PJ Jonas – Page 111 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Are You Afraid of Fermented Foods?

When I was a new mom and the budget was incredibly tight, I really wanted to start preserving food by canning. My mother-in-law knew this and got me the book, Putting Food By*. I read it and became so deathly afraid that I was going to kill my family, that I put off preserving food…

June 11, 2012

Refer A Friend Contest – Now Closed

This contest is now closed! It’s time for another fun Goat Milk Stuff contest. This one is very easy to enter! You just need to share with us a person who referred you to Goat Milk Stuff (if you found us on your own, pick somebody special). If you win, we’ll send the BOTH of…

June 10, 2012

When to Visit the Doctor

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 014. Sometimes it can be so difficult to decide whether or not you need to schedule a doctor visit. We don’t want to waste our time or our money, but what if things are serious and a doctor visit is required? There are obvious injuries (like massive splinters stuck…

June 6, 2012

Will Success Make You Happy?

For years I prayed for a successful home business so that Jim could work from home and we could raise and homeschool the children together. I thought it would make me happy. And do you know what happened? We now have a successful home business. And Jim works from home. And we raise and homeschool the children together.…

June 2, 2012

Domain Hosting for Beginners

I previously mentioned that my children all need to have a successful website or blog before I allow them to graduate our homeschool. The first step was to purchase their domain names. Then we needed to choose a company to use for the domain hosting. When you build a website, you need to have…

June 1, 2012

Strawberry Picking Time

One of the things that we regularly do is to pick fruit together as a family. This builds tradition, which is very important to me. It also provides us with fruit for year round use, because we freeze most of it. The children are really good strawberry pickers. This year we picked about 53…

May 31, 2012

Strengthen Your Immune System

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 013. Nothing ruins my plans and my busy schedule the way a family member getting sick does. Everyone of us has a job and a role and if somebody is sick, we have to scramble and re-prioritize and figure it all out. So I make sure that I do…

May 30, 2012

Liquid Goat Milk Soap

I know that everyone has been waiting quite a while for the liquid soap and we appreciate your patience. We finally have some liquid soap ready for you to enjoy! We have quite a bit of it available, but we won’t be making anymore until we are in the new soap room. We are expecting…

May 29, 2012

Don’t Avoid Bacteria

When people hear the word ‘bacteria’, most people immediately think of a menacing threat to their health. The news is often full of outbreaks of food that is sickening people because it is infected with bacteria such as e-coli or salmonella. Occasional reports of people contracting the flesh-eating bacteria make national headlines. Because bacteria has…

May 28, 2012

Growing Princesses

Last week, I needed to find a picture of Indigo. I don’t even remember why. But as I was looking, I came across pictures of Indigo and Jade as princesses. They were princesses in 2009 And princesses in 2010. They were still princesses in 2011. As well as 2012. And I predict they’ll still…

May 27, 2012

To Text or Not To Text

I have very mixed feelings when it comes to my children and technology. On the one hand, I believe that they have to be proficient at technology to succeed as entrepreneurs. On the other hand, I want them to exercise their imaginations and learn interpersonal skills that technology can inhibit them from learning. Let’s talk…

May 26, 2012

Domain Names

As part of our homeschooling curriculum, my children each need to start and maintain their own website before they graduate. In order to have a website, the first thing you need is a domain name. Do you own any domain names? I’m a little bit of a domain name junkie. Actually, I don’t own that…

May 25, 2012

Helping Others

One of the best parts about having a large family, is that there are multiple opportunities throughout each and every day to help other people. For some of my children, helping others is second nature. For some of them, it’s something that they’re happy to do once you draw their attention to the fact that…

May 24, 2012

Interview with Karyn Ranzau of Little Pink Ladybug

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 012. If you’ve ever had an idea that you think you may be able to turn into a family business, you’ll want to listen to today’s podcast. I discuss the benefits of attending craft fairs or festivals to do market research for your new or potential business. Then I play…

May 23, 2012

Ingredient Safety

Have you ever wondered what causes all the foam in commercial products like bubble bath? It’s a chemical called sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) or a similar chemical called sodium laureth sulfate (SLES). These two chemicals are used not just in bubble bath, but in a huge range of bath and body care products such as…

May 22, 2012