Deputy Headmistress
The DeputyHeadmistress has been homeschooling since 1988. She has published articles in Christian Woman, 21st Century Christian, and in a number of homeschooling publiations.
She owns over 8,000 books and is still trying to read them all. She's lived in over two dozen different houses, in three countries and 11 states. She's been snorkeling with her preschoolers in the East China Sea, tent camping with a newborn in the Pacific Northwest, tent camping with seven children and her husband on the Olympic Peninsula, and she's traveled up the Al-Can and back down again, tent camping along the way. She has learned to bloom wherever she is planted.
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She owns over 8,000 books and is still trying to read them all. She's lived in over two dozen different houses, in three countries and 11 states. She's been snorkeling with her preschoolers in the East China Sea, tent camping with a newborn in the Pacific Northwest, tent camping with seven children and her husband on the Olympic Peninsula, and she's traveled up the Al-Can and back down again, tent camping along the way. She has learned to bloom wherever she is planted.
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How You Can Help Haiti, Even If You Have No Spare CashHere are a number of ideas that can be used to brainstorm ways you can help Haitian relief efforts right now, even if you think you have no spare cash. These ideas apply to other charitable efforts as well.
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Economizing with Space and Funds While TravelingIn 2008 our daughter left for a ten day long solo trip to Europe carrying only her backpack and a purse, yet had appropriate clothes for church, eating out, museums, and hikes in the woods.
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The Bookworm's New Year's Eve PartyHave an old fashioned New Year's Eve Party featuring snacks like popcorn made the old-fashioned, stovetop way,
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Egg Recipes for a Holiday PartyEggs hot, cold, in make ahead recipes and in recipes to be served immediately.
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Pizza Fondue and Freeze Ahead MeatballsThe hardest preparation for this pizza fondue is done ahead of time, so all you have to do is heat and serve!
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Orzo and 'Sausage' Skillet, Made with Healthy Turkey 'Sausage'This deliciously savory and spicy dish hits the spot on a cold day, and the sausage is made with a healthier, lower fat ground turkey and spices -
Nine Ways to Include Your Child in the KitchenYou have to be in the kitchen anyway. You might as well combine your kitchen time with some meaningful parent-child interaction. Eventually, your child might enjoy it so much that he kicks you out so he can cook dinner.=)
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Ideas for a 'Green' Baby Shower on a Low BudgetWith this baby shower, your guest can take home and use the decorations and you'll have almost no trash to throw away.
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Ten Delicious Ways to Use Up Your Leftover Roast BeefThe essence of frugal living is to use what you have, but it need not be drudgery. These ten different tips for using leftover roast beef have enough variety and good taste so that you won't feel deprived.
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Gift Basket for a Nursing MomPersonalize a gift to a new breastfeeding mother by choosing some of these items to put together in gift basket.
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The Sock BasketHow a housekeeping book published in the 1800s encouraged this mother of many children who cannot find a matching pair of socks.
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Apology-Free HospitalityHospitality is about opening your heart and home, about community building, not about showing off, glitz, or wearing yourself out.
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Three Recipes for CraftsHome-made finger paint, home-made modeling dough that dries hard, and how to make brilliantly colored pasta for your children to use for colored necklaces.
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Make Your Own PuzzlesMake simple puzzles for your preschoolers using recycled objects you already have around the house.
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Fun Games that Sneakily Teach Your Child Math SkillsUse an incomplete deck of cards to teach your toddlers and preschoolers number skills, matching skills, and have fun playing together while they're learning!
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Frugal Wedding IdeasWe are a family of simple means, and we had two daughters marry within 11 months of each other. Here are some of the ways we managed that.
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Ten Ways to Stop the Gimme-GimmesTired of grumbling, pleading, begging, long lists of wants, and a distinct lack of contentment or a desire to help others? These ideas should help you and your children foster an attitude of contentment and gratitude for what you already have.
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Ten Homemade Gifts for MenMake your own air freshener for the car, aftershave, shaving soap, hat hanger, and more- these frugal gifts are useful and sure to be enjoyed by the man in your life- whether that's your husband, boyfriend, or teenaged son.
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Baked Acorn Squash with Kasha and ChivesThis is a brightly colored, celebratory meal that vegans can eat with a clear conscience.
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Holiday Recipes: Vegetarian, Egg-free, Dairy-free, Wheat-free, Gluten-free... And DeliciousThese recipes do not use exotic ingredients. They are easy to make using basic ingredients you can find at any grocery store and probably have in your pantry! All of them are also acceptable to vegetarians, and most of them work for vegans as well!