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Tips For Starting Plants From Seed

February 27, 2018 by BlessingsInSurprise

Growing your own food is so rewarding!!!  Not only because of the great sense of accomplishment that you gain, but the financial benefits are AMAZING!!!  Especially if you start your plants from seed!  We saved hundreds and hundreds… Read More »

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Creative Storage Solutions For Your Kitchen (Part One)

February 25, 2018 by BlessingsInSurprise

If you are like me, you NEVER seem to have enough storage space in your kitchen!!!  I could fill up 3 rooms of the house with kitchen stuff (if my husband would let me!)  But in my house, we don’t have that kind of space!  That’s why I had to come up with these creative storage solutions to help me make the most of the little space that we do have.

Tip #1:  Convert an old TV armoire.

One of my biggest pet peeves in the kitchen was trying to … Read More »

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Raising Self-Sufficient Kids

February 20, 2018 by BlessingsInSurprise

One of the hardest things about being a parent is keeping up with all of the housework!  Whether you have one kid or 10+, doesn’t it always seem like you have 20???  I know it does for me, and I only have three kids!!!  My gameroom can go from clean to THIS (see picture below) over the course of an hour!!!  It’s like I’m raising three tornadoes sometimes!!!

In a society that encourages laziness, entitlement and taking the easy way out, it can be very challenging to instill work ethic into our children.  The BEST thing that you can possibly do to help yourself in this area is… Read More »

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