My Picks Of The Week/ ‘EOA’ Link-Up #25

We’ve had some excitement here today. Today was one BIG SURPRISE after another!! A heartfelt ‘Thank-You’ to my family for the best 60th birthday ever!! I LOVE you all so much

It has been hard to settle down and write something intelligible since all the commotion! I must try since this needs to be released SOON!

FIRST order of business is the GIVEAWAY WINNER of the Garden Vegetable and Herb Encyclopedia. The winner * tah dah* is Christina over at A Self-Sufficient Life For Me. Christina, I will be sending your garden reference book to you by the end of this week. Thank you everyone for entering and making this a great little fun giveaway!

I am glad to welcome you to ‘Encourage One Another’ Wednesday!

Here are the Picks Of the Week:

Brandy, the contributing writer over at Erin’s The Humbled Homemaker, has a must-read when it comes to health. As an RN, this is close to my heart, and I would that every parent would consider this information and how it could affect their family. {Aspartame: Why Sugar-Free Foods Could Cost You Your Health}

Over at Growing Home, Jacinda shares one of my very own strategies for ‘working myself out of a job’! It works, dear older sisters andMothers, and will reap rewards for a lifetime.

The Straightened Path, a blog new to me, written by ‘The Momma’, has a mighty powerful post on {How To} Show A Lil’ Respect to our husbands, and I still need to listen-up!! We I need frequent re-enforcement in this:

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Rules for this Link up:

1.) Please use the Linky Tools below to link up an encouraging post that will help other families grow stronger! This could include topics such as: character-building or homemaking skills, cleaning, cooking, gardening, an alternative medicine tip, devotions, a special photo, scripture, or any other topic that would be of encouragement to someone.

2.) Please grab the HTML code in the text box below the button on the sidebar, and paste it into your post to link back. Please link back to this post! 3.) Visit a fellow blogger who linked-up and give an affirming comment on their post. Spread the word so we can learn more ideas on keep our families growing! If you’re not participating today, I hope you’ll come back & join in next week!

~ Jacqueline