I know we all are concerned about the safety of products we use in our homes these days. It seems like everyday we hear about how bad something is and the toxins it emits in our lives. I saw this article on a website and thought I'd pass it on.

Knowing Which Product Is Best
Good Guide is a relatively new company that aspires to provide information on the health, environmental and social impacts of common products that we use in our home. They cover over 70,000 products so far in food, personal care, toy and household products category. The best part is that these ratings and reviews are available online or via an iPhone app and also via SMS/text messaging. You can get information on products by searching on product categories, product names, and also on the bar code.Example: You’re in a store comparing two green cleaning products (let’s say Seventh Generation Shower Cleaner and Tilex Fresh Shower Cleaner). Text “gguide seventh generation shower” to 41411, and you get a report back showing Seventh Gen’s Shower Cleaner overall score of 8.5 and Health, Environmental and Social scores of 8.0, 9.2 and 8.4 respectively. Text “gguide tilex shower” and you soon get an overall score of 5.4 (8.0 Health, 3.5 Environmental and 4.9 Social). The website provides much more information about what’s behind these rankings. Fast, easy and helpful! Check out GoodGuide.com.

Source: www.lowimpactliving.com

EDISON PROJECT

The Edison Project is designed for kids, ages 8 to 108, who have the Edison Trait, so all kids naturally love these classes and enjoy the short, to the point, lessons. Every lesson includes an exciting electronics experiment. For complete details see the website: www.QuickStudyLabs.com . Eight weeks of on-line instruction is only $55. When your science class needs a little kick, try hands-on experiments at Quick Study Labs! Register for fall classes now. Registration is limited. You may contact me by phone at 251-609-5422 or by email at jwphillips@gulftel.com.

Free Fourth of July Crafts E-book to Download

Are you looking for some fun and easy craft or recipe ideas for the Fourth of July? Then you'll definitely want to download a free copy of this ebook from FaveCrafts.com here.



I can't believe the 4th of July is already here! Where does the time go? Enjoy the holiday with your family and friends! Please remember to pray for the military serving in different countries. I have two nephews in two different countries at the same time. I feel sorry for my sister and her husband.

May God bless the USA!

Blessings,

Molly

Free download of Future Christian Homemaker's Handbook

I don't know how long this offer is good, so if you want it, you might want to download it soon.

Would you like to teach your daughter homemaking skills? Then you'll definitely want to check out this wonderful freebie. Right now you can download the entire Future Christian Homemaker's Handbook for free.

This book retails for $29.95 and is chock-full of helpful ideas, step-by-step instructions, recipes, pictures, and more.

We're praising the Lord at our house!!

I shared with you all that I was diagnosed with cancer back in January. I have developed a blog for my cancer journey. You can visit it at:

http://abundantblessings-molly.blogspot.com/

I had a chest xray done this morning. The radiologist report reads that there has been significant improvement in the right lung since the last xray was done!!! This is such good news to our ears! The oncologist was so encouraged and said, "THIS is fabulous news!" and gave me the thumbs up with a huge grin on his face. God has been so good to hear the prayers of His people! Needless to say, we are floating on a cloud right now.

I also had routine bloodwork done and all of that, but two things came back showing improvement, so that is a praise as well! The other two just need a little bit more work and they will be within the test limits. Both the oncologist and thyroid doctor were very pleased with what they have seen and said to keep doing what we're doing. I am also thankful that the nurse was able to find a good vein to do my calcium iv in this afternoon.

We are confident that He who began a good work, will be faithful to complete it. This journey has been an amazing one in so many ways. We can look back and see so many ways He has had His hand on the whole journey. He has been faithful and has never left us. When we felt like we were fighting the battle alone, we asked Him to raise up intercessors. Some of you have commented that "out of the blue" you would feel led to pray for us. We have to think that's the times we called on Him. Your prayers have held us up and we could not have gotten this far without them. We have truly learned that there is power in prayer. We are learning to trust the Father in a way we have never known.

Living with Hope,

Molly

National Parks Offer Three Free Weekends this Summer

The National Park Service is offering three fee-free weekends to over 100 National Parks this Summer. Check out more details and the parks which are participating here:

http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm

Just found something really cool to share with you -

This is a new website I found this morning with loads of fun activities on videos for kids and their parents:

http://www.activitytv.com/default.aspx

Different categories include cartooning, cooking, crafts, dance, jewelry, origami, music, paper airplanes, room projects, summer fun, family gifts, juggling, puppets, science, seasons like Easter and Thanksgiving, and MORE!

