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Say Goodbye Summer and Hello Fall

September 24, 2014 By Thaleia 1 Comment

Since this is the third week of September and Labor Day is now past say Goodbye Summer and Hello Fall. I am going to share some pics of what we did this past week or so just to give you a little more glimpse of our lives as we start a new homeschool year.

Just a few days ago, right at the start of a 90+ degree heat wave, Princess said, “I just wish it was Fall since I have lots of new clothes to wear from my birthday.” I told her soon enough if will be cool enough to at least wear jeans. She is my little fashion plate and has very good style sense. She has done her own hair for the most part since she was 5 or 6 which puts her mom’s attempts at style to shame,lol.

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Celebrate Sharing God’s Word with Seeds Family Worship

September 23, 2014 By Thaleia 11 Comments

Last week was the launch of “The Word of God” Seed Family Worship’s latest music album. We are super excited to be part of the promotional efforts. We own four albums: Seeds of Courage, Seeds of Faith, Seeds of Praise, and Seeds of Purpose. (I have used affiliate links within my post for your reference and ease of purchasing the music.) They have many more albums that we are working on buying one at a time so we can enjoy each one. I am so tempted to go ahead and buy the other albums so we have a complete set! I love the fact that when you buy a physical album you get a 2nd cd to GIVEAWAY!! What a great way to share God’s Word. It’s all about planting “seeds”.

Seeds Family Worship latest album The Word of God

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Frugal Herbal: How to Prepare Glass Jars for Herbal Remedies

September 22, 2014 By Thaleia 1 Comment

Today I am going to share with you some ways to prepare your collection of jars for herbal remedies. Since you may have had your bag of jars sitting around you will need to wash them. Remember when I told you to start saving your spaghetti, relish, and pickle jars? Remember when I suggested you ask your friends and family to save jars for you? Well, now is the time to dig that stash of jars out and put them to good use!

Do your jars have old food labels on them? Try soaking them in a sink of hot soapy water sometimes this will do the trick. If they have soaked and still have sticky residue then I have a tip for you. OIL. Grab some oil, doesn’t matter what kind, and rub or spray onto the sticky residue. Allow your jars to sit for 30 minutes to 2 hours. I used a drink holder from a fast food restaurant so my jars didn’t roll away and get oil everywhere.

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Free Famous Composers Study Resources

September 18, 2014 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

For a family that enjoys music we rarely listen to Classical music and we have not done any Famous Composers study like I had thought we would. It certainly is NOT due to the lack of FREE resources but just the time it takes to plan and remember all those resources! I am taking away the excuses by gathering up so many free resources it should last us our entire homeschool careers! Check out one, some, or all of these incredible resources for Famous Composers study and tell me how you plan to use them or which you found most helpful.

Maybe you need free resources for other homeschool subjects like: Spanish, Handwriting, or Busy Bags for the little ones. I’ve got you covered. Hop on over to any of the highlighted links for more free resources. If you have a subject that baffles you and you would like free resources then please leave a comment and your topic just might be the next one posted!

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Frugal Herbal: How to Prepare to Make Herbal Remedies

September 15, 2014 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

As I journey on this path of herbal learning I thought I should share some tips and trick along the way. The first thing I want to share is how to prepare to make herbal remedies. You are probably thinking plant identification would be first, but not for me. I will challenge you to gather your supplies first and then learn about plants.

First, start collecting glass jars. You will need all sorts of jars to store your dried herbs, infused oils, tinctures, syrups,etc. Since you are a novice like me and probably on a budget you won’t be able to go buy everything you need. Start saving baby food jars, spaghetti jars, pickle jars, maraschino cherry jars, relish jars, etc. Ask you friends and family to save their jars for you as well.

How many jars will you need? This depends on the number of herbs you have to work with. If you are growing them or if you wild harvest them you might have a little more time to play around. If you buy some bulk herbs then you will want a place to store them instead of the bags they come in. I would say you will need three jars for each herb. Now don’t freak out on me. This is why you need so many jars. You will need a larger jar for dried herbs (pickle or spaghetti), medium (pint sized) jar for oil infusions or vinegars and small (baby food 4-6 oz.) for tinctures.

Once you have your collection of jar you will want to learn How to Prepare your Glass Jars for Herbal Remedies. So hop on over and read that post with tips and tricks for cleaning your glass jars.

We will discuss collecting herbs, drying herbs, and plant identification in other posts. For now check out some herb books or plant ID books from your local library. Until next time happy herb learning.

Thaleia

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