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  • beekeeping

    We Have a Queen!

    Bymichelle July 27, 2009July 27, 2022

    Not all my summer projects have worked out like I’d hoped. We expected to have enough honey for the family this season, but the mosquito plane that circled our neighborhood…

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  • Christianity | garden

    Who Knew?

    Bymichelle July 27, 2009July 27, 2022

    Who knew a mother-in-law’s tongue could bloom? I’ve had these forever- as long as my youngest child. They were inherited from a lovely friend who passed away and have unobtrusively…

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  • homemaking | my home

    Woman At Home

    Bymichelle July 22, 2009July 27, 2022

    I read another blog about homemaking today with the best vintage illustrations and was reminded about one of my favorite books, Woman at Home and how it gave me just…

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  • family | homemaking | parenting | thinking out loud

    Summer Games

    Bymichelle July 19, 2009July 27, 2022

    Seems like we don’t play as much during the school year. A few of our favorites: Rummikub Uno Blind man’s bluff with all the lights out Bottom Wars on the…

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  • Christianity | yoga

    Do I Really Want to Yoke Myself to … Myself?

    Bymichelle July 9, 2009July 27, 2022

    Comparing Ancient Yoga Text to The Bible: The Bhagavad Gita (so far in my reading): Detachment leads to freedom/Nirvana:  “Having made yourself alike in pain and pleasure, profit and loss,…

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  • cheap stuff | garden | my home

    Another Happy Ending

    Bymichelle July 8, 2009July 27, 2022

    Finished our small budget recycled patio in time for the fourth. We used broken chunks of concrete from old foundations that we picked up on the side of the road…

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  • Christianity | family | thinking out loud

    Mindful Living

    Bymichelle July 4, 2009July 27, 2022

        The last month I have slowed down on projects.  Instead I have made time to just be and consider how I’m living: I see a need to rest more….

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  • thinking out loud

    The Living is Easy

    Bymichelle July 1, 2009July 27, 2022

        Not really with a diving economy, sobering thoughts of working outside the home, tightening the belt, giving up (gasp!) cable, etc.  Just reminding myself to keep a summer frame…

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  • craft | garden | new to me

    Homebrew

    Bymichelle June 25, 2009July 27, 2022

        Tried something last week.  I dried some of my lemon balm for tea.  I let it hang for about a week and it crumbled and smelled just like loose…

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  • camping | cheap stuff | homemaking | places | thinking out loud | travel

    Father’s Day Camp-out

    Bymichelle June 25, 2009July 27, 2022

    I love Dis’ Fam. It was a last minute trip so we took the only campground that offered tube rides and seemed fairly family friendly that we could get. It’s…

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