The Overall Scheme of Things

Two years ago when I decided we as a family needed to change the way we ate, I ran from store to store trying to get the best stuff at the best price. I visited the health food store and really liked the atmosphere, but not the prices. The mainstream grocer is a scary thing when you are a label reader. It became obvious that I was spending more than my share of time and money trying to rid my life of chemicals.

Into the picture comes Blooming Prairie. In the past year I have found wonderful, inexpensive products to replace the toxic products that I used in the past. This is "a good thing" as Martha would say. Once a month I get everything from shampoo to salad dressing delivered to my home with, and this is the big one, nothing shoved on me or my family in the checkout lane. How nice it is to get what is on your list and nothing else. No candy, soda, or any other item you are subjected to on an end cap with a big yellow happy face on the sign.

Before I sat down to write this little offering, I checked my checkbook register and what was outgoing for food and miscellaneous items then and now. Our family is spending about 30% less on the best stuff than on the bad stuff. This is such a good place to be. To have good healthy food for your family without the price of the health food store. Not having to go to the discount store for TP or any of the personal care items. And what we're getting is free from dioxins. Spending money on things we don't need just because they are in front of us. KJ and I were talking the other day about how much less we buy now. We have realized our true needs and they are being met.

And yes we do have to go to the store to get bananas and film developing, but that is a far cry from the past. Still have to stay in contact with the other half of the world I guess.

That is all for now. Keep on trying to be as healthy as you can in this toxic world we live in. If enough of us do it, we could make a difference for our grandchildren.

Wendy