I was so excited to come across this article but now feel so stupid (and confused).
It's been my experience that feeding high quality dog food has actually been far less expensive than one assumes and in some cases perhaps even cheaper than the cheap stuff. (I was hoping this article might confirm or at least add insight to this.:) I've never come close to needing to feed a dog the "recommended serving sizes" on the bags; it's always been much less (especially) with the high quality foods. The proof is in the pudding too: Their activity level and coats SHOW a healthy dog!
As a midwestern also, I'd encourage you to try grass fed beef here, if I may. It's delicious and so fresh! It's been my experience that, like the corn & antibiotic fed beef that I grew up on, it too will taste bad, funny, not good, etc. when it's going or gone bad. I'm in the Twin Cities and in this area, I'd recommend Thousand Hills Cattle Company and their ground beef especially! I've never gone wrong with Laura's Lean Beef Ribeye's from SuperTarget of all places either! In both cases, I've always received glowing compliments when sharing Laura's Ribeyes or THCC ground beef with others too! But I will say, the few times I've had THCC in restaurants it has not been good. I've purchased THCC enough to know that is a reflection on the restaurants and not the THCC ground beef. It is stellar. Hope you try some grass fed beef here in the states, Carol - and please let us know what you think!
Gini, you could be describing my younger days too! Ugh. :D
It's no secret, I'm an Erika-fan. (I don't mind the cursing and confess to indulge myself - sometimes, I find, there's just no other word like the f-bomb.:) I downloaded the Kindle App for my (newish:) smartphone so I could buy and read the Power of UnPopular. Sadly, I'm a slow reader but so far am LOVING the book and even find it to be a quick read! After reading your review, Gini, I look forward to finishing it all the more! Thanks ladies for being terrific inspirations!
I've never read you before but "overheard" a little conversation about you/this blog post over on Twitter. There's nothing more refreshing to me than a person, male or female, swearing or not, who's being real, genuine, and HONEST. (Hell yeah:) (BTW, in my "humble" opinion: Liz Strauss spends too much time trying to sell her book(s? I forget now.) on Twitter and not enough time engaging or being real for my preference.) I believe firmly that when we're being real, whatever we're selling, sells [often fabulously] on its own.)
Thanks for letting me and many other great women share our voices and colorful language here today!