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• Commented on My Before and After at Di Pietro Todd
  you look like a million before AND after dammit....
• Commented on Sseko Designs Support Women
  i so love these! can't decide which to order. for 42, maybe two pair?...
• Commented on Telling the Truth About Santa
  heartbreaking, but every parent faces it eventually. you handled it beautifully. honesty always wins....
• Commented on Tori Spelling's Release of Mommywood
  what in the world is happening with tori's chest section? thats not right....
• Commented on Maggie's Organic Youth Socks
  I love this stuff, too. They carry it at my grocery store and I buy their really cool scarves for gifts. Soo reasonably priced, too!...
• Posted If it sounds too good to be true... to communitylove
  So my girlfriend was approached by some women to help an organization that gives to women in need, and can make her money as well. In these times who isn't looking for a little extra cash? When she explained it...
• Commented on Lazy Mom?
  Rockband!!!...
• Commented on Chic Afrique
  I agree 100%. They make my all-time favorite body butter....
• Commented on Postpartum Depression
  I don't have postpartum depression, but possibly the creeping up of holiday anxiety! Anyone?...
• Commented on Hilarious Read
  Author: Jen Lancaster...
• Posted Best Skin Products? to communitylove
  I want to find the best, organic, non-toxic skin care products. I really only want a cleanser and moisterizer - nothing complicated - with eco packaging and full of good, natural stuff for my aging skin. Anyone?...
• Posted Eco Tree or Just Trash? to communitylove
  What do you think of this kind of tree? I have decided against bringing a real tree (laden with pesticides unless I drive an hour to an organic tree farm) into my home, so am trying to find the best...
• Posted Rehab Holiday to communitylove
  I don't mean no alcohol - that's no fun. I mean no plastic, no pesticide tree, no chemical laden huge animal on the table, no packaging that cuts your fingers and frustrates you and then fills your trash bin. I...
• Posted Skip the Goodie Bag Please to notsomuchlove
  These days birthday parties abound and each time my kid comes home with a blue clown-mouth from the indescribable frosting they ingested and a bag full of made-in-china plastic "goodies" and I really have a hard time comprehending the...
• Commented on Fur Coat
  Definately not the dumpster as an animal gave it's life for that garment! However, it does pose a moral question, and I would say the best way to honor it is to donate it to someone who is homeless or...
• Posted Hilarious Read to communitylove
  I just finished the book "Bitter is the New Black" and i must recommend it if your looking for a smart, hilarious and real book. I laughed and felt inspired....
• Posted Meat Alternative? to communitylove
  OK, so I stopped buying red meat ages ago. But I feel now that I am stuck on ground turkey and chicken breasts, and I am beginning to feel incredibly guilty about it. It's not great for the planet or...
• Posted Wasteful Lunches to notsomuchlove
  Ever think of the environmental mess that results from children's lunches? It has been estimated that on average a school-age child using a disposible lunch generates 67 pounds of waster per school year.  That equates to 18,760 pounds of...
• Posted rBGH to notsomuchlove
  rBGH is bovine Growth Hormone that is used in our Dairy Industry.  Europe and Canada have both banned it because of it's apparent health threats including breast and prostate cancer. For some reason, the FDA is having a hard...
• Posted Chopsticks Not Good! to notsomuchlove
  Do you really think about when you take disposable chopsticks when get chinese food? Think again. Disposable chopsticks might be convenient and accessible, but they are incredibly wasteful - environmentalists say they are up there with plastic carrier bags,...
• Posted Big Polluter to notsomuchlove
  "General Electric was rated as the 4th worst polluter on the Political Economy Research Institute's Toxic 100 index. The index is based on 2002 EPA Toxics Release Inventory data. PERI's Toxic 100 index ranks the nation's largest companies based...
• Posted Help Stop Dirty Coal to notsomuchlove
  Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel around.  It pollutes our air and water with mercury, destroys communities in Appalachia through mountaintop removal mining and contributes more carbon dioxide to global warming than any other fuel we use for electricity....
• Posted Drunkorexia? to notsomuchlove
  Drunkorexia is a new slang term that describes the practice of restricting food intake in order to drink more alcohol. The story goes that 30% of 18-24 year olds skip food in order to drink more. In order to...
• Posted A Different Scarf to stufftolove
  While the surge of the scarf still seems to be going strong, the prices can be a bit unreasonable at $80 and over. This one from gypsy05 looks cool, and for only $38 it is a steal. It's surely cute enough...
• Posted Nestle Not to notsomuchlove
  Nestlé was named one of the "Most Wanted Corporate Human Rights Violators of 2005" by San Francisco-based human rights organization, Global Exchange. The company's labor practices, particularly child slave labor and disregard of labor standards, marketing of harmful products,...
• Posted Not Baby Safe to notsomuchlove
  Johnson & Johnson - the maker of supposedly "gentle and safe" baby products has not signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetics, which calls for the removal of potential carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, and otherwise dangerous additives in personal care items. Further,...
• Commented on Obama Mammas
  Don't wear those shirts on voting day b/c some polling stations don't allow any canvassing within 100 feet of the booths, so they have turned away voters wearing shirts for candidates (of course i would just take it off right...
• Posted Quiet Your Inner Dialogue to feellove
  Watch this moving 1 minute video of Deepak Chopra as he defines for us what intuition is (an attribute of your soul), how to quiet your inner dialogue so you can achieve your intuitive sense. Feel better, be smarter....
• Commented on what up w/ joe the plumber fake!
  unlicensed plumber and non-registered voter! hello?!...
• Posted Post-it Recycled to stufftolove
  I had stopped using post-it notes (though I did love them) years ago when I banished all (okay, a few) unnecessary disposable items from my life. But now I see that Post It's are made from recycled and post-consumer...