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thirty one days/ day 9 ~ recipe share (on our day of rest)

Published by in 31 days of sowing and harvest, food, series on October 9th, 2011

sorry about the late posting of yesterday’s “rest” post. it was meant to go up yesterday, to prepare your heart and mind for today’s day of rest! it is just about peak leaf season in our part of the world. the trees are bursting with their autumn colors, and the sun is making them shine

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Seven Quick Takes

Published by in books, faith, family, food, friends, health on May 28th, 2011

Join Jennifer at Conversion Diary every Friday for 7 Quick Takes! I admit, this is only 6 quick takes. This serves more of a “catch-up” post as I’ve lots to talk about, but never the OOMPH to sit and post. Tonight, my husband is partying with some bachelors (um…all married men, except this weekend’s groom),

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meals in our home…

Published by in food on May 17th, 2011

friday night is always pizza night here. i make two separate doughs – one with half whole wheat flour and one with all whole wheat flour. the boys gobble up their specially-made pizza (rowan’s section has no cheese on it, the other two boys eat just about anything on theirs), and kenny and i share

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more thoughts on crockpot cooking

Published by in family, food on March 31st, 2011

i just finished putting together a chicken and rice meal in the crockpot (using NO cream-of-soup from a can), and i have to run some errands this morning. when i was putting the meal together, and it was too late to change my dinner plans, i suddenly realized that there will be a time this

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Lenten Cooking

Published by in faith, family, food on March 27th, 2011

i swear i haven’t given up blogging for lent! i’ve been busy reading and studying and reading some more, that when i sit down to put my thoughts on paper, i’m at a loss for words. i once learned that the more you read, the better your writing becomes. well, i’ve proven that wrong! i’ve

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a cooking challenge

Published by in food on February 6th, 2011

a long time ago, in a galaxy….nevermind. a long time ago, i stole or borrowed (not sure which) my mom’s Betty Crocker Cookbook. it’s straight out of the Cold War. no, the 60′s free love revolution. i’m actually not sure how old it is because i can’t find any copyright information in it. i looked

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seven quick takes ~ mental health friday

Published by in books, food, homekeeping, homeschooling on January 28th, 2011

for the past few weeks, rowan has been asking for a “day off of school” to which i always responded, “you get TWO full days off every week!” i think it was beginning to dawn on him that “snow day” meant NO SCHOOL for those who go to school, and not just “it’s snowing today!

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american comfort food

Published by in food on January 24th, 2011

i have a recipe to share and it’s full of real, whole-food ingredients. it’s pure american comfort food, and i hope you’ll make it to share with your family or with another family sometime soon! i made it up on a whim this afternoon as i was craving a hearty meal as the snow began

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school week 1, recap

Published by in family, family fun, food, homeschooling, menu planning on September 3rd, 2010

i hope to recap each or at least every other week of school this year so i have a better record of things we’ve done. pictures at the end of the post! i can honestly say this was the easiest first week of schooling that i’ve ever done!  i know it’s only my third year,

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homesteading year 4, part 1: expectations

Published by in earthkeeping, family, farm, food, gardening on August 7th, 2010

for the first year living up here, we did nothing except try to plant a garden (didn’t happen) and had a baby (adam!). that was a lot for us, so we took it easy the fall and winter of our first year. but plans started picking up the following spring and we dove head-first into

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