Brutally just beautiful.

Fresh strawberries from my garden 

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:16:31 -0400

Fresh strawberries from my garden 

Flower child 

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:24:57 -0400

Flower child 

Oh, yeah!

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:45 -0400

Oh, yeah!

I wanted to tell you congrats on expecting your second child! And was curious are you hoping for a girl this time so you have one of each or would you rather have all boys?

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:00 -0400

Thanks! I don’t know about the sex. Boys are so fun and we are mostly prepared for a boy as far as “things” go, but a girl would be exciting and different! My sister is having a girl this summer so they could be friends. I guess that means either way things will be wonderful. :)

Are all three of you on completely different diets? Why?!

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:05:56 -0400

What? Who? I’m pregnant, so I’m definitely not on a diet. I also don’t “diet” ever. I’ve cleansed a few times in my life but I think eating healthy foods everyday is the only way to be healthy and maintain a healthy weight, so that’s what I do. Since being pregnant I’ve been pretty sick, especially at night, so I am just eating whatever sounds edible, really. Adam recently discovered this “paleo” thing and he likes the simple approach to food and how straightforward that approach is. Who else makes three? Keaton is four and doesn’t know what a “diet” is. As far as his diet, like the typical food he eats on a regular basis, he eats whatever we eat and if he doesn’t like that he loves PB&Js (organic, whole wheat, real fruit jam…you get it), fruit, nuts, veggies, yogurt. We have it figured out, so don’t you worry about it!

You know there have been many studies saying that if you aren't celiac, there's really no reason to avoid gluten. So why do you do it?

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:25:00 -0400

Adam’s loosely following a paleo diet, which is gluten-free and also his mom has celiac so he wants to test his sensitivity. The thing that is funny to me when people are against gf is that they sometimes don’t realize there are dozens of other grains and flours and starches that are so, so healthy that don’t have gluten and have more vitamins/minerals than wheat. I don’t follow a gluten-free diet, but I love trying the recipes because it opens up a whole new world of ingredients. Last night he made “vegetables and biscuits” a take on chicken and biscuits. The biscuits were made of brown rice flour, nutritional yeast, coconut oil, tapioca starch (and some other ingredients). These are some very healthy foods and eating a variety of grains and oils instead of just plain old white flour biscuit mix and canola oil is very healthy. Gluten-free, vegan doesn’t always mean cucumber salads and seaweed soup—there are some nutrient packed, warm and gooey, delicious family meals in that cookbook (for example—spinach artichoke dip) you’d never expect unless you gave it a try.

@adamdamnlazzara went to B&N while Keys napped, picked me up...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:04:17 -0400

@adamdamnlazzara went to B&N while Keys napped, picked me up a book, picked out that great new cookbook and is now making dinner. #whataguy

New costume, hours of fun

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:20:28 -0400

New costume, hours of fun

mothernaturenetwork: 10 first steps to lighter living Itching...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:31:37 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

10 first steps to lighter living

Itching to go green and not sure where to start? Try these simple ideas.

Thanks @gman17 for this life-size cutout of Keys. It’s his...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:14:48 -0400

Thanks @gman17 for this life-size cutout of Keys. It’s his new best friend and favorite toy. He was slow dancing with it earlier. I can’t decide if its more adorable or odd, but he’s happy so it doesn’t matter. 

mothernaturenetwork: Study: 97% of scientists agree on climate...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:23:09 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

Study: 97% of scientists agree on climate change

After scrutinizing thousands of peer-reviewed climate studies, the largest analysis of its kind reveals a ‘gaping chasm’ between science and public perception.

#tbt #swoon Baby Keys with Daddy at the airport hotel in Dallas...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:20:43 -0400

#tbt #swoon Baby Keys with Daddy at the airport hotel in Dallas after playing EdgeFest, which Keaton slept through entirely. Don’t know why I remember this day so well but can’t remember to take my vitamins or what I ate for breakfast.

Ok, ok, last quote for the day. This is a good one to wrap up on. “Think occasionally of the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:44:00 -0400

Ok, ok, last quote for the day. This is a good one to wrap up on.

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.”
—Albert Schweitzer

"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being."

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:29:08 -0400

““I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.””

- Abraham Lincoln

"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:40 -0400

““Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.””

- Thomas Edison

"While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:59:36 -0400

““While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?””

- George Bernard Shaw

"In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:57:39 -0400

““In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they’re the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.””

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

"You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:56:06 -0400

““You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.””

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:53:01 -0400

““Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.””

- Albert Einstein

You said that you'll save 95 animals a year, being vegetarian. How does that work? Don't they animals get killed whether your eating them or not?

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:40:00 -0400

No, of course not. What would be the point of being vegetarian or vegan if you weren’t saving animals from death or slowing the “production” of animals—keeping them from being “born in order to die” in the first place? Imagine if half the population of the U.S. was vegetarian, then imagine how many less animals would be produced and how fewer animals would die, how many less hamburgers would be sold at McDonalds, etc. It’s the same exact principle but just on a smaller scale—one person. Peta calculated that vegans save roughly 198 animals a year and vegetarians save around 100. From the documentary “Vegucated” the vegetarian conference they attend uses the number 95 and that’s a common number to see on bumper stickers and t-shirts promoting vegetarianism. Some sites estimate higher numbers and some have lower. It’s impossible to know for sure, but around 100 is a typical estimate, and that is something to be proud of.