Marmee's Musings

We were wondering if it might come up high enough to cover our mile long driveway that runs along beside it and by...  [More]

We are counting down to the HUGE event in our lives of moving into the new house on the hill.  As many of you know it has...  [More]

I'm trying to help my daughter learn to sew.  It is "hard" for her so she doesn't much like it but I got her...  [More]

I am reading thru Elisabeth Elliot's book "LOVE HAS A PRICE TAG" once again and found this prayer she was given...  [More]

There is comfort in the gentle fire burning in the hearth and peace and warmth that attend it.   Nothing speaks of quiet...  [More]

  "The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin -- The Light of the world is Jesus; Like sunshine at noonday His...  [More]

Listen to this moving reading by Andy Griffith. It was read every year by a friend of mine in our former church and she...  [More]

"When the night throws her mantle o'er the skies, and pins it with a star, the amber glow of twinkling candlelight...  [More]

A beautiful, thoughtful poem by Ruth Bell Graham from her book "Prodigals and Those Who Love Them"FOR ALL WHO...  [More]

Today my #7, MICAH, in the lineup of the 11 children turns 19!  In our school work today I had the little brothers do...  [More]

I received a big suprise for my 50th birthday from my sweet big sister this year!  An APPLE IPOD in one of my favorite...  [More]

A lot of work is continuing on our new home daily.  My husband gets started early and the boys are a great help-...  [More]

Abigail Joy GreeneThe new happy family !28 years ago I gave birth to my first son....today he became a daddy!  His sweet...  [More]

Luke (#10 in the line-up) gets in moods to stir up delights to eat!  He got a "mood" today and wanted to...  [More]

In the years of 1994 - 2001 our family ran Greene Acres Bread Market in our back yard!  We had a large barn/workshop...  [More]

Our garden is producing bountifully and I am feeling like I might be looking more like a tomato or green bean these days...  [More]

I had a really different kind of a day for me today. No one was home for a good part of the day but ME! That is a pretty...  [More]

I thought it was past time to update you on the new house building project! So much work has been done in the past months...  [More]

After so many requests for 'how-to' preserve food by canning and it is impossible to have all of you over to my kitchen...  [More]

I get a number of questions thru my email and thot many of you may be interested in this one. Certainly I am not a gravy...  [More]

 - only one caulifower from Sharon's garden - she shared 2 this size with our family.  It was gigantic and so tender and...  [More]

I'd love for you to be able to hear an interview that Jill Novak, of Remembrance Press, did for her May Tea Cozy with...  [More]

Samuel (my 10 yr. old) fixed me, his mommadear, lunch today!  He was quite proud of himself as I m-m-m-m-m-m'd and...  [More]

I have been asked about posting this again so new readers can see it ;) So here it is! I purchased a country stone walk...  [More]

It is a lovely Spring Monday morning here!  The children were asking for pancakes today and I decided to try a new recipe...  [More]

Now isn't this a dandy way to multiply green onions?  We love them chopped up in our salads, as a side for our taco meals...  [More]

The journey has been quite long!  We are going on our 7th year of being on our WILD acres and planning to build our house...  [More]

My mom stepped from these stormy banks onto Heaven's shore on March 27th. We have wonderful memories. You can read her...  [More]

At the HomeMaker's Mentor forum group we have been sharing small acheivements we have made in our homes. A member of our...  [More]

"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and and day and night,...  [More]

After many requests...I am finally getting to posting this homemade JERKY recipe for you all that does not use MSG.  I...  [More]

The boys and my hunter husband filled the freezers to the brim this hunting season. We processed and packaged over 800...  [More]

I'm very fond of all my friends - I am so blessed to have lots and lots of them....but some are in a different category...  [More]

I heard this sung by the DUGGAR FAMILY on a YouTube video while they were at the Christian Film Festival last year. I...  [More]

