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February 2020 Family Funnies

February 2020 Family Funnies

“What is the best place to go to learn a language?” “Greece, it lubricates your tongue so you can pronounce the words!!” Grant was singing along to a song that was playing & Keira says, “You memorize a lot! You’re, like, sticky!” 😂🤣 “You guys 

How I Write a Blog Post

How I Write a Blog Post

In case anyone is interested in how I do what I do… 🙂 I like to have several blog posts ready ahead of time, because you never know what the day will bring. We publish a post every day at 10am, so I usually have 

Finding Deals at Aldi & A Tip for Freezing Meat

Finding Deals at Aldi & A Tip for Freezing Meat

Recently at Aldi I found a bunch of ground hamburger highly discounted. It was best used or frozen by the next day. Naturally, I bought it all. 😂 I can’t pass up a good deal! Made it only $1.58 a lb for fresh burger! We 

Weekly Gratitude Post 2/9/20

Weekly Gratitude Post 2/9/20

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by Logan. Logan is thankful for lotion. Without it, his skin is cracking and painful and red. Lotion makes it smooth, refreshing and pale. Lotion is a strange thing: the different brands and bottles are sometimes rather liquidy, 

Frugal Tip – Making Your Own Leave-in Conditioner

Frugal Tip – Making Your Own Leave-in Conditioner

A few years ago I went looking for my favorite leave-in conditioner at the store & they had stopped carrying it. I was sad! So I started researching it & discovered how easy it is to make your own! Not only easy, but you can 

Tips on Raising Chickens – Part 2 – Baby Chicks

Tips on Raising Chickens – Part 2 – Baby Chicks

If you want to read Part 1 about choosing a breed & starting off, you can read it here: Tips on Raising Chickens – Part 1 Today we’ll be talking about Raising Baby Chicks. If you start with eggs or chicks you’ll need to be 

Ellenor’s 23 Month Old Post!

Ellenor’s 23 Month Old Post!

I can’t believe this sweet girl will be 2 next month! It has gone so fast! She is a sweet, smiley girl with a fun personality. She talks so much! And you can understand 99% of what she’s saying. Sone of our kids didn’t talk 

Tips on Raising Chickens – Part 1 – Choosing the Right Breed

Tips on Raising Chickens – Part 1 – Choosing the Right Breed

Hello, I (Xanna) will be sharing some thoughts and suggestions on raising/keeping chickens. First off, you have to consider the breed(s) you want to keep. This will be based very much off of why you are interested in keeping chickens and if you’ve had any 

Lexa’s Cape

Lexa’s Cape

I bought the fabric back in October to make this cape for Lexa first Christmas, then with my sudden health issues, I didn’t get it finished in time. I’m happy to say I finally finished it!!! YAY! I’m a little excited. (And so is she!) 

Fasting

Fasting

Did you know that fasting actually has some physical benefits? It can help fight inflammation, lower cholesterol, help stabilize blood sugars, may put you at lower risk for heart disease or other diseases & more. I have been trying to fast a few mornings a