Homesteading
featuring babies & country things
Rooting out vice & planting virtue . . .
When God created Adam and Eve, he didn’t place them in downtown Fort Worth. Nope. He gave them an abundant garden for their home.
If gardening and chickens and DIY outdoor projects are your jam, you’ve likely considered calling yourself a ‘homesteader’ (why not!)
There’s recently been a resurgence of people returning to their roots, moving to the country, and starting a homestead. And that is my plan too . . . once I can save the money to do so!
If you identify your homemaking style as that of a homesteader, I invite you to browse this page that contains all of my homesteading highlights (and flops and dreams).
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43 Things Pregnant Ladies Can Give Up / Take On for Lent
All Homesteading Posts
Breaking Free from the ‘Shoulds’: Embracing God’s Will For You as a Catholic Mom
Dear fellow new moms (and world at large), Though I'm not sure if I am still allowed to consider myself one of the new moms anymore (Abigail had her first birthday almost a year ago!) I often still feel just as paralyzed, confused, and exhausted as I did the day my...
The Fourth ‘T’: Trust
It’s relatively easy to say you’ll trust in the Lord. It’s another thing entirely to wholeheartedly commit to it. Recently, I took the Gospel according to Saint Luke to prayer and realized: I haven’t been fully entrusting all of my thoughts, words, and deeds to Our...
Fasting vs. Disciplines: Which One Is Which and How To Choose Your Fast Lent 2022
Lent is the liturgical season consisting of 40 days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving leading up to the solemnity of Easter. “Unless you do penance, you shall likewise perish.” (Lk. 13:5) We imitate our Lord, Jesus Christ's fasting in the desert by doing penance:...
Reader Question: Why Can’t A Catholic Spouse Receive Sacraments After Learning They’re Invalidly Married?
I've been helping a lot of folks to the best of my abilities in my DMs, comments, email, etc. So I figured I would share some of those answers with you! Question: Hi! My husband is Catholic, however, I am not, I am non-denominational. We recently got married in a...
Are You Willing To Die to Yourself To Go To Heaven?
The way I see it, there are two ways you need to die before you can spend eternity in Heaven with our abundantly merciful Lord. #1: Die To Yourself #2: Physically Die First, let’s talk about dying to yourself (after all, without step #1, step #2 will send you...
My 4-Months-In Thoughts on Vocation / Hobby Balance
This vocation/hobby balance thing is hard. I tend toward extremes in my life—either entirely melancholy and bored or super fired up and passionate for my hobbies and vocation. As you can probably imagine, this dichotomy makes for some pretty stressful times when...
39+ Fall Date Ideas for Catholic Couples
Howdy! It's fall, y'all! I like to think that I'm not basic, but something about a list of fall date night ideas really gets me excited for the cooler weather! I already shared 23 solid movies that are on Netflix RIGHT NOW that you can peruse on your date nights....
Singing “Christ the Fair Glory” for Michaelmas (and Other Fabulous Ways to celebrate This Feast of the Archangels)
Michaelmas (pronounced 'mickel-mas' [as in the Mass that celebrates Saint Michael]) is celebrated every year on September 29th. If your ordinary time Catholic feasting has taken a bit of a downturn--this is the perfect feast to get yourself back in the celebrating...
23 Brilliant (And Mostly Clean) Catholic Date Night Movies
It’s date night and you’re searching for a movie. The scroll through Netflix feels endless (you’re pretty sure this is what purgatory is like) and you haven’t seen a single movie that y’all—a Catholic couple trying to enjoy your one movie date night a week—would both...
Our Lady of Sorrows: How to Observe this Powerful Catholic Devotion for September
"[34] And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted; [35] And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many...
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Homestead
"Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and to plant virtue." -St. Catherine of Sienna
Old Wisdom & Vintage Things
“Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you . . . avoid all affectation, vanity, curiosity, or levity in your dress.” -Saint Francis de Sales
Traditional Catholic
"Guarding the Deposit of Faith is the mission which the Lord entrusted to His Church, and which she fulfills in every age." Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum
Hospitality
"Come and have breakfast." -Jesus Christ
Homeschooling
"If children see that their teachers despise what their parents desire, there is and must be a conflict of authorities." G.K. Chesterton
Mother's Life
'Amidst the pots and dishes, Our Lord goes along with you.' -St. Teresa of Avila