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Wednesday, July 25

ExNay on the IcroMaveWay

Simple Steps to Healthy Living Linky Party

Welcome to another week of Healthy Living! I'm so excited you're here and look forward to hearing your tips and simple steps towards a more healthy lifestyle.

For this month, Kristina is doing something a little different!

There will be a giveaway with this linky party, so all the more reason to have fun and participate!

Check out these awesome link-ups from last week:

Whole Grain Apple Popovers @ The Blissful Beet

Homemade Natural Cinnamon Coffee Creamer @ Just Simply Live

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And now for my tip!

Probably one of the simplest things I've ever done:

I TOSSED OUT OUR MICROWAVE.

Yep, I banished it.

Sure, it takes away the convenience of zapping your food in a hurry, but it also gives me peace of mind (worth more than any convenience) in knowing that the food I prepare is not the packaged processed kind. No microwave = I won't be tempted to buy that kind of junk.

Plus, I just felt a need to rid our home of it. There are articles out there on both sides of the fence as to wether microwaved food is as healthful as regularly prepared food, but I feel that with so much illness and cancer on the rise, I don't want to take any chances. Erring on the side of caution. (Much to the dismay of my convenience loving husband!)

What are your thoughts on microwaves?

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Today, Kristina is offering a Family-Size NonPetro Jelly skin balm as the giveaway with this week's link up! Use this just as you would Vaseline or Aquaphor or lotion for that matter, but with more peace of mind, knowing there aren't any harmful ingredients in it!

For a chance to win this awesome NonPetro Jelly, We'd love to have you link up your own simple steps (for added points not a requirement) and enter the raffleopter below.

Now it's your turn to share what you're learning!

But first, check out these lovely ladies co-hosting with Kristina today!

Me!

Becca @ A Humble Bumble

Melissa @ A Day in the Life of a Mom & Wife

Kristine @ The Foley Fam {unedited}

And now, for the rules...I'll try to keep them simple :)

1. Follow Kristina and all the co-hostesses

2. You can post about anything you want, as long as it's a simple step towards a healthier lifestyle including tips for "green" living. I will ask that you avoid the following:

no processed foods

no artificial ingredients

nothing from a box

3. Share the love. Check out at least 3-4 other posts and introduce yourselves. The thing I love most about linky parties is that you get to meet so many amazing people!

4. Have fun!! :)

I'd also love to have you put the button on your post or blog somewhere so that it's an actual "link" party! :)

Want to co-host next time? Just contact Kristina and we'll set it up!

And featured ladies, don't forget to grab the "I was featured" button! Excellent shares and I'm so glad you linked up last time!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tuesday, July 24

Featured Lovely + Giveaway

Meet Brooke | Covered in Grace

About you…
Me...I'm a goofy, laid back lady that loves to write and create and be with the people that I love. At the moment, I am free as a bird, living on Oahu and am going to soak up every bit of this Pacific Paradise that I can. I just graduated with my BA in English, after starting down this path 12 long years ago. Now, with a move on the horizon, I get to actually stay home and do whatever. Believe, I am not going to take it for granted. Woo!

About your family...
I'm a military wife to an amazing, hunky man that I adore (even when he's being a stupid boy). We have two beautiful daughters that amaze me every single day. My husband and I are trying to relish in every moment as we watch Taylor and Riley grow and change. They just turned 12 and 10, respectively, and I just cannot believe, or rather, I don't want to believe that my babies are going into the 7th and 5th grades this year. We currently live in Hawaii...but later this year we're making a giant life change and leaving this island and the military life for good. It will be such a bitter sweet change. We're praying for the right job opportunity and path to placed before us.

About your blog...
I began blogging to develop a daily writing habit. It evolved into a way for me to bring some nostalgia into my life, while practicing my wannabe photog skills. Now it is a place for me to feature some of the things and people that I love, as well as reflect on my faith in Jesus. In the near future, I plan to continue down the road of self-discovery, with a few stops looking back at the years passed, pin-spirations, Monday Meet Ups, networking with bloggers, and many more juicy tidbits of blogging awesomeness.

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As I sit and type this, I am in The Great State... TEXAS!! Visiting my family, watching my Baby Brother marry a beautiful lady, meeting my niece for the very first time...and hopefully, my very first in real life blogger meet up! Woo!

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Brooke has generously offered up a Target Gift Card to one lucky Baxtron{Life} reader!

Enter the Rafflecopter below!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Brooke also has a HUGE giveaway going on over on Covered in Grace where you can win an in-post ad on Baxtron{Life} in August + many more awesome prizes! <3

Adorable Handmade Skirt

@theChirpingMoms Giveaway+Tutorial

Check out this adorable skirt that the Chirping Moms handmade for Zion!

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Learn how to make this skirt and enter to win one via the Chirping Moms!

Monday, July 23

Letting My True Colors Shine

Pinning!

"Pinning!" is a Weekly Pinterest Link-Up

(Share pins, meet others who love "Pinning", get inspired!)

First Time? It's simple just follow these rules:

Please follow your hosts: Courtney & Kimberly

then

Link up your Pinterest Post & Profile below

and

Make sure you link back to the party!

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Each week a winner will be chosen to flaunt the title of "Pinning-est" for successfully wowing us with the best Pinterest find. The winner will be featured/announced in the following week's post!

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I'm super excited today to share with you my recent Pinterest-inspired hair makeover!! If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter you may have already seen the results. But in case you don't follow (and hey why aren't you!?) here is the transformation and big reveal - all PINTEREST inspired.