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Our First Week Was A Total Bust….Or Was It?

I feel like us homeschool moms all share the same brain. I feel like I know what you were doing all summer because it is what I was doing all summer. THINKING ABOUT AND PLANNING FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR! And then all of the sudden we look up and Labor Day has come andContinue reading “Our First Week Was A Total Bust….Or Was It?”

Homeschooling From A Looking Back Perspective

I have been asked many times this summer about the lessons learned in my years at home with my oldest, now that she is dipping her toes into adulthood. Here is what I’ve learned in those 18 summers that I once thought would never end: First, I have learned to trust God who created herContinue reading “Homeschooling From A Looking Back Perspective”

Get Well & Stay Well

We say that we are all about proactive health care instead of reactive sick care around here. These are the products we use to get well and stay well all year long. I am not paid by any of these brands. This is just my own personal experience and the experience of my family over manyContinue reading “Get Well & Stay Well”

Composting – The Gold of the Garden

If you have never tried composting, I really encourage you to give it a go! Soil building is the single most important thing you can do for your garden. Period. While you can buy compost and other soil amendments, composting yourself if completely free and gives you a far better quality than any product from aContinue reading “Composting – The Gold of the Garden”

Louisiana Gumbo

In Louisiana, nothing says “FALL” like a big ole pot of gumbo! Let a cool snap come through and it seems that it is the first thing on everyone’s mind. We love our gumbo. This recipe is so near and dear to my heart. My husband will eat it every night of the week, IContinue reading “Louisiana Gumbo”

The Best Iced Coffee

It feels like a life time ago when I met Pioneer Woman. We met in blog land when she still signed all of her posts “P-Dub” and had not even thought about a Food Network tv show. She had a couple thousand followers, and in the early 2000’s that might as well have been aContinue reading “The Best Iced Coffee”

Miracle Skin Care Cream

I started making this cream years ago because my daughters suffered from unrelenting eczema. What I have learned is that eczema is oftentimes an external expression of an internal problem, which in one of my daughter’s cases was a dairy intolerance that caused flare ups any time she ate yogurt or drank pasteurized milk. WeContinue reading “Miracle Skin Care Cream”

Summer Pasta Salad

This pasta salad can be made days ahead, and it should be refrigerated for a few hours before serving, making it the perfect supper to make in the morning, getting all of the work out of the way. Ingredients: 1 box spiral pasta noodles 1 tomato 1 cucumber 1 can sliced black olives 1/4 cupContinue reading “Summer Pasta Salad”