through one week of working from home and I’m going to be honest with you: It feels like I’m stuck in the movie Groundhog’s Day with no end in sight. I have three small children under the age of eight that demand a lot of my time and energy. I’m […]