Life, Food, and Health: Not necessarily in that order

Posted By on January 27, 2012 | Category: For Health, Home Management, Reviews

In the past few years, we have discovered organic, raw foods, GMOs, pesticides, and other things that positively and negatively affect one’s health through foods and other common products. Just last night, I was reading on Mercola how many of our organic fruits and veggies “may have cow-, pig-, and chicken collagen coatings on them rather than wax, as well as a number of other unsavory ingredients.” Ick. No thank you! So, food, as we know it, is under attack, and frankly, I don’t see any chance of that being let up!

And, without your health, what do you have?

As a family, we are continually looking for healthy alternatives for life. We have changed our eating habits immensely in the past decade in what we eat, how we eat, when we eat, and why we eat. Being healthy is not just about food, either, but also includes things such as what you put on your body too, like make-ups, cleaners, moisturizers, etc. So we have changed a good lot of how we live every year.

Looking at food today and the food industry, most of us have realized that it is becoming more and more difficult to eat healthily and to not eat contaminated foods, so we are continually looking for foods that are healthy.

A few months ago, before the release of the company, I joined the Beyond Organic company. It was a good business plan, starting from the ground up, with very good and healthy organic foods. Being in Costa Rica, though, I haven’t been able to try them yet. I can’t wait to try them. They look and sound delicious and healthy. I am hoping I can soon!

Also, for the past year, it seems, my sister has been all excited about a company called Monavie. I had no idea what it was. Juices. Health juices. Expensive-looking bottles with a health juice in it. I honestly had no idea about it. When I first heard about it, I went to the website and tried to find out about it, but I could not find out about their products. I figured you had to sign up, so I just skipped it.

But she is so excited about it. She is STILL so excited about it. And in the past year or so, she has lost a lot of weight that she has struggled with for years by changing her eating habits, and I know how that has changed her life. She is excited to share health with anyone and everyone she meets, and now, MonaVie is a huge part of that.

And I am excited to share about health too.

So, this MonaVie. My sister just kept posting about it. And then my mother did as well. But, hey, I am thousands of mile away, in another country, and there are no MonaVie Taster-parties here. So, I just read what she posted and kept looking. Then, recently, I started looking a little closer. And, Leandro looked into it in Brazil and we were discussing the business plan, so I asked Jen a few questions. And I researched a bit about MonaVie online. And I felt compelled to try it.

The truth of the matter is that most people want to be healthy.

A lot of time, people aren’t too worried about it until they have health issues, but there are a large majority of people who are. On the other hand, most people won’t change their eating habits to be healthy, even though they may do a couple of things to improve it or cut out some things for the time being. This, I believe, is where a product like MonaVie comes in. Some people won’t need MonaVie. If you are a raw foodist and you are diligent to eat what is truly healthy, non-GMO foods, you likely won’t need MonaVie. But, most people are not eating healthy enough. Many people I know will benefit from MonaVie products. Only you will know if MonaVie is something that you need to look into.

If you are not eating healthy enough, and you want to improve your health or lose some weight or strengthen your immune system at a low cost with a good product, let’s talk about MonaVie. It might just be for you and your family. If you are looking for a business that you can get into and build quickly – yes, it will be work, because, let’s face it, what that is worth having isn’t?

If you think this may be something for your health, and you would like to see anything about Monavie’s products or their business plan, let me know. You can click the link and check out their website, and there are some videos on youtube about it. The binary plan is one that I had not heard of or experienced in any of the other home businesses I have experience in, and the setup is quite a bit different. If you are looking for a supplemental or a primary income and you know health-conscious people, let me know, and we can chat about it and see if it is for you or not.

My sister sent me a couple of samples of their RVL Weight Solution Shakes Mixes in chocolate berry. Un-huh. Chocolate AND berry. Sounds really good. My children are excited to taste it. I am waiting to buy some raw milk and going to blend it up and share it. We will probably blend up some raw fruit to add as well, like bananas and apples in it, maybe even some avocado. I was thinking that we won’t probably be buying it by the per serving for our entire family, but we can mix it with the raw food and still get the benefits of the Monavie and eat raw and healthy.

So, a new health adventure. A new business adventure. If you are interested and want to join me, leave a comment or shoot me an email. I am excited about the Monavie business plan, and what it may be able to do for my family and for friends as well.

