Homeschooling is going to be a MAJOR challenge for me this year. Prayers are flying Heavenward fast and furious, and I’m begging Him to show me how to manage my day and all the responsibilities will come with teaching my children this year. Yes, I’m still teaching 6 (with two “on the floor,” as it … [Read more…]
I’ve never been a big fan of New Year’s resolutions… I don’t know, I guess something about it seemed so arbitrary and fake to me. I can’t remember ever making any when I was younger. This year, however, I want to set some (what I feel to be) realistic goals for myself. 1. Be more … [Read more…]
That’s the goal, people… it’s the goal. All that planning last night paid off. I was able to take two of my kids with me (Reilly and Christopher) for a day o’ shopping. Ten stores and 4+ hours later, Reilly said, “Mom, I’m never, ever going to ask what’s taking you so long at the … [Read more…]
Subtitled: You can do almost anything in a skirt! *grin* But we’ll get to that later. I’m getting some great responses in the comment box for my last posting! Thank you! So, I went to bed on Saturday night, laying out all my problems to the Lord with this whole Sunday rest thing. I had … [Read more…]
I have a question that’s been bothering me. The question is this: How do you define “work” on Sunday? I try to make Sunday a day set apart — you know, lots of God, lots of family, lots of rest. At least, that’s the goal. However, I also want to make Sunday dinner extra special … [Read more…]
… cook with pans like these. So my dear friend Malia rushed to my rescue, sacrificing her “happy points” from Bloom so I could have NEW pans to use. New pans, people! No more teflon flakes in our food!No more trying to chisel out the scrambled eggs from the pan! Who ever heard of such … [Read more…]
To answer Emily’s question in the comment box, I figured I would just write another post, since the answer might be a bit long. Here are some of the many links you can find on how to save money at CVS. I found stuff like this over and over again on various sites, but it … [Read more…]
I found this recipe and video from Homespun Living (a fantastic blog that never fails to inspire me!), and she claims that the recipe really is as easy (and as wonderful) as it looks. I wasn’t going to post this until I had actually tried it, but it seemed too wonderful to keep it to … [Read more…]
Welcome to a new great toy for kids… a bucket full of 25 lbs of wheat berries! Mommy, they won’t let me get in there! Seriously. It was a child magnet. Every single one of them (you can’t even SEE poor Kathryn in the picture! She’s buried in there next to Reilly) was compelled to … [Read more…]
And I am so excited!! Behold the lowly bureau (and yes, I know there’s a lot of mess around it! It was a rough day around here)…. This ugly, ugly piece of furniture has been my bureau for the past twenty years. It was a freebie I inherited when I came down to South Carolina … [Read more…]