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Review: The Money Saving Mom’s Budget Audio Book

One of the first homeschooling talks I listened to pointed out an interesting fact:  most homeschooling moms can manage the actual homeschooling quite well.  What leads to homeschool stress and burn out is not the actual homeschooling itself but all the other things moms deal with, including financial pressure. Thus The Money $aving Mom’s Budget […]

Review: Folks This Ain’t Normal by Joel Salatin

Modern North American life ‘just ain’t normal’ according to farmer and writer Joel Salatin.  Why not?  It feels normal to most of us. Salatin suggests that we are just too out of tune with the way things have been, could be, and should be.  We don’t even know the way things should be for the […]

Review: Molly Saves in the Closet

After our vacation, I’m eager to dive into homemaking again.  One major aspect of that involves closets and clothing…and Molly shares many tips in this latest Money-Saving Digest.  Of course, Molly discusses a lot more than just clothing. How about making ice cream in 15 minutes, without an ice cream maker?  Or a scrumptious, quick, […]

Marriage Articles to Read before Father’s Day

Years ago, I bought the only copy of Mary Pride’s The Way Home at our local Christian bookstore.  It influenced me greatly in many ways, especially through one small sentence about Above Rubies, a Christian magazine put out by ‘editress’ Nancy Campbell. I now get each refreshing and inspiring Above Rubies issue, and it’s free. […]

Review: Molly Saves in the Kitchen

  Here’s another Money-Saving Digest review.  As usual, I’m sharing exactly what’s in this Digest so you can determine if it would work for you.  So pick up a cool glass of water—and perhaps your baby or toddler—and read about saving money while enhancing your family’s standard of living. Molly likes to give monthly reminders of […]