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Regardless of the financial circumstances your family is in, I am asking readers to post their favorite crafty or frugal ideas. I'm talking about clever ways you recycle something otherwise considered useless or discardable.
For example, maybe you learned to make a baby quilt using old denim jeans or thrift store clothing cut into smaller pieces sewn together to complete the top. Or perhaps you have figured out a multitude of uses for recycling empty coffee cans. Maybe you mastered a new set of skills to produce sought-after gifts.
Please share your ideas on how to re-use, re-cyle, or reduce your consumption of something you thought you couldn't live without.
Share your ideas, victories to inspire others by posting your thoughts at my blog. I have a Grand Prize for for the person who posts the best idea(s) now through April 1. The Grand Prize is a bottle of Norwex Mattress Cleaner ($27.99 value). Runner Ups will get a complimentary copy of my ebook Sensational Summer Salads.
viernes, 27 de marzo de 2009
viernes, 20 de marzo de 2009
Red Envelope Project
Ed Note: I don't normally use this platform for political purposes. But the right to life is something I am passionate about. I have had many readers forward me this information so I wanted to share it with you. I hope you will take part and be touched.
The beginning of President Obama’s presidency was marked by lifting the ban on federal spending for abortions, stem cell research, and contraception. This has distressed many people, including one man, Christ Otto, who has been involved in the pro-life movement for 20 years. Otto felt inspired to start the Red Envelope Project, his goal is to send 50 million red envelopes to the White House on March 31st as a silent protest against abortion. Otto asks that we take a red envelope (red because it is symoblic of blood), seal it (empty), and write on the back side “This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception.” Then mail to:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington , D.C. 20500
I plan to take part in this project. Please join me and the 487,178 others who have already pledged their support. It is my prayer that President Obama will come on his knees before God during his presidency.
For more information click here
The beginning of President Obama’s presidency was marked by lifting the ban on federal spending for abortions, stem cell research, and contraception. This has distressed many people, including one man, Christ Otto, who has been involved in the pro-life movement for 20 years. Otto felt inspired to start the Red Envelope Project, his goal is to send 50 million red envelopes to the White House on March 31st as a silent protest against abortion. Otto asks that we take a red envelope (red because it is symoblic of blood), seal it (empty), and write on the back side “This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception.” Then mail to:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington , D.C. 20500
I plan to take part in this project. Please join me and the 487,178 others who have already pledged their support. It is my prayer that President Obama will come on his knees before God during his presidency.
For more information click here
viernes, 13 de marzo de 2009
The Homemaker's Value
Ed Note: The following is an excerpt regarding the value of a homemaker was written by Kym Wright, mother of eight children. Do not underestimate your worth and value as YOU are the one molding and influencing the next generation. Think about what she is saying.
The Homemaker’s Value
If women choose not to do this very special job,
it will simply not get done,
the mothering, the nurturing, the comforting and caring
that fills the committed homemaker’s day
will simply be lost,
and society will be impoverished.
Children will not get the spiritual guidance they need.
Lonely teenagers will not be listened to.
Many people with problems will not be ministered to,
many sick folk will go unvisited.
A special human quality will disappear from our culture.
Women can give up their jobs
as clerks, engineers, sales people, doctors --
other people will step in
and the world will go on as smoothly as before.
It will be business as usual.
The groceries will still be sold,
trucks loaded with merchandise will still roll across our highway,
and Wall Street will carry on.
Not so with homemaking.
Homemakers are the special people in whose hands
the country and the world have been entrusted.
When women leave this job the world does not go on as before.
It falters and begins to lose its way.
Homemakers are indispensable!
The Homemaker’s Value
If women choose not to do this very special job,
it will simply not get done,
the mothering, the nurturing, the comforting and caring
that fills the committed homemaker’s day
will simply be lost,
and society will be impoverished.
Children will not get the spiritual guidance they need.
Lonely teenagers will not be listened to.
Many people with problems will not be ministered to,
many sick folk will go unvisited.
A special human quality will disappear from our culture.
