2009 May

Late Spring Blooms

May 29, 2009 By Jackie 1 Comment

It is late spring and we have quite a few flowers blooming around our property. I snapped some pictures of them this morning while the kids were playing. I thoroughly enjoyed breathing in the country air, listening to the birds chirp, and watching my children play. Living so far out in the country gives one [...]

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Cleaning with "Holey" Socks

May 27, 2009 By Jackie 2 Comments

I am not talking holy socks like you might wear to church, but I am talking about socks with holes in them. We seem to go through a lot of socks in this house. My older two children and I seem to be the best at creating holes in socks. So, what is a mom [...]

Filed Under: natural cleaning, reduce reuse recycle, Works for me Wednesday

Mini I-Spy Quilt

May 26, 2009 By Jackie 4 Comments

A couple of months ago I was in a swap on DSD’s. We were each to send 30 identical 6 1/2″ squares of fabric and we would get back 30 different squares of fabric (including one of the ones we sent). I think I just made that sound more confusing than it actually was. Anyway, [...]

Filed Under: Homemade Christmas 2009, quilting, sewing

Plantain

May 22, 2009 By Jackie 2 Comments

I recently read an article on Passionate Homemaking called 3 Herbal Healers. The plants discussed were aloe, garlic and plantain. I had never heard of plantain, but was excited to learn that it is the second most common weed in most yards. Upon looking at my yard I realized that we had it everywhere (See [...]

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Acetaminophen Suppositories

May 19, 2009 By Jackie 1 Comment

Today is Works for Me Wednesday again at We Are THAT Family. Where does the time go? What I have to share today may seem weird and slightly gross. I had never heard of acetaminophen suppositories until my baby had a febrile seizure back in April. The nurse at our pediatrician’s office suggested purchasing some [...]

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My Parents

May 19, 2009 By Jackie 1 Comment

We are dealing with another sickness in our family even though I had so hoped we were over all of it. Yet, my 6 year old has had a fever since Sunday afternoon. I pray that he gets better very quickly and that I can keep everyone else healthy. It seems like all I have [...]

Filed Under: Gratituesday

I’ve Started Another Blog

May 14, 2009 By Jackie Leave a Comment

As if I don’t have enough to do, or have enough irons in the fire, (My husband always says I have too many irons in the fire, but I think the fire just needs to be bigger.) I have started another blog. I am still going to keep this blog just as random as always, [...]

Filed Under: Misc.

Crocheted Whatchamacallit

May 14, 2009 By Jackie 2 Comments

I really don’t know what you would even call what I crocheted yesterday so I am calling it a whatchamacallit. Here is the story. I was trying to design a crocheted basket because my daughter thinks that we need a basket for gathering all of our eggs (The 2-4 we get each day need a [...]

Filed Under: crochet

Parchment Paper

May 13, 2009 By Jackie 1 Comment

Today is Works for Me Wednesday at We Are That Family , and I wanted to share with you about parchment paper. While this is not an exciting topic I have to say that it does work for me. I have mostly only used it to line cookie sheets which really makes baking cookies much [...]

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Sometimes the most simple things…

May 11, 2009 By Jackie Leave a Comment

…can bring the most enjoyment. My husband brought home a very large box from work on Friday. It was just going to be trashed, so he thought the kids might enjoy it. He cut a door and window, and hours of fun followed. I am so thankful that my children, amidst all of the commercialism [...]

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