4 Sweet Sisters

Good Afternoon! I just wanted to Thank my Lord publicly for the great bounty He is supplying for our household. All this for $10! What a wonderful blessing. Oh, here's one of that cute little chef! What will she make today? PB& Apples! Gotta run...I'm making plum and raspberry jams. What are you up to today? Leave some love if you have a moment. Hope to get a new camera with some good deals coming in the next couple of months.

Hey it's Works for Me Wednesday @ Rocks in My Dryer (check my side bar)! Helloooo . How is everyone this fine morning? I wanted to share a "new family secret" we made. It's calendula cream. It's good for what ails ya! Okay, not everything but certainly a lot of things... Any sort of bite or sting, heat or diaper rash, burns, and a great moisturizer! One of our chick's decided to plant it in her garden last fall. We harvest the leaves and flowers from the plant, then stew them down for a couple of days in organic coconut oil. Add a little beeswax and a pretty can. Wallah ! A wonderful cream for itchy skin. We keep ours in the fridge to preserve the life of the product. It usually last between 8 months and a year. It feels great going on. I've even used it in place of deodorant for a couple of days due to very dry skin. (I've tried all the " odorent " but they all tend to make me itchy after awhile- even the homemade baking soda kind) Sorr...

It's Frugal Friday again! I really enjoy everyone's offerings. Please share your comments and head over to Biblicalwomanhood.com for more great tips. I have it listed in Friends and Interest for your convienece. Have a great weekend and enjoy! I've been anxious to get these up here! This was one of Superman's and my summer projects. We finished just in time for our littlest chickadee's birthday and for use while I'm schooling the rest of the brood. Here's what I found at a local thrift store.... The stove had a sad laminate door on it that someone else had used to repair it. I sanded down both the fridge and stove. I also traced the stove top. Then Superman took over. He did more sanding, replaced the door with scrap wood and cut out a window. So that she can see what's baking. After that it was time to paint! I really wanted red because (for now) it's in my kitchen and it looks great with the other colors in there. Quite Spicy! And I found it in th...

Okay, sad title I know. Thanks to all who have kept us in prayer. The storm came in way below our area as a Tropical Storm, instead of a Hurricane. So that is wonderful for the folks where it did come ashore. Our county still had to shut down so no one (including myself) is up for school. Superman is even home! So I'm way off schedule. I do hope to get a couple of things in. I REALLY enjoyed Nestor's Mistreatment Par-tay yesterday! I saw so many wonderful things ! I can't wait to try some out. You ladies out there in Blogland are SUPER talented. On preparing for a storm: It really messes up my schedule and puts us behind in our school work. I always try to remind myself it is better to be prepared than not! -The chickadees love it because they all hope for the power to go out! Not the oldest anymore-she's come to her senses. Who wants to swelter in 90 degree temps and upper 70's to low 80's at night with the windows closed? I'm not ...

Just a quick update! The storm is wobbling and at this point will come ashore just before the Tampa Bay Area.....but as we all know that can change by the next update! Our power goes out frequently with any windy storm, but Praise the Lord! At this point it doesn't look like it will come up the bay which could/would be devastating for our communities. Now why I'm really back on! I like when bloggy friends comment! Thank you! I get too excited...... Here is the what Nestor thought was purple polka dots on green walls. My camera has run out of batteries! So I guess I won't show my headboard and bedroom drapes made out of blue and light coffee colored table clothes...... I need to budget in batteries this month! This room was/ still is the Lady Bug Princess Room. There are 4 big Ladies around the room and there used to be a gauzy canopy with purple tulle and crystals hanging from it when one of the older chicks had it. The new occupants prefer shabby so the Ladies wi...

