The Naked Truth About Modesty

This is one of the best videos I have seen on this subject.  I highly encourage all woman and girls from 4th grade on to watch this.  Let the Lord be your plumbline.  Let the Lord lead your heart to how we dress for others and ourselves.   The part that they said the church didn't talk about modesty I see that happening in a lot of churches.  I have to admit the one I go to now hasn't addressed this subject either and wished they would.  Food for thought and please no one leave any mean comments.  God Bless.

Note....If you are having trouble watching the video click HERE

Tightwad Tuesdays ...again. -The No Poo Method

I have been so sweetly asked to start up my Tightwad Tuesdays again and I am so happy to oblige.  For the first come back post I would like to share and really encourage others about the No Poo ( shampoo) method.  I did it for quite awhile and loved it and then I for some wierd reason I got out of it.  While I am  encouraging you in this I am kicking myself to get back to it too.

Go HERE ( and this is a picture of her and her hair after using the no poo method) to find my favorite recipe



To make this recipe, that really does works, costs pennies!  It really does work belive me. Just remember to give your hair time to transition.  Hints on transitioning go HERE  too.   Now if you have another no poo method please leave some links in the comments of what you have found useful.  I know there are different kinds of hair and some different kinds of recipes.  Also if you post a Tightwad Tuesday mention it in the comments so others can visit you.

On the Needles ~ whats in progress

When I went down south in September I scored when I bough this yarn on sale at Jo-Ann's.  My mom had several 50 % off coupons so I was able to get enough wool to knit my Handsome a sweater for $15, boy was I a happy camper.  I am now 75% done and only have the yoke left to do.  It is a sweater that is knitted in the round from the bottom up.  The pattern is Jarod Flood's  "Cobblestone Pullover" and you can find it HERE.

This sweater has taken me a bit longer to do than I expected.  I am learning a new technique... short rows.

Yes, knitting in the round, in garter stitch, with short rows stumped me.  But I have now frogged ( want to know what in that world does that mean go HERE )  the yoke and I am starting it again today.  I am telling the boys to please let me sit quietly in my knitting chair ( rocking chair) for the afternoon and knit quietly, with no interruptions.  Okay,  I will allow them to interrupt if someone is hurt, the house is burning down, or some other emergency. [o;

Hope you all have a Super Saturday and Happy Knitting! 

Just a Little Carried Away with Knitting

Ready to Fly in 2013 & A Blogging Tradition

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

Oh, I have so much to write and share with what the Lord has been teaching me this last year.  Warning, if you ever ask the Lord with a sincere heart to to lead and guide you, He will!  That is exactly what the Lord did for me in 2012.  I had so many questions and really needed some more direction for my continued "  Journey  To Better Health".  The real challenge was to try to keep up with what the Lord was showing me. I was just reflecting a few days ago how this has been a long journey but oh so worth it.  To be able to say that I am 95 to 98% better is so good to be able to say.  Yes, I promise I will be sharing what the Lord showed me.  One thing at a time I promise and I will do my best to share it all with you.  God is so good all the time.  All the time God is so GOOD!

 I hope this coming year to start again and continue to share what I have and am still learning.  I also want to write in this book (via my blog) of my days and all the many facets of who the Lord is shaping me to be.  One day may be just thoughts, one may just be pictures and other days will be both.  Yes, truly I feel the Lord has brought me out of my cocoon and I am now ready to fly.


I have had a blogging tradition for a few years now to post a snippet of my year of blogging.  The rule is to post the first sentence only (and a picture from the post if you want) and see how it flows together.  It is always so fun to see how it turns out each year.


January 

I have found that I LOVE challenges and found one I liked.

February

Last week on Wednesday after one of my chiropractor appointments hubby and I popped over to a sale on the camera I have been eyeing for about a year now.

March

Have you ever been called out of busy-ness?

April 

Knitting Luke's Second Sock and figuring out tonight's dinner. 

May

Fresh of the knitting needles...a stripy Head Wrap 

June

This week end I was very blessed with the gift of some sponsoring me to go to our churches woman's retreat.

July

(  bread poppies)

I am in a period right now where I really need to give myself a lot of grace.

