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Don’t Expect Perfection with Jill Savage I
Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 059. Why is it that we moms often expect ourselves to be perfect? Even worse, why do we find ourselves upset when our husbands, our children, or our homes aren’t perfect either? During this podcast episode I talk about our tendencies as busy moms to expect perfection of ourselves.…
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Parent Your Children as Individuals
Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 057. Over the years of parenting 8 children, I have discovered that to be a truly effective parent, you have to modify your parenting style to account for the uniqueness of each of your individual children. Because our kids do not learn the same, think the same, behave the…
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Backyard Chickens for Healthy Eggs
In my quest to feed my family healthier food, one of the hardest things to consistently source is healthy protein. Organic vegetables have been easy to grow in the garden and are fairly easy to purchase throughout the winter. Grass-fed organic meat, however, is a lot harder. And when I have found it, it is…
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Planting Fruit Trees On The Farm
I am a big believer in eating healthy foods. Whenever possible we grow our own food and we do it without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. One of the hardest parts of leaving our old home was leaving our orchard and brambles. We loved harvesting our own pears, apples, peaches, cherries, elderberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and…
