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My Name is Jane
A blessed and devoted wife, mama to two young maidens, homesteader, and retired homeschool educator.
I’m so glad you stopped by
My Name is Jane
A blessed and devoted wife, mama to two young maidens, homesteader, and retired homeschool educator.
Family
Jeff (hubby) is my one and only of 27 years. He's a designer/inventor in a major medical Fortune 500 Corporation, but...
prefers the adventurous/sporty life and would rather be cycling or hiking/canoeing in the wilderness. He's our fence-mender, fix-it man, and builder extraordinaire that keeps our homestead humming. He's my go-to man for pretty much everything and our place would be in shambles without him. I so appreciate him!
Me: I'm all about YHWH God and Family!
I LOVE being able to live out my dream as a stay-at-home mom and housewife! Prior to marriage I was just killing time working in a fancy-schmancy office as a paralegal/office manager, specializing in commercial real estate law.
I so LOVED being a homeschool mom, but with our daughters now grown, I must shift gears to other interests. After faith (😍studying my Bible), family, & farm, I divide my time between redecorating our 23 yr. old builder-grade farmhouse and making our log lake cabin our home away from home. Favorite pastimes of mine are pouring over floorplans & paint swatches, bargain shopping, cooking from scratch for nutritional & natural health, gardening, historical research, and organizing/planning.
We are doubly blessed to be the proud parents of two wonderful maidens.
Anna (L) & Amber (R), October 2017
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| Loves to read, especially history! The bigger the book, the better, and enjoys intellectual discussions. |
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| Our perfectionist rides prim & proper, but both horse & rider prefer bareback! |
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| Artistic & Musical, yet never satisfied with her artistry. |
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| Cowgirl-hearted & pick-up driving, she LOVES rodeos & rides with reckless abandon. |
extraordinaire. Anna has taught a bit of beginner piano, but would like to have a career with animals someday; perhaps in the area of holistic animal nutrition & behavior, and is working (online) towards a diploma. In addition to her classes, she has a job in our area where she can assist others with farm & pets. Anna also worked a summer as a Wrangler at a Bible camp and sometimes volunteers at animal-related functions such as the big Minnesota Horse Expo, the MN Kennel Club dog show, and FFA (Future Farmers of America).
We are a fairly conservative Christian homeschooling (retired)/homesteading family and have lived on the Minnesota prairie for 23 years now, lovin' every minute of it. We are blessed to have a 10-acre hobby farm; a fairly large organic garden; and adore our extended family — 3 horses (a Paint & 2 Quarter Horses); Barred Rock & a mixture of chickens; 2 3 4 5cats; and 1 Loveable Leonberger (giant farm dog).
God called us to homeschool before our first child was born and we have followed that leading ever since; "officially" home educating for 16+ years, graduating both our babies from our homeschool -- yet still in it for life as one never stops learning.
God called us to homeschool before our first child was born and we have followed that leading ever since; "officially" home educating for 16+ years, graduating both our babies from our homeschool -- yet still in it for life as one never stops learning.
My goals in life are to be obedient to God and His Word, a loving helpmeet to my dear husband, and to raise our daughters to love God and His Word with all their hearts. To this end I shall be content.
My Multi-generational Vision:
Psalm 78:5-7 For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments:
