The Weston A. Price Foundation recently held its annual conference in October. Here are two videos form the conference that the foundation is making free for the public. If you want more of the conference recordings, check out the offerings here.
Flash sale! November 21 – November 27 you may purchase ALL the recordings, as a complete set or individual talks, for 25% to 45% off! Go here to get those.
I’ve avoided root canals and I plan on continuing to do so. They sound like nothing but trouble. Watch these videos and learn why they are so awful.
I got the image above and the text below from Prager University:
“Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday and one of our favorite days of the year. But do you know the origins of this beloved holiday, why we celebrate it, and how it shaped our history? If you’ve watched enough PragerU videos, answering these questions should be a breeze. Take this short quiz and let’s put your Thanksgiving knowledge to the test!”
Here are two great Black Friday sales for liberty lovers. Do you want the perfect gift for a family who wants to preserve liberty and pass down that love to their children? Then get the Tuttle Twins books. The bundle above contains the original series of Tuttle Twins books.
Here’s what’s in it:
BLACK FRIDAY BUNDLE
ALL 13 CHILDREN’S PAPERBACK BOOKS A collection of 13 illustrated paperbacks that use captivating stories to introduce important concepts to kids ages 5-11.
ALL 13 AUDIOBOOKS Thirteen professional audiobook recordings that complement the paperback books, perfect for auditory learners or bedtime listening.
ALL 13 ACTIVITY WORKBOOKS Thirteen interactive workbooks with exercises like coloring and puzzles that reinforce lessons from the paperbacks.
ALL 13 PARENT GUIDES Thirteen PDF guides providing background and discussion prompts to help you enrich your kids’ learning from the books.
TUTTLE REBUTTALS E-BOOK An 115-page e-book tackling economic and political myths, great for inquisitive older kids and adults.
Total Value: $370.47 Black Friday Price: $92.88 (75% OFF). Get it here!
Now for the mega bundle as shown below. It has all the stuff in the bundle above, plus more! See the details below the picture.
BLACK FRIDAY MEGA BUNDLE (All of our books!)
All books in the Black Friday Bundle, PLUS:
AMERICA’S HISTORY, VOL 1 AND 2 BUNDLES Two in-depth hardbacks exploring America’s founding philosophy and the Revolutionary War, packed with stories, ideas, and learning bonuses (curriculum, audiobooks, videos)
TUTTLE TWINS GUIDEBOOK SERIES This hardback non-fiction series teaches pre-teens and teenagers (and adults!) about important topics like logical fallacies, critical thinking, entrepreneurship, and standing up for what is right!
TUTTLE TWINS: CHOOSE YOUR CONSEQUENCE COMBO PACK A 4-book interactive series where readers control the adventures of Ethan and Emily and see economic/political outcomes.
TUTTLE TODDLERS ABC COMBO SET ABC board books using the alphabet to introduce economic, liberty, and Revolutionary War concepts to toddlers with cute illustrations.
TUTTLE TODDLERS 123 COMBO SET 123 board books using numbers to introduce innovation, economics, and the Bill of Rights to toddlers with cute illustrations.
TUTTLE TALES FAMILY CARD GAME A collaborative storytelling card game blending learning and laughter using familiar Tuttle Twins characters and concepts.
In addition, we’re also throwing in four of Connor’s other books for parents and teens:
Passion-Driven Education: How to Use Your Child’s Interests to Ignite a Lifelong Love of learning
Children of the Collective
How to Not Suck at Life: 89 Tips for Teens
Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today’s Students
Total Value: $1,097.00 + bonuses Black Friday Price: $273.99 (75% OFF)
On this eve of Thanksgiving, I’m sharing this podcast of stories of God providing for people, from Jennifer Flanders of flandersfamily.info and her Loving Life at Home podcast. Listen here.
I hope that sometime during this Thanksgiving week, either at the Big Dinner tomorrow or during a family devotional in the next few days, you will share with your family the story of the Pilgrims and at least one of the stories from the podcast above, then follow up with sharing personal family stories of how God has provided for each of you in your own lives and in your family’s life.
For some Thanksgiving stories to share, go here and get my Family Devotionals ebook and go to the November section of stories. I also have a few here on my blog.
For lots of Thanksgiving tradition ideas, go here to my family traditions site, and scroll down to under the “November” heading.
This video is hot off the press! Dr. Boz just showed it today on her YouTube channel. The image above is a screenshot of the video below. It shows how healing the ketogenic diet can be. Watch below to see how the keto diet allowed a 216 lb. woman with Down’s Syndrome, “Susie,” lose over 100 lbs, cure her dementia, and solver her behavioral issues. As Dr. Boz video shows, dementia is preventable and curable!
The keto continuum diet, as created by Dr. Boz, the medical doctor in the video above, is a healing diet for so many health issues, including food addiction, food cravings, sugar addiction, dementia, adult onset diabetes, metabolic disease, and so much more! See all the symptoms the diet helps below:
If you would like to get help with the ketogenic diet, please consider enrolling in my Slim and Healthy Keto class. The Black Friday deal of paying $147 instead of $197 ends this Saturday 11/25! Go here to learn more, enroll in the giveaway of a free registration or just sign up right away!
