Made in America

July 4th is one of my favorite holidays because of what it stands for. I am extremely patriotic and have been known to have some 'anger issues' when it come to people disrespecting the flag, our veterans, not taking their hat off or shutting their traps when the National Anthem is playing or paying respect to the fallen. I have a lot of military friends and family and they should be honored and respected for the life they have chosen. They are willing to give their life for people like me and you - the least we can do is be respectful.

In saying all of that - one thing I am trying to become 'more American' on is with things I buy. I will be the very first to admit that with all the 'America preaching' I do - I do not always buy American. Why? Well that's simple. Its easy to go to the store and buy whats convenient. I mean who has to time to look and compare every time you go to the store.  In other cases I find it is cheaper (which means cheaper quality at times too). I am not saying it is wrong to buy from overseas. But with my big purchases and day to day living I think I need to be more conscience and show more support for my country in this manner. 

So I started thinking on what could help me buy more American and then it dawned on me. It's kind of like a 'name brand'. For instance we all have our favorite brand of things like make-up, cereal, shoes, hair product, etc. We don't have to think when we go to the store to buy them. We know what it is... and we get it. Well if I apply that same principal to buying things that are 'Made in America' it should be come pretty easy in the long run to do!

There is also another big reason and often the subject of many debates - is the fact that it seems buying from over seas seem to be more harmful and unsafe. One instance I remember vividly was the Aqua Dots. Our daughter wanted this so bad for Christmas one year. Of course it was bought for her and then quickly taken back to the store when the recall happened. It was one of the most serious cases in years at that time of toys killing and making kids sick. 

So if you would like to follow along in my journey or even help out with ideas, companies, products or any thing else you can think of that is American made that would be great! I have created a tab called - American Made. You can click here to view it or just click up top where you see it. I plan on listing companies, people, places, products or anything that comes across interesting that is American made.