The Smockity Animal Whisperer

April 8, 2013

Remember The Horse Whisperer, the movie starring Robert Redford, that was popular a few years ago? It was about a man who had a special bond with horses and could do work with them like no one else. Well, we have our very own Smockity Animal Whisperer around here. This girl definitely has a way [...]

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4 Moms Answer Questions About Lying, Prioritizing, and Crockpot Cooking

April 4, 2013

Have you bought the 4 Moms’ ebook yet? The 4 Moms of 35+ Kids are answering reader questions from our Facebook page again this week. How do you deal with lying when there is no hard proof, though you strongly suspect who did it? This is an area where I made a painful mistake that [...]

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Frugal Gardening 101 Ebook

April 3, 2013

A couple of years ago, I teamed up with some of my buddies and blogged about frugal gardening. Now, one of  those buddies, Phoebe, has turned her passion, frugal gardening, into an ebook. This ebook is for beginning and veteran gardeners alike, and it is on sale for only $3.95 right now. Phoebe explains in [...]

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What We’re Reading

April 2, 2013

You may have noticed that our family loves books. (Remember when I addressed the library board to lift check out limits?) So it’s pretty much a guarantee that one of us is completely enthralled with a book at any given time. (Am I the only one who wonders what the characters are doing on the [...]

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How To Make Almost Anything

April 1, 2013

I get Google searches every day that land on my site looking for ways to make one thing or another. Here are some of the searches I have had recently. (Photo by Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures) How to Make Your Own Frosting How to Make a Cold Gel Pack How to Make Homemade Pizza How to [...]

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Riding Wild Donkeys

March 29, 2013

(Far away, fuzzy iPhone photo) My 11 year old was extra chatty the other day and she casually mentioned that the hardest part of trying to ride a donkey is the getting on. “You have tried to ride a donkey?!” I asked, surprised. You see our neighbors have donkeys that roam the woods behind our [...]

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4 Moms Q&A – Birthdays, Switching Seasonal Clothes, and Grieving a Stillborn Baby

March 28, 2013

How do you celebrate birthdays? Since we have 10 people in our family, we do not do big shindigs for every birthday, otherwise we would be partying every time we turn around. Our rule is when you turn 5, 10, or 15 you get to have a “friends” party. And we like to keep those [...]

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Wholesome Talk Good News/Bad News

March 27, 2013

Remember the 30 Day Wholesome Talk Challenge I issued, oh, about 30 days ago? Yeah. Well, I have a good news/bad news scenario to share with you. The bad news is I failed miserably with the challenge. It turns out that old book of Proverbs really is on to something in that part that says, [...]

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Blissdom 2013

March 26, 2013

Some time last year, I told my husband I had reached the bottom of my well of words, and I didn’t have any more original thoughts bouncing around in my noggin to type out here on the ol’ blog. I was dry. I was ready to pull the plug. He promptly told me to snap [...]

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Focusing on the Lovely

March 25, 2013

photo source Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. (Philipians 4:8) I saw research a few years ago (which I can’t find now) that showed dwelling on good things actually makes a [...]

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