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What Do You Do When it’s Snowing Outside?

Denver is in the middle of about a two day snow storm.  My son’s college is shut down for today. Things have come to a halt in the Denver Metro area.

Here in Paonia, the Western side of Colorado, we have about 1-2 inch blanket of snow on the grass, cold temps and partly cloudy skies.

No [...]

Navy ‘n French Green Bean Soup

Ed Note: I made this soup last night to serve at Mentoring Moms. It smelled as good as turkey baking in the oven according to my daughter.

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Soups and Muffins by Sue Gregg

Makes 8 Servings

Soak beans in water during the day or overnight:

8 cups water
2 cups navy or small white beans

Bring [...]

Roasted Tomato Sauce

Do you need a really easy way to use up a bunch of tomatoes?  My friend Jodie just told me how to make up some tomato sauce that I think is delicious and easy.

All you need to do is slice end-of-the-season-very ripe-tomatoes that need to be used up, into 1/2″ thick slices.  Place them into [...]

It’s not About the Money, it’s About the Time

In our Sunday paper, there is a weekly column in the business section written by a father and son called Yoder & Sons.  The senior writer is chief of the Wall Street Journal San Francisco Division, the junior writer is his 14 year old son.

Yesterday’s column tackled the topic of whether son Levi can use [...]

The Idol of Success

My Sunday School class has been looking at idols of the heart that can get in the way of effective parenting.  We studied Ezekial 14:1-16 and discovered that as long as there were idols in the hearts of the prophets, God let them have it their way. The results were not pretty.

One idol of the [...]

Plan for the Holidays Now!

Sometime ago, I developed a 12 Week Holiday Timetable which was designed to help me and others start planning ahead for the holiday season.  Although we at The Urban Homemaker, don’t advocate complicated or expensive holiday celebrations, we wish to encourage you and your family to focus on the true meaning of the holiday season.  [...]