Christian Homekeeping™

Prayer Request

2013-05-20T12:41:00.000-07:00

I have a lot to share about what I did on my "vacation" but first, I need prayer. I started having severe pain yesterday and after 3 hours it grew to where it hurt to even sit or stand so the doctor said go to the ER and we did. They found a mass on my cervix after doing ultrasound and CT scan. They want to do outpatient MRI study of the mass and then see if it is cancerous or not (I'm

Blog Break

2013-05-11T13:12:00.001-07:00

I'm taking a short blog break this week, so I won't be getting to comments until I return.

Why I Homeschool

2013-05-09T23:24:00.004-07:00

I'm not sure that I've actually ever answered this question with a list of the main reasons we homeschool, so I thought I would go ahead and do a post on why I homeschool. Besides the most obvious reasons of we prefer a God-centered education and will not put our child under false teaching, there are numerous other reasons we have chosen this route. Even if I didn't care about God or what my

What Our Table Means to Us

2013-05-08T00:26:00.001-07:00

Some people may wonder - what is so special about a table? However, to us and specifically to me - it means a whole lot. Growing up in my family we would eat together at the table and have that closeness as a family but when my parents bought a television, it became the table's demise. I was 9 years old when that television set came into our house and stole my family's bond, peacefulness and

2013 Garden Plans

2013-05-07T14:32:00.002-07:00

I have yet to figure out my 2nd garden bed, thus the empty spaces. We know that we want carrots continuously and they grow great here, so we have planned a lot of those and then going to stagger the crop every 2 weeks. The sugar snap peas and spinach do well only in May and June and then again in late July/early August. I can freeze the broccoli, so I went ahead and planted several and the

Garden: Onions

2013-05-05T17:19:00.000-07:00

I knew I wanted to plant onions this year because they did so well in our square foot garden the first time around. I got 40 onions for $3 and it only took up 2 1/2 squares. They are a different kind then the Walla Walla I normally grow, I believe they are called Spanish yellow onions. I got chased - literally - chased away by bees and didn't get to plan anything else before church. I

Garden: 1st Planting for 2013

2013-05-04T14:21:00.001-07:00

I bought 5 various types of compost and then hubby and I mixed them up and he put them in the garden beds and mixed them in with the old soil. Then, I put my dividers back on, I use yarn and it really works and is easy to take off when need be. It also lasts with all the rain we get here in Washington, as this yarn has been out in my garden for 3 years now. Hubby also found a way to seal up

Homeschool Field Trip - Early American Living

2013-05-04T00:25:00.002-07:00

We took a field trip to a nice area that had animals, old cabins, blacksmith shop and other hands-on fun to do with early American living. Katie had fun milking the cow for the first time, she has only previously milked a goat, and she loved sawing wood and washing clothes by hand. She said that those chores would be "fun" compared to what she has to do now lol.

1,375th Reason to Homeschool - Ungodly Socialization

2013-05-01T11:16:00.000-07:00

My 1,375th reason to homeschool: A middle school in New York has been managing complaints from angry parents after their daughters complained that they were forced to ask each other for kisses and pretend to be lovers during an anti-bullying presentation on homosexuality and gender identity. It's ok everyone, this is just training on bullying, so it is perfectly alright! Don't get in a huff

Garden Weed-Out Day 2

2013-04-24T20:52:00.001-07:00

It took about 5 hours total throughout the day today but I (hubby and daughter too later on) did it! We finished weeding out the first garden bed that was so bad as you can see in the before and after. Then, we put the soil back in the garden bed. I will be adding in compost hopefully by this weekend and then putting my grids (brown strings) back to form my squares and start planting next

Garden Weed-Out Day 1

2013-04-23T19:03:00.002-07:00

I didn't do my garden last year due to pregnancy and weeds took over and even some grass, it was pretty bad, take a look: I had originally thought that they blew in, which most of them did, but upon pulling it all up today, I found that a lot of the roots for some of them came through the weed blocker cloth. It took me hours and lots of back-breaking work to pull up all the soil with a metal

Trim Healthy Mama

2013-04-20T01:50:00.002-07:00

I've been on a great diet the past month, "The Metabolism-Boosting Diet," that had me losing 8 pounds the first week, stabilized my blood sugar and leveled my hormonal imbalance. It also made me feel great all day with lots of energy, that is with no coffee too! However, I was running out of options for meals and recipes, since the plan I was following only had so many ideas. I came across "

