Shiloah Baker's Blog, page 10
October 26, 2017
How Are We Going to Eat?
The struggling economy has caused many people to look very carefully at their budgets and cut in many places. When there is not enough money to go around, one of the first things people start doing is spending less on food. How can you do this and still feed your family? A few ideas: Stop […]
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October 25, 2017
Waste Not, Want Not
One of the most important parts of staying within your food budget is properly using the food you already have. It is easy to allow perishables to go to waste, but there is a simple way to make sure that you waste less. While planning your meals, consider the items in your refrigerator and freezer […]
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October 24, 2017
Halloween Celebration and Costume Ideas
By Tiana Gray If you don’t want to take your children trick or treating this year for whatever reasons there are other alternatives for a fun and memorable holiday. You can still dress them up and find things to do. Go to a rest home and trick or treat. Many of the nursing homes plan […]
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October 23, 2017
Learning a Foreign Language: A Quick and Easy Family Mini-Immersion Course
The process of studying any subject can be complicated, or it can be simple. Here is a simple approach to learning a foreign language. For simplicity’s sake, I will use Spanish as the foreign language example throughout this article. The ideas can be used for just about any language, and the programs I mention are […]
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October 22, 2017
A New Way to Look at Food Storage
A few years ago, I was introduced to a new way to plan food storage. Until that time, I had read the charts of how many hundreds of pounds of wheat and other foods a family my size needed. I even tried setting up a plan of how to build our food storage according to […]
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October 21, 2017
Oregon: A Gem of the Pacific Northwest
The state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest, is a gem of diversity, both in its landscape and in its progressive and open-minded spirit. Having been inhabited by humans for thousands of years, Oregon’s history includes Native Americans, explorers and pioneers, following closely the expansion of the United States as it became one land, […]
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October 20, 2017
Creamy Acorn Squash Soup
~A Baker Family Recipe~ We created this recipe to go along with almost one hundred acorn squash we were blessed with. We’ve made it several times. It is delicious. From our family to yours—enjoy! Ingredients: • 4 acorn squash • 1 ½ cups half and half • 2 T. chicken bouillon crystals • 2 quarts […]
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October 19, 2017
Shopping Tip: Shoes
There is a great way to get high-quality shoes at steep discounts. I realized that this technique was potentially valuable when I went shoe shopping with my brother. He needs some very high quality shoes for his 2 year mission to Australia. He found a couple of pairs that he really liked, but the prices […]
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October 18, 2017
Halloween Craft: Funny Cemetery
I enjoy making Halloween a fun and silly holiday for my children. This craft can be made by the whole family or put together by the parents as a surprise to the children. Items Needed: different sizes of cardboard heavy duty scissors black paint glow in the dark paint black marker Instructions Step 1: Trace […]
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October 17, 2017
A Full Meal with Swedish Pancakes
I love pancakes. Not thick pancakes. The thin kind that can be eaten in stacks of ten, or rolled up and eaten plain, or spread with jam or ham and cheese. In my family, we call these Swedish pancakes. (I hear they are very similar to German pancakes.) My grandparents (one of Swedish heritage, one […]
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