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Category Archives: Family
Thanksgiving and Thriftiness
Well this week starts a lot of baking, shopping and yes, spending lots of cash on groceries. We all have those favorite desserts we want at Thanksgiving or maybe that extra bottle of Welch’s sparkling white grape juice—my 8 year … Continue reading
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2012 Fall Party
This last Saturday our family hosted a great fall party. Fall parties are one of our favorite things to do on our country homestead. Many our wonderful friends came and we had a blast! We had a huge bonfire and lots of good food. Dad … Continue reading
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Tagged bonfire, country fun, country life, country living, fall, fall party, family, family fun, farmall M, fellowship, food, fun, games, hayride, haywagon, homestead, party
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Cheap All-Natural Shampoo
I don’t know if you have noticed how expensive hair products are getting, but I have! I wanted to find out if there was a cheaper way to wash my hair. I looked up homemade shampoo recipes on the Internet and tried … Continue reading
Why Do We Homestead…
Is the central questioned posed in one of the main articles in the current issue of one of favorite magazines, “CountrySide & Small Stock Journal.” In this article, founder and editor emeritus J.D Belanger examines the progression of the definition … Continue reading
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Fall Family Fun
Our church sponsored an afternoon of fun at the Prairie Edge Garden Center in Bowling Green Missouri this past Sunday. It was a warm, sunny day –just great for a hayride. Family owned and operated, the Garden Center is a great example … Continue reading
Reflections on the Missouri Senatorial Debate & The Country Life
I take a short diversion in this post by talking a little about the elections coming up. In reality, it is not that much of a diversion because the freedom we have to live our country lives, with the ability … Continue reading