Women can give up their jobs
as clerks, engineers, sales people, doctors --
other people will step in
and the world will go on as smoothly as before.
It will be business as usual.
The groceries will still be sold,
trucks loaded with merchandise will still roll across our highway,
and Wall Street will carry on.
Not so with homemaking.
Homemakers are the special people in whose hands
the country and the world have been entrusted.
When women leave this job the world does not go on as before.
It falters and begins to lose its way.
Homemakers are indispensable!
miércoles, 11 de marzo de 2009
Introducing TeaBreakConnection
INTRODUCING TEA BREAK CONNECTION by Laura Coble
My mom honored me with the request that I write a column to be included in her newsletter. I feel a bit unworthy in this endeavor as many of you have been married a long time (like more than two months), and many of you are hard at work in raising the next generation (probably some of you have kids my age). However, it is my hope that this column can be a friendly chat, rather than an instructional how-to on love, life, and happiness.
I grew up “Urban Homemakerized,” indoctrinated in the mantra of “return oh ye woman to the arts of thine former ways.” So I should be well versed in the art of raising chickens, gardening, and knitting sweaters. At least you would think. I am familiar enough with chickens to know that I like to eat them, my gardening skill level has produced three dead African Violet plants in the last month, and I gave up knitting in despair of too many dropped stitches and converted to crocheting. I salute any woman who can juggle four knitting needles to create a mitten or slipper.
This is not to imply that because I am not a master gardener I have somehow failed in my womanliness or in my ability to cultivate the arts in her life. For each of us have our strengths and talents. Perhaps that talent may be to kill African Violets, but let me ask you, if there were not women like me, then what would the African Violet company do?
Of course I don’t truly see my lack of green thumb as a special asset to my life. But I think that sometimes we elevate various skills or abilities above the rest and those of us who cannot cross stitch the 10 commandments have somehow failed.
I can make a mean batch of cinnamon rolls, but I can’t seem to figure out how to make gravy. I am a woman just like every other woman, and have perhaps succeeded in refining a few talents, but am overwhelmed by the immense amount of skills I have yet to acquire. I am a woman like you in that I fear abandonment, I desire to be able to nurture, and I find joy in an “I love you”.
I have had 24 years of practice at being a woman, two months practice at being married, and high school babysitting experience at being a mom. I see this column as an opportunity to discuss the complexities of making our womanly way in a harsh world, to laugh over things such as husband and wife communication, and perhaps share a tear or two along the way. I hope that each of you can find some encouragement and refreshment in this column knowing that I have yet to “arrive”, that I am a woman like you, trying to make my way through the journey of life.
Ed note: If you would like to correspond with or encourage Laura, she maybe contacted at
daybyday366@gmail.com.
You can read her blog TEABREAKCONNECTION by Clicking Here
My mom honored me with the request that I write a column to be included in her newsletter. I feel a bit unworthy in this endeavor as many of you have been married a long time (like more than two months), and many of you are hard at work in raising the next generation (probably some of you have kids my age). However, it is my hope that this column can be a friendly chat, rather than an instructional how-to on love, life, and happiness.
I grew up “Urban Homemakerized,” indoctrinated in the mantra of “return oh ye woman to the arts of thine former ways.” So I should be well versed in the art of raising chickens, gardening, and knitting sweaters. At least you would think. I am familiar enough with chickens to know that I like to eat them, my gardening skill level has produced three dead African Violet plants in the last month, and I gave up knitting in despair of too many dropped stitches and converted to crocheting. I salute any woman who can juggle four knitting needles to create a mitten or slipper.
This is not to imply that because I am not a master gardener I have somehow failed in my womanliness or in my ability to cultivate the arts in her life. For each of us have our strengths and talents. Perhaps that talent may be to kill African Violets, but let me ask you, if there were not women like me, then what would the African Violet company do?
Of course I don’t truly see my lack of green thumb as a special asset to my life. But I think that sometimes we elevate various skills or abilities above the rest and those of us who cannot cross stitch the 10 commandments have somehow failed.
