After years of believing we could never own a dog (due to allergy issues), I started really getting puppy fever. It began with a little twinge, and after a few months of that, I could barely scroll down my Instagram feed without feeling intense feelings of longing for a furry canine friend. It made me…
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9 Healthy Coffee Alternatives
Coffee. Hey, let me make one thing clear: I adore coffee. I’m a coffee adorer. I don’t think there’s another beverage our country has quite an obsession with like coffee. (Don’t judge my sentence structure, because I am probably in need of coffee right now.) However… Sometimes people don’t react well to coffee. Or sometimes…
Homemade Scorpion Repellant
April 1, 2015: Me to my oldest son: “Son, you’d have to get up *pretty* early in the morning to pull an April Fool’s joke on your mama.” [15 seconds pass] My 8 year old son: “Mama, come quick!! There’s a scorpion in the pantry!!!” Me: “GASP!!!!!! WHERE????!!!” Son, beaming: “April Fool’s!!” Grrr. 😉 There…
Quick and Easy Eyeglass Cleaner
I can’t believe I haven’t shared this with you yet – it’s one of the easiest things I know how to make. I probably say that a lot, but truly, this is super easy. You’ll have the ingredients on hand, and I can’t even calculate the cost to make this, because it’s just so darn…
Top 10 of 2014
There was so much to be thankful for in 2014. Our family experienced a lot, and we survived! 😉 We started the GAPS diet in January and lasted until August. We got to go on a stellar vacation to Colorado, a place I had never been! We had wonderful times with family, friends, and church….
Sweet Liberty Studio Giveaway!
Hello, friends! Great news!!! My absolute favorite Etsy Store, Sweet Liberty Studio is offering a giveaway for your choice of one of their lovely handmade small zipper purses. Click here to see all the variety! I own many of these purses already and I know that they are sewn with the utmost care and quality. I…
13 Diatomaceous Earth Uses in the Home
Hello there! I am so happy to have Beth Haymond from DiatomaceousEarth.com join me today with a very informative post on the wonders of. . . you guessed it, diatomaceous earth! Enjoy. 🙂 ~ Danielle 13 Diatomaceous Earth Uses in the Home Diatomaceous earth (DE) is an inert dust made of the fossilized remains of diatoms….
I Dream of Chickens with the Light Brown Eggs
It’s true. I do. I’ll be honest with you. Can I just do that? If I were to let myself dream, this is what it would look like: A two-story house with a wrap around porch On several acres of land (I’m not picky, but according to my husband, the more the merrier) With…
Cell Salts: The Easy Homeopathy
When a member of my family starts running a fever. . . When I wake up with a headache. . . When a little one is teething. . . When someone starts sniffling and gets a runny nose. . . When I stayed up too late working on blog posts. . . When my son…
Join Me at the Prairie Homestead!
Well hello there! Dear readers, I’ve got a bit of a secret – today’s my birthday! Now that it’s out in the open, you want to know what would make the best birthday gift? If you’d mosey on over to The Prairie Homestead, (one of my favorite blogs of all-time) where Jill has so graciously…
