That summer was filled with trips to Amishland. Mamma had always found a reason, whether it was a sack of raisins she needed for a batch of cookies, or a sack of flour for baking fresh bread at home, she would pack up her load of children and make the 20 mile trek from home.”Miles,” […]
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The garden was in and the little family waited to see signs of growth. Everyday the children would run out to check for green beans to pick. Daddy was out every evening tending and weeding that big garden. Living next to some low land, the mosquitoes would swarm out as the sun went down. It
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Soon enough, Daddy was back to work on the old house, with Miles at his side. Pounding and sawing and more dust. When the drywall started to go in, the dust covered the entire second floor and Mamma was not in the least bit happy. The children had fun drawing pictures with their fingers in
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Several years ago, I started writing down the stories that we had shared as a family about our homesteading life. I since set the project aside because I moved onto other projects. Per request of my children, who love to hear the fun stories, I decided to share them on my blog. I sometimes do
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We started a new year and with the start of a new year many of us tend to reflect on the past year and we find things that we want to change for the year ahead. When I looked back at my past year I saw some really good things coupled with some extremely hard
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95 degrees in my kitchen!!! Whew, that is hot! Herman the wood stove has been working on keeping us warm but he is trapped. The air is trapped in the kitchen and Mr. Fix-It, my very handy husband, knew there had to be a solution! The rest of the house is cold, but the kitchen
I wanted to wish you all a Happy and most Blessed Thanksgiving! I pray you all have had safe travels if you went out of town to visit loved ones. I pray you and your family had a blessed time with one another, and also enjoy a delicious meal! Our plans changed several times and
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When life is in the balance you hold on to strands of hope. You know how delicate those strands are so you put yourself completely at the mercy of God. I remember a time when I held my daughter in my arms and her body was tired as the life was being pulled from her.
This past weekend at church we learned about Thankfulness. Our pastor was trying to help us figure out how to become more thankful and the answer is in achieving contentment, of course. I learned there are 4 different steps to achieve contentment. Gratitude is the ability to take the gifts that God gives to us
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It has been a long time since I gave any updates on our homestead house remodel and that is because there has been nothing to talk about until now. As embarrassing as it is to admit, I am real and you know I will tell all—I have been a spoiled brat! I got so used
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