José Eber Curling Iron 19mm Video & Update

2013-04-20T00:06:00.000-07:00

You can read my first post about the José Eber curling iron here and see photos of my curled hair there as well. I wanted to give an update on how the curling iron/wand is working and also decided to do a video of the iron and how it is packaged, etc. I may even do a how-to video of me curling my stick straight, hard-to-curl hair with this iron and show you how amazing it is! First things

Harding Family Sent 6 Kids to College by age 12

2013-04-18T14:16:00.000-07:00

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy They sent 6 of their children (so far) to college by age 12, simply amazing - and they don't even have a teacher's degree, imagine that! They credit GOD for all of this! It is time to STOP believing the lies that the indoctrination institutions are putting out there and realize that we, as parents, can better

How I Want to Spend My Life

2013-04-08T16:47:00.001-07:00

I've been really thinking about things that I want to spend my life doing and things that I don't want to spend my life doing. I'm 33 now and I'm tired of not reaching some of my goals because the "things I don't want to spend my life doing" are being done and choking out the "things I want to spend my life doing." Since a lot of this was in my mind, I decided to extract it and write it down on

Whoever Controls the Schools.......

2013-04-05T00:23:00.002-07:00

........Controls the World. You can't go wrong training your children up in the ways of the Lord for the majority of their day!! Here are some wonderful quotes from the video: Non-Christian education puts the child in a vacuum. The result is that child dies. Christian education alone really nurtures personality, because it alone gives the child air and food. Modern educational philosophy

Children and Too Much Technology

2013-04-02T16:32:00.001-07:00

We have a rule in our house that during the week there are no electronics for our daughter - that means, no DS, no internet (unless it has to do with school) and no DVD's. She can do any of those on the weekends but if it becomes that that is all she is doing, we have her take a break and go do something else. Before we stopped electronics during the week, I noticed that my daughter had

Taking Risks With Faith?

2013-04-01T23:55:00.001-07:00

I'm going to get personal in this post, but something has been weighing heavy on my mind for a while now - having more children. I had said that there is no way I can have another child because my pregnancy was horrific BUT during my c-section they discovered the "why" and chances are, my future pregnancy would not be so horrific because they fixed the issues internally. Then, there is the

Trouble Leaving Comments?

2013-04-01T20:31:00.001-07:00

Anyone having trouble leaving a comment lately? I did hear from a reader that said she was unable to leave one. I tried it out using another account and it worked for me but I did have to sign in (even though I was already signed in)....so not sure what is going on. Let me know if you can comment to this post by commenting. Or, if not, email me to let me know: christianhomekeeper (at) gmail

He is Risen!

2013-03-31T00:00:00.000-07:00

Matthew 28:1-6 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for

Letter from Imprisoned Iranian Christian Pastor

2013-03-23T13:27:00.000-07:00

The imprisoned Christian Pastor, Saeed Abedini, in Iran, wrote a letter to his wife that I think everyone should read. It displays the true Christ-like spirit that should be in every Christian! This man is beaten and tortured, yet he forgives and loves AND keeps bitterness out of his soul - this IS true Christianity!! Here is his letter that speaks volumes of his Christ-like spirit: Hello

Sign the Petition to Grant US Legal Status to German Family

2013-03-22T17:41:00.000-07:00

I urge all to sign this petition to grant legal status in the US for the homeschooling German family that I'm sure you have heard about lately. This will hopefully help prevent this administration from deporting them back to Germany where they will lose their children, all because they chose to teach them about GOD! Let's do our part and allow them to live in the land of the free. If you

My Article in Mitera Magazine

2013-03-20T16:04:00.000-07:00

Mitera is Greek for mother. The spring edition just released and you will find my article on page 23 - entitled "Stop the InSTUFFity". http://www.miteramagazine.com/ You can find my new "landing page" here that I will use in possible future works: www.beverlypayge.com

Jose Eber Curling Wand - Review and Hair Pics!

2013-03-14T23:20:00.000-07:00

A friend, whose hair I had loved when she curls it, told me how she did it - she uses a Jose Eber curling wand. It took me a while to finally buy it because of the high temperature and price, but after seeing her use it (her hair is as long or maybe longer than mine) and her hair not showing any damage over time - I tried it out. I've tried hot rollers and even hairspray on my hair since having

Google Reader No More

2013-03-13T23:58:00.000-07:00

After feedburner email subscribers, most of my subscribers use Google Reader and since Google announced they are retiring Reader on July 1st, those of you that use it will need to find a new feed reader. I'm currently trying out a few different ones as I was a Google Reader user myself and felt my heart sink when I got the notification of it ending. I read almost 300 blogs/news with it and