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Archives for December 2010

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Celebrating New Year's with Children

Celebrating New Year’s with Children

December 28, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Written by Kate Tietje, Contributing Writer If you have little kids, chances are your New Year’s celebrations don’t look like they used to. You probably don’t go out to a party or have friends over until 1 or 2 in the morning. In fact, you might be like me – I went to bed around …

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Category: Family Life

Holiday Blessings From Our Family to Yours!

Holiday Blessings From Our Family to Yours!

December 24, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Abbie at just over 6 years old has a Christmas wish this year and she’s been singing it to anyone who will listen, “All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth, my 5 front teeth, my 12 front teeth!” Her lovely toothless smile is now missing 5 teeth, with one more wiggly one, …

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Category: Homemaking

A Thanksgiving Gift Exchange

December 23, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Written by Sherri Cook, Contributing Writer The day after Thanksgiving when friends jokingly ask me if I’m finished with my Christmas shopping, I can always surprise them with an answer in the affirmative. At my house, not only have we finished the shopping, we’ve also finished the wrapping as well as the unwrapping. How do we …

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Category: Family Life, Homemaking

Starting Traditions as a Young Family

Starting Traditions as a Young Family

December 21, 2010     Keeper of the Home

When you first get married and have children, the holidays take on new meaning. Maybe you have memories of awesome traditions you had growing up (opening a present the night before Christmas, going caroling, having a big dinner with Grandma on Christmas Eve…whatever your family did). These traditions made your holidays special, and you want …

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Category: Family Life, Homemaking

Winners of the Bulk Herb Holiday Tea Giveaway

December 20, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Congratulations to the 5 winners who will each be receiving a Holiday Tea Collection from the Bulk Herb Store: Jessica ([email protected]) Krisssa ([email protected]) Holli ([email protected]) Jon ([email protected]) Iryna ([email protected]) If you didn’t win but you’d love to try some of the Bulk Herb Store’s Holiday Tea for yourself, there are two coupon codes available for …

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Category: Homemaking

10 Posts I Didn't Write in 2010

10 Posts I Didn’t Write in 2010

December 20, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Tonight I’ve been sipping on tea and taking a leisurely stroll through my gorgeous new heirloom seed catalogue… hard to believe that this year is already drawing to a close and that I am beginning to think forward to next spring and summer. It is also stunning to me that another year has flown by …

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Category: Homemaking

Gingerbread Fruitcake Recipe

Gingerbread Fruitcake: A Holiday Tradition Improved

December 17, 2010     Keeper of the Home

If there’s one running joke at any Christmas celebration, it’s fruitcake. I personally happen to love fruitcake, complete with the shiny oddly colored faux-fruits. But once you know what kind of strange alterations those fruits have been through, it tends to take all the joy out of it. Here’s one of my favorite recipes for a delicious …

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Category: Real Food, Recipes

Simple Organic: 5 Clutter-Free Gifts to Give This Christmas

Simple Organic: 5 Clutter-Free Gifts to Give This Christmas

December 16, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Still looking for some simple (and maybe last-minute) gifts to give? Find me over at Simple Organic this week, where I share 5 Clutter-Free Gifts to Give This Christmas. Giving gifts can be pure joy. For those of us who are attempting to live more simply and sustainably, however, giving and getting more stuff often …

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Category: Homemaking, Natural Living

First Love – Let it Be First at Christmas

December 14, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Written by Sharon Kaufman, Contributing Writer The First Christmas Happened Because God Loved God – very God – became a babe all because of divine love. Christmas exists because of God’s eternal, infinite, sacrificial love for those Jesus came to redeem. Should we not then, who have experienced His love, strive to preserve the essence …

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Category: Family Life

Bulk Herb Store: 5 Holiday Tea Collections to Give Away!

Bulk Herb Store: 5 Holiday Tea Collections to Give Away!