I am an avid 'make-it-from-scratch' cook -- so had to try making my own tortillas years ago....while the family was all...  [More]

As most of you know my boys and Poppee are hunters - they are big time hunters!  Our hunt season for white-tail deer runs...  [More]

Since trying to cut back on the yummy things like thick garlic pizza crust dipped in garlic butter so I can trim off a...  [More]

 I couldn't have ordered up a nicer day yesterday - even if I had ordered up a fancy dessert on a silver platter! My...  [More]

We have been so blessed with 8 strong boys!  When I see them all together it gives me the funniest feeling to see such...  [More]

So the days & years have been sometimes creeping and most of the time flying by since we moved to these wild and wooly...  [More]

Certainly a lot of you have been wondering about progress on the home we are building on our wild acres.  So a long post...  [More]

I'm feeling very determined to lose a few pounds -- I'm not fat -- "ewe" know? -- I'm just fluffy!  So how can...  [More]

Not sure how it can already be Thursday?  Every week seems to fly by faster here -- today we woke up to really...  [More]

We definitely have a bit of Autumn weather here!  It has been breezy, sometimes even a bit nippy and the leaves are just...  [More]

I was sent this article below and found it very needful information for our homes & families. I felt burdened to...  [More]

After the BOSCH Fall 2008 sale got underway, I had requests start coming in for a good French Bread recipe, as I had...  [More]

You are going to want to visit “Homeschool Freebie of the Day”! You’ll be glad you found them and you will always...  [More]

Saturday was a Marmee & girls day at our house.  All the big boys, Poppee and other family fellows had headed out...  [More]

Marmee's Favorite Song to Sing to my Dearies!CLICK TO LISTEN  [More]

From a sweet customer - aren't they precious?She writes: This morning in church, everyone asked who made our skirts.  My...  [More]

What a week it has been for memorable occasions in our family.  Our 7th son purchased his first car with his own savings...  [More]

Annoucing the birth & blessing of another GRAND - Levi Jackson Y.Born to our daughter and son - in - law this week - their...  [More]

I get quite a few questions in my email box from homemakers wanting to make pickles from their garden cucumbers.  I tell...  [More]

My GRAND-girl takes after her Marmee --"WHAT TIME TO GET UP!!??!  ARRRRGHHHHHH!  I think I'll just get a few more...  [More]

My sister is married to my husband's brother - so it makes for a REAL family gathering when we get all the cousins...  [More]

I have always taken the approach to homeschooling like this:We add in academics to our everyday life. Not everyone has...  [More]

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS ~GROCERY LIST:Boneless skinless chicken breastsSour CreamCream of Chicken SoupPan Spray (like Vegelene...  [More]

Chicken EnchiladasBeef EnchiladasMexi RiceSeasoned Pinto BeansGreen SaladCondimentsConstant Comment Iced TeaThis menu is...  [More]

I get all excited when I see a bag of black spotted overly ripe nanas at the grocery store! Especially when they are...  [More]

Laura wrote this week re: an old blog post about how I make my Iced Tea. oooohhh! Do I love Iced Tea! I have a few...  [More]

“The golden dream never came again.  There was no need.  It had done its perfect work.  The Harvester awoke the next...  [More]

We are happy to annouce that our son, Zack, has made it through his 4 years at Ambassador Baptist College and graduated on...  [More]

Today is a Monday full of its normal Monday long list of to-do and catching up from enjoying a day of rest and worship...  [More]

YUKKY! the cabinets before today.  See the finished ones here with the wire inset door panels and below! whoohoo!  They...  [More]

I've been at "IT" lately -- I guess it is because Spring is in the air?  I've been going room to room and...  [More]

My dear lil GRAND, Kevin, turns 5 today!  Wow time does fly away!   He is never at a lack for words.  He didn't talk...  [More]

Question for Marmee:Do you have grains you use that you have had for a long time?  How doyou know if you had/have bugs? ...  [More]

