Winner’s Wednesday: Our last week winner… Congratulations to Jeanna Morgan from North Carolina! She is very excited to try out her new Peddler Rack. Pioneer Giveaway… I would love to get the word out on my husband’s hand crafted Homestead Drying Racks. To thank you for helping us promote our blog and store, we would like […]
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When I was a young mother, I would visit old folks homes and my grandmothers home with my baby. The elderly just love looking at little babies. They probably see something eternal about new life. They, at the end of their days, with every page of their story written. Stories of years gone by, different
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Yesterday after church, I came up with this spontaneous plan, which is not out of the ordinary for me. It was a most beautiful, sunshiny, warm day and that works together to rejuvenate my mind. Rebeca had a birthday the day before and I thought, why not have a girls tea party to celebrate. While
A wonderful treasure… When I first got married and we bought our first home, I had no idea I would be where I am today. Walking through an empty home in town with my belly expanding from the growth of our first son, I dreamed of what I would fill each room with. As I
Do Not Open My Closet… Are you always ready for visitors to pop in unannounced? The answer for most women these days, is NO. I know most ladies wait until about one hour before their husband comes home to tidy up the house. The rest of the day, the house is a pig pen. I
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Now Closed: Winner Jeanna Morgan from North Carolina, Congrats! I would love to get the word out on my husband’s hand crafted Homestead Drying Racks. To thank you for helping us promote our blog and store, we would like to start running weekly giveaways of the various products we offer and love. Some may think a
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Last week one afternoon as I was milling around my kitchen, dreaming up things I could be doing to be more productive, I hear a knock at the door. It was my neighbor, Bay, who happens to be a young mother of three children. I open the door to see two smiling faces. Her face
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There is so much to cover in etiquette, that I feel the need to break this study into a new direction. One that focussing in on teaching women about proper etiquette. Charity, “Doth not behave itself unseemly…” 1 Corinthians 13:5 Calling Hours… In the early 1900s women would have calling hours. Calling hours were the
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Etiquette in Dress Charity “Doth not behave itself unseemly…” I Corinthians 13:5 To behave unseemly, you would be acting inappropriately, against good womanly etiquette. If you have the law of charity inscribed on your heart, you will practice good etiquette. Etiquette for women has changed throughout history in many ways. When I was a little
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Yesterday morning, our cow had her second calf. It is a bull calf. We were hoping for a bull calf because we have a heifer already that will soon be ready for breeding in spring. Last May we let Marilla Moo run with a holstein bull when we still lived in Amishland. Our Amish landlord
