May 2009

Religion Reminds Me A Lot of Email

I have a thought that I think of every so often. And, today while I was driving along by myself, listening to a Christian song on my iPod, I got to thinking about my thought again. My thought that I have from time to time is that I’m not sure how people get through life [...]

Wow! My Guest Post is One of Simple Mom’s "Popular Posts"

I just popped over to Simple Mom during her giveaway week, and was surprised to see the guest article that I wrote for her site Composting Bins: Benefits, Rules, & How to Make Your Own listed on her sidebar as one of her “Popular Posts.” Okay, that’s it. I am just feeling horribly unfocused tonight, [...]

Reading is More Fun with a Friend

One of the things that we have really worked on this homeschooling year has been to teach the kids that reading can really be an enjoyable activity (heck — reading is even a Finer Thing!). It has been so encouraging to see the transformation of them never wanting to read while they were in traditional [...]

7 Quick Takes – May 29th Edition (Vol. 5)

~ 1 ~ My preschool co-op class will be performing at our end of the year social to the song “Octopus” by Charlotte Diamond. We have listened to it during almost every one of our classes this year. Even though I’m a stickler for correct song titles, I have always called the song the wrong [...]

My Husband Called Me A Snot Bucket

Let it be known that I am not like the newspaper that makes an error on the front page and then makes the correction on page 20, just under a riveting story about the new pipes that have been bought for the local treatment plant. While I feel I am not totally in error, as [...]

Keeping Track of Taxes for a Small Business Throughout the Year

Someone once asked me, after I told them that I whipped up my taxes so quickly after being totally unprepared to do them how it was that I was so organized throughout the year to be prepared for tax preparation. (I will make note that my “quickly” for taxes was a few hours, because of [...]

Trash Day is Like Absolution for The House

I love trash day. I just relly love it. And do you know what I love more than trash day? I love the trash day that comes every two weeks when it is also our recycling day. That makes trash day even more satisfying. Right now, we have both our trash and recycling ready to [...]

Contest Winners!

The Winners of the Around Homeschooling Zine Are: Amy from Cheeky Cocoa Beans Lisa from Cheerios Underfoot Katherine from Relishing Life Sarah from Prayerful Driven Life The Winner of Amazing Grace for Survivors is: Lynsey from The Non-Domestic Goddess Congrats to all of the winners!

Many Little Links {May 24, 2009}

25 Homeschool Websites You Should Have Bookmarked — Kris from Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers writing at The Homeschool Classroom Fight Back Against Scraper Blogs — Blog Coach The Mindfulness Guide for the Super Busy: How to Live Life to the Fullest — Zen Habits 10 Secrets to Curbing Your Appetite For Stuff — Frugal Dad Etch [...]

Beading: Great Fine Motor Practice for All Ages

If you have preschoolers or even older children who have some difficulty with fine motor skills, beading can be a great way to work on these skills. In order to increase interest and add some variety, we picked up a mix of plastic beads that included regular pony beads as well as shaped beads (stars, [...]

← Previous Entries