About Me

"Thus saith the Lord, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." Jeremiah 6:16. While there is nothing inherently righteous about the "old ways", we're finding that there are blessings involved in getting back to simpler times. Home educating was the beginning of a whole new lifestyle for our family, and we have indeed been blessed. I'm wife to oh-so charming and handsome Mr. Visionary, and Momma to seven pure country kids. Since we're all living, loving and learning together, our blog is to journal the saga of our (sometimes complicated) journey back to basics...for His glory.

Categories

Bla Bla Bla
Book Reports
Childbearing
Frugality And Stewardship
Healthy Living Or Something Close
Herbs And Homemade Medicine
Holidays And Celebrations
Home Where They Belong
Homestead Happenings
Hospitality And Refreshing The Saints
Is This Really School
Late Breaking News
Little Napoleon Posts
Loving My Children
Loving My Husband
Making It A Home
Oh So Groovy
Profundity Abounds
Recently Overheard
Recipes And Kitchen Fun
Seeing The Good
Such Creative Kids
The Doodle Posts
The Dreamer Posts
The Engineer Posts
The Flower Child Posts
The Literary Lady Posts
Training Them Up
Walking Humbly With My God
Weirdness At Our House
Welcome

Fellow Travelers

We live on a small farm, so the kids can run free and get really dirty. We're raising dairy cows, hens, and olive shoots in search of a healthier, simpler life that will allow us more margin to follow wherever the Lord leads.

Mr. Visionary Age: 42 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our hero and fearless leader who guides and protects us; Chairman of the Fun Department; able to fight off six children at once; gently leads his no longer pregnant, but still emotional wife.

The Mommy Age: younger than Mr. Visionary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Wearer-of-Many-Hats, I am officially cast in the role of a "Homeschooling Mom". Unofficially, I am learning about life and the Lord with my blessings every day. I recently discovered that I love to write, and blogging fits the bill-it's just my speed.

Literary Lady Age: 13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What a job it is to keep this lady in good books. She has finished all the Lamplighter books, 40 Henty novels, all the Elsie books, and a hundred others. When she's not reading, she loves to build villages in the woods, garden, ride her bike with no feet, and be in charge. She hurts for the lost, and usually has tracts in her purse.

Flower Child Age: 12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This girl was born in the wrong decade. Zany, carefree, and sensitive, she loves being barefoot with flowers in her hair, and never met a baby or critter she didn't adore. Her love language is hugs! She learned to read upside down on the couch, and hasn't been upright since.

Engineer Age: 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ His favorite gift ever was a roll of duct tape. He creates constantly, and often makes duplicates for his younger siblings. He is extremely sensitive to the Holy Spirit, and to his younger siblings, making him a great Big Brother. He is becoming a very godly young man.

Dreamer Age: 9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He is often present in the body, but miles and ages away in his mind. This giggle-box loves read-aloud and books-on-tape for more dreaming material. Tender and introspective, he always has an entertaining story to share, much to the delight of his listeners.

Little Napoleon Age: 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Small in stature, but with a commanding presence: the others jump when he says. He still has a cute little-guy voice, and loves to cuddle. He is a master at the "One-More-Thing Game" at bedtime, and is "Far too big for a nap", but will go through 50 books during "Quiet Time".

Doodle Age: 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Never to be found without her baby "Grace" or her book basket, she "cooks", "cleans" and "does letters". She holds your cheeks when she kisses, and amuses us all with her constant chatter and commentary.

Dollbaby Age: 21 months ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The newest joy in our life...soft, sweet, cooing and delighting us all with her delicious babyness. Who needs sleep when you have this to enjoy?

A Peek Into Our World

May 4, 2007

The Buzz Around Me
Blessed rain washing away some of the pollen!

Kitchen Happenings
Sabbath preparations, making weekend meals

In Our Schoolroom
~missionary stories
~conjugating verbs properly
~counting the Omer
~Sudoku for logic practice
~comparing the symbolism of barley and wheat in Scripture

The Garden View
Expecting my heirloom tomato and pepper transplants to arrive via UPS this week!

In The Sewing Room
Barring any emergency fixes, the sewing room is temporarily closed

Housekeeping Agenda
Making everything spiffy for the Sabbath
We love resting in a just-cleaned house!

Simple Joys
Sleeping in with Mr. Visionary on Weekends "And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you" 1Thes 4:11

My Online Travels

Currently Reading

Hebrew-Greek-English Interlinear Bible
Say Goodbye To Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes In You and Your Kids
The Letter Writer
A Family Guide To The Biblical Holidays
Demolishing Strongholds (free download)
Nourishing Traditions
Celebrating Biblical Feasts
Making It Home Magazine


"Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth." Proverbs 4:5

Projects In The Works

-(Note to Self: Drink more water!)

-Building a 'medicine chest' of homemade herbal tinctures

-Get that new timeline made for the kitchen walls

-Learn about the Spring Biblical holidays, and how to celebrate them

-Find someone to celebrate Passover with (so we can learn)

-Learn about the Fall biblical holidays, and how to celebrate them

-Order transplants of tomato and pepper plants for my summer garden -Plant Spring vegetables in garden -Sprucing up the farm to sell it -Tons of other things I will force myself to not think of when I'm trying to get to sleep...



"And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it." Psalm 90:17

Goals For The Year
(Lord Willing)

-Get rid of 50% of our 'stuff' (with 80% from storage areas)

-Continue stocking my supply of homemade herbal tinctures

-Have dinner with a missionary once a month

-Master the art of sourdough whole wheat bread

-Figure out how to successfully make soaked-grain bread in my Zojirushi bread machine

-Switch our family over to non-toxic, healthy cleaners

-Switch our family over to non-toxic natural body care products
(Got shampoo and conditioner replaced!)

-Exercise faithfully
(walk the driveway 5X per week)

-Learn how to sell stuff on E-Bay

-Then actually sell the stuff...

-Learn how to make soap and shampoo bars (sometime in the next 10 years, but not soon)

-Learn to make soy candles to eliminate my Yankee Candle addiction (ditto the 10 years)

-Make a good homemade laundry soap

-Find some healthy alternatives to the makeup that I still wear

"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow...For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that." James 4:14,15

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