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jolly-homestead
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Homeschooling Mother of 6. Blogs about learning-at-home, homesteading and family life.
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2017-05-17 22:03
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life
5y
Waiting to find out whether I still have a job
This afternoon is going to be the tell all tell all of how my life is going to stay the same or change forever. I'm hoping that somehow with the power to Be's they will find a way for us anti Covid vaccers
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homesteading
7y
Dandelion salve
They were everywhere so I might as well use them. When I first started my new venture back in 2015 I had decided I was going to become more self reliant. I wanted to cook from scratch, and use natural
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life
7y
Only God himself knew what he had in store for us......
God has away of putting ideas into our lives before they even make sense to us. About a year ago I got up one morning to find my husband drawing out what our future property would look like. He was so
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family
8y
Living with an addiction is an illness not a choice
Until an addiction affected a family member that I love very much I always thought that addiction was something you chose to live. A lifestyle that you were happy to live because it made you feel good.
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thanksgiving
8y
Thanskgiving its origin and what it means to me
Hello again. Since its the spirit of Thanksgiving I wanted to say thank you to all of you who has supported me through the last year. I honestly couldn't have done it without you. With the support you
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family
8y
Whew what a summer
I'm finally back. This summer has been a long, hard, extremely tiring one but also a very gratifying one. As you have read in my previous posts we have been waiting on the sale of our shop. Many months
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life
8y
A childs innocence can remind you how great life really is
The other day I was watching my grandson play with his toys happy as can be. The concentration as he tried to manipulate the toys to do what they were supposed to do and the great smile when he accomplished
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7daypositivechallenge
8y
Gratitude challenge 2 : Family makes it all worth it
On Friday I was called by my son Joey to ask if we could meet me in the city Sunday for a visit. Now this is a rare occurrence unfortunately because My son lives on the island and it costs an arm and a
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7daypositivitychallenge
8y
Gratitude Challenge One:Glad my kids keep me young
I've just been nominated for the gratitude challenge. This should be very easy for me because I am usually an extremely upbeat happy go lucky person who counts her blessings daily. So what I am going to
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education
8y
When homeschooling you always need to remember the social aspect of it all
Many times throughout the year the school I home school through school learning days. This consists sometimes of educational learning in groups, field trips to neat places that through funding is way more
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selfsustainability
8y
Sustainable life what is it to me
Lately I have been reading alot about being self sustained. In almost every article I have read I take little bits from each of them. Right now we are in limbo with our life. What do I mean with limbo
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chickens
8y
The other day someone asked me if I thought chickens were smart
My answer to that question was yes smarter than we give them credit for. First of all even when the sun is not out they crow at the same time everyday. We need clocks to tell us time. Though there are
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education
8y
Having to call the vet for your horses for the first time is a little scary
Now don't get me wrong my vet comes out every year floats my horses teeth and gives them their shots but this time it was different. It all started Friday when I went out to ride my horse with my trainer.
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familyprotection
8y
Social Services is not always against us
I have extreme mixed feelings about social services sometimes good and sometimes bad. I totally understand the hate to the system because they have hurt many people and have torn many families apart. But
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chickens
8y
So glad we have such a protective dog
This morning I awoke to find my beautiful precious rooster named Hey Hey missing his beautiful tail feathers but the rest of him was okay. My son was going to work very early and as he was getting into
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homestead
8y
All is well when the simplicitys of life make you happy
Today is an amazing day on the homestead. The sun is shining and with extreme warmth for a change. Days like today sure make it easy to forget our troubles in life. Something as small as the first time
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homestead
8y
I have finally decided on how I am going to write my blog
I haven't written for quite a while because I have been a little stuck in my thoughts. I guess that's what you call writers block. I was bouncing all over with my thoughts and writing so I stopped until
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diy
9y
Finished foyer and hallway
Wow what paint and trim can do. Here is what we have done so far in our house. At first when we first started painting with the new color I thought oh my what have we done? Then as we progressed we were
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vaccinations
9y
Its never too late to learn a new fact
When I was a little girl I had three favorite dolls my Holly Hobby, and my Raggedy Ann and Andy. Little did I know that my precious Ann and Andy had a sad meaning behind them as to why they were created.
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homesteading
9y
Once again my chickens are earning their keep
You can't stop life even when you have a dog who tried to end your chicken future forever. As in my previous posts I found out the culprit who did a mass killing on all my chickens was my precious dog.
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