Do you want to provide fresh vegetables for your family but don’t have the funds to purchase an indoor growing station kit? Maybe you worry about pesticides or even the E. coli outbreaks that have spread across our country in recent years. I am always concerned about providing good food to my family, and one of the ways… Continue reading Creating Your Own Indoor Vegetable Growing Station
Sounds like magic doesn’t it? Looking at the phases of the moon to determine when to plant. Or maybe it seems too old fashioned since we are in the second decade of the new millennia and technology dominates our daily lives. However, my grandma would say it doesn’t matter what year it is. Grandma would… Continue reading Using the Phases of the Moon to Grow a Better Garden
Christmas is long past, but Valentine’s Day is next week. How have I combined the two? In an effort to simplify my family’s Christmas, I saved some of our typical tasks for Valentine’s Day. 🙂 It has been a lot of fun for our family, and it made my Christmas season a whole lot less… Continue reading How To: Simplify Christmas and Enjoy Valentine’s Day!
In my experience, moms (and dads) have very little time to themselves. With the responsibilities of working, child care, home maintenance, exercising, etc., finding time to just be seems impossible. Add on the feeling that as Christians we are supposed to read the Bible daily, and the guilt can become overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be… Continue reading Five Ways to Find Time for a Daily Devotional
I enjoy making homemade gifts, and this year, I decided many on our gift list were going to receive pillowcases. Pillowcases? Yep! There are so many fun fabrics that I’m considering making myself some for each season. 🙂 On a recent snow day, I made six pillowcases as Christmas presents. Thanks to the serger, these… Continue reading How To: Sew Three Seam Pillowcases with a Serger
This year we took our family on a trip out west. One of my goals for the trip was to eat healthier than we normally do on vacation. I try very hard to plan good meals at home, but I wondered if we could do it for the ten days we were going to be gone on… Continue reading How To: Five Ways to Take a Vacation and Still Eat Healthy
