You know you want to. If you haven’t seen the photos yet, check them out: Smart Sweets is available for you now… Now, use the code VDAYYUM over here for 35% off the book, and have some fun this weekend! (Code expires 2/15 at midnight) You can read the table of contents to see what [...]

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Have you tried soap nuts yet? If you’re one who has been waiting in the wings for the right sale, NOW is the time! Because soap nuts are a natural product, grown on trees, they’re harvested fresh every year (can you say that about your commercial cleaner/laundry detergent?). I find that so cool. The other [...]

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If you’re overwhelmed by the six items I listed as "review topics" in this week’s Monday Mission, I’ve got an awesome resource for you, but you’ll have to act fast. Friday, January 6th at 1 p.m. PST (that’s 4 p.m. EST), Wardeh of GNOWFGLINS will host a free webinar (online seminar with video, audio, and [...]

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It’s always interesting to see what posts have sustaining value month to month, year to year. Although new articles may get a lot of activity the month they are published, very few continue to see visitors. The top viewed recipes of 2011 are incredibly similar to last year’s list, which hopefully doesn’t mean that I [...]

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I’m mostly taking the week off this Christmas break to be with family, continue to get the house under control (this will be a theme for the next 6 months, I’m afraid), and do some behind-the-scenes stuff at KS, but I wanted to share a fun article I wrote for Babycenter.com. It went up last [...]

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Last year on Christmas Eve, we talked with the children about how Baby Jesus was born on Christmas, and then explained that God had also given our family a baby, who would be growing in Mommy’s belly until he or she was born next summer. We announced the news to our families the next day, [...]

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