Recently I attended an essential oils class with some friends and one friend posed the question “If you could only have three, which would you choose?” Now most of you know I am a huge fan of essential oils, and use them for many applications here, from health and beauty, to cooking and cleaning. I […]
Winter is making it’s final roar, this early March. At least I hope it’s the final roar. I know our winter has been mild and short, but I so want my toes in the dirt! Our cat decided my pot of lettuce seedlings in the window looked like a good place to do his business, […]
Read More Happy Sunday!!With so many opinions out there as to what one can do when the kids get sick, I’m sure you aren’t hurting for advice. And since I’m just a Mom, not a Doctor, I wouldn’t be qualified to give advice even if you did want it. You should contact your healthcare provider for that. But […]
Read More My Four Favorite Fixes For Sick KidsHey there! Thanks for stopping by again. Why don’t you join me over at the The Survival Mom, where I’m guest-posting on Every Day Carry.
Read More Every Day Carry For The Non-ParanoidSince my article on Straight Talk is consistently in my “top posts” list, I thought it was time for an update. At the time of my previous post we were happy with the cell coverage, and with the price, but we were having issues with making payments, and with reaching customer service. At the time […]
Read More Update On Straight Talk Wireless2013 has come to an end and looking back on my goals from this time last year I feel pretty good! As usual, some things get pushed to the back burner, re-evaluated, or nixed altogether, but I did meet several goals and we’re closer in general to living the life we dream of. I did […]
Read More Happy New Year!I was going to title this post “Fall and Winter Goals”, but perhaps it’s a little late to be setting goals for fall since snow is in the forecast and, relatively speaking, in the neighborhood. We’ve gotten most of our pre-winter tasks out of the way in the last few weeks. We’ve got plastic on […]
Read More Winter UnfoldingAt the risk of sounding like I’m tooting my own horn, people often ask me how I get my children to be so well-behaved. Today I’m going to attempt to answer that question as honestly as possible. I think I can boil it down to four main points. They’re faking it. They are on their […]
Read More A Discipline ToolboxA few weeks ago, while I was making up a meal plan for the month, I asked my husband for some suggestions. He suggested Sloppy Joes, and I jotted it down and moved on. It wasn’t until this morning that I realized I have never-ever made Sloppy Joes, not even with a can of Manwich […]
Read More Sloppy Joes For FourWOW! Why is it that summer is the only season which flies by? You never wake up one early morning in April and look around a little confused, thinking “Spring Already? Winter was just getting good”. We had a great summer here on the Half Acre, though, as usual, we didn’t do everything we had […]
Read More End of Summer, and New Beginnings
