If you read my blog regularly, this might be a repeat for you. Yet, it is always a timely reminder, whereever we are in our homeschooling journey, of what is needful, and what should be our focus as we plan. I pray that you gain strength and encouragement today in reading my thoughts […]
Reading, ‘Rithmatic, and Ripening (aka What Works Well)
I’ve been having the best conversations after posting my “to do” list with my dear blogging buddies—on their blogs. First, I had to laugh at Karen’s “Huh?” comment; of all my blogging friends, she reminds me most of me, including the fact that she teaches part time and loves the NFL. Sick-o that I […]
Spring Break “to do” List
This is our spring break week, and it promises to be a busy one for me. If the Lord says the same, I will: Personal: (with the superhero’s help) weed the flower beds Place fresh mulch in the flower beds Plant tree spikes (fertilizer) once the rain comes Write KeriMae to thank her […]
Achievement with an Eye on the Saviour
I’ve been composing a post in my head for days, but I am just now at a point where I can put it to paper. I intentionally got up a little early so that I’d have some time with my thoughts. I thought to write another “Our World This Week” post, but the week […]
Dating Your Kids
Relationships should always outweigh agendas. Did anyone see this past week’s” Homeschool Minute,” the weekly e-newsletter from the Old Schoolhouse? Normally, because of the amount of time I spend on the computer with work-related tasks, I rarely get on to read articles, to subscribe to more information and announcements, etc. I skim. I actually […]
17 Years Ago, and Still on Tomorrow
Tomorrow, my husband and I will celebrate 17 years of marriage. I thought about what that time has meant to me, and my mind went back to a post I entered two years ago about this time. I’m still succeeding in places, still falling short in places, still learning, as I shared here, but most of all, […]
What We Do
When I’m fortunate enough to get out and about in Blogland, one of my favorite types of posts is the "this is our schedule" type of entry. A couple of years back, someone hosted a Homeschool Open House, and it was so much fun getting out and seeing what happens in each home. I learned alot that […]
A bit about love and marriage
I don’t blog much about our marriage. It’s not that we don’t have a great relationship. In fact, I think we have an intimacy–spiritually and emotionally as wel as physically–that many couples around us could only wish for. However, I tend to use my blog as information and inspiration, sometimes to the detriment of not […]
Tea Parties, Deadlines, and a Small, Small Portion of Steeler Nation: Our World this Week(end)
For the last several days, my mind fought to take a vacation—when my body least needed to be on break. I’ve had a number of deadlines to meet, but I must have really been tired because it seemed as if I struggled to get much done in the last few days, particularly if it required […]
All Good, All God: Our World This Week
If I were more diligent at posting these "everyday" kind of posts, I could probably have far more impact with these. Pray for me. I can’t believe it’s Saturday already! We’ve had an unbelievable week, and I thought I’d share it: Sunday: the service was awesome. Our pastor, like perhaps many others, has been preaching […]
To Feed the Mind and Nourish the Soul
The superhero wound up reading the conclusion of A Tale of Despereaux with the younger two, and I’m not quite sure how it ended. They both seemed a bit underwhelmed—hmmm. They’ve picked up through Mom’s intentional role modeling to see a movie only after they’ve read the book. Though this wasn’t one of my favorites, […]
An Aspiring “How To” on Multiple Kids, Multiple Ages
How do you homeschool with multiple ages of children in the house? How do you spend time with each one? I’ve seen this question a lot in the Homeschool Lounge recently, and I thought that, since this is the time of year when several parents pull their children out of traditional schools in the attempt […]