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Our house feels like a small zoo with animals and kids galore. Just in time for spring we ordered butterfly larvae and a butterfly garden to keep them in. Painted ladies to be exact. They just emerged from their cocoons today and the children are so excited. What a fun learning experience it has been. [...]
There are 20 foods that I will not buy for my family after careful research and experience in healthy eating for my family. Genetically Modified Foods (Or GMO foods) First, what are genetically modified foods? They are basically foods derived from genetically modified organisms. Just so you are aware the terms “biotechnology” and “genetic modification” [...]
“How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about arithmetic and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone and narrow to be everything to someone? No, a woman’s function is laborious because it is gigantic, [...]
{ image via Flickr’s We Heart It } What is a woman to do when she is spending 24 hours a day in a tiny hospital room with a sick baby? Well, when he isn’t be snuggled and played with and while his sweet, red head is sound asleep in my lap I was planning [...]
There are 20 foods that I will not buy for my family after careful research and experience in healthy eating for my family. Continuing with Meats: Pork packaged on the shelf. Pork is a notoriously unclean meat. Studies have shown that pork meats like bacon and sausage are high in fat and bad for your [...]
Life in the West has been busy { as usual }. I am so excited. We manifested a beautiful, large home. What a joyful blessing! For those who remember my last post about Feng Shui and the New Year, we rearranged the house keeping all large, heavy pieces of furniture off the south wall. Three [...]
This past week brought me to my breaking point with the kids, messes, cats, and disorder. I’ve been struggling to keep all things afloat as a geographically single mom (thanks to another Army school). So, after a rough week filled with many responsibilities both online, outside the home, homeschool, and church related Sunday rolls around. [...]
We at the Homemaking Cottage have a deep sense of gratitude for all the blessings our Heavenly Father has given us. In the spirit of thankfulness each month my writers and I are presenting “Our Favorite Things” in a picture collage. Here is the month of September’s list of favorite things. Each photo is numbered [...]
Having a large family today isn’t as common as it was a hundred years ago, but there are still couples having large families. Since it isn’t the norm and many people are curious as to how large families function, television has decided to hone in on a few select families for reality television shows. Families [...]
We at the Homemaking Cottage have a deep sense of gratitude for all the blessings our Heavenly Father has given us. In the spirit of thankfulness each month my writers and I are presenting “Our Favorite Things” in a picture collage. Here is the month of August’s list of favorite things. Each photo is numbered [...]
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