I can make a mean batch of cinnamon rolls, but I can’t seem to figure out how to make gravy. I am a woman just like every other woman, and have perhaps succeeded in refining a few talents, but am overwhelmed by the immense amount of skills I have yet to acquire. I am a woman like you in that I fear abandonment, I desire to be able to nurture, and I find joy in an “I love you”.
I have had 24 years of practice at being a woman, two months practice at being married, and high school babysitting experience at being a mom. I see this column as an opportunity to discuss the complexities of making our womanly way in a harsh world, to laugh over things such as husband and wife communication, and perhaps share a tear or two along the way. I hope that each of you can find some encouragement and refreshment in this column knowing that I have yet to “arrive”, that I am a woman like you, trying to make my way through the journey of life.
Ed note: If you would like to correspond with or encourage Laura, she maybe contacted at
daybyday366@gmail.com.
You can read her blog TEABREAKCONNECTION by Clicking Here
Winning the Credit Card Game
When my husband was living, we made it our goal to live debt-free as much as possible except for our mortgage. Unfortunately, when he died, that goal had not been achieved. You can imagine the overwhelming sense of panic and fear that came over me when I was facing the entire debt load by myself.
With God's help and you my loyal customers, a significant reduction in our family debt has been achieved over the past year. But I know that the burden of the economic downturn and the uncertain financial future everyone faces, there are many families wanting to get very serious about paying off their debts and staying debt free.
If you are one of those families, don't miss this opportunity to get the Winning the Credit Card Game e-book for only $5 (reg. $19.95) today through Friday (March 16) only.
Tawra and Mike Kellum of Living on a Dime paid off $20,000 in debt in 5 years on $22,000 a year income by taking advantage of low interest rate credit card offers. In Winning the Credit Card Game, Tawra and Mike explain how they were able to do so and offer detailed advice on how you can get debt-free while saving thousands of dollars on interest charges. Here are some of the topics covered in Winning the Credit Card Game:
Are these deals for real?
Scripts to follow to ask for lower interest rates
What traps credit card companies set to keep you in debt
"What about those companies that can erase my bad credit?"
When to close extra cards
What to do if you are late on a payment
Winning the Credit Card Game is available as an immediate download, so you can get started lowering your debt today.
This is such a great value, I just had to share it with you! Check it out at:
urbanhome.livingonad.hop.clickbank.net/
VISIT MY BLOG:
marilynmoll.com
Copyright 2009 by Marilyn Moll.
From the Heart of the Urban Homemaker is a complimentary newsletter published bi-weekly. Sign up at urbanhomemaker.com/subscriptions and obtain a complimentary copy of my free report Soups and Stews for Busy Moms.
With God's help and you my loyal customers, a significant reduction in our family debt has been achieved over the past year. But I know that the burden of the economic downturn and the uncertain financial future everyone faces, there are many families wanting to get very serious about paying off their debts and staying debt free.
If you are one of those families, don't miss this opportunity to get the Winning the Credit Card Game e-book for only $5 (reg. $19.95) today through Friday (March 16) only.
Tawra and Mike Kellum of Living on a Dime paid off $20,000 in debt in 5 years on $22,000 a year income by taking advantage of low interest rate credit card offers. In Winning the Credit Card Game, Tawra and Mike explain how they were able to do so and offer detailed advice on how you can get debt-free while saving thousands of dollars on interest charges. Here are some of the topics covered in Winning the Credit Card Game:
Are these deals for real?
Scripts to follow to ask for lower interest rates
What traps credit card companies set to keep you in debt
"What about those companies that can erase my bad credit?"
When to close extra cards
What to do if you are late on a payment
Winning the Credit Card Game is available as an immediate download, so you can get started lowering your debt today.
This is such a great value, I just had to share it with you! Check it out at:
urbanhome.livingonad.hop.clickbank.net/
VISIT MY BLOG:
marilynmoll.com
Copyright 2009 by Marilyn Moll.
From the Heart of the Urban Homemaker is a complimentary newsletter published bi-weekly. Sign up at urbanhomemaker.com/subscriptions and obtain a complimentary copy of my free report Soups and Stews for Busy Moms.
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