By: Milehimama
No, but you can easily make your own. Use straight vinegar in the liquid fabric softener compartment, or get an old washcloth and soak it in a half/half conditioner/water solution. You can use that...
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What if You Couldn’t Buy Food? Starting Tomorrow?
If you haven’t read here long, I have two very long running series on my site- the Food Stamp Challenge and Prudently Prepared. The Food Stamp Challenge aims to show that a family really can eat a...
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Food Stamp Challenge week 1
What’s the Food Stamp Challenge? Catch up on all the details here! This week, the full meal plan comes in under $100. You should have some staples left over to roll into next week, too. This meal...
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Happenings on the Urban Homestead {week 17}
When last I wrote about how we are trying to be more resilient, independent, and sustainable as a family, it was August 1 and we were in our 3rd week. What happened in the last few months? A lot of...
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Baby Phil!
Baby Phil was born a little early and arrived healthy last Wednesday in the wee hours of the morning. He’s named after family members – my husband’s great grandfather and my grandfather. The kids...
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Let’s Talk Turkey!
I keep waiting for turkeys to go on sale. I usually buy 3 or 4 in November and keep them through the winter for cheap meals. This year it doesn’t look like we’re going to get the killer deals. I’m...
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Catching up- bedrest edition
Baby Phil is doing well. I got thrombophlebitis a week after he was born, and now I’m on bedrest until it clears up. Which you would think would give me even more time to write up something witty or...
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Amazon Deals and Steals for Kids!
Amazon’s having sale on BOOKS and you know I’m all over that. Head over to Amazon and use code BOOKDEAL to get 30% off any BOOK! Good through Dec. 1, 2013 I don’t usually post deals and coupons here,...
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You Are Mothers
Have you seen The Footballer’s Wife photo, taken 4 days after having a baby, by a fitness blogger in Norway? Carolin Berg Eriksen posts a toned selfie the week of her daughter’s birth. Take a look....
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Happenings on the Urban Homestead {week 21}
We’re still plugging away at becoming more self sufficient and resilient. I would love to have an amazing garden that produced all of our organic produce, but that’s still a long way away. Still,...
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When the Light Starts to Fade
I’m sharing some thoughts on one of my favorite Scripture verses, and what it means to me during the Advent season as part of my friend Kirsten Oliphant’s Voices in the Desert series. Different...
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No Bake Holiday Candy House
I’m a slacker mom, but I still want my kids to have those magical childhood Christmas memories. We keep it low key but still break out fun, traditional projects. When Imperial Sugar asked me to make...
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Happy New Year 2014!
I like the new trend of picking a word for the year instead of making resolutions. I have two words for 2014, one to work on with the family through the year and one for my self. Family: Kindness...
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Putting Away Childish Things
We have to clean out the toys, and Mommy doesn’t want to. We have so many toys. There’s always someone coming up, growing into someone else’s playthings, which means we don’t really get rid of toys,...
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Blogging Not Blogging
If I were a good blogger, I’d already have a queue of relevant posts waiting in the wings, scheduled and ready to go on a timely and consistent schedule. 30 Healthy Super Bowl Snack, 87 Homemade...
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Random Ramblings {week 7 2014}
The Philbaby is 3 months old today! Three chins at three months He still seems so new yet it seems like he’s always been a part of our family, too. He doubled his weight at his 2 month check up. And...
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Clover
Clover is amazing. We have a huge patch that popped up in our side yard and I couldn’t be happier. Why? Clover is good for the garden! It’s a nitrogen fixer, so it improves the soil. It’s helpful...
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Washi Love
I am in love with washi tape. Washi is basically a colored paper tape (some are plastic, sometimes it’s called design tape.) My washi collection started because I wanted to doll up my planner and I’m...
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