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Hi All

So glad to have found this site, hope to learn alot!

 

I'm a SAHM with 2 kids. We live in Albany, CA (close to Berkeley). We moved here

because

it was the closest we could get to San Francisco and still have a small town

community

feel. That's just what we got, our neighbors came to greet us when we arrived

and we do

things like share dinners, baked goods, babysit each other's kids, etc. It's

really wonderful.

I used to work for Pixar Animation Studios, had a great job, but left it all to

stay home with

my kids. I just needed more physical time with them. We got by for 5 years on

our savings,

but now, the savings is gone and we have to pair down. I've always wanted to

pair down,

but was never forced to, well now we are! I hope to learn alot from being in

this group.

Please tell all! :-)

 

My dream is to learn how to nourish my kids so that they may outgrow or rid

themselves

of allergies & asthma. My eldest has both, along with an anaphylatic reaction to

peanuts.

We've switched to raw milk and I have them on fish oil supplements. The littlest

hasn't

come down with anything yet, but a tiny case of ezcema for about a month, so I

hope she's

clear! I try to read up on the mercola.com website and the Weston A Price way to

find

things I can do healthwise for the kids. But I'd love to hear more!

 

Another dream is to try cohousing with another family or two in separate houses

but on

the same lot sharing a garden and dinners and such.

 

My biggest struggle is all the food we buy and waste. I always buy organic and

try to buy

local, so it's not cheap stuff. Hardly anything we buy is processed, so that's

good. But it all

still seems like our family of four is consuming and/or wasting too much. So I'm

looking

for ways to work on that.

 

Also, when we moved here, we purposely only unpacked things as we needed them.

And

the rest is stored in our separate garage. So our house is much more paired down

than it

has ever been, but after 3 years of being here, it's probably time to go through

that garage

and rid ourselves of all that extra stuff. Our community is having a rummage

sale soon, so

at least it's all not getting thrown out. It just seems like alot of work, I

don't know where to

start.

 

It might take me awhile to read the archives, but I'm sure you'll hear my

questions soon!