Hi everyone! I know it's not Friday anymore but I wanted to let you know of a deal on glasses. 4 out of the 6 of us wear them.... (okay you caught me) are supposed to wear them! Any how, Walmart is running a special through the beginning of October. Drum Roll Please! $40. 00 a pair,that's lenses and the works!!! Okay this deal is only on youth frames, but I usually (with ins.) pay $110 - $130 (and I thought I was getting a deal). They also do special Rx's like prisms for $10 more! We have one of those and the scrip. changes every 6 months or so. And then there's the chickadee who puts them in "special places" for safe keeping and then can't find them!!!Ugh. So for this price I can get 2 pairs for less than the price I normally pay! Yippee !!!! Check below for more Frugal Friday posts and please don't forget Crystal at Biblical Womanhood! She over in Friends and interests.

Look what's cookin' ! I know. I know. But it's over cast here with sporadic down pours! It just felt like a stew day. The temp is in the 80's; but hey, that's why we have A/C! Do you know that I don't think I've ever made stew in my whole married life?! Somewhere back in my memory I recall flouring the meat, but that could have been BEFORE marriage. Truly I've stayed away from it because A) I'm a raw veggie girl and B) I never liked all the tomato sauce and sweetness... Now, I realize I've been using the Internet for over a decade; but it never dawned on me to hunt down a new recipe! Well I didn't use the computer. No, No! I just gave that old gray matter a kick start and came up with my own recipe. Something I thought Superman and the chickadees could handle. Here it is: 1 large onion- chopped and sauteed 4 stalks of celery- chopped and sauteed 1 cup chopped carrots ( apx .) 5 to 6 LARGE Roma tomatoes- very ripe and chopped small (we ...

Well my oldest chickadee is having a meltdown over what she is going to do with her life until she marries and becomes a mother, while my youngest is mourning the lost of her first gold friend named Dori. Life is never boring around here. We are still working on getting back into our schedule. I really like the bulk of my teaching to be over with by noon, but we've been an hour late starting each day this week. We are also praying with a new price reduction that our home will soon be sold. I've taken a break from keeping it immaculate and now I'm paying for it! We decluttered the 3 bedroom downstairs yesterday afternoon (I'll say it again.... It amazes me how much paper trash and clutter can build up in a couple of weeks)! I had hoped to do the upstairs rooms today, but I got side tracked with making some meals. We are the proud owners of a Shepherd's pie and 2 Lasagnas in the deep freeze! Now I'm here, instead of the Craft Room. MY (our ) craft room started ...

Hi All! Happy Friday. The end of a crazy, but good school week. Our main computer is having trouble so I can't put up any pictures...bummer... Some great frugal highlights (okay to me they are): -Taking the teen Financial Peace with our teens - It really has given me a push to keep going and is it more intense than the adult version! -Use leftover anything, ie. birthday plates! We used some for serving dishes (from Valentines day ) for our littlest chicks birthday this past weekend. (One mom commented on how cute they were!) -Don't throw out if it seems cheap enough to rebuy. Those items add up! This week I found a chip in my pyrex measuring cup (it's my old friend...). Superman being the clever man that he is, took my baby down stairs and filed her with a metal file until she was nice and smooth. What would a baker be with out her! (Actually I'm a dab here, a handful there kind of girl.) Now, I also want to make a disclaimer!!!! Make sure it's really smooth (no ch...

Hi there! I just wanted to do a quick post because it's been so crazy around here! We are back to school. Yippee!! You would think after 10 years of this I would have a handle on everything and it would be a breeze...wouldn't you? But alas.... I don't. I am getting much better and around the time our 3rd or 4th is to graduate I should have it down pat. We have always homeschooled (yes, there were years when I begged Superman to let me send them! I just didn't think I had what it takes to do this). The funny thing is; that I was the one who suggested we home educate our children, before the 1st was even born (1993). When most people hadn't a clue of what it was, how to get started, and by the way don't those creepy parents over there subject their children to that kind of torture? Yes, I had NO idea how the Lord would change my life, all our lives through this one decision! I'm so glad I listened and my husband did also. Truthfully speaking , I don't feel...