August

This summer we have been experiencing episodes of power outages because of  weird summer storms here and there.

September

I know I have been absent for a long time and have been sparse all this last year but I have a reason for this absence. 

October

We went on a coastal trip a few weeks ago.

November

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FEELING ACCOMPLISHED?)

I read this this morning and it really counteracted what I was feeling HERE.

December

POST FROM ....

>> FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011\

(http://raising4godlymen.blogspot.ca/2011/01/friday-farm-girls-dyeing-wool-with-food.html)

I was going through my craft patterns last night and found my notes on how to dye wool with food coloring or Kool Aide.

Once again it was so much fun to get a over all glance of my blogging for the year.  If you end up doing this let me know and I would love to come and read about your year at a glance.

Out of My Archives ~ Dyeing Wool With Food Coloring or Kool Aide

Post from ....

>> FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011\

(http://raising4godlymen.blogspot.ca/2011/01/friday-farm-girls-dyeing-wool-with-food.html)

I was going through my craft patterns last night and found my notes on how to dye wool with food coloring or Kool Aide. I sure am getting the itch to try my hand at it once again this winter.

On January 10th, 2010 I posted on my old blog of my experience dyeing wool with food coloring and had to share it with you all. I have have been enjoying my hand dyed wool Calorimetry headband this fall and winter. ( pattern HERE)

(January 2010)

I have been wanting to dye my own wool for years but never have had the courage to. But I keep hearing about those ( my older brother included) who have dyed animal fibers with Kool Aide. It is a safe and wonderful non fussy way to do it in your own kitchen. You even can use your crockpot ! My crockpot has become one of my most favorite tightwad tools.

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My brother gave me some white sheeps wool last year. I have been holding onto it for awhile and decided to take the plunge and dye it. But as I was researching how to dye it I found out you can also dye it with food colouring ! This neat must see homestead video that shows how to dye wool with Kool Aide. Off there they gave a link in in their more info a very well written out instructions too and a neat link to food colour dyeing your wool.

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Here I am winding my wool into a hank of yarn.

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I tied my hank in several places to hold it together while I dye it. ( suggestion here: tie very loose or it will give a tie dye ring…not reccomended unless you want that look.)

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Here I am soaking my wool in a vinegar and water bath over night to help it to absorb the dye better.

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Here is my yarn in the crockpot after I have poured my food coloring mix into it. Please watch video and read the instructions on the side. It explains it very well. There is one other site that I recommend to read too. Go HERE.

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This is what the water looks like after it has exausted all the colour from the water. It is so fun to keep peeking in and seeing it disapear. This is a GREAT science experiment with learning color therory. I had a ton of fun mixing my own colours with the food colouring.

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TA DA ! Here is my first tries ! 

((((HAPPY DANCE)))

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And my second tries !!

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I thought I would show what my knitting basket looks like right now. The top right corner shows the two balls of yarn that I dyed the second time round. Doesn’t this make you want to try it ?!?

God, Please Grant Me...

  I thank the Lord for the friends that He has given me to make things funny and then be able to see the lighter side of things.

right now

                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                     photographs by...Nicolas ( 4ds)

right now...

:: thankful ...for for freezers full of meat and frozen produce from the garden.

:: loving...the first couple days of snow

:: embracing... the idea of hunkering down for the winter and knit, knit and knit some more.

:: enjoying... the warmth of the wood stove.

:: marveling...at the beauty of the snow line coming down and going up the mountains that surround us.

:: finishing...knitting Handsome's brown wool sweater.

:: loving... the way it looks.

:: plotting...already what I will knit next when I am done.

:: feeling...good about the new knitting skills that I have learned.

::listening... to the hum of the food dehydrator drying soaked peanuts to make peanut butter.

:: keeping busy...homeschooling the boys and making all kinds of things in the kitchen.  Sourdough English Muffins, bone broth for soups, peanut butter, crispy pumpkin seeds and yogurt to name a few.

:: deciding...what recipes I want to use for goodies this coming holiday.

::reviewing...ways to stay with in our budget and pay off debt and stay within our means.