PLEASE NOTE: though the product is still well liked here. I have found that the honesty and moral values of this company have since changed, or become very obvious to me. At this time, I would be very cautious ordering anything from here. I am sorry to have to add this to this post, but I don’t want my readers to suffer from my recommendation.
I know we have all been there. Some days it just feels like we live the day before over again, and again and again. However, with a bit of creativeness, you can dig out of that slump. There are many ways to do this. One way is to subscribe to magazines that will encourage you. One of my favorites is The Homemaker’s Mentor. You find advice, encouragement, and ideas throughout the entire magazine.
From recipes, to cleaning tips to sewing, this has it all. I learned about baking bread bowls, making a drawstring skirt, how to make homemade black beans and so much more. Issue two is loaded with many pumpkin recipes. I have around 15 cups of pumpkin frozen from last year. Now, I get to use it on these great recipes. There is a lesson on making beef jerky. We may try this on some deer meat we have. There is a lesson on making homemade fruit rollups. The way my strawberry plants are taking off, by next year, I will need this.
Talk about getting out of the homemaking slump, with this magazine, there are so many new recipes, cleaning ideas, sewing patterns, and everything you can imagine, that you will be trying to find more hours in your day as a homemaker just to use them all.
For the record, my house is not spotless after reading this magazine, however we have eaten new foods, have some new sewing projects to complete, and have used some of her cleaning tips to help our old dingy bathroom sink look fairly sparkly for a bit anyway.
The instructions in this magazine are very plain and easy to understand. There are pictures that walk you along also. There are little bits of encouragement sprinkled throughout to help give you that lift you need to keep on keeping on.
Would you like to win one of these magazines? You can.
First take a look around Marmee Dear & Co. and leave a comment telling me one thing you wish you could have. This is MANDATORY.
For Bonus entries:
1. Tweet:
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2. Facebook this giveaway
3. Follow me on twitter @farmmom4him
4. Join my Facebook page
5. Follow this blog.
Please remember to leave separate comments for each entry.
Giveaway ends 7/1/2010
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mother, christian, wife, woman, child of God. It is about my life as a farmer’s wife, as a cook, a baker, a nurse, a teacher, a woodworker, a housekeeper, a farmer (yep, I drive tractors, pick up hay bales, and other farm duties), a gardener. So, what you read here, is me, as a transparent sometimes hot headed, passionate, and opinionated person.
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If it was only ONE thing, I’d love to have the BOSCH Universal Plus Mixer! (But then throw in all of the other bread making goodies, too!)
Julieanne
http://www.JoyInOurJourney.com
Facebooked it.
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I tweeted about the giveaway.
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I follow you on twitter.
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I’ve joined your Facebook page.
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I’m following your blog now.
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If I had to pick just ONE item from Marmee’s site, I would want the Bosch mixer. I’ve wanted one for a bit, but my current KitchenAid mixer is still humming along. LOL!
Great giveaway! The magazine looks like so much fun!
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I LOVE Marmee Dear and Co.
If I am absolutely dreaming, I would say I’d LOVE a Wondermill. The hubby of a dear friend who passed away gave me an unopened bin of wheat she bought to try, but alas, the new mill she also bought was gone…so there the lonely (and heavy) wheat bin sits, acting as a stool for my kids in our kitchen instead of providing wholesome bread for our bellies. This is a true story! Really!!
A tiny bit more realistically, I’d also love the Homestead Blessings 6 CD set. My daughters would have fun watching those with me. My mom gave me Baking with Julia for my birthday (cookbook and dvd) and they have wanted to try something new every day. I hope their enthusiam remains the same once they can do things on their own!!
Even more realistically, book two of the Granmother’s Hope Chest series would be great. We have enjoyed book one immensely.
I also joined your pages on Facebook. I am going to try to find a copy of Holy Housewives and join your discussion group. It sounds like fun.
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I joined your facebook page
I shared on my facebook page about your blog giveaway.
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I followed your blog via Networked blogs.
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One thing….Gee, that would be a Bosch definately. Realistically, it would be something from the Grandmothers Hope Chest Series.
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Already following!
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Hey there. OK, last time I said i would like to have a mill, so this time I looked for something different, even though I would like a mill! LOL
I would say that I would really want to have the Homestead blessings DVDS!
I have been wanting them for a long time now.
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I am following you
I have several things from Marmee but my wish list: Bible Journal, Pizza Pans, Waffled Loaf Pans, A-Line Skort Pattern for girls, Bread Basket Cookbook AND a copy each of all those cute pictures at the top of each page. I just love those kind of things.
