I got an email today from a reader who was feeling weary and battle-worn by her kids’ attitudes and their constant bickering. She asked me for ways to encourage kids towards right. I thought her question was an excellent one– believe me, as a mom of 10, I really understand that battle-weary feeling. Here...
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Last week we went to a friend’s house armed with rakes and boxes, and collected several bushels of walnuts that had fallen from a tree in her back yard.  We’ve been drying them in front of the woodstove a box at a time with plans to crack them all in the next week or...
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A couple hours before we gathered for our picture session this weekend, I decided the little girls really needed headbands to complete their outfits. After a foray into my scrap bin and a peek on Pinterest for ideas, I pulled out the sewing machine and the glue gun and got crafting. I went with...
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(The winner of the book ‘Love and Respect‘ is commenter #18 Gypsy.) ~~~~~ Saturday we headed out to a very cold and windy park for our family picture. I think we ended up looking only a little shivery!  You should be able to click on the pictures to enlarge them. I ended up liking...
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WHY in all the years I’ve been buying Parmesan cheese and canning jars did I never notice that a Parmesan cheese lid fits perfectly on a regular-mouth canning jar???  Thanks, Pinterest!  This would be a great lid for homemade salad dressing in a pint jar too.  (Here are three of my favorite homemade dressings!)...
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I confess– I contacted the publisher and asked permission to do a review/giveaway, that’s how interested I was in getting my hands on a copy of this book.  Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs was written by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. The premise of the book is this: ...
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My friend Carrien and her husband have started an orphanage in Thailand that they would like to be self-sustaining eventually.   Their foundation, The Charis Project, is in the running for a grant that would further their work in getting this project off the ground. Would you consider going here to vote so that they...
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My mother was a health nut.  She made granola, bought raw milk from the farm, made bread and yogurt, snuck wheat germ into all sorts of things, fed us liver, and only bought ‘healthy’ cereal like raisin bran and grape-nuts. She made cookies occasionally, but there was never coke or koolaid in the house,...
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