Author: mrsjschon
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Disclosure: Affiliate links Hello everyone. I'm back. Our family has had a difficult fall. It started with one of our boys having a cough. Gradually more children developed a cough. The two youngest, Ethan and Jonah, had the worst coughs. We took them to our naturopath. Along with recommendations for boosting their immune systems, she …
Homemade Marshmallows
Recently we had to take Ethan to our naturopathic doctor because he seemed to be having some digestive issues. We decided to put him on an elimination diet to see if there are any foods that are bugging him. This means that for the next six weeks he cannot eat any dairy, wheat, eggs, soy, …
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This week has seemed to speed by for some reason. I can't believe it's Saturday, but I'm glad it is. This has been a difficult week in many ways because my children have been succumbing one by one to some kind of respiratory flu. The last few days I've been serenaded by a chorus of …
Housewife
Years ago a friend gave this poem to me. I don't know who the author is, but I'm hoping this will encourage someone today. Don't you feel better now about "just" being a stay-at-home mom? ~smile~
So Send I You
I don't get to play the piano as often as I would like to, but one day last week I had a few minutes between lunch and nap time so I sat down at the piano. I love to just open up the hymnbook and just start playing whatever hymn catches my eye. Sometimes I …
What I’m Thankful For
Today is Thanksgiving here in Canada. We had a lot of fun. Family and friends came for a meal making 21 people to feed. I loved it. It really isn't that hard to make extra when I'm already cooking for 10. ☺ All day while I prepared food and tidied the house and changed diapers …
A Day in Our Life
I've been reading quite a few day-in-the-life posts lately. Mostly from this blog. I thought it would be fun to do one on here. So this is how life went for our family on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. ☺ 3:45 - My day didn't actually start this early, but I did get a wake-up request …
Intentional Simplicity 