I’m also on the TOS Crew!
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I follow you.
The Bosch Mixer looks great.
I’m already a follower of your blog
I love Marmee Dear!!! When and if I ever have money, I’d love to own a Bosch. Maybe someday, when hubby’s got work again.
I’m following your blog. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
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I follow now via Google.
I like you on Facebook.
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Great giveaway! I would love to get some of the aluminum free baking power from Marmee Dear.
Just one thing? Um, any of the books. I can’t decide. I love it all over there.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha . . . ONE thing I wish I could have? ONE thing? Oh, you’re serious, well, one of the MANY things I’d love to have off Marmee Dear’s site would be a Bosch! And then there’s the books, and the . . . oh wait, you said ONE thing, ok, I’ll stop.
I don’t twitter or tweet, but I do follow your blog.
Thanks for the fun of entering the drawing!
Jean
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I joined your facebook page (or at least I liked it-if joining is different, how do I do it?) on your last giveaway.
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I facebooked this!
Thanks,
Jean
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Oh, I looked some more and I *really* would love the Nutrimill. (You only have to count one of these comments, since they’re both “wish list” comments.) LOL!
Thanks,
Jean
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I would love to have the book “From Chaos to Order.” *sigh*
Thanks!
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I follow you. Maybe twice now. You were in my google reader, but no posts were showing for you. I just friended you again.
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I’m following your blog.
I’m a FB fan.
We just got our mill 4 days ago and are all enjoying the bread. I’m interested in MarMee Dear’s grains unit study and introducing whole grains kit.
I’d love either the NutriMill or the WonderMill. I’d even go for the HandMill if you promise me the kids will use it.
I follow your blog!
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I have always wanted a Nutrimill.
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Loved this site!! I would love to have one of the mommy aprons….pretty ruffles at the bottom! So sweet! Thanks for hosting this give away!
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I love the GRACEN ~ A Feminine Drawstring Skirt Pattern. I love skirts and this looks so easy to make!
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I love Marmee’s website, I own the Vintage Homekeeping skills and I love the kitchen primer. What I would buy if I could is probably “from chaos to order”…
I follow on facebook
I love so many things at Marmee Dear but I guess I would have to choose the Nutrimill.
I posted this on my Facebook account! Thanks for the giveaway!
And, I follow your blog via email!
I already follow you on FB!
Facebooked the giveaway!
LOVE the Farmer’s Wife Apron!
Love your site. So much encourgement everyday. I have 6 kids and look to you for guidance. Thank-you so much, you are a blessing to me.I have entered several of your giveaways, thank-you for posting them.
I am subscribed to your blog on Google Reader.
I love MarmeeDear! I have a couple of her unit studies, and have been wanting to try the Charlie’s Laundry Soap.
I just posted your giveaway on facebook.
I’m also a facebook fan.
I am a blog follower.
I have been a fan of Marmee for a long time now. One of the things on the top of my wish list is the: BOSCH Universal PLUS Kitchen Mixer
I have joined you on facebook now too. You share great info. Thanks!
I love the dvd sets of the west ladies at Marmie Dear.
Sorry I don’t Tweet, but I sometimes do Facebook. I did FB about your giveaway.
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I’ve been following your blog for a while now via email updates. Really enjoyed your posts on workboxes.
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I just “liked” you on your FB page. Didn’t even realize you had one until this blog post.
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I love just about everything at Marmee Dear, but I’d really like to have the 12 liter pressure canner. Imagine the food I could put up for the winter with that machine.
Of course having a cup of tea with Marmee Dear would be a dream come true!!
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sorry… follow you on fb
multi tasking here… lol
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Please enter me! I am having a very hard time choosing what I would really like if I ordered something form MarmeeDear, I have been to her website many times and love all that she has to offer!
I jsut saw her composte keeper which i would love and I also would love a grainmill. Plus many more….
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I love just about everything Marmee has! I think I’d like to own the Sugar n Spice Unit Studies. I got one for free many years ago and loved the information there.
Great giveaway!
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Rodna James recently posted..Working Willingly Wednesdays 6/23/2010
I would definately want the Nutrimill!
I have been wanting a wheat Mill for a while.
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I LOVE MarmeeDear!!! I got my kids some of her children’s supplies for Christmas 2 years ago, they adore them!! Pick just 1 thing??? Oh, this is hard…
I think the Treasure of Vintage Homekeeping Skills book. I think I might have to order it soon.
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