Update: Washing My Face With Honey

I have been washing my face with honey for six days now. I will tell you that I had my doubts. "Would this leave my face sticky?", "Will I still have to moisturize?", and "Will I stick to my pillow?" The answer to these questions is no. Washing with honey is um ..... different! I mean when my husband saw the bottle of honey he rolled his eyes. LOL! My daughter looked at me like I was crazy. I'm thankful I did not let these responses deter me because washing with honey is WONDERFUL! My skin is super soft. I don't stick to the pillow, or need to moisturize, I don't feel sticky, and best of all I don't attract bees! I can not say yet if my pores will shrink or if it clears up acne. What I can say is that my skin has not felt this good in years! So check out the washing your face with honey challenge.

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Wash Your Face With Honey

I am taking The Crunchy Betty Honey Challenge! I am a little late getting started. But My oldest daughter and I will start today. If I can recruit any of my boys I will let you know in my updates.
I am really excited about this. I can not wait to see the benefits of washing my face in honey. I could definitely benefit from all of the good properties honey offers. So go check out the challenge and let me know if you will be joining in or if you wash your face with honey.

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Catching Up

 Last week we received a call letting us know that one of our very dear friends had past away very unexpectedly. So this past Friday we traveled to Maryland for the services. We were only there for three nights and then back home. We have made quick trips before, but they have always been planned. This time was last minute. We had one thing on our minds and that was to go and help our friend through his time of grieving. I was blessed to be able to spend some time with my family as well. The most important thing is that we were blessed with safe travel.
 So this week I am catching up on everything. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. I have so many things to do and don't know where to start. I guess I'll start with the mountain of laundry. I'm off to the laundry room. Have a great day!

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Canning

Canning season is upon us. So far I have only canned a couple of batches of zucchini. Every time I talk about canning zucchini people tend to make a funny face. It is because they have never heard of canning zucchini. Well neither had I until I bought The Practical Produce Cookbook. In this cookbook I have found some really great recipes. However my favorite and also my family's favorite is the Zucchini Pineapple. I have been canning this recipe for several years and it is wonderful. So great that my children will eat it straight out of the jar.
This is a great, easy recipe. I use it to mainly substitute for crushed pineapple. We use it in yogurt, cakes, breads, muffins, and even in jello. The zucchini takes on the pineapple flavor and you can barely tell the difference. This recipe really doubles well.

Zucchini Pineapple To Can

4 quarts zucchini, grated or diced
1 1/2 C. bottled lemon juice
1 46 oz. can unsweetened pineapple juice
3 C. sugar

Simmer all ingredients together for 20 minutes. Pack hot into half-pint or pint jars (do not use quarts). Evenly distribute solids and liquids into the jars. Leave a 1/2 inch headspace. Process 15 minutes in a boiling water canner.




This is a great way to use up all of your zucchini and to also make a convenience food that you will not have to purchase. If you try it let me know what you think. Have a great week.

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Great Giveaway!

Head over to Lily of the Valley. They are having a great giveaway. The giveaway is for The Well Planned Day home school planner. I was just reading about this planner. It looks wonderful! It has everything in it that you need for your school and your home, all in one planner! Go check it out.

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Update

I wanted to do an update because I promised to do a series on Homemade consumables. I apologize about not getting to that yet. We have had a very busy few weeks. We had my dad visit, then we sent the boys back to help him through a surgery. Thank God everything went well and the boys learned to serve and help others out. During this time our youngest had a very bad allergic reaction and we ended up in the ER. We do not know what caused it. God truly protected her and we were back home with in a few hours. Praise God! We are continuing to go to doctors and have more testing. We have not had any more reactions that were that bad since. We would appreciate your prayers during this time. Since this time we have been busy with all other aspects of our life ;) Our boys did arrive safely at home and we are blessed to have them back! As for the homemade series I will be putting it off for several more weeks as canning season is upon us. I will be posting on that and hopefully I will get some pictures to share too. Have a blessed weekend!

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