reflection

Helpful Homeschool Hints: You Can’t Do It All

While this is a homeschool hint, it’s really a hint for everyone. You absolutely cannot do it all. You already know that, of course.  I know you do.  I know it about myself too.  However, it doesn’t stop me from trying to do it all, have it all, be it all. Then, a week like [...]

10 Signs that I’m a Grown Up

There are many times when I think about life and say, “Hang on — you mean I’m not a teenager anymore?”  I still feel young, but then things happen that make me realize, “Hey – I’m not a kid anymore, no matter how young I may feel.” So, while peeling potatoes today, I started thinking [...]

Will You Still Love Me If I’m Not Mary Poppins?

One of my favorite scenes in Mary Poppins is when she has just met the Banks children, and she measures them with a tape measure which is printed with attributes about them right at their heights.  When Mary Poppins is then measured, the tape measure reads, “Practically Perfect in Every Way.” I’m here to say [...]

Top Ten Reasons I Know I’ve Been at The Hospital Too Long

Regular readers may have noticed that I haven’t been posting much (or at all) in the past week.  I’ll write more about the specifics later (soon), but this week has found me mostly hanging around the hospital after my Mom had emergency open heart surgery at the end of last week. This was quite shocking [...]

My Funeral Reading for My Grandma

I’ve been home for four days now, and I’m having a hard time getting back to writing here. I have been taking care of a lot of other things that I needed to do online, but I’m just having a hard time coming back to write. I think that my biggest problem is that I [...]

Top Ten Things I Have Been Thinking Of Lately

It seems like I have been a little aimless lately. I had been wanting to participate in Top Ten Tuesday and figured, “Hey, why not just talk about what kinds of things I have been thinking of lately?”  So, here are my random things that I have been pondering on. 1.  Am I ever going [...]

Real Life Confessions: The Lack of Focus Edition

People online say it, and so do people I know in person, “Angie — you do so much.  You have it all together.  How do you do it all?” I don’t. That is — I don’t have it all together and I don’t do it all.  As a matter of fact, I’m feeling a bit [...]

Four Months Makes a Big Difference in Our Backyard

It’s hard to believe that in just four months, our backyard and vegetable garden will look very similar to the above picture. This is the picture that Eric took of the same general area of our backyard tonight while he went out to fill our bird feeder: Today, we had a more hands on school [...]

A Guide for 2010

I have seen this as an email forward in years past, but having received it today, I enjoyed reading it just as much.  I thought others might enjoy reading it as well as we look toward 2010. Health: 1.       Drink plenty of water.2.       Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like [...]

Those Moments That Bring Life Into Sharp Focus

It’s easy to let life slip by us, isn’t it?  I know I’m guilty (too guilty) of finding time to play on Facebook or Twitter, but “forgetting” to do an activity that I told the kids I would do.  Or, I grumble when my Mom asks a favor while I think I am too busy [...]

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