I don’t have a lot of money to invest in converting my current rental into a tried and true green-friendly home, but I honestly believe that conserving energy and being careful with our world doesn’t start with total home renovations. Going green doesn’t have to cost a lot of money or be time-consuming and difficult!…
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Real {Fast} Food
Reading Trina Holden’s eBook Real {Fast} Food is like having your best friend sit you down and tell you what she has learned about food and cooking. It’s an easy to understand and enjoyable read, unlike much of what has been written about preparing whole food.
Health for Godly Generations review and giveaway!
I’ve always seen myself as something of a health nut, but this book certainly challenged even my standards. As I read it, I started to look with opened eyes at my cupboard. Started to wonder just what that ingredient would do to my body. Started to applaud myself when I made a salad with veggies from my own garden.
Serving and Savoring
Over the years, my family has celebrated Thanksgiving in a variety of ways. There was the year that my dad’s job had us commuting back and forth from our home in Central Texas to an apartment in Hartford, Connecticut. We ate turkey sandwiches at a rest stop (and didn’t mind one bit, if I recall)….
Heirloom Crafts
As anyone who knows me can attest, I love old-fashioned things – from old houses, to antique furniture and old books. I’ve always enjoyed visiting “living history” museums, with costumed interpreters going about a typical day from the past. I’ll never forget a family trip to Old World Wisconsin (note: Go if you can! It’s…
My Passion: Food That Heals
My passion is real food — meals made from ingredients that are as close to the way God created them as possible. I read about it, talk about it, live it, and dream about delicious meals made from whole ingredients. But why?
I’ll do it myself
Simply put, I’m cheap. I love to ‘beat the system’ and make things at home. I love re-purposing things and giving old furniture new life with a splash of paint. I love saving money. I grew up in a very self-sufficient home. We had a huge garden each year, we lived within our means, and…
The Housewife’s Corner
Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return home from work. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs…
