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Pain, Exhaustion, Depression

4 March 2011 Fibromyalgia  3 comments

I think these are the three symptoms of Fibromyalgia that are the most difficult for me. Pain, exhaustion, and depression. It's amazing what you can learn to live with, what can become your new "normal." It is not uncommon (most days for me) to have

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Diagnosis: Fibromyalgia

23 February 2011 Family, Fibromyalgia  6 comments

Yesterday I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I have been going to doctors for over 5 years now trying to figure out what is going on with my body. I have been told that there is nothing wrong with me, that I am just depressed, and numerous other

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Make It, Bake It, Sew It or Grow It

20 November 2010 Family, Life, Top Stories  No comments

Last year I heard about a great idea that one family did for Christmas. The theme is Make It, Bake It, Sew It or Grow It. Whatever you give your family, you either make it, bake it, sew it, or grow it. I love this idea because it is not only

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Chess and The Enemy

18 September 2010 Nonviolence, Theology  No comments

Ephesians 6:10-12 (NLT) "A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting

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Book Review- The Devil in Pew Number Seven: A True Story

8 September 2010 Book Review, Persecution, Top Stories  3 comments

When my husband told me we would be receiving this book to review I was very excited and this book did not let me down. It had me from the very first page. In fact, I started it in the evening, read until 1:30 in the morning, got up at 6:30am to

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Free World History Resource

19 July 2010 Family, Schleitheim Academy  One comment

As many of you may already know, Eddie and I have a real passion for history. It was our college major after all. With that being said, it has been very difficult for us to find a history curriculum for the kids that we can truly say we are

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Timelines and Maps from Knowledge Quest/Bramley Books

16 July 2010 Family, Schleitheim Academy  No comments

Check out these great home schooling tools on sale now at Knowledge Quest/Bramley Books!

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Baby Steps in Refurbishing

13 July 2010 Family, Life  One comment

Today I took my first (and possibly last for quite some time) steps in recovering some chairs my Mom picked up for us a few months ago. We are also planning on repainting our dining room with some paint I got for free last year during a Glidden

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Considering Intentional Community

19 June 2010 Theology, Top Stories  7 comments

Eddie just wrote a quick post about what a good idea intentional Christian communities are. I wanted to flesh that out a bit with some resources to check into and some thoughts that we have passed around ourselves about living intentionally for

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Review of Redwall by Brian Jacques

9 June 2010 Book Review, Schleitheim Academy, Top Stories  8 comments

I had mentioned in a previous post that we were thinking of including Redwall by Brian Jacques in our free-reading list for the boys this year for school. I always like to pre-read anything that we are going let the boys read, just to make sure that it is appropriate for where they are in their development and also to see if the book agrees with what we want to teach the boys, so that if it doesn't, we can be prepared to discuss it with the boys or hold off until they are mature enough to be able to discuss it.

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Schleitheim Academy Update

6 June 2010 Schleitheim Academy  6 comments

I just wanted to give a quick update on how our schooling is going along with a few links to some great resources I have come across recently.

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His Story of Shalom…An Introduction

6 April 2010 Featured Highlights, Nonviolence, Old Testament  No comments

I have been participating in the women's Bible studies that our church has been offering over the past couple of years. I have really enjoyed those studies and God has always used

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Our Spring Garden 2010

24 March 2010 Gardening  One comment

This past weekend into Monday our family has been working on getting our front and side yards into shape for planting. While pulling weeds in the front I uncovered three volunteer squash plants coming up! There are also quite a few volunteer

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Rotten Pickles

16 November 2009 Family, Gardening, Life, Top Stories  8 comments

I recently picked up The Complete Tassajara Cookbook from the library and have been slowly savoring it as I have time. I am a big fan of the Tassajara Bread Book, so it seemed logical that I would enjoy this book as well. I found this great story in the middle of the book and had to share it, as it is so poignant and relevant to where I am in my life and walk with the Lord right now.

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Our First Day

31 August 2009 Schleitheim Academy  2 comments

Our first day of homeschooling, a sample of our daily schedule, and a few examples of the boys' first work.

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The Newest Addition to our Family

23 May 2009 Duck Life  No comments

We are on our way to producing more and more of our own food. Read about how our newest little ladies are doing!

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