Under the Room Projects, you'll find a cute activity for making a window flower box with tissue paper, a beaded curtain, drawer pulls, and a pirate lampshade. And that's just a sample!

You watch the video, print out instructions, and then do it yourself with your family! This is definitely a site to check out and bookmark!

Have fun!

Molly

Nationwide Volunteer Opportunities

Here is a list of places you and your family can volunteer throughout America:

Operation Shoe Box: Support our fighting men and women deployed overseas. Send "goodies" to the troops. Check the website for info on what to send and how to send it. http://www.operationshoebox.com/

Operation Post Card: Send postcards to our troops overseas. For info: http://bluestarmoms.org/postcard.html

Charitable Sewing Projects: A list of projects that helps those in need: http://www.sewing.org/enthusiast/html/e_charitysew.html.

Head Huggers - Sew for someone who has undergone hair loss due to Chemotherapy: http://www.headhuggers.org/

Knit for Kids - Guideposts has partnered with many leading organizations including, World Vision and Feed the Children to clothe needy children here in America and around the world in places like Romania, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Kosovo to name a few. Here's how you can participate: http://www.dailyguideposts.com/help/sweater.asp

Care Wear - a nationwide group of volunteers who knit, crochet, and/or sew, providing handmade baby items to hospitals. All Care Wear items are given free to infants, children and their parents. http://www.carewear.org/

Diapers for Hondoras - http://www.nemnsynod.org/diapers.html

Sew Much Comfort - Sew "adaptive clothing" for wounded troops: http://www.sewmuchcomfort.org/

Benjamin Smiles Pillows - sew pillows for young cancer victims: http://www.gailbrown.com/articles/Ben_Smilesinstr.htm

Project Linus - provides love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans. http://www.projectlinus.org/index.shtml

Rag Dolls 2 Love - Their goal is to pu a soft cloth doll in the hands of children in countries ravaged by war. They also ship to children infected with HIV/AIDS, children in orphanages, children rescued from a life of prostitution, children affected by natural disasters.. http://www.ragdolls2love.org/

Sewing Charity - an alphabetically list of charities that need sewing volunteers: http://www.dotdigital.com/sewingcharity/alphabetical.html

Snuggles Project - provides more than 500,000 Snuggles to shelter animals around the world. Crochet, knit, quilt or sew cloth blankets for cats, dogs, and small animals in shelters. http://www.snugglesproject.org/

Annual Christmas Stocking Project: The Newborns in Need national office donates full size Christmas stockings to different emergency rooms (hospitals), social service offices, law enforcement offices, health departments, etc. for use with children who would otherwise go without during the holiday season. http://www.newbornsinneed.org/html/stocking_project.html

Patterns for Preemies. Patterns that can be used to make clothes for preemies and donate to your local hospital: http://project-angel-kisses.150m.com/1memberpatterns.html

Quilting Angels! Creates quilts for children with critical, terminal or life-long illnesses. Each quilt is designed and made specifically for a child by women and men all over the country by donating one block at a time. http://www.quiltingangels.org/

Sojour Bears. The organization's goal is to make cancer bear-able by providing inspiration and comfort to cancer patients through the distribution of original hand-made teddy bears. http://www.jmjgifts.com/SojournBears.html

Free Summer Science Fun - NEED TO SIGN UP SOON THOUGH!!

Space is limited, so if you are interested in this, don't procrastinate. I tried to get my children in this last summer and missed it.

Summer Club and Kid's Club are designed for Christian Homeschool kids from age eight to eighteen, but all are welcome. Last year there were over 1000 kids who signed up and boy did we have fun. Learned a lot too!

Summer clubs, like all Quick Study Labs programs, are designed to focus the imagination and interest of our kids on the wonders of our world through scientific discovery, math, and physics! Kids are naturally curious, they just need a little direction to put that curiosity to work.

For more information look under CLUBS at the bottom of the main menu of www.quickstudylabs.com (If this link does not work, copy and paste it into your browser).

Joel Phillips
Teaching Technology to Homeschool Youth
Think Quick------Quick Study Labs
www.QuickStudyLabs.com

Footprints in the Sand

Just wanted to share this poem with you. This has definitely been true in my life in recent months.


One night a man had a dream. He dreamed He was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from His life. For each scene He noticed two sets of footprints in the sand. One belonging to Him and the other to the LORD.


When the last scene of His life flashed before Him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of His life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of His life.


This really bothered Him and He questioned the LORD about it. "LORD you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."


The LORD replied, "my precious, precious child, I Love you and I would never leave you! During your times of trial and suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."