I know a lot of people are scared, but I have a confession to make. I can’t help being suspicious that the general public is being whipped into a panic over a manufactured crisis. Every time I hear somebody on the news say, “Don’t panic, but…” it just sounds like they are suggesting that you’re [...]
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After my little pity party in the last update, it’s only fair to let you know that things are going better now – except where the part about mockery comes in, but no fair reading ahead. All mockery in due time. Last time I posted about my no-shampoo adventure, I was feeling discouraged. After weeks [...]
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We’ll be in Oklahoma City at the Vision Forum booth! It’s our family’s first conference of the year. Will we see you there?
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We’re not much on drills, but today we’re doing these math drills for fun, in addition to Saxon for the bigs and Spectrum for the littles. In other math news, we recently did the Saxon placement test and found that all 4 of the big girls were ready to move up. I expected them to [...]
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Doug Phillips electrifies the crowd at one of the nation’s largest T.E.A. parties in San Antonio Tx. Glenn Beck, Ted Nugent and others also spoke.
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Heather asked about our new sprouting ventures. We’re hardly experts, but you knew that already. Nonetheless, I’m glad to share what I’ve learned so far. We ordered some seeds and an inexpensive sprouting jar from Lucky Vitamin, who had the best price around and flat $4.99 shipping. I was really waiting for my Easy Sprouter [...]
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Today may have been a record for us. Blockbuster, to return a video. Yes, we have Netflix. I’m not the one who decided to rent a movie at Blockbuster. WalMart, for our regularly scheduled Friday grocery trip. We actually didn’t need much at all. I guess we’re living on sprouts, homemade bread & yogurt, and [...]
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My kids are begging for a frivolous trip to the small town nearby today. There’s just one small problem: we have a total stranger coming to do a bit of work on the outside of the house today, and hubby would like us to lock the house if we go anywhere. We have no illusions [...]
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Eating homemade yogurt with breakfast, incubated outside yesterday in the warm spring sun. Munching on our first-ever lentil sprouts, tasty after just 36 hours but still growing in our new Easy Sprouter. (more on that soon!) Waiting for our rolls to finish cooking in the solar oven – half white flour, half freshly ground whole [...]
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It has been nearly a week since I attended the San Antonio Tea Party, possibly the largest in the nation thanks to support from big names like Glenn Beck. My good friend Doug Phillips was asked to speak at the Tea Party and another friend of mine Adam McManus was asked to emcee and give [...]
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My 10yo does now. She’s my new favorite kid. Don’t worry; I’m fickle. I try to have a new favorite every few hours. I’ve mentioned before that I enjoy math. I think I may have even told you that while some people think in words or pictures, I’m pretty sure I think in numbers. Math [...]
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posted by Deanna Not really though. well, kind of…let me explain. Last Sunday there was no fellowship meal after church, so we had my Grandma Brown and my several aunts and uncles (who happen to be the same ages as us) over for lunch. After lunch but before dessert 13yo William and I decided to [...]
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This is from the cookbook Tastes of Country, which I received as a gift from my sweet grandma after I raved about her copy. It’s one of those sweet old-fashioned cookbooks comprised of the author’s own favorite recipes and notes about the friends and family who provided the recipes over the years. I have changed [...]
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I’ve started some sourdough starter. I tried to convince myself that it’s a crunchy sort of thing to do, not needing store-bought yeast anymore, but really I just love sourdough. And I like the idea of having something strangely alive bubbling on my countertop. There’s also something nostalgic about it. My girls keep telling me [...]
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I have to admit: this is getting old. Most of my daughters had no problem at all making the switch away from shampoo, but I sure did. I know my hair is still adjusting, but it seems to be getting oily faster again. Maybe it’s the hot weather. I shelled out a few bucks for [...]
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