Kathleen | Roots & Boots
How to Cover the Back of a Bookshelf
I love this bookshelf, for many of my typical Decorate with Junk reasons: it’s real wood, {old wood}, is completely un-square {with bowed shelves}, came out of some guy’s garage and cost us just $15.
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Why I’m Sort of Excited {and a fantastic nature study resource}
I’m sort of excited, because one of my very favorite nature bloggers has invited me to contribute to her monthly newsletter.
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The Long Way Home: God’s Provisions in the Midst of Disaster
This is the story of how a major mistake (mine) led to an opportunity for blessing, through the budding faith of my seven-year-old son.
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Renovations Under Way
Just a quick note here to let you know that I’m currently working on redesigning the appearance of Yankee Homestead. (If you happen to be a blogger, I’m changing themes. And I’m SO in over my head.) So please bear with me while I fine tune a few things. I’d also love to hear your…
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The Secret to Cutting Spaghetti Squash
One of my absolute favorite fall and winter dishes is this Ragu Meat Sauce. We serve it over roasted spaghetti squash, because it allows us to avoid pasta and because it tastes amazing. So by now, I’ve cut open my fair share of those hard-as-bricks, yellow, oblong vegetables. At first, the task seemed nearly impossible.…
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4 More Favorite Books for Fall
Have you checked out our list of Favorite Picture Books for Fall? It’s got thirteen of our favorite fall titles to help you celebrate the natural bounty of the season–leaves, apples and more–with your favorite youngsters. We love, love, love fall here at the Yankee Homestead, and I’m always on the lookout for great new…
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Why She Gave Up on Being the Perfect Mom
I love this recent post from Crystal (aka Money Saving Mom). She’s kind of one of my blogging heroes–I have great admiration for her priorities and balancing act as a homeschooling, blogging, frugal mother of small children. I hope her message* encourages you as much as it did me… For years, I had visions of…
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Chicken Tortilla Soup {Crockpot}
Tortilla soup can be found on just about every restaurant menu back in the Lonestar State, which is where I learned to love it. It’s one of our very favorite soups, and below is our favorite version.
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What to Do When You Forget to Pack Your Favorite Non-toxic Shampoo
Oops… On our recent family trip to the beach, I completely forgot to pack my favorite shampoo and conditioner: Hugo Naturals Volumizing Shampoo, Vanilla and Sweet Orange. There was absolutely no shampoo available at the beach house, either. Since I’d also completely forgotten to pack a few other beach house essentials, like paper towels, hand…
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Exploring Nature with Kids: Take-Along Guides
Have you seen this series of nature guides for kids? We absolutely love them at our house. These Take-Along Guides are not incredibly comprehensive, but they’re just right for young, budding naturalists. They’re a bit too large to tote along on nature explorations (we love these pocket guides for that), but we use them often…
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