Save Money Creating Natural Beauty Remedies at Home For Thrifty Thursday, I thought I would share a few ways that will keep you from spending a fortune on beauty products at the store. In fact, all of the ingredients you’ll need are right in your kitchen or pantry cabinet. Here are three ways in which you can create natural beauty remedies at home in a flash… Olive Oil: You cook and bake with it; but did you know that you can use it in a variety of other ways? Because olive oil is chemical free, it can be used on your skin; as a bath oil, moisturizer, massage oil, and…
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Sharing Secrets with Your Children
Sharing Secrets with Your Children Do you remember how it felt when your close friend shared a secret with you? Didn’t it make you feel kind of special? Even privileged and honored that your friend trusted you with her valuable secret? On a deeper level, I believe it created a closer bond between the two of you…after all, you both shared some secret information that none of the rest the world around you knew. I love to share secrets with my boys. I like making them feel like they’re really special to me when I share something that nobody else knows. For instance, last night I shared a simple secret…
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Easy Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe
Easy Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe While you’re boiling those eggs…stick in an extra 6 eggs and make these sandwiches. Ingredients: 6 eggs 3 TB Mayo 2 tsp. mustard 1 tsp. celery seed Lawry’s seasoning salt Directions: Chop eggs. Mix in the other ingredients. Sprinkle lightly with Lawry’s seasoning salt. (Just enough to add some delicious flavor, but not so much to make it too salty.) Place on your favorite bread or buns. Rye bread is also delicious…or try making wraps with flour tortillas. ]]>
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Eat Breakfast and Lose Weight
*A foreword note: From time to time, I’ll be sharing articles from other resources. This week I’m sharing an article with you that is written by another author. I was a bit under the weather last week, and so I’m spending the day trying to catch up with getting my house in order. I chose the following article because I think it serves as a good reminder why we need to keep eating breakfast… Eat Breakfast and Lose Weight When you wake up, your metabolism is a bit slow. The best thing you can do to rev up your metabolism is to eat breakfast within 1 hour of waking. For…
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Dig Your Heels in the Dirt
Dig Your Heels in the Dirt Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. ~ Proverbs 14:1 I read the above verse to my Sunday school girls this morning. They’re not too young to learn what an awesome opportunity we have as Christian ladies to build our house with our words and our actions. Sadly, too many married women may make the choice to throw in the towel and wave her hands wearily exclaiming that she’s given up. America wails about the trees and the whales…but where are the determined campaigns to save the homes and the broken hearts of the children? Homes…