Well...he isn't lil'! But he is my boy! Our 5th son is a senior at Bible College and was given the privilege of...  [More]

My husband dear has been home all week working at our sawmill with the boys to make lumber for our new house project. ...  [More]

I heard from a struggling home baker recently -- just so discouraged with her results in her homemade bread.  She...  [More]

Questions from Holly and I am sure many of you have the same one as I have been asked this over and over through the years...  [More]

More about the good wife from a 1955 woman's magazine....4) Don't greet him (your husband) at the door with complaints or...  [More]

I was sent an ACTUAL magazine article from a 1955 Woman's Magazine.  It was titled "Housekeeping Monthly" and...  [More]

I posted this a few years ago in a previous blog and get requests for it to appear again.  This is one of my FAVORITE...  [More]

I just completed a lesson for the Homemakers Mentor program and have been having fun practicing for it -- my family is...  [More]

I am just not so swift at fitting in keeping up a blog and all the other stuff I have to do.  I have always been stuck in...  [More]

I am starting to look at trees in a new light! Trees have always just been trees to me and not something spectacular...  [More]

Rebekah, my dear friend from HopeChestLegacy and I have answered so many emails from our customers looking for advice and...  [More]

My little GRANDS had a dandy time bringing in the new year...Kevin working with daddy to make some noise & lights!So...  [More]

I've made a passle of chocolate cookies in my day -- really you don't consider chocolate chip cookies around this time of...  [More]

I had a fun break from all my kazillions of mail order shipping this morning when a dear old friend sent me this video...  [More]

Well, I am trying to grasp the fact that our 'baby' Samuel turned 9 years old yesterday!  He still laments the fact that...  [More]

We have just returned from a wonderful family trip to Grandpa's farm. My husband got some unexpected days off and so he...  [More]

"The Young Man's Handybook" has far outsold "Marmee's Kitchen Primer"!  After I wrote "Marmee's...  [More]

It's SNOWING!  Those words might seem "everyday humdrum" to some of you...but we live in South Carolina!! ...  [More]

This isn't so commonly cried in the winter months but more often in the summer months but today I got the cry of...  [More]

This is a repost so it will be in the archives here for your reference.  I've had requests over and over for it so here...  [More]

I have BOSCH mixer owners right me on a fairly regular basis asking about giving their Mixer a good deep cleaning.....and...  [More]

One of Marmee's Dears sent this in to me this week and gave me permission to share it with everyone.  She is one...  [More]

I've spent the day baking, cooking, cleaning and having the children help me decorate up our humble little home for...  [More]

I got this today along with some other surprises from one of my DEARIES that I'll share later this week.  This DEARIE...  [More]

A while back I asked for ways that you make Sunday special....a day set aside to rest, worship and honor the LORD.  I got...  [More]

I had quite a few wedding pictures posted on my previous blogspot that is now history.  For those of you who love to look...  [More]

Christy in NC was the happy winner of her choice of a free book.  She was surprised to be order # 2500!  She chose...  [More]

If you had a bad day?  If you need someone to cheer you up?  How about Marmee's GRANDDear with some HappyMusic?  We...  [More]

Just to let you know since I've been getting requests and questions about it....my new blog on this website has an RSS...  [More]

Everyone likes to receive notes ~ handwritten ones.  Unbelievably some of us are still doing that in this day of email,...  [More]

We are in a drought here in our area....haven't had any rain to speak of but drizzles here and there for months on end. We...  [More]

To Remind Us today. . .This came today in my mail box.....so many of you take your precious time to send me little notes...  [More]

I'm not sure if you call it a 'makeover' -- a remodeling -- or what. I do love to remodel rooms and giving my webhome a...  [More]

Those new here will want to catch up on our long awaited project of building a new home on our WILD 130 acres! What a...  [More]

The tomatoes have languished -- the heat and dry weather finally did them in! I did get to put up close to 200 quarts of...  [More]