tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post281769334033182651..comments2024-03-26T02:19:04.744-07:00Comments on barefoot in the kitchen: happy weekendstephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399191040892859634noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-8920790305674193422016-07-05T15:58:12.702-07:002016-07-05T15:58:12.702-07:00I don't know if I have ever commented here, bu...I don't know if I have ever commented here, but I enjoy your blog! I read yours when I have a moment and Sarah at Clover Lane... I mentioned this to her, but have you read "Hold Onto Your Kids-Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers" by Gordon Neufeld? It is really an interesting read on the subject!MaurLohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885101727734888408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-67493574312390172402016-06-22T09:56:19.635-07:002016-06-22T09:56:19.635-07:00Your blog is the best, I'm sure you have way m...Your blog is the best, I'm sure you have way more readers than you know. I keep meaning to tell you, I had your Easter post open on my computer awhile ago when my inactive friend stopped by. She glanced over, started reading, and immediately teared up. You are totally sharing goodness.Shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168719883634620294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-22921957448194370912016-06-14T08:37:56.487-07:002016-06-14T08:37:56.487-07:00Excited to see your recipes. I have a few that we...Excited to see your recipes. I have a few that we love if you want. i keep saying I am going to do no sugar and then fall off. It takes a little bit more work to make my 2 favorite cookies. They call for honey but I have subbed in DATES. I figure treats for special occasions, but i KNOW if we do no sugar for 30 days that the treats will not be as tempting. Maybe I start in the Morning! Maesyn is having a sundae bar for her birthday. I am actually picking some onions today and that calls for sugar. SUGAR is in so many things. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-52488498371621224162016-06-13T17:40:49.942-07:002016-06-13T17:40:49.942-07:00I'll echo Hayley's comment as well! Found ...I'll echo Hayley's comment as well! Found your blog through Clover Lane a few years ago and I'm so glad I've kept up with it. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and glimpses of your life with us!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02239800564418596340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-48297663759815768992016-06-13T07:47:18.761-07:002016-06-13T07:47:18.761-07:00I love your blog, too. It's one of the few I r...I love your blog, too. It's one of the few I read. So often you suggest a book, talk, or article that is just what I needed. Sometimes it's a picture you post of your cozy home that inspires me. Sometimes it's just knowing what you're focusing on or working towards that motivates me to do the same. Thank you for mentoring me and inspiring me!Heather Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921750561732411045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-65379714171036999472016-06-13T00:59:54.383-07:002016-06-13T00:59:54.383-07:00Just adding my voice to the choir! I don't kno...Just adding my voice to the choir! I don't know how I found you but I'm so glad I did! Your blog makes me want to be a better person and helps me refocus my life. Thank you for sharing goodness.AdelynnShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721282407798859946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-56164878178843922402016-06-12T20:24:46.187-07:002016-06-12T20:24:46.187-07:00If you go no sugar for the whole family we find &q...If you go no sugar for the whole family we find "trade-ins" to be a good way around the treats offered (a little too often) at church. Or we give a little snack for them to take and eat instead of what is being offered (usually banana chips and peanuts).<br /><br />We still celebrate birthdays the good old fashioned way with cake and ice cream, and during holidays we'll eat pie etc. but honestly that's about it. Knock on wood, our children's teeth are so much better than mine were growing up!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197370330954032759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-7650440470129504822016-06-12T10:14:56.835-07:002016-06-12T10:14:56.835-07:00Yeah for no sugar! It's so hard at first-I re...Yeah for no sugar! It's so hard at first-I relapsed a little, but something about experiencing the way one REALLY feels (so good!) makes it easy to get back on track-being really really conscience of it helps I guess.<br />I am afraid to read that book but I will-afraid of how sad I will feel for kids these days and their parents too-this constant push and pull of electronics, how much I hate seeing even my college kids spending way too much time on their smart phones. I tell them all the time that they NEED to feel what their brain and their life feels like without all the unnecessary crap they are forcing it to needlessly process. I just will never accept it as "the way things are now"-are at least happily accept it. I don't think it's any good for a developing brain, and until children are well into adulthood there is no benefit. I say all the time I am SO SO happy that I know what life was like pre-cell phone, pre-social media. <br />And your blog is one of the tiniest handful I read (2, 3? :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912466557223829314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-21009524177475219022016-06-11T20:34:10.706-07:002016-06-11T20:34:10.706-07:00I love Hayley's comment above because I feel t...I love Hayley's comment above because I feel that way too! I have similar goals and aspirations and sometimes what you write is just the motivation I need to keep on track :) I just wish you would post more about your sewing, I love to sew too and find it is getting more and more rare to find others who enjoy it like I do :) keep writing please!Daniel and Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498880677543283849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-25505854748566633072016-06-10T20:27:34.724-07:002016-06-10T20:27:34.724-07:00I love your blog and the ideas you share. Thanks f...I love your blog and the ideas you share. Thanks for the parenting book tip! Keep writing. You inspire me! <br /><br />mkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590830154321288021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-20639300866861054712016-06-10T19:15:17.780-07:002016-06-10T19:15:17.780-07:00I also have read your blog for many years, along w...I also have read your blog for many years, along with Clover Lane and Denton Sanitorium. I probably check every week or two to see if there are any new posts. I love that you and Mike are on the same page as far as how you want to parent your kids, even if your ideas are unpopular. Being of the same mind will make things much easier to go against the tide.Tracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03219078989716705176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-83020699187178380652016-06-10T18:59:50.168-07:002016-06-10T18:59:50.168-07:00I agree. I check 4 blogs every day, yours is one o...I agree. I check 4 blogs every day, yours is one of them! I love it! Keep posting if you have the time.Jennyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08482605978393189992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-46495027970366920962016-06-10T17:10:00.425-07:002016-06-10T17:10:00.425-07:00i only read 2 blogs anymore, and yours is one of t...i only read 2 blogs anymore, and yours is one of them :) and i have to thank you stephanie. i read your summer goals entry just in time to try some of them out for our family. no television/computers and more reading and being bored have been incredible! and we are only two weeks into summer. i will do that every year for sure. thank you!rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439637855745126891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-85127759900604548012016-06-10T13:04:41.972-07:002016-06-10T13:04:41.972-07:00I started reading you years ago via Sarah from Clo...I started reading you years ago via Sarah from Clover Lane. Keep writing. <br /><br />I read The Collapse book as well. It made me want to go back and reread Blessing of a B- this summer before my oldest becomes a sophomoreLisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/07648721779134226742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-19255573695186589802016-06-10T12:10:21.768-07:002016-06-10T12:10:21.768-07:00I read blogs still and would love to hear more on ...I read blogs still and would love to hear more on both items above!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968478074259385397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-64160143211216852862016-06-10T11:31:35.985-07:002016-06-10T11:31:35.985-07:00You don't know me, and I don't know how I ...You don't know me, and I don't know how I came across your blog many years ago, but I do love reading it! It's like a good book that never ends. You help me stay focussed on what really matters, inspire me to be better, and to simplify. Thank you.hayleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787511004148188483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-37268772450368488582016-06-10T11:31:10.937-07:002016-06-10T11:31:10.937-07:00You don't know me, and I don't know how I ...You don't know me, and I don't know how I came across your blog many years ago, but I do love reading it! It's like a good book that never ends. You help me stay focussed on what really matters, inspire me to be better, and to simplify. Thank you.hayleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787511004148188483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-24115018922888688562016-06-10T09:16:35.453-07:002016-06-10T09:16:35.453-07:00I read blogs, just a few and yours is one of those...I read blogs, just a few and yours is one of those.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296458913864371738noreply@blogger.com