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Brand New Ebook...

FEARLESS TEMPLATE TINKERING
A Guide For the Faint of Heart
By Carrie Rella
$6.95/ebook
If I can learn how to create and tweak templates without any technical training or knowledge, you can too! It's fun and easy! I'll show you how! Includes lots of online and periodical resources, HTML coding and other aid.

From My Family To Yours...

"FEEDING YOUR FAMILY ON LESS
How To Cut Your Grocery Bill By At Least Half
Without Sacrifice Or Discomfort"
By Carrie Rella
$5/ebook
Learn how I am able to keep costs down for feeding our family of ten to under $150 bi-weekly. It's easy! Includes several helpful printables for your own personal use.

On Our Menu...

Thursday's Meals

Breakfast: Pancakes, milk

Lunch:Ham salad sandwiches on my whole wheat bread, sliced cantaloupe, iced water

Supper:Chicken and Wild Rice Soup, corn muffins, iced water

Friday's Meals

Breakfast:Cornmeal mush, milk

Lunch:Ham & Bean Chowder, sliced wheat bread, iced water

Supper:Skillet Scramble, lettuce salad, iced water

Saturday's Meals

Breakfast:Basic Muffins (cinnamon spiced, whole wheat), milk

Lunch:Order in (Saturday treat!)

Supper:Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches on whole wheat, carrot sticks, air-popped popcorn, iced water

Remember! You can eat well on a small budget! Your family's health is worth it!

Cape dresses, infant items, headcoverings/hanging veils, handmade washrags, greeting cards, and more!
NEW STOCK THIS WEEK: Modest girls' dresses, Hair bun tool, more sewing patterns,and crocheted newborn booties in a variety of colors and styles!

A Personal Glimpse...

~What I Do All Day Long
~The Life... of a Rella (Our Family's Personal Blog)
~PHOTOS From Our Spring 2007 Trip West
~PHOTO Sharing~Summer 2007 Trip East
~A TOUR Through Our Castle
~The CONTINUED TOUR Through Our Castle
~WHY I Wear a Veiling
~WHY So Many Children?!
~Our Winter 2007 Snowflake Makeover
~My Remembrance Site for Our Daughter Violet
~Read My Pregnancy Journal on Storknet!

Special Request

If you have any experience with miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death and would like to share your story with others, please contact me. I am looking for contributions for a (publisher printed) book I'm working on. I will be happy to send you the outline if you're not sure your experience would be a "fit". Thank you in advance!

Simple Pleasures

Gift Making
Ministering By Mail
The Benefits of Journaling
Water~It's Not Just For Drinking!

City Gardening

God's Beauty... Here In Town!
Successful City Gardening

Recipes From Our Home to Yours

Medicine Soup!
Cinnamon-Apple Brown Rice
Veggie Vinaigrette Salad
Mexican Style Hotdish
Granola Revisited
For Coffee Lovers Only!
A Frugal Meatless Meal
Our Favorite Cabbage Salad
A Warm Meal For Cool Days
A Summer-Style Lunch
You Won't Believe It's Not Meat!
The BEST Fruit Crisp Recipe
An Easy Sunday Meal That Cooks Itself
No Meat? -- No Problem!

Mothering

Are You Afraid of Your Children?
They're An Embarrassment!
Tied To Their Mother's Apron Strings!
A Day In The Life of a WILD Child
You've GOT To Keep Them WITH You
Being An At-Home Mother
Calming the Chaos of a Large Family
They Don't Come When I Call! ~ Child Training
Are You Rushing Your Children Off to Bed?
My Children Act Like They Hate One Another!
Proper Training -- For Children With Chores
Parents & Authority... NO Contest!
Mother, Are You Living Parallel Lives With Your Children?
Have You Ever Gotten DIZZY Tucking Children!?
Struggling To Find Time For God as a Mommy?
When They're Nearly Grown
What Kind of Wife Are You Training Up?
Too Many Children = Neglect!?
Help for Harried Mothers, part 1
Help for Harried Mothers, part 2
Help for Harried Mothers, part 3

Pregnancy & Postpartum

Are You an Obsessed Cloth Diaperer?
When Your Quiver Has a "Tear" ~ Health Difficulties & Pregnancy
Postpartum Crazies
Baby Blues
Expectant Funny From My House to Yours
I've Been Diagnosed~Will Baby Ever Arrive!?
Expectant Thoughts
More Expectant Funnies
Cloth Diapering
Forced Cesarean & VBAC Ban?!
Things I Don't Need (Because There's a Baby in the House!)

Taming The Tongue

Yelling at The Children
When We Say Things We Regret
Does Your Tongue Deny Your Profession of Christianity?

Homeschooling

I've FAILED! Homeschooling Confessions
A Sample Week of Our Homeschool
Teaching a Slow Child
When DADDY Gets Involved in Schooling!
Homeschooling Many!
The Public School Mom's Woes - Summer Vacation
A Homeschooling Breakthrough!
Homeschooling a Houseful

A Woman's Guide to Living According to God's Plan

INTRODUCTION
Part 1~Arranging Your Workday
Part 2~Drawing Close to God
Part 3~Being a Wife
Part 4~Being a Mother
Part 5~Being a Homemaker
Part 6~Dealing With Bad Days

Cleaning and Organizing

Keeping Your Living Area Tidy
Sink Cleaning Tip
Folding a Fitted Sheet
When You Have NO Energy...
I Just Cannot Get It All DONE!
My House is a WRECK!(Introduction)
My House is a WRECK Day 1
My House is a WRECK Day 2
My House is a WRECK
Day 3 & 4
My House is a WRECK Day 5
My House is a WRECK - Conclusion
Sink Cleaning Tip
If You Weren't Raised to be a Keeper at Home
Pleasing God in Our Homemaking Endeavors
Wise Use of the Food Budget
Coming Out From Laundry Mountain
HUGE Cleaning Jobs -- Where to Start

Blogs I Read

Ashley at "JONASH~TWO OF A KIND WORKING ON A FULL HOUSE
PUREWATER HOLLOW
"Maa"
Candy at KEEPING THE HOME
Deanna at ABUNDANT BLESSINGS
Monica at BOOKS, BEDLAM & A LIVELY HOPE
Randy at YE OLDE SCARECROW OF ANDOVER

My Children's Blogs
Kate's Writings
A Searching Heart
Exploring God's Creation

Special Links

GARLANDS OF GRACE - LOVELY Headcoverings!
GEHMANS FABRICS (Wonderful wash & wear fabric at a reasonable cost)
MARTYR'S MIRROR ~ Online
PLAINnSIMPLE COVERINGS~ Women's Veilings
TOMATO STAKING CHILDREN
GREEN MOUNTAIN DIAPERS - The *Best* Cloth Supplies!
YOUR FAMILY AS A MINISTRY
DEVORAH COVERINGS - Some Very Suitable!
HEALTHY LIVING - Shonda Parker (Advice from a Christian perspective)
HARRY POTTER - What Does GOD Say?
NO GREATER JOY(Very blunt but helpful advice on childtraining!)
THE MOTHER AT HOME(Excellent book from the 1800s still relevant today - unedited, and online)
HOMEMAKING IS NOT JUST HOUSEWORK!
HERRSCHNERS - A *TERRIFIC* place to obtain yarn & crafting supplies!
BABY BESTBUY - Diapers on the cheap!
A WOMAN OF VALUE
LARGE FAMILY LOGISTICS
HANNAH LISE Super modest/inexpensive jumpers!

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