My kids LOVE Legos. They have for years – probably around 8 or 9 years to be exact, beginning when Kory was four or five. When questioned about what gift they might like for a birthday or Christmas, the answer was usually LEGOS! Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends would ask, “Are you sure they still… Read More The Great Lego Project
Kayla’s birthday was yesterday – can’t believe she’s 8 and getting ready to start the 3rd grade! We celebrated on Saturday, though, since Robert and Kory left on their big camping trip to Acadia National Park in Maine on Sunday. For starters, it was fancy fruit cups and gluten free Belgian waffles for breakfast. Then… Read More Birthday Girl Celebrates #8
It may seem strange to us that, in earlier times, people knew how to preserve vegetables for long periods without the use of freezers or canning machines. This was done through the process of lacto-fermentation. Lactic acid is a natural preservative that inhibits putrefying bacteria. Starches and sugars in vegetables and fruits are converted into… Read More Preserving Without Canning: Lacto-Fermentation
About six years ago I started getting together with my friend Betsy for a weekly geography lesson with our kids. The following year a couple of moms expressed interest in joining us, and they did. We decided to study the same history curriculum and meet once a week to do a more involved and hands… Read More Good Problem To Have???
We picked blueberries last week! I really enjoy picking blueberries every year with the kids. This year it was especially easy to fill 10 pints in no time at all – the bushes were literally drooping with berries. And here’s the best-ever recipe I’ve found for blueberry muffins. (I’ve only altered it to make it… Read More Gluten Free Friday – “I’m so Blue – hoo – hoo……”
God….is the blessed controller of all things, the king over all kings and the master of all masters.1 Timothy 6:15, Phillips Linda Dillow returns to this version of 1 Timothy 6:15 over and over in her book, Calm My Anxious Heart. I finally read this book after recommending it to several young women – even… Read More Book Review Roundup – Calm My Anxious Heart
I forgot to shut and latch the chicken coop last night. Well, I remembered at around 11pm while I was lying in bed. I pondered over getting up, getting a flashlight, making the trek out to the coop, but I didn’t do it. I went to sleep thinking of raccoons and skunks and actually had… Read More Sad Tale
So…..I’m running out the door, swim gear in hand, to take my kids and some of their friends to the local pool. Kory is checking the mail and I see the new issue of Living Without Magazine has arrived. I grab it out of his hands, and throw it in my bag, excited about the… Read More Book Review Round-Up – SURPRISE!
I forgot to mention that Same Kind of Different As Me, the book reviewed below, is non-fiction. It is also on the New York Times Best Seller list, and as you can imagine, the authors have a new full time job in speaking engagements, book signings, etc. I also discovered that this book will be… Read More Book Review Round-Up : The Shack
I think I meant to post a review once a month when I originally posted the review on Omnivore’s Dilemma, but alas, that has not happened! (Recipes and menus will probably reappear, too – we just haven’t been home much this summer) I have enjoyed several books this year, though, and wanted to share them… Read More Book Review Round-Up: Same Kind of Different As Me