Please Pass the Milk Thistle Quote: With Christmas a few days away, many young children leave a plate of cookies and milk near their fireplace as a treat for Santa and his reindeer. Instead of this traditional snack, maybe on Christmas Eve you might want to serve cookies and milk thistle, in order to keep Santa at his optimum health. Milk thistle, also known as Mary thistle or holy thistle, is a plant found growing naturally in the Mediterranean areas of Europe, the Middle East, and Nor

Usually, I like to begin a new year with a little downtime.After the rush and excitement of the Christmas season, we take it easy and slow. We stay inside to avoid the cold. We rent movies. Read books. Plan the garden. Knit. Reconnect, and prioritize.But this year I decided to just to jump right in to new activities. I had Ideas! Plans! Friends who wanted to join us! The boys were eager. We had fun!Then it was time to go to the dentist for a root canal. No biggie. I gave birth at home to a 10lb

The holidays are over and a lot of people are dealing with increased weight and a much bigger stomach. What with all the feasts during Christmas and celebrating the New Year, people have forgotten all about their diets and ate like there’s no tomorrow. So now that the food season is over they’re a few pounds heavier. So some would go back to their diets, like the Slimquick Cleanse or whatever diet they were on before the holidays. Sometimes, it sucks when you have the type of body that gets fat