As for our family, we will continue to search out health benefits, foods, and products that would be best to share with others and let you know what we find!

Shalom and have a great day!

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Homemade Deodorant and Teeth Cleaner Recipes

Posted By on January 25, 2012 | Category: For Health, Home Management

If you are interested in some healthy recipes for some homemade products and info on them, I posted some on Sculptured Pillars:

Natural Deodorant Info and Recipes

Had an interesting discussion about deodorant that you make without using talc or GMO corn starch. Both of these are a common component in deodorant recipes, but are not safe for use with our skin, the largest organ on our body. Why not use talc? Talc is Carcinogenic and a risk factor for ovarian cancer and also a lung irritant. Why not use GMO?…

 

Homemade Teeth Cleaner Info and Recipes

Here is a video I have been wanting to make myself. We have used homemade teeth cleaner for about 3 years. We started out just mixing together virgin coconut oil and baking soda. In the past year, we have added Essential Oils. I am also in the process of figuring in just how much crushed egg shells to add into it as well….

 

Shalom and have an awesome, healthy day!

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It’s what’s for breakfast

Posted By on January 24, 2012 | Category: For Health, Home Management, Menu Planning and Family Favorites

Q: What do you do for breakfast besides cold cereal?

We haven’t done cold cereal for breakfast for a long time, though we do it sometimes for snacks.
So, for breakfast, we usually do one of or a combination of any of the following: http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv296/cityonahill/Food/englishmuffin2.png

*pancakes
*English Muffins
*flat bread
*Smoothies: Yumm!!
*fresh bananas
*apples
*grapefruit
*(fruit, period)
*scrambled eggs from the chickens
*toast with cinnamon and honey
*potatoes with scrambled eggs
*leftover beans
*yogurt with granola or raw oatmeal
*We also add shredded veggies to the beans, potatoes and eggs;
*homemade tortillas with whatever: eggs, veggies, plain, beans
*raw oatmeal with honey, sea salt, raisins (whatever else sounds good with it at the time)
*grits….

If we had a working oven, I might have more to add to it. Egg casseroles sound just delicious right now, though we can probably do that on the stove in our iron skillet. One I really love is a Mexican Egg Casserole, and it has eggs, corn tortillas, red bell peppers, onions, and hot peppers if you like.

Really, for the most part, as breakfast and as a snack, we just mix up fruit or plain yogurt with raw oatmeal, sometimes cinnamon, and sweeten it with honey if needed.

Jocelyn said she likes pizza for breakfast, and I would have to agree. Fruit pizza actually sounds reallly good for breakfast! Chocolate cake is also a fave, just skip the frosting if you think it’d be too much sugar. LOL

Enjoy! Shalom~

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Family – Home School Question: Story EBooks

Posted By on January 23, 2012 | Category: for sale, Homeschooling- Lessons, Ideas and Tips

We have talked about doing short stories in Ebook format, but didn’t know how that works out for families. Do you print it off? Do you read it to them on the computer? Do they read it on the computer?

Just wondering if a lot of families- home schoolers buy these books and use them for their children and how they use them. Do you purchase short storybooks for your children in EBook format? How do you use them, if so?

Looking forward to your answers.

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Semi-Raw Soup and English Muffins: It’s what’s for dinner

Posted By on January 22, 2012 | Category: For Health, Gardening, Home Management

No photos. No measurements. I just rarely measure, and neither do my girls now! Unless it is a specific recipe, like a pie or cake or bread… soup is just “to taste” or necessity around here. As for photos, well, it was gone before I got to take a photo, but it was really yummy.

This is what we threw together in our large stock pot:

white beans
ground beef
onion
celery

After that all cooked for awhile, we added some other veggies that we let remain mostly raw:

tomatoes
shredded carrot
shredded zucchini
garlic, chopped
chopped raw onions

Hannah had a hankering for some cooked cabbage, you know, the kind that when you cook it, it gets nice and brown and salty? She just cooked it in oil. And, of course we added sea salt, cumin, pepper, and served it with homemade English Muffins.
(I thought someone was making egg rolls… it smelled so good! lol)

Have a great day and enjoy your dinner! Shalom!

