Life Between Loads of Laundry
It’s been a while since I’ve had toddlers around my house. However, after I was done having toddlers around the house, I spent five years working as an in-home developmental therapist to children under three with developmental delays and disabilities. That gave me a chance to try out a lot of toys and materials with a lot of different kids. One of the things that I thought was especially fun about that was being able to see trends in {Read More}
I’m excited that just like last year, iHomeschool Network is hosting their 10 in 10 series starting now through the next 10 weeks. As a member at iHN, I’ll be participating, and it will also mean some new faces in the link up for Top Ten Tuesday as well. Fun! Don’t worry, non-homeschoolers, only a few of the weeks have topics that are specifically about homeschooling. But, this week happens to be one of them. I’m sharing some things that {Read More}
What helps one person get through a stressful situation is definitely different for each person. Here are some things that I’ve found that have helped me with either stressful situations or just times in life that have seemed more stressful in general. 10 Ways to Relax When You’re Too Stressed 1. Prayer. It’s a pretty darn good go-to in most situations, isn’t it? I find that sometimes when I’m super stressed though, I’ll start rehashing it all to God. Of {Read More}
This is part of a two week series on Many Little Blessings where either I or my family try something that is a new experience and then reflect on it. Check out all of the new experiences. —– I’m changing up the format that I’ve been following for this series to make this one fit into a Top Ten Tuesday as well. While I have been to some larger art museums, such as the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and The {Read More}
This week and next week (Monday through Friday each week), I will be participating in iHomeschool Network’s Hopscotch with the topic of 10 Days of New Experiences. The experiences vary from simple to more complex, and hopefully you’ll enjoy the variety. I’ll be sharing what the new experience we did was, what I expected beforehand, how the experience actually went, and if I would do it again. In the next two days, you’ll get to read about me shooting for {Read More}
I’ve been wondering what to write for my Top Ten Tuesday this week for a few days now. Nothing was popping into my head, and on Monday afternoon (which is right now for me) it finally came to me when I decided that I should go out onto our screened in porch to write. I got an overwhelming sense of joy at the thought of writing out there. I thought, “Yes, that’s what my topic should be, things that make {Read More}
I am thrilled each time I get to shop on Etsy. Not only do I love supporting artists and artisans (especially since I have my own Etsy shop, of course), but the variety of items that you can find on Etsy are just astounding. If you haven’t shopped on Etsy before, I would advise you to at least browse around – you just never know what you’ll find. Here are ten shops that I have in my favorites on Etsy {Read More}
We don’t have parties often, but I love it when we do. Even though they can be expensive and a ton of work, it makes me so happy to have a houseful of friends and family. Even when they get hectic, it just makes my heart feel full. I will admit that I don’t always take the cheapest way out when having parties, but I thought I would come up with some easy ideas for saving money while party planning. {Read More}
This past weekend, I was blessed to be able to travel to an hour south of Nashville to the Petticoat Junction Retreat Center to meet up with blogging friends to visit, brainstorm, help each other, work, and to hear a speaker we brought in. Fun, right? It was! Hopefully soon I’ll share some of my takeaways from the weekend, but first, I want to share about the beautiful house that we stayed in throughout the weekend. 1. The retreat center {Read More}
I hate to admit it, so please don’t judge me, but I know that there are times when I get so wrapped up in things like making meals, updating my blogs, driving people to lessons, and a million other things, that I don’t take time to pray like I should. I talked about this during Reconciliation last week. (That’s Confession, for those of you unfamiliar with that term.) The Monsignor that I went to suggested that I try to block {Read More}
