February 2009 - Posts

• HillBilly Housewife

  This is a wonderful site for living frugally, cutting expenses, cooking from scratch, with plans on feeding a family for as low as $45 a week, getting out of debt, etc. A treasure trove! Read More... Posted Saturday, February 28, 2009 11:13 AM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Homeschool, Family, Food, Life, Home Sweet Home

• Born of Hope - Don't Give

  This is hilarious. If you don't know yet, a Tolkien movie is being made, completely voluntarily, by fans, over in the UK. It's about the Dunedain rangers, and I believe it's set before the LOTR story. Watch this funny video , and check out Read More... Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 10:54 AM by jer | 1 Comments Filed under: Books, Adventure

• My First Day at a Horse Rescue Ranch

  My girls and I are planning to volunteer at an animal rescue about a half-hour away from home. We went to orientation, and today I went for my first day of volunteering. The first thing we do is feed and water the fowl (chickens, ducks and geese--and Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:02 PM by jer | 1 Comments Filed under: Homeschool, Adventure

• A Great Craft & Homesteading Blog

  Here's my new favorite blog-- Little House in the Suburbs . It's chock full of recipes and instructions for homesteading and craft projects: knitting, soap-making, candle-making, recipes, gardening projects, homemade gifts and toys, etc. The only Read More... Posted Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:58 PM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Homeschool, Gardening, Food, Home Sweet Home

• A Perfect Follow-Up to the Crash Course

  If you have heard of the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad , then you are familiar with a rich man whose ministry is to try and teach the rest of the us the secrets to wealth. He is now working on a new book, which is a perfect follow-up to Chris Martensen's Read More... Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 2:50 PM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Homeschool, Life