Enter to win an Excalibur dehydrator!

For all of you out there who are following my Daughter in law's blog give away on Keeperofthe home.org be sure to put your comments in on her blog for a chance to win her latest and greatest give away, a 9 tray Excalibur dehydrator-the Cadillac of dehydrator. All you have to do for a chance for an entry is to post a comment, a link to her site, follow her posts on twitter or join the forum. That's it. I had put the deluxe dehydrator on my Christmas list this year. Not for me but for my daughter. I know she would love it and use it a lot. May the best elf win!

Click here for the entry post on her blog and enter today!

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It's a girl!  Lilah Beth Dyck, was born to Tim and Amy Dyck  in a record speed and determined to beat her midwife to the scene on last Sundays bright and sunny  morning, (May 24th at 11.57AM.)  She was 7 lbs and 13 oz. and  arrived in a record 40 min of official labor. She's absolutely beautiful in this grandma's opinion and as sweet as her name implies during this fragrant lilac season. The local newspaper wrote an article on the surprising suddenness of the birth. See the link below of the newspaper article. 

Langley times newspaper article





Cousin Abbies sweet response of delight.

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Trend Forcaster says We Are to See the Worst Economic Collapse Ever

Eleven minutes of your time to look ahead and prepare. Lets be innocent as doves but schrewd as foxes. Wake up America!

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Congratuations Phillip and Katie Bradrick!

We really, really wanted to go. The wedding was in Louisiana, a mere 3000 miles way. After calculating the cost of 6 people flying, car rentals, and hotels, it was prohibitive. Another way we thought. We'll drive! We mapped out the route, choose stopping points, calculated mileage, but still out of the question. There has got to be another way!.. and there was....well sort of. We did attend A wedding celebration and viewing at the Bryan family home complete with decorations, food and wedding favors. The wedding was viewed via video streaming and was next to the real thing. We were actually quite a rowdy group so it was probably good that we were not at the wedding. I'd say we were akin to a football crowd gathered around a TV on a Saturday afternoon, except that we were all dressed up (after all we were attending a wedding) So here are some of our pictures and the real wedding pictures of Phillip and Katies wedding pictures through the link below. Cheers!

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For the real pictures of the wedding click here.

These are a few of my favorite things.. I mean... books

Homemaking

I just finished watching the Sound of music with my grandchildren so I guess that tune is just on my mind.  Also on my mind is the need to focus and clarify in a few urgent areas  in the next while. All of these books I highly recommend. 

Here goes! 

Nourishing Traditions:  The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats focuses on probiotics, soaked grains, raw dairy and grass fed beef. This is an excellent Kitchen Handbook.

To compliment and enhance the soaked grains portion of Nourishing Traditions, Sue Gregg cookbooks are awesome  She teaches and give recipes for  how to make overnight blender pancakes, muffins and other breakfast the cereal grain products. Click here for her website and info on all her other great cookbooks listed below.

Wholefoods cooking

Main Dishes

Meals in Minutes

Soups and Muffins

Lunches and Snacks

and more

Homeschooling Titles

Upgrade: 10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child

One of the best books on Homeschool principles and philosophy  

Kevin Swanson believes that a successful education is achieved when a child is prepared to make maximal use of his God-given talents and abilities in the accomplishment of the child's calling. With great passion, he writes a series of 10 principles for achieving the best education for our children in his new book Upgrade: 10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child Swanson's list of "10 Time-Tested Secrets for a
Successful Education" are:

1. The preeminence of character
2. Quality one-on-one instruction
3. The principle of protection
4. The principle of individuality
5. The routing in relationships
6. The principle of doing the basics well
7. The principle of life integration
8. Maintaining the honor and mystique of learning
9. Build on the right foundation
10. The principle of wise, sequential progression
This may be added to my all time favorite list for great Homeschool visionary books.

Current events or financial preparation

Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)

If you feel insecure at all of the current economic climate this book may just get you out of the "panic of the inevitable" and motivate you into action. The first several chapters are how we got ourselves in this mess and the last 1/3 of the book  tells you how to equip yourselves and how to even profit from the crash.  What I found most interesting was that Larry Burkett predicted this very crash and the exact reasons for it 25 years ago in The Coming Economic Earthquake Too bad he is no longer with us on earth as I think he deserves an "I told you so."  Read Crashproof and pass it on!

PS Watch some of his you tube videos. Start here on Dr. Mercolas site and then follow more Peter Schiff videos on Youtube. 

Great Myths of the Great depression

Wasn't the great depression just an accident, non preventable, inevitable? You have been taught that all your life in the media and through modern day politically correct textbooks. The great depression was a necessary correction in the market but exasperated and deeply prolonged by President Roosevelt due to various stimulus packages that stymied the economy. Doesn't that sound remarkably like today's political philosophies? This is a short but gripping revelation as to very real possibility of history repeating itself.  Available through our book selling division of our business on Amazon.com (go to the used listings  and see our book name "GrandmaToAbby") but you will have to pay $4.00 shipping in addition to the book price.  If you email me and purchase through Paypal I will not charge you shipping at all! I want you and your whole family- especially your teenagers-to read this book!

What is your favorite books on your passionate topics?  I am always looking for a good read and recommended books!

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We're Back from our Mexican Rivera Cruise!

What a great time we had. We got to see my aunt and uncle and cousins in in San Diego, whom I have not seen in a long time! (about 35 years for my cousin) We foolishly did not get any pictures! Then we toured the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego Bay and quickly boarded the Elation cruise ship bound for the coast of Baja California! Quite surely my titles will not end up in line with the pictures so I will have list them ahead of the pictures.

1 Statue of Bob Hope (in the middle, in case you couldn't tell)

2 Elvis, my sweetie for taking me on this great trip! 

3 A magnificent full sail ship taking off just as we were about to start sailing. 

4. Formal night dinner 

5. First excursion trip on the shores of Mexico

6.This rock formation is one of the most photographed spots in Mexico and is the location for "Pirates of the Caribbean." It is the furthest most tip of the Baja Peninsula. 

7. On the excursion tour ship

8. Still more of the beautiful spots on the point. I wanted to get out and sit on that beach!

9. us in a popular restaurant with an amazing scenic view

10 The cruise ship in the distance

11  One of the many towel animals greeting us as we returned after dinner

12 We visited the bars during the day when we could see the magnificence of the decor 

13 At the La Boufador blow hole site over looking the churning waters 

14 Ah, wonderful, fresh, sweet coconut milk right from the shell and the many almost aggressive sellers in the background!

                                                                                         

20 Great Reasons to Homeschool

This may be a little small to read so if you actually cannot read it go to this link, scroll down to the color version and it will be large enough to read. (for some reason I could not get the image larger)  In fact, once you are at the source, go ahead and  pass the image on in your blog or emails. You will be participating in something called "viral advertising!" 

Go for it Jim! 

Enjoy!

PS Notice I changed the title to- 20 Great Reasons TO Homeschool. For those of us who already do educate at home these are familiar reasons. For those that do not (yet) these are just extra tidbit reasons in addition to the real intent of home discipleship because we all know none of us started homeschooling so our kids so they could wear their pajamas to school or so they could sleep in on rainy days! Some days are hard but I would NEVER have it any other way!

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