Starting your own seeds indoors is the best way to get an economical start on a garden.  One of these days my husband will be putting up a post with all the details, but I wanted to give a brief answer to those of you who are eager to get going.   Our last frost...
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Just to prove that perfectly moderately sane women sometimes go a little insane, I submit today’s to-do list– the part that actually got completed (with major help from kids). –Went to the bank, post office and Home Depot with 5 kids. Returned one item and picked up 15 other items that were all in...
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After days of paint-angst, during which I trialed no fewer than 7 shades of paint, I finally picked my color– a pale yellow called ‘Chanterelle’ which I found in the Wal-Mart paint collection.  My wonderful brother in law painted the whole great room/kitchen while we were on vacation, in exchange for my husband’s assistance...
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Some eternal perspective from Shaun Groves
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As you guessed by the previous post, we were playing at the beach this week.  The week included a bit more rain than usual.  After we’d gone through a variety of books and board games, I found myself thinking of crafts.  Knitting would be fun, I decided.  Except knitting needles at $4 a set...
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Parenting a strong-willed child is challenging work, even more so when a child comes into your family later in life. Parents have to be the boundary, the wall, showing children clearly what is right and wrong. But within the wall there must be a heart. Eventually, as maturity comes, our children will do right...
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After you read this from the New York Times, you might not want to.  Turns out the testers sell your answers to drug companies.
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(Breaking news: Look what’s IN STOCK on amazon.com!!) ———– My youngest daughter turned 4 in November. She’s a sweet little girl, but she isn’t above using her status as ‘baby’ (and my related softheartedness towards her) to conveniently ‘forget’ work, or to do small disobedient things. I’ve had the nagging realization for awhile that...
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As we gear up for the start of gardening season, I was interested in the following post at kitchengardeners.org. In it they detailed the amount of financial savings from a 1600 square foot garden. What about you? Gonna have a garden this year? Tell me about it below. You might also enjoy checking out...
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