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July 6, 2010

The Buzz Around Me

Slurping. Folks are munching on watermelon at the table near me. This is the sort of thing you plan before you mop the floor.

Kitchen Happenings

I'm off of meal duty for a few weeks. The kiddos are making all the meals for a while so I have more time to work on extra projects. The Boys have breakfast and lunch duty (think Vitamix for breakfast and leftovers for lunch). The Big Girls (15 and 14) are taking turns making dinners - they cook as well as I do.

In Our Schoolroom

We have decided to take the Summer off of official school work!!!!!!! I am working on lesson plans instead.

The Garden View

I rented out our garden plot to the children. Whatever is growing is completely by their own doing. I am having the benefit of buying from them fresh organic produce, and they are earning back their rent money. All this with no nagging to get help in the garden...what's not to love?

In The Sewing Room

I just learned a groovy new trick for patching jeans! Rip out the outside pants leg seam to patch them, then sew it back up again when the patching is done. The timing is perfect, because Mr. Visionary just gave me some for my mending pile. Sigh. All in due time...

Home-keeping Agenda

I'm using the Summer off school to get things organized again. Closets, clothes, cabinets, nothing is sacred. I feel like I haven't really had decent order since the Twinnage (cute as they are) arrived.

Simple Joys

Mr. Visionary coming home in time for dinner. I had almost forgotten what he looked like in daylight.

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My 2010 Goals

Well...my hopes anyway


~Do something with my guitar that's collecting dust...like maybe learn to play it.

~Save up enough money and get the bus ready enough to go to Family Week 2010 with the Wallers.

~Be at least 90% faithful to investing my morning quiet time praying and studying YHWH's Word.

~Do 3 good deeds and right 3 wrongs each week. I got this idea from First Fruits of Zion, and it is such a neat way to keep my focus outside of myself.

~Keep a hand-written journal.

~Be faithful to what we have learned from Dave Ramsey, and use a zero balance budget every month.

~Come up with two small ways to make side income to help my children learn to run a business.

~Begin building traditions, recipe files, scrapbooks, etc. for our family's celebrations of the Biblical feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles.

~Be outside at least some every single day.

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    I came across these books online several months ago, but unfortunately didn’t print them, then the link where I found them went bad. They are available as free downloads, and this time, I really will print them. I’m sharing the link in case you could use them, too. We never can tell when they may be necessary.

    Where There Is No Doctor
    Where Women Have No Doctor
    A Book for Midwives
    Where There Is No Dentist

    Posted: November 12th, 2008 under Healthy Living, Herbs & Homemade Medicine, Frugality & Stewardship.
    Comments: 8

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    Comment from Mrs. King
    Time: November 12, 2008, 10:12 am

    THANK YOU!! I had looked for Where there is No Dentist several years ago and could only find *very* expensive copies, so did not get one. I really appreciate you posting these links.

    Comment from Hesperian Foundation
    Time: November 12, 2008, 12:46 pm

    Hi,

    My name is Tearrie and I am the assistant publicist at Hesperian, publisher of Where There Is No Doctor. I came across your blog today via google alerts and I just wanted to say thank you for linking to our website and sharing information about our books. Did you know that our books have been translated into over 80 languages? If needed, they can be found at http://www.hesperian.org/publications_translation.php

    Best,

    Comment from bella
    Time: November 12, 2008, 2:10 pm

    Thanks so much for posting these!

    Comment from Holly
    Time: November 12, 2008, 8:38 pm

    Julie, thank you for the links! I’m curious, did you have to download each chapter as a separate file, or was there a place to download it all at once? I’ll look around some more…

    Comment from oldpathsfamilyfarm
    Time: November 13, 2008, 10:12 am

    Holly~

    Yes, I did have to download them separately, but it turned out OK, as not every chapter was one I felt that I needed.

    Comment from Annette
    Time: November 13, 2008, 11:44 am

    Thanks for passing these along…I definitely want to study these resources and keep them handy!

    Comment from Holly
    Time: November 15, 2008, 1:25 pm

    Thanks, Julie.

    Comment from Kate
    Time: November 15, 2008, 2:24 pm

    Thanks for the midwifery one! I can’t wait to read it.
    I have a homebirth coming up in December that I’m attending. (Not as the midwife… just helping as doula). I can’t wait!

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