I have a pumpkin pie recipe on my blog over here already, and here’s a new one. It’s dairy-free and sugar-free. It’s from Jonell Francis, one of my long-time Veggie Gal girlfriends. Go here to get it and in the meantime check out all her stuff, she is an expert on leaky gut syndrome.
If you are avoiding sugar and love pumpkin desserts, here is a recipe for you: low-carb pumpkin cheesecake. I used this recipe over here from Northern Nester, and just left out the crust. This year I’m going to make it again, and maybe do the pecan crust from Northern Nester’s other recipe from here.
Yesterday almost seemed like Thanksgiving. How I loved it! It was like a Sunday at my mom’s house years ago. My siblings and their families had all come for Sunday dinner, along with Uncle Lou and Aunt Diann. Uncle Lou is the uncle I blogged about over here. As Uncle Lou saw the bustle of so many bodies moving about and smelled the aroma of home-cooked food wafting through the kitchen, he observed, “It’s like Thanksgiving here!” So I’ve become my mom, as that’s what it felt like today with 5 out of my 7 kids, my two grandsons, and my son-in-law all in the house. I am definitely loving my big family life! It has its highs and lows for sure, its challenges, its pains and sorrows, but all-in-all, I’m so grateful for my big family and my life as an ordinary housewife, mom, and grandma.
I’m so grateful for the plan of families that come from God. I love collecting families, as my son-in-law calls it. This is the process of learning to know your own family and each family on the branches of your family tree, and growing the branches, with marriages, births, and adoptions. I love getting to know my relatives, such as when I went to my uncle’s funeral in October. I got to chat with some of my cousins and some of my mom’s cousins. Last Friday, we went to a wedding reception for the daughter of my husband’s cousin. How wonderful it was to catch up with some of my husband’s cousins for 15 minutes or so. My husband talked to one cousin, my sister-in-law with another cousin, and I talked to a cousin’s wife.
Then next month another cousin’s daughter is getting married, so we’ll get to do it again. This is just the beginning, what with all the younger siblings coming of age. I love how funerals and weddings are mini-family reunions. They are a reminder to me that God wants us to feel family love and share this family love with all of His children. I realize that because of dysfunctional families, not everyone feels this family love nor wants to be with a family forever. My heart goes out to these people. If anyone reading this feels this way, I am praying for you to feel family love and do what you can to create family love.
Speaking of families, did you all see the finale of season 12 of Relative Race last night? If not, go watch it here. If it’s your first episode of the season, it’s best if you go watch the other episodes first, to give you context. Go to this page for Season 12 and watch them order, starting with Episode 1.
I almost always cry when I see these people on the show hug a long-lost relative for the first time, especially if it’s a parent or sibling. It’s just so sweet!
Here’s an organic, unofficial “Relative Race” story that involves so-called coincidences to bring about some people finding relatives. This story happens without any DNA testing, race, or TV cameras. It was all orchestrated purely by God! It is sure to warm your hearts this Thanksgiving season, especially if you love Relative Race. It involves some mixed-up mail, a common surname, long-lost twins, and reunited cousins and siblings. It all happened in November, culminating in a joyous family reunion on Thanksgiving Day! All from a catalog sent to the “wrong” address! God definitely works through mysterious ways, even with catalogs and the postal system! The story is called “A Catalog of Events”, by Janet Kruckenberg. It appeared in the June 1994 Ensign. Here’s the beginning of the story (copied from the June 1994 Ensign):
When I answered the phone, a man’s voice on the other end of the line asked my name and told me his, saying that a mail order catalog with my name on it had arrived in his mail. He asked if I had ordered the catalog or if I wanted it. I told him I didn’t and that I had no idea why my name was on it. We would have hung up then if the caller hadn’t said something else.
There’s so much more to the story! Please see the rest of the article here. I have more posts about Relative Race listed here. The awesome feels of Relative Race never have to end! I’m so grateful for the plan of salvation, centered in our Savior Jesus Christ, whose atoning sacrifice allows us to repent of our sins, so we want to, and can, live as eternal families. I wouldn’t want to live forever together if we all were stuck in our selfish stuff.
I just got the game above from my children for my birthday! I can’t wait to play it! I like regular Dixit but the cards are rather creepy. The cards in this version look so much more genteel.
I hope you already read my Party Games Part #1 post. If not, go over here. The images above and below come from the Dice Tower video over there.
Then watch the video below for more ideas! I hope you find some great games to create wonderful memories with your family and friends. These games make wonderful family Christmas gifts too!
One of my little pleasures in life is playing the piano. I’m no Mozart but I can read music and play most sheet music placed in front of me. I also love Thanksgiving. So, to combine my loves of Thanksgiving and piano brings me extra joy! Here’s a little-known Thanksgiving song, called “Hymn of Thanks” by Dorothy Andersen. You can find it here. It’s from the Friend magazine, a publication for children by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the November 1978 issues.
Want more Thanksgiving-themed songs? Get my Family Devotionals Ebook here. Then go to the November section. I hope you enjoy all the songs, poems, stories, and scriptures I have listed. This family devotionals ebook turns every day into a festival of worshipping God as a family.
Tree of Life Mothering 