Parting is such Sweet Sorrow

by Lydia Poblano

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My dear Vintage Mama’s, On my last post I shared with you a bit of the troubles that have been brewing in my home life. It has been a very tough week…one that has taken me to the darkest part of my soul. The attack upon my family, though far from resolved, is headed in [...]

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Trying to Make Lemonade from Life’s Lemons

by Lydia Poblano

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My dear Vintage Mama’s, Sometimes the vast sea that is life can become turbulent and unfortunately I am in the midst of a mighty storm. I have been the victim of some harassment and it now threatens my happy little home. Though I cannot share the details, the harassment is not a result of blogging or from [...]

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Caring For Your Valentine Flowers

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Did your honey give you some flowers for Valentine’s Day? Or perhaps your rascals picked some for you from the garden (hopefully they left you enough to call it a garden LOL). My dearest surprised me with a pot of hot pink tulips and truth me told my thumb isn’t very green. Though I try [...]

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Recipe for Making a Happy Home

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Bake some happiness in your home today! All you need is… 1T of each: Frugality, Industry and Planning 2T of each: Patience, Understanding and Gentleness 4 oz box of Charity 6 cups of Humor Knead thoroughly with the salt of cheerfulness and flavor with the essence of comfort. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 min and sprinkle [...]

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Amish Friendship Bread – Spreading the Love!

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About a week and a half ago, my aunt called me saying that she was going to drop off a surprise for me…and what I got was a bag of mush. Sure it looked quite unimpressive then, but she promised me that if I just followed the directions I was going to be rewarded with [...]

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Making History Un-Boring for Kids

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This school year, my rascal and I have been doing a lot more with history than we have in past years. Of course it was easy for me to get excited, but it took a bit more for my 9 yr old son to feel excited about history. This, of course, is not unusual. Even [...]

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Finding Your Parenting Purpose

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School’s have motto’s. Company’s have mission statements. Blogs have taglines. What do all these things have in common and what do they have to do with old fashioned motherhood? It’s about purpose. Purpose: The reason for which something exists, or is done, made, used, etc (dictionary.com) Purpose give you clarity on what your next move [...]

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How Do You Do “Vintage”?

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When I tell people that I write about vintage motherhood and living, one of the first things they ask is where I like to shop for vintage clothes. Of course dressing up vintage could be one way to “do vintage”, but there are SO MANY other ways that mama’s do vintage. Now what I want [...]

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Freedom in Giving Up

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On my New Years Eve post, I shared with you some ideas to help make this year just a bit more simple. Many mama’s emailed me to let me know how much they appreciated those idea’s (glad to help!). There was one suggestion on that list that seemed to really hit home with many and [...]

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Cold Cream Cleansing 101

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Odd how one can see something everyday yet still not know how it’s actually done . That’s the way I felt about cleansing with cold cream. I saw my grandma cleanse her skin with it every night when I was a little yet I never actually learned how to use it  until I studied skin care therapy. [...]

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