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Gender Female
Occupation Wife, mom, writer/speaker on homeschooling, Christian women's issues & frugal living
Location Ohio, United States
Introduction I am a Christian wife & mom. We homeschooled for 16 great years, 11 of which I lovingly served as Miami County Ohio's homeschool co-ordinator, 7 years writing for The Old Schoolhouse homeschool magazine & serving as their Ohio coordinator & even though my heart will always be in the homeschool community, I feel the need to expand & move on into another area that is close to my heart ~ frugal living . . . including, but not limited to, money-saving tips; homemade food, personal care, health care, home cleaning; herbalism, etc. I am also a writer for the Christian Women's Voice magazine, a writer for The Biblical Herbal e-magazine, an herbalist, a free-lance writer, & a speaker on homeschooling, Christian women's issues, frugal living & herbs ~ I would be honored to speak to your group or at your retreat! Attempting to honor the Lord in all I do.
Interests Bible, reading, music/singing/praise & worship, homeschooling, speaking, herb/kitchen gardening, cooking, homemade skin care, homemade home cleaning, homemade health care, horse-back riding, travel, camping, cross stitch, crafts, church activities, old movies, antique tins
Favorite Movies Braveheart, Lonesone Dove, Open Range, Jeremiah Johnson, Dances w/Wolves, The Quiet Man, Gone w/the Wind, Pride & Prejudice (Colin Firth/A&E version), Sense and Sensibility, The Passoin of the Christ, Count of Monte Cristo, What About Bob?, Patriot, Legends of the Fall, Facing the Giants, Flywheel, Fire Proof, Dan in Real Life, The Bourne Trilogy, Ocean's Trilogy, Horse Whisperer, Forever Young, Signs, Master & Commander, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, 2nd Hand Lions, Little Women, P.S. I Love You
Favorite Music Rich Mullins, Casting Crowns, 33 Miles, 3rd Day, Ferndando Ortega, Mitch McVicker, Jeremy Camp, Todd Agnew, Ceili Rain (Celtic Contemporary Christian), Rick Elias, Brian Duncan, Russ Taff, Lee Behnken, MY HUSBAND (think of a Christian version of Michael McDonald!), Beatles, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Wariner, Bread, America, Gordon Lightfoot, Billy Joel, Dave Loggins, Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, Raskel Flats, Steve Martin (yes! he plays music!), Vince Gill, Alison Krauss
Favorite Books Bible, Pride And Prejudice, Sense And Sensibility, Home-Making (c.1882), The Encylcopedia of Country Living, Hearth & Home, Treasury of Vintage Homekeeping Skills, The Old Schoolhouse magazine, Country Sampler magazine, The Lucky One, Raggamuffin Gospel, Organic Body Care Recipes, What the Bible Says About Healthy Living, The Naturally Clean Home, Little Women, Yukon Quest Trilogy, An Inconvenient Book (Glenn Beck), Liberal Fascism, The Way Home, The Screwtape Letters, The Right Choice: Homeschooling, The Christian Homeschool, Educating the WholeHearted Child, 50 Things We Wish We'd known (about homeschooling), Homeschooling Methods, The Original McGuffey Readers set, Lies Women Believe, This Present Darkness/Piercing the Darkness, Anne of Green Gables, Anne's Anthology, The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, More Than a Carpenter, Evidence that Demands a Verdict