By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
Right now, all I want in life is to get a good night’s sleep. I know this sounds dramatic, but being menopausal and having the stress of temporarily relocating back to my homeland, as well as renting one home and selling another, I am seriously lacking sleep.I know that having an active lifestyle and eating a healthy diet are the first steps to having a restful sleep but it is just not enough right now to combat my insomnia. I am now disrupting my husband’s sleep, by doing things like playing Words With Friends at [...]

By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
Leave it to the French to be the inventors of the bidet. Invented by a French furniture maker in the late 17th hundreds, the bidet was kept in the bedroom beside the chamber pot. Since, at this time, there was no indoor plumbing or toilet paper, the bidet’s sole purpose was to use after the chamber pot to clean the perianal and genital area. Once indoor plumbing became the norm, the bidet was then used whenever one needed to, shall we say, freshen up.
As teenagers traveling through Europe with my parents, my sister and I [...]

The Succulent Wife is celebrating its 5th year as a blog. As some of you know, we started as an online gift shop for women artists to share their stories and their work. Since then we have grown to share the stories and products of people, companies and corporations that we love and wish to support. We often get

We have our three winners for the 5-pack set of Galeos Miso Dressings. Congratulations to Vita, Sandra and Cristin!
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Just in time for the start of the festive season of parties, entertaining and overindulgence, Galeos is offering three giveaways of their 5-pack of great tasting, low calorie miso-based dressings. All this because they want you to try all their flavors, but [...]

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We wrote about BTTR Easy to Grow Mushroom Garden and after we told them about the post, they offered a Mushroom Kit for one of our lucky readers to win. A $19.95 value. Thanks BTTR!
If the father you know loves to garden (I know a few myself) then this may be the perfect gift idea for Father’s Day.

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WE HAVE OUR OUR WINNER! CONGRATULATIONS LISA!
You have won the very wonderful Lil’s Masterpiece pendant!
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We have written about Amber’s Garden wonderful ready-to-plant garden mats before.  Now is your chance to win a garden mat and create a beautiful garden easily in your own yard or in a planter on your [...]

WE HAVE OUR OUR WINNERS!
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Here’s a great real back-to-the-earth giveaway to celebrate Earth Day! We have written about Haven’s Natural Brew Tea before (not for drinking but as food for plants!). Now it is your chance for your garden to bloom like never before. Annie Haven has offered two of our readers a chance to each win a nine [...]

WE HAVE OUR OUR WINNER! CONGRATULATIONS AMY!
You have won the very wonderful Lil’s Masterpiece pendant!
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We just wrote about Sarah Elbert’s Lil’ Masterpiece necklaces and after reading the article, Sarah offered one lucky reader their very own Lil’ Masterpiece!

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WE HAVE OUR TWO WINNERs! CONGRATULATIONS Kolpin & Jenn!
You have each won a $50 Certificate of ActivewearUSA!
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We have written about ActivewearUSA in the past, featuring their fantastic Yogoco yoga bags and now, the company also offers an amazing selection of fitness wear [...]

WE HAVE OUR TWO WINNERs! CONGRATULATIONS Debra & Amanda!
You have each won a set of two Earthly Body Massage Candles!
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An Earthly Body massage candle does not just create a romantic ambiance with its light and fragrance but the melted wax can also [...]