(HEALTH
and HOMEMAKING)
"TriLight Herbs" for better health; Shonda Parker's pregnancy
formulas are available here, too. See http://www.trilightherbs.com/.
The Urban Homemaker http://www.urbanhomemaker.com/.
Information about good health, bread making, and more.
"old fashioned skill for contemporary people"
"Handiwork Skills a Young Lady Should Know" is a link from "Hope Chest Legacy." It
gives suggestions for a sewing basket and offers detailed instructions in handiwork skills.
See http://www.hopechestlegacy.com/handiwork_skills_a_young_lady_sh.htm.
A handicraft site recommended to us is http://www.keepersofthefaith.com/SmallCrafts/Craftindex.asp.
It lists projects especially suited for boys or girls with detailed instructions and illustrations.
Hearth and Home: Recipes for Life, by Karey Swan is an outstanding book with recipes
using whole foods. It also contains a wealth of information about life and family.
Sue Gregg Cookbooks: A Comprehensive Wholefoods Cooking System Balancing
Nutritional Quality & Taste, Convenience & Cost. See http://www.suegregg.com/index.htm.
Sample recipes can be read at http://www.suegregg.com/recipes/breakfasts/blenderbattermuffins/carrotbranmuffins.htm.
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
Proverbs 31:27
A link on No Greater Joy website with Michael and Debi Pearl has many interesting articles
relating to home, health, and herbs. See http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/index.php?id=11.
Also see http://www.bulkherbstore.com/
for more on herbs and articles about how they
have been beneficial to some families.
Swiss Village Bulk Food, Inc. has been for us a good source of honey, yellow popcorn,
reasonably priced fresh spices, Bay leaves, white pepper, and other cooking supplies.
See http://www.gpubs.com/oac/guide/swissvillagebulk.htm.
Ozark Cooperative Warehouse has also been a good option for us for healthful foods.
We have been pleased with their whole wheat "berries," Basmati rice, organic oatmeal,
Rumford Baking Powder, pressed corn oil, Real Salt, and other healthful products.
(They have recently closed, I understand, for restructuring the business.)
Wheat Montana Farms is another source for wheat "berries" and flour at http://www.wheatmontana.com/.
Matthew 6:11, "Give us this day our daily bread."
Finally, Country Life Natural Foods is a source not only for wheat "berries" and wheat flour,
but also for grains, lentils, Basmati rice, oatmeal, and more. See at http://www.clnf.org/.
Group orders help keep down shipping costs if the order totals at least 200 pounds.
MODEST CLOTHING
Kathy's Modest Patterns - making available patterns previously used by
Common Sense Designs http://www.commonsensepatterns.com/index.html/.
Pure in Heart which offers modest jumpers and accessories for moms
and daughters http://pureinheart.hypermart.net/.
Modesty and Womanly Beauty is held in high esteem. See
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/
and read the most recent articles or
links to favorites. Excellent encouragement about modest, feminine appearance in dress and
hairstyles, as well as articles about materialism, gardening, housekeeping, and fatherhood to
name a few. Found on the "excellent quotes" link are the following:
"Women are told today they can have it all - career, marriage, children... Take a close look at
your child. He doesn't want you to be bright, talented, chic, or smart - any of those things. He
just wants you to love him. He will be the one who pays the price for your wanting to have it
all. Think carefully about having that baby. Not to have it would be a great loss. To have it
too late greatly increases the health hazards for you and the child. To have it without a
commitment to it would be a great tragedy."- Beverly Sills, addressing a graduating class
of Barnard College in NY
"The career of motherhood and homemaking is beyond value and needs no justification.
Its importance is incalculable." - Katherine Short
"To our mothers we owe our highest esteem, for it is from their gift of life that the flow of
events begins that shapes our destiny. A mother's love, nurturing and beliefs are among the
strongest influences molding the development and character of our youngsters."
-- Ronald Reagan
Proverbs 31:30, "Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman
that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."
1 Peter 3:4, "But let it (the adorning) be the hidden man of the heart,
in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."
Proverbs 21:19, "It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious
and an angry woman." and Proverbs 11:22,
"As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion."
On the Judy Rogers'; CD, entitled "Go to the Ant,"; there is a delightful song about
Isabelle the pig that teaches the important lesson in this proverb. One line says,
"What she wears can't make what she does look good!"
That reminds me of a phrase I've heard all of my life, "Pretty is as pretty does."
It also reminds me of some good advice for young people, as well as for those
not so young, "Look for character not outward beauty."
"Modesty and the Christian Woman" by Mrs. M. L. Chancey is an excellent
article that you can read online at
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/article_132.shtml.
To read a speech given by homeschool graduate, Miss Seanna Hollinger,
entitled "The Vision of the Home Calling" see
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/article_545.shtml.
Some excellent articles about true manliness and husbandry by
Douglas Wilson linked off Ladies Against Feminism are at
http://www.credenda.org/cgi-bin/search/search.pl?Terms=title:husbandry.
Some excellent articles for wives and mothers entitled "Femina" by Nancy Wilson
are at http://www.credenda.org/cgi-bin/search/search.pl?Terms=title:femina.
"Are You a Queen?" also by Mrs. Chancey at
http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/article_553.shtml.
"Contending for Modesty" is a short article with many scripture references that you
can read online at http://pastorjess.tripod.com/id28.html.
Christian Modesty and the Public Undressing of America by Jeff Pollard is a small book
that addresses the decline of our culture and how fashions have changed over the years.
Deuteronomy 22:5 says, "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man,
neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the
LORD thy God." This verse was a wake-up call to me! Am I dressing to please the Lord
or to please myself? Proverbs 3:5-7 says, "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean
not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy
paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."
"Lydia of Purple" is a site for modest clothing, nursing designs, and more. See
http://www.modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledressescustomsewing.com/.
Sewing Patterns for nursing mothers. See
http://www.keepersofthefaith.com/Catalog/Sewing_Pattern_Nurse_76.asp.