October 2010

A Peanut Butter Epiphany

Jack loves sandwiches. Well, maybe he doesn’t love sandwiches.  That makes it sound like there are a variety of sandwiches that he loves. What he loves are peanut butter and jelly (or jam) sandwiches. He would pick to have peanut butter and jelly for every lunch all week long, I suspect.  I can’t imagine how [...]

7 Quick Takes: October 29, 2010 (Vol. 58)

~ 1 ~ The kids and I spent the day out of town visiting one of our friends (who is a priest) at the parish that he is currently.  We had lunch out, took a tour of the church and school, and then hung out at the rectory with him.  It was such a nice [...]

Highlights from Just a Tiny Owl

I realized the other day that I haven’t been posting any of my things from my Etsy shop, Just a Tiny Owl.  Don’t worry – I won’t start bombarding you with it.  However, I realized that from time to time, you might actually be interested in seeing what I’ve been up to on Etsy. Word [...]

Our First Project Day

Last Friday, we had our very first “Project Day.” (It was what I called it for lack of a better term.  Not that I had to call it anything in particular, but the kids like that.)  I had been thinking about a Project Day for quite some time.  I wanted a day either once a [...]

My Kids’ Top Ten Favorite Wii Games

With Christmas now only two months away, it’s the time of year when a lot of parents start shopping for video games.  And, if you’re one of them, you probably have some of the same thoughts that I do, “Hey kid – I remember when your Christmas wish list had an awful lot of $20 [...]

I Love a Set of 25 Year Old Markers

When I was eight years old, my life changed in all kinds of ways. My Mom got remarried.  My biological father gave up his parental rights and I was adopted by my Mom’s new husband (who has been a better Dad than I ever could imagined having).  I was moving eight hours away to a [...]

Many Little Links: October 23, 2010

Encouraging Our Children to Live Passionately – Zen Family Habits (piece was written by Mandi from Life…Your Way) Love this post!  I need to do these things more often, but I took some comfort in the fact that some of the kids and I have been having some craft time together lately.  It’s always a [...]

Stories for the Homeschool Heart

I don’t know if I have mentioned this here before or not, but I am really excited that I have an essay published in the new book Stories for the Homeschool Heart.  Bezalel Books is giving away a copy of this book at Catholic Mothers Online.  If you are interested in winning a copy, pop [...]

7 Quick Takes: October 22, 2010 (Vol. 57)

~ 1 ~ This week, we did our first “Project Day” for school.  I plan to post more about it later.  But, one of my favorite things about the day was when Noah said, “Mom – I love Project Day!  You know how to make school so much fun.” Of course, he doesn’t normally say [...]

Making Extra Money Online Through Escalate Media Affiliate Network

This week, for Works for Me Wednesday, I want to share a quick tip about a way that I’m making a little extra money online. While I was at Savvy Blogging Summit, I was introduced to Escalate Media Affiliate Network.  I thought, “Oh, that’s cool – but I don’t post about deals, so I’m not [...]

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