Category Archives: Life
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This is what we woke up to yesterday…. The three boys share a room. Bull and Jack wake up 100% awake and ready to start their day. Buggle wakes up slowly and prefers quiet while waking. Usually Jack comes in … Continue reading
The Twentieth Day
The big children asked me what day they should be on in their devotional books today and I realized as I counted the days from the Third Sunday in Lent that we are halfway through Lent. This week has been … Continue reading
Seven Reasons “Extra” “Borrowed” Children Are A Gift!
The past couple of weeks I’ve had “extra” children around fairly frequently and it got me thinking… Why is it that adding a child or two actually makes things easier (most of the time?) One I get to sit down … Continue reading
How-To Feed Two Families With One Chicken (and have some leftovers)
The other day I decided to cook a broiler as I’m trying to eat down the store of food in the freezer! A friend of mine had had a weekend of sick children so I thought I’d stretch that bird … Continue reading
Show Me: Bookshelves
First of all: If you have enough bookshelves please let me know how you achieved that! Mine are rather disorganized at the moment. Actually I’ve been saying since we moved here a year ago that I was going to organize … Continue reading
Show Me: Favorite Organizational Tools
This is a fun link up begun by a friend of mine- a different theme ?for every week all built around the idea of glimpses of each other’s lives! I’m a list kind of a girl, and I generate … Continue reading
Posted in homeschooling, Housekeeping, Life, Organization, Uncategorized
Tagged organizing, planning and organization, Show Me
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Working The Plan: Back To School After Christmas Break
Aaahh! Time to resume our “normal” life after the holidays! The schoolroom move is nearly complete and I’m ready to get back into lessons and regular chores! I’m not sure if the children are as ready as I am, … Continue reading
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Tagged planning and organization, Working The Plan
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The End Of The Break
We took a good bit of time off in December. Children were sick, I was sick and Christmas and Advent stuff needed doing. ?It was nice to have a bit of a change and to get some projects done but … Continue reading
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Tagged homeschooling, organizing, schoolroom
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A Little Reminder
One of the readings on Sunday was from Colossians Chapter Three. Put on then, as God?s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,?forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Creativity, devotional life, Discipleship, Downloads, Life, Scripture Memory, spiritual formation
Tagged family altar, Printables, Scripture Memory
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Bull Is Five!
For the past several months Bull has been telling perfect strangers that he was “going to be five in December”! Since his birthday is just a few days before Christmas, we had a little playdate in the morning and then … Continue reading