Category: Sensible Home
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Semi-Homemade Tomato Soup
The temperature is 54 degrees. The drizzle and clouds turn my thoughts toward a cozy bowl of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich. Ah yes. This is July in Alaska. While the rest of the country is sweltering, we are cuddling up with a good book and coffee. Don’t be jealous. Of course, the…
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Low Stress Preschool for Homeschool Moms
Doing Preschool for my kids was a bit of an afterthought. I knew that I was teaching the kids some basic facts throughout our days, so why would we need to make it a formal thing? After all, Kindergarten used to be preschool only a few decades ago. Well, we did it for our younger…
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Frozen Broccoli Cheese Soup
That is … Broccoli Cheese Soup made from frozen broccoli. No, I don’t make my family eat frozen soup. Of course, you could make this recipe using fresh broccoli, but that’s usually not practical for me. I’m here at the end of the month, and I haven’t gone grocery shopping yet. I love to have…
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Shrimp Boil Party
I’m so pleased to introduce my readers to a new MostlySensible contributor, Ann Shrader. She’s my mom! There’s no one on earth who has a knack for putting together some really neat gift and hospitality ideas. Ann Shrader has been a missionary kid, a Bible college professor’s wife, and a pastor’s wife, and a veteran…
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Log-Cabin King
So I finished the quilt finally. Well, actually I still need to embroider the corners, but who knows when I’ll get to that! Here are some pictures of the final product. Click here for my other post which chronicled this 3 year project.
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Goodie Bags for Young and Old
Hosting a party in my home is always a joyous time. Anytime our home is opened for a party or other get-together it’s nice to send folks home with a little something if I can. Time and resources were in short supply for me, so I made some simple gifts. It was just enough to…