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Archive for April, 2008
Susan at High Desert Home is writing a wonderfully thought provoking series, perfect for those of you contemplating the wherefores of the homeschooling adventure. I found her thoughts affirming, charming, and right on. An Inspiring Home For Learning, the first of ten posts. It just beckons you over, doesn’t it?
Once you get there, follow the [...]
Yesterday evening my two youngest and I met hubby’s truck and horse trailer down on the green across the gravel road and down from our front yard. Ten year old daughter and dh had been working at the ranch all day, whilst we three at home had been lazily grogging around after two of our [...]
Healing Promises Blog Tour
Published by April 21st, 2008 in Book Recommendations and Christianity. 3 CommentsHealing Promises, book 2 in the Defender’s of Hope Series, is a fantastic romantic suspense by Christian author and homeschooling mom, Amy Wallace. Let me tell you it is TOP among my fiction faves this year! Just for fun, read my initial response to the book (emailed to Amy):
“Amy, this is as good a time [...]
Are You Alive For Christ?
Published by April 18th, 2008 in Book Recommendations and Christianity. 2 CommentsWhat makes you come alive? Think about this.
Last night at our weekly Bible study, this question was asked by the DVD host, John Eldridge…FYI, our small group is watching his series, Wild at Heart. John made the statement, “Don’t ask what the world needs of you–ask what makes you come alive?” The point being, if [...]
A loud cheeping and an Aldi’s orange box box have recently taken over my laundry room…this past Saturday, in fact. Twenty of the twenty-five chicks I ordered arrived and boy are they adorable!
See for yourself.
Keeping their water clean has been my biggest chore so far. Next time I’ll go with pine chips for bedding over [...]
FAQs and Recipe Additions for Amish Friendship Bread
Published by April 12th, 2008 in Cooking and Food. 78 CommentsNo one has time to browse the 273 comments at my original Amish Friendship Bread post to find answers to their questions, so in an effort to put all my Amish Friendship info into one place, I spent some time yesterday copying and pasting all the best of it into this post. Read on for [...]
Last fall we had a horse trader stop by our place and offer us a pittance for two of our horses. He proceeded to tell us how many people are being forced out of the horse business due to the doubling and tripling prices of hay, and the shortage of grains here in the USA. [...]
A Book Recommendation, and Some Thoughts on Evolution
Published by April 7th, 2008 in Book Recommendations, Christianity and Home Schooling. 21 Comments“You may find it hard to believe that God could make everything out of nothing, but the alternative is that nothing turned itself into everything. Which takes more faith to believe?”
I took the above quote out of the highly believable and thought-provoking book I’m currently reading: One Heartbeat Away, Your Journey [...]
Hey all!
I apologize for my neglect of the blog lately. Between family and friends needing us, dh’s schedule and keeping up with paperwork and our home school requirements…it’s been all I can do lately to fall into bed before one A.M.!
For those of you keeping my in-law’s in your prayers–thank you! They are embarking on [...]