December 13, 2010     Keeper of the Home

I like me a good cup of tea. Many of the people who visit my home comment on my “tea basket”, usually overflowing with various kinds of tea– loose, bags, black, herbal, rooibos, green, medicinal, dessert-like, etc. I think that part of what I like about tea is its complex and every-changing personality. It can …

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Category: Homemaking

Family Traditions that Keep Christ at the Center of Christmas

December 10, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Written by Emily McClements, Contributing Writer Singing Christmas carols, lighting the Christmas Tree, putting out the Christmas decorations, lighting the Advent candles, giving and receiving gifts, rejoicing in the birth of our Lord and Savior. Christmas is such a special and magical time of year; filled with family traditions and warm memories. But, it is …

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Category: Family Life

Real Food Holiday Recipe Roundup: 398 Wholesome Recipes

Real Food Holiday Recipe Roundup: 398 Wholesome Recipes

December 9, 2010     Keeper of the Home

I thought of this recipe roundup again as I was pondering all of the amazingly delicious and nourishing recipes that are available throughout the blogosphere for the holidays this year. It can be tough to find “real food” recipes. I know, because I’ve gone to local stores and looked around online and found little. Yes, …

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Category: Real Food, Recipes

Chewy Gingersnaps (No Gluten, No Grains, No Dairy)

Chewy Gingersnaps (No Gluten, No Grains, No Dairy)

December 8, 2010     Keeper of the Home

These cookies may be “free” of a lot of things (gluten, grains, dairy) but they do definitely have some things in abundance: ginger, protein, taste, yumminess. Since we have two little munchkins who don’t do gluten or dairy at all, I like to find treats to make that everyone can enjoy, rather than trying to …

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Category: Real Food, Recipes

Green Bean Casserole (The Real Food Way)

Green Bean Casserole (The Real Food Way)

December 6, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Green Bean Casserole is a staple side dish for many holiday dinners. Tasty green beans, creamy white sauce, and a crunchy topping, make it a well-loved family favorite. Unfortunately, many recipes include canned condensed soup, bacon bits, and French fried onions (also in a can); enough to make a real foodie cringe! Most of these …

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Category: Real Food, Recipes

Using Four Frugal Foods from the Produce Section Creatively

December 3, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Written by Cara, Contributing Writer As we have been focusing on eating grain free meals to help with some health issues, I’ve had to learn how to shop for other foods besides grains that are filling, healthy, and easy on the budget! Since we aren’t using bread or rice as a ‘filler’ for meals, we’ve …

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Category: Homemaking

How to Make Your Own (Unrefined) Powdered Sugar

How to Make Your Own (Unrefined) Powdered Sugar

December 2, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Every once in a while, since we switched over to using only unrefined sugars, I miss that fluffy, powdered, white sugar that makes such delicate icings and special treats. Though I have seen some organic icing sugars, I have never seen one that was made with something like Sucanat or Rapadura. These are my granulated …

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Category: Real Food

Diaper Giveaway Winners and a New Way to Win Every Month!

Diaper Giveaway Winners and a New Way to Win Every Month!

December 1, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Introducing Monthly Email Subscriber Giveaways!

Do you love giveaways and chances to win natural living prizes?

Starting this month, there is a new type of giveaway happening at Keeper of the Home. Each month there will be different giveaway package being offered, from a wide variety of companies just like the kinds of giveaways I usually offer.

All you have to do to be entered is subscribe to our email newsletter! We will draw a random winner out of all our email subscribers each month, so once you’re subscribed, you’re permanently entered for the giveaway draws!

Don’t worry… your inbox won’t be flooded with emails. Emails go out only when I put up a new post, which is usually 4 times per week (never more than once per day). It’s an easy and convenient way to read Keeper of the Home!

This month’s featured giveaway is coming from MadeOn Hard Lotion, a $50 gift certificate for your choice of their pure and soothing lotion bars, lip balms and more.

Winner of the Happy Heiny Diaper Giveaway

Out of 781 entries, the winner of the Happy Heiny Cloth Diaper 6-Pack is:

Harmony ([email protected]…)

Congratulations!

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Category: Homemaking

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