Weeding Out Wheat Book Description: Why go wheat-free? This is the question Weeding Out Wheat seeks to answer. This book makes some unbelievable claims. Referencing dozens of scientific studies, you’ll read about how wheat is a common culprit contributing to digestive problems, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, PMS, arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), infertility, miscarriages, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, anxiety, depression, autism, hyperactivity, schizophrenia, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), weight gain, sleep disturbances, nutritional deficiencies, and tooth decay. These are some of the reasons we decided to take the wheat-free plunge. This book documents the research we did…
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Between the archery and Munchkin’s knight costume, it’s probably no surprise that Munchkin likes the medieval time period. She’s always thought that sword fighting was rather cool, so when I saw high impact practice long swords on sale, I knew that I had the perfect Christmas present for Daddy and Daughter. It was hard keeping the secret from the two of them as I was really excited. 😉 I saved that present for last, and I’m glad that I did as the swords were a huge hit. I did have to tell them that sword play was reserved for outside.…
For Unto Us a Child is Born
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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ~Isaiah 9:6~
It’s become a tradition for me to post this poem. Remembering our military families who a spending time away from loved ones this Christmas…. Merry Christmas, My Friend By James M. Schmidt, a Marine Lance Corporal stationed in Washington, D.C., in 1986 Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one bedroom house made of plaster & stone. I had come down the chimney, with presents to give and to see just who in this home did live As I looked all about, a strange sight I did see,no tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.No stocking…
This week a big package arrived on our front porch. Inside of it was Munchkin’s Christmas gift from her grandma and grandpa. Opening the big box revealed that her gift was a new drafting table (creation station). She was beyond excited as it’s something that she’s been wanting for quite some time. She immediately set to assembling it while we watched a Christmas movie. She was able to get it mostly assembled by herself with just a little help from Daddy. After getting it assembled, she needed to find a spot in her room, so she cleaned up and reorganized…