I’ll be giving away five 5×7′s or two 8x10s with a 5×7 (each option totals up to $50)! This is a great deal!
(There will be loads of other wonderful giveaways so be sure to see what’s available.)
Stephanie at Keeper of the Home is hosting a giveaway of my new herb prints! Go to Keeper of the Home and see how to win some of your own.
(You can also see them at my shop here.)
(This is a timely repeat from the archives.)
If you listen to the news you hear a lot about flu and cold season.
So, I thought I’d share what has helped our family stay well.
When our babies were sick I would have given anything to make their pain go away.
So after suffering through a few colds, I had enough!
It was time to be on the offense.
I found our there is SO MUCH we can do to keep from getting sick!
Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years:
Sugar is public enemy number one.
Eating one teaspoon can lower the immune system up to six hours.
Ever wonder why the flu season happens around the holidays?
Think about all of the pies, cakes, brownies, sugar cookies…
It’s hard not to eat sugar but it’s even harder to see your babies with what my daughter calls “booger nose”.
Enough said.
Over 80% of your immune system is located in the intestinal tract.
Help keep the digestive tract working well by taking a good quality probiotic or by eating naturally fermented foods, like yogurt or sauerkraut.
Peroxide is a wonderful helper in the fight against disease.
Bubble out your ears with peroxide.
(Just dip a cotton ball into the peroxide, lay on your side and use the cotton to drip peroxide into your ear canal.
Wait until you hear it stop bubbling and then tip your head and pour it out.
It’s helpful to have a hand towel on the pillow.)
I do this whenever we have any symptoms and it really seems to help. With little kids you can just take a cotton swab and dip it into the peroxide and gently put some into their ears.
If you are having a sore throat you can gargle with a mixture of half water and half peroxide.
Wash your hands, eat healthy foods, get plenty of rest and STAY WELL!
(I hope these things help your family too. I’m not a doctor, so these are just tips from one Mom to another. May your family stay healthy this winter!)
“… I am the LORD that healeth thee.” (Exodus 15:26 KJV)
If you enjoyed this here is some additional reading:
My homemade germ killing cleaner.
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I’ve just discovered that there have been some awful Google pop up ads blocking my posts! My sweet computer genius husband figured it out how they got there…and has taken them off. I’m so sorry this happened!
I’m having my 9 year-old use this poem as a way to practice his handwriting. James Whitcomb Riley is a family favorite around here. My Mother’s family is from Indiana and so is James Whitcomb Riley. The things that he writes about stirs a memory of quiet, meaningful country life, that all of us long for at times. Enjoy!
“When the Frost is on the Punkin”
by James Whitcomb Riley
WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey-cock,
And the clackin’ of the guineys, and the cluckin’ of the hens,
And the rooster’s hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it’s then the time a feller is a-feelin’ at his best,
With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here—
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin’-birds and buzzin’ of the bees;
But the air’s so appetizin’; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur’ that no painter has the colorin’ to mock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin’ of the tangled leaves as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries—kindo’ lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin’ sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below—the clover overhead!—
O, it sets my hart a-clickin’ like the tickin’ of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the cellar-floor in red and yaller heaps;
And your cider-makin’s over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With theyr mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and sausage too!…
I don’t know how to tell it—but ef such a thing could be
As the angels wantin’ boardin’, and they’d call around on me—
I’d want to ‘commodate ‘em—all the whole-indurin’ flock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.”
George Washington
Praying for a strong, united America.
This day we remember the brave men and women who died- in defending freedom or by the hands of those who want to take it away from us.
How many of you make sauerkraut?
I have made two batches. The first (amazingly) was really good, the second was really bad. I used whey and salt for the first batch and just salt for the second. Has that made a difference for you all?
What do you all put your cabbage in while it ferments? I just read that Sally Fallon (Nourishing Traditions) puts hers in closed top mason jars. Will the building gasses cause the jars to explode?
Thanks for all your help! Any advice is much appreciated by this sauerkraut making newbie!
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Fashion has always interested me. One of the (many) things I wanted to be, growing up, was a fashion designer and model. When I was thirteen I got to have one of my dreams come true….I went to modeling school! ( I may even share some pictures from back then.)
We found a Christian modeling agency near us and I had such a great time. Even though that seems like a long time ago, I still enjoy fashion and modeling. ( I just think it’s sad how raunchy modeling has become.)
Pantone has the new fall fashion colors available for download here. You can see the new colors as well as get some budget friendly advice about updating your wardrobe for fall!
By knowing what the “new” colors will be for fall, you can scout out your local thrift store, find the colors there and still stay in budget!
So are you excited about changing to fall clothes? What season do you enjoy dressing for the most?
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