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• 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

• A New Herb Book

  This looks like a great resource. I ordered mine today. Check it out: http://learningherbs.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/everything-unde.html Read More... Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 8:29 AM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Gardening, Life, Home Sweet Home

• Sisters Day -- Borrowing a page from the Amish

  I had read about an Amish practice of all the ladies getting together for various work bees at each other's homes. This sounded like something I wanted, so I started one here in my town, among the Christian Unschoolers here. We call it Sisters Day Read More... Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 2:16 PM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Life, Home Sweet Home

• Practical Asceticism, or, Simplify!

  Of course, there’s no way I can do this extreme version, so I’m trying to figure out how far I can go, without throwing off my husband and kids too much. Also, it will take time to phase out all my clothes, CDs, and other stuff, so I’ll Read More... Posted Sunday, April 01, 2007 10:32 PM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Life, Home Sweet Home

• An Ascetic Lifestyle, Part 2

  Also in the extreme picture, I imagined we’d get rid of our TV/VCR/DVD player, as well as all but one music player and all but one alarm clock. We could then also get rid of all of our movies and CDs, and the entertainment center in the den. I imagined Read More... Posted Saturday, March 31, 2007 8:32 PM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Life, Home Sweet Home

• Living Like a Pioneer—the Kids, Part II

  Of course, I don’t recommend getting rid of the kids’ stuff without their permission, but you may be able to get them to go with one of these options (try using a prize for extra motivation): Declutter: Once in a while, you as a parent can make your kids Read More... Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:15 PM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Family, Life, Home Sweet Home

• Living Like a Pioneer—the Kids, Part I

  If you’re following this series and simplifying your home, you must not forget the kids! Pioneer children had very little: a few clothes and maybe a handful of toys. Pioneer children were kept busy with chores and schoolwork, and played outside a lot. Read More... Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:48 PM by jer | 0 Comments Filed under: Family, Life, Home Sweet Home

• Living Like a Pioneer—The Kitchen

  My friend lives in a very small home with three children. We were musing on how in the world did the pioneers manage to live, with good-size families, in one-room log cabins? So I’m going to explore this topic, for any of us who would like to pare down Read More... Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:39 PM by jer | 1 Comments Filed under: Life, Home Sweet Home