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Tuesday, February 25, 2014


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April
Northwest, Missouri, United States
I'm a mom, currently homeschooling 2 of our 3 daughters still living at home, & stepmom to 2 who have already left home. We also have 3 toddlers we watch part time. Our 5 girls include 2 sets of twins. This is our 5th year of homeschooling. We farm- have cows, horses, ducks, pigs, chickens, rabbits, dogs,cats & fish. We plant a garden & can & freeze our food. We have 2 stocked ponds, an orchard, & vineyard. Each year we try to expand. Our goal to be more of a homesteading family than a farm family. My husband works fulltime outside of the home, & is a fire fighter, both paid and volunteer; I work at home. In addition, I also subteach & teach once a week. I write part time & and sell articles to both print & online publications. I also own a business that teaches CPR, First Aid, babysitting 101, & more. In order to continue to be a stay at home mom (for the most part) I am always researching new ways to be frugal. My hobbies include sewing, reading, baking, needle work, gardening, camping & genealogy, volunteer firefighting & EMT.
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Quality CPR and Safety

Please also visit my other site, qualitycprandsafety.blogspot.com for safety and wellness tips, and see when I will be offering American Heart Association CPR and First Aid Classes.

wagon wheel herb garden

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For a $10 off coupon for a digital scrapbook software download AND a $10 off coupon for items in the MyMemories.com store, use the coupon code STMMMS29337 when you visit http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software

Frugal Living & Smart Money Websites

  • Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover
  • Foxfire
  • Homemaking 911
  • Lehmans
  • Saving Advice
  • Soap making
  • Swapsavers
  • Thriftyfun

Sites I enjoy

  • 5 minutes for mom
  • Alpha Omega Homeschool Publishers
  • Creation Truth Foundation
  • Diary of an unborn baby
  • Flaming Spirit Christian Service Camp
  • HSLDA
  • I.D.E.S. International Disaster Emergncy Services
  • Mission Lake Christian Camp
  • Quality CPR
  • Shatto Milk Company
  • SpellQuizzer.com
  • Vitae Pro Life

My family tree

Genealogy is one of my favorite hobbies. I can spend hours in the library, at cemeteries or on the computer researching and inputting information into my software “Family Tree Maker”. Names in my tree that I am researching include (but are not limited to and of course have various spellings): Espey, also spelled Aspey, Shinabarger, Gray, Hough, Haynes, Lay, Cox, Miller, Lynn, French, Neukommer, Williams, Edgerton, Moore, Baldwin, Hall, Yoder, Rothman, Chadwick, Richards, Brey, Updike, Pierson and more.

A cousin has traced the line back to Austria. I have worked on lines in MO, IN, OR and PA.

If someone needs a grave photo that is located near Clinton Co, Nodaway Co or Johnson Co in Missouri, I can take a digital photo and send it to you for a $20 fee (mainly for my gas). You will get faster response for Clinton Co as that is where I live.

Prayer requests

Our family, as we deal with the loss of Debbie from cancer.

those without jobs

Caleb W

IDES teams as they work in Joplin MO

Daryl Burchetts' family, Daryl passed away from cancer.

Kori-a 16 year old that has been fighting cancer off and on the last several years.

Monette A. (a local homeschooling Christian mom with cancer)

Bryn (recovering from a heart transplant)

Those in or with family in Japan. Japan has disappeared out of the news, but there are still many who are homeless.

Our president

our soldiers away from home and their families here at home

our economy

our youth--our future! May we train them and teach them the way they should be taught

Joplin MO. We have friends who live here. One (Doug) completely lost EVERYTHING. Another, Faith Dunn, lost her life. Our family along with area homeschoolers have volunteered in Joplin and are planning to return.



















































Soap & Misc recipes

Automatic Dishwasher Soap

Add equal parts of 20 Mule Team Borax and Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (not baking soda!). Stir together until well mixed.
A normal dishwasher will use 2 tablespoons per load

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Automatic DishwasherSpot Rinser

Fill the compartment with vinegar

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Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap- Front or top load machine-

4 Cups hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup Washing Soda
½ Cup Borax-
Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water.
Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.-
Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water.
Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax.
Stir well until all powder is dissolved.
Fill bucket to top with more hot water.
Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.
-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water.
Shake before each use. (will gel)
-Yield:
Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)-
Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)

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Powdered Laundry Detergent- Top load machine

1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup Washing Soda
½ Cup Borax-
Grate soap or break into pieces and process in a food processor until powdered.
Mix all ingredients.

For light load, use 1 Tablespoon.
For heavy or heavily soiled load, use 2 Tablespoons.

Yields: 3 Cups detergent. (Approx. 40 loads)

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Inexpensive Fabric Softener Recipe
1 Cup White Vinegar Add vinegar to rinse cycle.
Works great. Removes residue and odors. Also helps to keep washing machine and hoses fresh and clean too.

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Deicer/wiper fluid receipes

#1) 3 parts vinegar and 1 part water. Put in a spray bottle and spray down your car windows at night.

#2) Use a bottle of 70% isopropyl alcohol with 3 drops of dish soap. Apply liberally to the glass with a spray bottle at night. In the morning the ice slides off.

#3) Mix one part water to two parts rubbing alcohol. Apply to the window. Ice slides or peels off.

Recipes (Click on recipes in the upper right corner for more!)




Moms Pineapple Upside down cake



melt 1/3 cup butter in cast iron skillet

add 1/2 cup brown sugar

add pineapple chunks or rings



2 eggs-beat until thick (about 5 minutes)

add 2/3 cups of sugar gradually

add 6 tablespoons pineapple juice

add 1 teaspoonful vanallia

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt



Pour into skillet on top of brown sugar/pineapple butter mixture



Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.



Let cool slightly and flip (I find it works better if the husband flips--its heavy!!!)





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