Organic Thoughts

O.K. here’s some thoughts and I know that many of you who read this will have some ideas…..Jodi, Jen, Becky, Heather, Rebecca, Melody et al

What do YOU think about this?
We should avoid all chemicals, pesticides and etc that we can.
We eat a lot of fresh produce - $100 - $150 every 2 weeks. It’s not organic.

So…is it better to eat FRESH produce that isn’t organic….or frozen Organic? I can’t afford fresh organic – and there isn’t much of a selection around here. First I thought “we eat to much fresh produce to be able to afford organic”. Then I thought “if we eat so much produce wouldn’t it be important to get organic?”. Then I considered the frozen organic from Shop Natural…but still it’s FROZEN and you loose nutrition.

At this point I continue to buy fresh and to rinse it all well…but I keep wondering…what would be better frozen organic or fresh non-organic.

Jen and Jodi: we’ve not split junk yet at our co-op. I wonder if folks WOULD split a case of those cloud 9 candy bars…they ARE good and the list of ingredients isn’t terrible…especially when you realize that my children aren’t eating the snacks at church or such…this IS their junk food. We take these snacks to church or parishioner’s homes who want to give the kids treats. We can’t allow Zander to have treats that are going to set him off for 3 days. Hmmm….I’ll have to float a split of Cloud 9 candy bars or Little Panda Licorice and see…..we mostly split seeds, nuts and grains…which are helpful. OH – this time Melody wanted to split sodas and so we did split those. 12 cans of soda don’t make for a huge indulgence in a family our size. LOL So far we like the Blue Sky Root Beer Encore. We don’t like the Blue Sky Ginger Ale at all. We haven’t tried the Lemon Lime stuff.

Here’s a cool tidbit…my sister in law is meeting with the man who WROTE the organic certification law that is now being threatened by congress and big companies who want to be able to sell “organic” while using synthetic preservatives. I know someone who knows someone….{bg}

Arielle turned 9 today. It was anti-climatic without a party…but we’ll have a party tomorrow – with bumper cars. {G} She did enjoy the gifts that the boys picked out for her. Josiah took the day off work. He suggested we all go to see “Over the Hedge”, which we did. It was a cute movie (though I fell asleep for part of it). :::snort:::

Today was the dreaded “crunch” day in *8 Minutes* and I realized that my problem is NOT weak abs but I have abnormally long shoulder blades…I’m sure that is why I can’t get my shoulder blades off the floor…but with time, I should be able to do this…at least once.

The girls called about 10 p.m. to wish Arielle a happy birthday. Bre called first and I woke her up. She was cuddled up with her picture of them and was totally disoriented when I tried to get her to talk. While I was still talking to Bre, Krista beeped in…..so I had them both on the line at the same time…I suppose that’s a bit like having the whole family in one spot????

I started taking flax oil today. I read up on the benefits of Omega oils again. I came up with all sorts of new questions about this new healthy lifestyle. LOL I’ll save them for another post.

It’s late – I want to try to SLEEP…..