One of the members sums it best in the following video which has been entered in the Possible Futures Film Contest. Please watch and click here to vote for the video and show your support!

Ultimate Mom’s Club from Yifat Cohen on Vimeo.

But boycotting Whole Foods will have more of a negative impact on the environmentally grown and sustainable food movement.

Regardless of my views on health care reform, I applaud Mackey for publicly sharing his personal opinions and offering constructive ideas. They’re just ideas. Here’s the full unedited op-ed article he submitted.

I question whether the boycotters have actually read the piece in its entirety or even know what they are boycotting. And instead of boycotting, why not offer constructive ideas?

Wishing all the mothers a wonderful day!

I’m not doing anything special today…Just going about my regular day but free of ALL kid responsibilities!

Austin Baby store has expanded to their new location at 701 S. Lamar Blvd. To celebrate, they are throwing a big party this Saturday, May 2nd. Events include live music with Laura Freeman and Staci Gray, kid entertainment, food from Thai Fresh and vegan cupcakes from Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop, raffles and giveaways! I will be there mid-morning so stop by and say hi!

I don’t even know where to begin. So, I will direct you to my all-time favorite resource for the sewn product industry: Fashion Incubator. Kathleen Fasanella addresses the CPSIA issue actively and thoroughly and has even opened up her forums discussing this topic to the public. By the way, Fashion Incubator and Kathleen’s book has been a great source of inspiration and learning. In many ways, she has taught me how to streamline my business and be profitable in this industry. Her book is a must-read especially if you’re a small business owner. Although this year is probably not the best time to start a children’s clothing line.

Fashion Incubator’s blog highlights:

• CPSIA and Small Manufacturers
• CPSIA & CPSC: Activism and what you can do
• CPSIA: How to move forward, coping with crisis
• Forum: CPSIA and Consumer Safety

Since I started blogging 3 months ago, I’ve also discovered a few blogs along the way that I’ve found useful and also inspirational. My 3 favorites are:

• Elise’s Simply Recipes
• Tip Nut
• Copyblogger

Favorite recent post? Simply Recipes’ cooking on a budget.

It snowed yesterday! It was enough to make a small snowman. Very small.

Thought I’d share with you my favorite apple pie recipe first. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I used the recipe found on CooksRecipes.com, Apple Pie – Best Recipe by a Country Mile, with the following modifications:

• I only used 1 cup of granulated sugar in the filling.
• For the pie crust, I used my sister-in-law’s recipe:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup milk

  Directions: Cut flour, shortening, and salt until crumbly, stir vinegar into milk and add.

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Here’s a recap of the battle of the bots on Saturday at noon: There were only three battles at the noon hour since the RoboGames shared the same arena as ArcAttack and had to stop at the end of the hour. During that hour, we saw Ziggy defeat Steel Reign in the Super Heavyweight division, plunging him over the bumpers. I had the wrong settings on my camcorder so the first video is a bit fuzzy.

Due to technical difficulties, the Ice Cube vs Warsaw battle did not happen. I think Warsaw had radio control frequency issues – correct me if I’m wrong. Then, it was Emily vs Pipe Wrench. That battle lasted the 3 minute duration and came down to the judges’ decision: 16 – 17, Pipe Wrench.

The last battle was Big B vs Texas Heat. That one also lasted the 3 minute duration even though at one point, it looked like Texas Heat was stuck against the bumpers. The final judges’ decision was 14 – 19 for Big B despite a booing crowd. Texas Heat showed a lot of crowd pleasing flame but as David Calkins pointed out during the pre-game Q&A, fire is all for show and does little for the combat. Yet, my son was wowed by the flames. He turned to me and said, “Mom, I think the judges will pick Texas Heat”.

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