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My New Kentucky Home

A blog about faith and family, home and homeschooling.

October 11, 2023 by My New Kentucky Home

A special kind of despair begins to settle over a mom when no one seems to have any answers. You seek out help for your child because you realize you’re in way over your head. There has to be somebody who can help, right? Surely there is someone with more knowledge and experience, who understands … [Read more...]

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How to Make Writing Ink from Berries

February 21, 2020 by My New Kentucky Home

How to Make Writing Ink with Berries

A quill pen has a special way of transporting a writer to the past.  Grip the quill, dip into an inkwell, start making long, curvy strokes across a piece of paper, and suddenly you're a young Revolutionary War soldier writing a hasty letter home, or you're Thomas Jefferson agonizing over just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 18th Century, History, Homeschooling, writing

Top 4 Reasons Why You Should Visit Waco

January 10, 2020 by My New Kentucky Home

I have a new favorite Texas town! A visit to Waco back in November may have sealed its place in my heart and mind forever.  Texas is an enormous state, obviously, and there are many, many communities I have yet to visit there, but Waco offers such charm and so many attractions it may be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Magnolia, Magnolia Market, Texas, Texas tourism, Texas travel, Waco

Christmas Cookies and Flour-Dusted Fingerprints on a Child’s Heart

December 18, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

Christmas Cookies and Flour-Dusted Fingerprints on a Child's Heart

Making Christmas cookies was an important tradition in our home.  So was listening to our A Very Merry Christmas record collection, covering the tree, (and subsequently, the entire house!) in those silvery shredded plastic icicles that looked nothing like icicles, and being forced on … [Read more...]

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DIY Painted Wooden Christmas Trees

December 13, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

DIY Painted Wooden Christmas Trees

I aspire to be crafty, but I don’t enjoy the crafting process very much.  I know what I want to create, but I would rather skip over all the detail work and have my finished product in hand! But these little trees came together so easily!  I had seen similar ones in craft and decorating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas decor, Christmas DIY, DIY, DIY projects, do-it-yourself, homemade, homemade Christmas decor, painted wood

4 Reasons to Consider Digital Curriculum (Plus a SALE)

November 26, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

4 Reasons to Consider Digital Curriculum

While I think homeschoolers generally operate on the cutting edge of education, some may be hesitant to use digital curriculum.   I'm as big an advocate of real books as you'll find anywhere, and I'm not at all fond of the idea of parking kids in front of a computer all day long for … [Read more...]

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Easy Thanksgiving Day Cider

November 20, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

Easy Thanksgiving Day Cider

In our family we have a few steadfast Thanksgiving Day traditions.     Like spending the day with my husband's family and eating delicious finger foods all morning long before we even get to Thanksgiving dinner, at which point we decide to really eat, after which we'll have dessert … [Read more...]

Filed Under: apple cider, apple cider recipes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving dinner, Uncategorized

The Man Who Took My Father’s Place–A True Story from Vietnam

November 11, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

I've known the story for as long as I can remember.  My dad, though the quiet, unassuming sort by nature, has been telling it for over 40 years, always with a humble, almost bewildered sense of gratitude to God and to a man who took his place one day so long ago. It was August of 1968. … [Read more...]

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How to Make a Tasty Homemade Bone Broth

November 6, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

How to Make Tasty Homemade Bone Broth

Who would have ever thought bone broth would be a trendy food?   Our ancestors have been making it and drinking it for millennia.  So how is it that something so old and so common has become so new and so... cool? Bone broth offers some pretty significant health benefits.  … [Read more...]

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The Newbie’s Guide to Prepping Your Yard and Garden for Winter

October 30, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

The Newbie's Guide to Prepping Your Yard and Garden for Winter

I aspire to be an amazing gardener, but the truth is, I'm still a relative newbie.  If you had asked me 10 years ago if there was much I could or should do in my garden in autumn, I would have said no.  The growing season is pretty much past, right?  So what is left to do in the … [Read more...]

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