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The Ultimate Family Expo

Are you longing for the ultimate help in raising your children whether you home educate or not?  I homeschooled full-time my three children for 19 years.  The two oldest are homeschool graduates and college graduates.  After my husband passed away, I became a part-time homeschool mom.  Now I encourage younger moms to persevere in their [...]

Recharge Mom! Free Phone Seminar Weds Night

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.“-Ben Franklin

I am very excited to announce that I am getting started with regularly scheduled phone seminars again. In fact, I will start tomorrow afternoon – Wednesday April 28. But don’t worry if you can’t make it, the [...]

What a mess! Kitchen Demolition Progresses

Once upon a time there was a small 10 X 10 1970’s style kitchen. 

Then one day the homeowner said, “Enough! It is time to replace the 35 year old cabinets and non-repairable appliances.”

This homemaker knew there would be a mess in tearing out all the old, and knew there would be surprises.  But she had [...]

In Memory of Duane E Moll – Second Anniversary

Thanks to the prayers of dear friends and relatives I awakened this morning feeling good.  In fact, better than I have for quite a few weeks now.  Today is the second anniversary of my husband, Duane E Moll’s passing.

My good friend Debbie arrived bright and early so Mary and I could go to the grave [...]

Five Easy Steps to Involve Your Children in Spring Cleaning

Ed Note: As an older mom, I can tell you it is very wise to involve the little ones in household activities when they are very young and want to help. Here is how one young mom is achieving this goal.

NORWEX IS NOT ONLY SAFE FOR KIDS, IT GETS KIDS INVOLVED!  By Rebekka Parry

It has [...]

Back to Basics

The simple phrase, “Getting Back to Basics”,  has been going through my head since I have been setting up my camp kitchen with “basics” and while I was concocting the elk stew melange earlier this week.

Basics, in my mind, are learning basic cooking skills such as sauteing, stock making, baking, yeast bread baking, roasting meat, [...]

Moving to the Camp Kitchen

I spent a large portion of my time last week moving kitchen essentials into my camp kitchen and boxing up the non-essentials from my “old” kitchen.  The picture below shows my kitchen table, working counter top with a hot plate, electric tea kettle,  and storage for silverware, mixing bowls, and pots and pans.

The right corner [...]

Bosch Mixer and Nutrimill Combo now on Sale!

I hope you all had a nice Easter with family and friends. Mary and I  accomplished our Easter dinner without my beloved Bosch and grain mill.  Instead, we invited a family friend to join us for dinner in our downstairs “camp kitchen/cabin”.

Demolition began in my old kitchen on Thursday so we had a simple dinner [...]