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From 2007 to 2010, I suffered accidental Toxic Injury (also called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity or Environmental Illness). But, the forced time in bed has given me time to write. It has been such a blessing to work on my children's books and stories!-
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I love: God, family & friends, outdoors, gardening, animals, writing, reading, photography, cooking, music, dance, bare feet, long skirts, lavender & yellow, and chocolate.
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Category Archives: Low-Tox House
Low-tox Living Tips
Currently on my business Facebook page, I have been adding “tips of the day” for low-tox living. Black Hills Picture Books, Facebook When I am done posting them all (30 – 40?), I will put them all together in a … Continue reading
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Cross-contamination
We only had mold cross-contamination here once—a bag of stuff in the mudroom for 8 hours. Simple airing out for several hours took care of it. So I do not know if these ideas apply to mold cross-contamination, but if … Continue reading
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Curing a Concrete Slab
In our book, I mention we let our slab cure for 30 days. However, a friend of mine, Jamie, alerted me that this cure might take a lot longer than 30 days in a humid climate! Humidity could make a … Continue reading
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MCS: You Can’t Always go by Reactions
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is such a complicated disease. Stuff comes in under the radar sometimes without a person noticing, and it is so hard fighting an invisible enemy all the time. Mold, on the other hand, appears to cause reactions … Continue reading
Posted in Caregivers, Low-Tox House, MCS/Chronic Illness, Mold/Mould
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Guest on Living Clean Blog
I’m honored to be on the Paradigm Change’s Living Clean blog today: http://paradigmchange.me/lc/upton/ Their website has tons of great information on mold & biotoxin illness. Christa Upton Black Hills Picture Books Edgemont, South Dakota 57735
Video Tour–Overview of House
Here is the video of our mold-resistant, low-tox house. With great thankfulness to all who made this possible. Hope you enjoy! 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRhksJI28Aw Christa Upton Black Hills Picture Books Edgemont, SD 57735
Sneak Peek of House
I’ve been working on a video of the house. Hopefully it will be done in the next two weeks. Just thought I’d give you a sneak peek. 🙂 https://youtu.be/zoHOcBgxOcE Christa Upton Black Hills Picture Books Edgemont, SD 57735
Life into Numbers
Just for fun, my Canadian friend’s husband analyzed my health improvements that happened after living in this low-tox house for a year. Here is what he came up with: “Well using the Emer method to evaluate these numbers seems the … Continue reading
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MCS & Biotoxin Illness: Evaluating Progress in Health
An engineer, whose wife had MCS, told us you can never know you have removed enough chemicals from the environment for the body to recover until you see the body recovering. (So, they built a house absolutely as low-chemical as … Continue reading
Posted in Caregivers, Low-Tox House, MCS/Chronic Illness, Mold/Mould
Tagged detox, detox evaluation, detoxing, EI, HERX, Mold Illness, TI
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ONE YEAR in the Low-Tox House
Wow, what a year!!! It’s been amazing to feel safe from pollution, gain strength, lose symptoms, help around the house, feel safe, spend much more time with the kids. Did I mention feeling safe? 🙂 The last couple months, my … Continue reading
