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About Me:

In 2006 I quit my city job of 20+ years to remarry, move and become a "farm wife". For the most part, I am a stay at home mom.

As of the 2007 school year, we are a homeschooling family.

We also farm. Our farms include a large garden, haying, horses, cows, geese, chickens, ducks, pigs, rabbits, 2 stocked ponds, small vineyard and an orchard.

We live at the main farm (the one with the animals) and our other farm is currently growing hay, nuts and firewood to harvest this fall.
In the spring we will be adding sheep, and turkeys.

We have 5 daughters, (including 2 sets of twins) 3 who are still at home.

I love to camp, travel, garden, fish, bake, do needlework, sew, genealogy and ride horses. One of my favorite places to travel to is Northern Indiana (LaGrange county), where I have Amish cousins and to learn about my ancestors.

My goal is to help this family stay on track financially and to stay out of debt, other than our mortgage.

busy summer

August 9th, 2008 at 03:49 am

Whew. I almost see the end. What a busy last few weeks. Church camp, VBS, 4H county fair, church camp again (I go also-I am a dorm mom), family reunion (and we bring back all the little cousins with us for a week or more). Right now we have a house full of little ones. They have been chasing chickens, swimming in the front pond, fishing in the back pond, horseback riding, bike riding, playing board games...keeping us busy.

My next project (after all the kids leave except my own) is to move our homeschool classroom from upstairs to the basement. We are going to use a part that is not finished, so I can finish it anyway I want. It does have a kichenette in one part, and a bathroom off of it. If anyone knows of anything I can add to my "dream classroom", I am open to ideas!

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luxlivingfrugalis Says:
August 9th, 2008 at 05:56 am 1218261370
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A couch or loveseat for kiddos to snuggle up on and READ!!!
Slowlygettingthere Says:
August 9th, 2008 at 02:19 pm 1218291553
1218291553

An odd idea is to use white ?plastic? gutters for bookshelves. At the school here they use the gutters because they are closer to the wall, the books stand up nicely (this is all hearsay, because like you I homeschool), the gutters can hold the weight of the books, and they don't stick out like a bookcase would.... I'm contemplating it. You can cover it with the wallpaper that sticks and is removeable to change scenery.
mom-from-missouri Says:
August 9th, 2008 at 03:41 pm 1218296467
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They area will also have my sofa sleeper (to double as a guest room) and 2 recliners. It also will have the wood cookstove (still needs to be moved, although the vent work is done)--this is our backup cooking for if the power goes out during the winter.

We have 9 foot ceilings in the basement, and one wall is lined with bookcases. Another wall has my "treasure from Lowes"--a ten foot section of bottom kitchen cabinets. The cabinets will house supplies, games and such. Our posters and artwork will be displayed on the wall above the cabinets. (I got these dirt cheap several years ago-someone ordered them and never picked them up)

I will have a desk there, but the kids will use a large wooded kitchen table instead of individual desks. I find this gives them more workspace since they each will have a cabinet and drawer for their stuff. The table also works well since we also do sewing for home ec--it provides more room.

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