For the Cyber Monday Shoppers!

Are you going to join in with the Cyber Monday Shopping Deals and Giveaways?!  If you are, I'd like for you to do something a little different this year..... help support a working-from-home Mom! :)
Being a work-from-home-mom myself (or WAHM -- as we've been known to be called)with my own business as an Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant, I know how important it is to have that extra income to help with paying bills and allowing a little extra spending money for family activities.  But it's more than just about the money!!
By purchasing gifts and products from WAHM's, you are not only helping them with their income, you are also allowing them to WORK from HOME so that they may be there to raise their children and to be there for all of those special moments!  So you see, it's a win-win situation for everyone! You (the buyer), the working-from-home mom, and the children -- all win!

So, if you'd like to support a work-from-home mom during Cyber Monday, during the Holiday Season, and any other time of the year feel free to visit any of the websites or blog sites listed on this blog page!  It's definitely worth it!

Happy Shopping! and May you have a wonderful Holiday Season!
~Vanessa Walker

Parched Corn -- an Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Treat!

Want a very old-fashioned treat you can make yourself and share with your family on Thanksgiving?
Here is a recipe for "Parched Corn" that I found in

"The Little House Cookbook

-- Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories"

by Barbara M. Walker.

      This particular recipe is for the parched corn snack mentioned in Laura's book: "On the Banks of Plum Creek".  Laura and her sister, Mary, were given 3 grains of parched corn (similar to eating 3 salted peanuts), and as they ate, were supposed to remember the Pilgrims and the hardships they (the Pilgrims) had experienced and how thankful they must have been for the Thanksgiving Feast. Laura and Mary were given their parched corn treat after enjoying their own Thanksgiving dinner.

So try something more "old-fashioned" this year when making your Thanksgiving treats!

"For 1 cup of parched corn you will need:
Field corn, 1 ear dried, or sweet corn, 1 cup dried
Butter, 2 tablespoons
Salt
Skillet, 10-inch

If you are using field corn, shell it and remove chaff by tossing handfuls back and forth; do not wash! Heat butter in skillet over high heat. Cover the pan with kernels, reduce heat slightly, and stir constantly as kernels brown, puff up, and crackle. Cook 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat, salt to taste, and serve." (Walker 212)


Walker, Barbara M. The Little House Cookbook. New York: Scholastic Inc, 1979.