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My Number One Rule Of Homemaking

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 (Updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2026)
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There are endless books, magazines, blogs and websites out there that tell women how to “properly” do homemaking. For me, it boils down to one rule. It’s a simple homemaking rule, but profound once you routinely put it into …

Category: Homemaking

Show Your Child God’s World Is Fascinating

Thursday, July 23, 2009 (Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2025)
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If I lived to be 100 and had endless freetime, there still would not be enough time to explore, research and do everything that I find interesting. There are too many books to read, instruments to play, places to visit, back roads to drive, and …

Category: Homeschooling Preschoolers | Our Family Life | Relaxed HomeschoolingTag: Beauty | God's Beautiful Creation

Life With Little Miss Peanut

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 (Updated: Wednesday, May 4, 2022)
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I haven’t done a Caroline post in a long time so thought I would sneak a few pictures in and share a little bit about life with our 33 month old daughter. Yes, 33 months!!! I know some of you have been reading here since before I was ever …

Category: Our Family Life

Listening To What Your Child Is Really Saying

Monday, June 8, 2009 (Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2026)
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"A mother understands what a child does not say." Anonymous

Category: Gifted & 2e Christian Parenting | Homeschooling & Family RelationshipsTag: Spanking

God Cares About It All

Sunday, May 17, 2009 (Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10

Category: Our Family LifeTag: God Cares About The Details | Trusting God

We Know Not What We Should Pray For (Rom. 8:26) | Streams in the Desert

Thursday, May 14, 2009
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We Know Not What We Should Pray For (Rom. 8:26) by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “We know not what we should pray for as we ought” (Rom. 8:26). Much that perplexes us in our Christian experience is but the answer to our prayers. We pray for …

Category: Streams in the Desert DevotionalsTag: Romans (Bible)

The Cure For the Anxious Heart

Monday, March 30, 2009 (Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2026)
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Probably the best thing I have read in the secular press about how the current economic situation is impacting the average person was a piece by Peggy Noonan entitled “There’s No Pill for This Kind of Depression.” It is well worth …

Category: Simple Living

Baby Einstein Alphabooks & Board Book Sets

Sunday, March 29, 2009 (Updated: Monday, May 11, 2026)
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We never really sat down and taught Caroline her ABC’s. It just happened naturally over time because we provided lots of interesting materials for her to use such as the Baby Einstein Alphabooks. So while we did do lots of things to provide …

Category: Cozy Book ReviewsTag: Picture Books | Reading Learning Activities

How Many Books Do You Own And What Are Your Top 5 Must Haves?

Thursday, March 19, 2009 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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So how about it? Books in every room? Just a few here and there? What’s your weakness? Children’s books? Cookbooks? Theology? Hobbies? Novels? Coffee table books? And if you could only keep FIVE books, what would they be? We’ll give …

Category: Our Family Life

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | Cozy Book Review

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 (Updated: Monday, May 11, 2026)
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Sometimes you happen upon a book that you know is going to become a favorite. This was the case when I found Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Iza Trapani at the library. I knew it had everything Caroline would love including the illustrations, …

Category: Cozy Book ReviewsTag: Animal Stories | Flowers and Plants and Gardens | Picture Books
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I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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