Today I needed to go to a couple of stores and the library, and I had to do it by myself! {gasp} No help from another adult or an older child with the toddler and baby! So, my husband dug our tandem stroller out of the back of the garage and off we went. Absolutely …
This has been a cool, overcast and sometimes rainy week for us. It’s been so cool, in fact, that I was glad I hadn’t planted my garden yet. However, today seemed like a good day to get started. We didn’t plant anything today, but we cleared out our garden box and the plants that were …
This has been a momentous week for our family. Our second oldest child became a teenager. He’s a wonderful boy. I love to watch him playing with his toddler and baby brothers…makes my heart melt. It has also been a wonderful week weather-wise. We’ve been enjoying hanging the laundry out, having our windows open, lots …
This has not been an exactly healthy week for our family. There has been some nasty stomach running the circuit of most of our children. It really hit two of our younger ones quite hard. It is so hard to see your children sad and sick and not be able to do much more than …
Friday again! They seem to come so quickly. We had another good week. We’re inching ever closer to being finished with school for this year which is always exciting. The weather if slowly starting to warm up and it has been nice to get outside and into the sunshine. I love walking when the weather …
Hi everyone! This is Eva, Jennifer’s daughter and the oldest of eight siblings. I volunteered to write the Fruitful Friday post today partly because I was an active participant in this week’s topic – preparing and freezing strawberries. We’ve picked our own strawberries for several years, although there have been a few years when we’ve …
This week I’ve been able to do several things to promote the health of our family. The one thing I least expected to be able to do I’m very happy about. As I said a couple of weeks ago, my husband and I are starting a new eating plan described in the book “Trim Healthy …
I can’t believe it’s Friday again already! This week has seemed to just fly by. We’ve been busy doing school, trying out new recipes, playing outside. This week I’ve also been doing a big study of the “Trim Healthy Mama“. I’ve been hearing about this book for quite a while. I finally took the plunge …
I was going to put this up yesterday, but with one thing and another I wasn’t able to. Anyway, this week we made our annual trek to a farmer’s store – Oak Manor Farms - where they sell all kinds of organic grains. We bought 260 kg (573 lb) of various grains. Some I only …
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