Jacque Sig

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Saturday again. What will you do with the Seventh Day?

Posted By on January 14, 2012 | Category: Journey In Torah, Oh Father, Help Me to Walk Your Way, Wisdom from the Word

Guard the Sabbath day, to set it apart, 
as {YHVH}  יהוה your Elohim commanded you.
Deuteronomy 5:12

I could have written this as the reasons we keep the 7th Day Sabbath, though perhaps not as well as my friend Christina did. If you have never asked yourself or ever thought about why you keep a Sunday Sabbath when your own Bible and the Ten Commandments tell you to keep the 7th Day as set apart as Sabbath, perhaps this will help you to understand why we do.

Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart.
Six days you labour, and shall do all your work,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath of {YHVH}  יהוה your Elohim.
Exodus 20:8

Keeping the Seventh Day Shabbat is not about salvation. Salvation comes from YHVH through Messiah Yeshua.

Keeping the Seventh Day Shabbat is about walking out our salvation as he did, once we have freely received it from him.

It is not denying his sacrifice or the grace of God.

Guarding this day is about walking in that grace as he has told us to, and being set apart in his ways and not my own.

 

Today, Saturday, the Seventh Day, is the God-given Sabbath. By his grace, we can walk in it.

What will you do with this day “as unto the Lord” (YHVH)?

 

You will find Christina’s post here:  It Is Your Life: Why I Observe the 7th Day Sabbath

 

 

blessings~

Jacque Sig

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Photos 365

Posted By on January 14, 2012 | Category: Babies and Toddlers, Better Blogging, Heart and Home, Just For Fun, Life in Costa Rica

Of course I thought I might do this 365 Photo project and keep up with blogging better. Of course NOT.

Then I got an earache and haven’t much cared about doing anything but keeping essential oils on my ears and throat and sinus area. SO, you can join me HERE, but I only have two photos on so far. One I need to blog about, the other I already did.

Shalom friends! Have a restful Shabbat!

 


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You may see some things that are strange to you here. Perhaps you wonder why I write about the "Jewish" Feasts. Perhaps you wonder why I "Keep the Law". You may think it is strange that I do these things and believe in Messiah Yeshua. Maybe you wonder why I call him Yeshua, instead of Jesus.
The facts are that His name is Yeshua, He is the Messiah, and the Feasts aren't Jewish. Neither are the commandments, for that matter, so the ones that apply to me, to our family, we try our best to guard them and keep them. The Feasts and commandments as well as the 7th Day of Rest: Shabbat, are also in there. Check it out: 4th commandment. Why are they in there? because they belong to ALL of YHVH's people. Also, "God's" name is YHVH. It is not LORD. That replaced his real name, YHVH.
"Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim AND guard {keep; observe} His commands, for this applies to ALL mankind! For Elohim shall bring every work into right-ruling, including all that is hidden, whether good or whether evil." ~ Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

I am a Believer in the one true Elohim/God, YHVH, and the Messiah, his Son, whose name is Yeshua. We keep his commandments because that is what his people do.
"...Elohim's people, those who observe his commands and bear Yeshua's testimony."
Revelation 12, 14, 22

Welcome

Welcome to my online home, Walking Therein. I am a 40-something wife and Momma, trying to walk therein, squeezing in every moment of life that I can.
I am a simple family gal. I love my Elohim/God, YHVH; I love his Words; I love my family; I love life.
I have been married for 23yrs. I am mom to 9 children, half of whom aren't so little anymore. My oldest is 22; my youngest is 2. They are my main focus in life, to teach them and to love them and to help them grow up and be good people who also love YHVH and are pleasant to be around. I am thankful I can still teach the youngest 7 at home. It allows me to really know our children and lead them in His ways.
Me personally: I love to be outdoors in the sunshine, but I also love the rain. I love fruits and veggies - and chocolate and Peach Snapple! I spend a lot of time on the computer, but I prefer to take long walks with little feet and hands, discovering and exploring the Costa Rica flora and fauna. We have 1 goat, a handful of chickens, several puppies and now kittens.
That's how we live. That's how we learn. Life is our greatest teacher. We can read and learn from books, but living is where the rubber meets the road. It's where the lessons prove themselves out.