Life Between Loads of Laundry
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}
I have had this idea for a Top Ten Tuesday post for a while. It seems kind of weird maybe, but follow along with me. I have some songs that appear more than once on my iPhone, though they’re performed by different artists. I thought it would be fun (for me, anyway) to find ten of those duplicates, list who they’re by, and then pick my favorite of the versions. I know, this is not a ground breaking post. But, {Read More}
Now that I have finished the always stressful task of doing our taxes this year, I thought you might be interested to hear my top ten sources of income from last year. This, of course, is only the money that I’m making. Eric remains our household’s largest source of income. (Thanks, man. We appreciate things like food and shelter. You’re a real trooper like that.) Top 10 Ways My Business Made Money Last Year (in alphabetical order) Ad Networks – {Read More}
A couple of years ago, we decided to try out staying at a rustic cabin in a state park just as a fun family weekend. Before the weekend was even over, the kids were already asking if we could go again the following year. And now, we’ve already made reservations for our third year! This spur of the moment decision three years ago has really turned into a wonderful family tradition for us. In the years we’ve been going, we’ve {Read More}
I didn’t make any resolutions this year. What’s the point, right? I get all crazy ambitious at the end of December, make some sweeping declarations about the pathways that will get me to a better life, and then am done with them by January 3rd. I thought that I would, however, share a list of ten things that I would really love to do in 2013. I guess they are resolutions, but let’s not call them that. Let’s call them {Read More}
One thing that I really love to do, that my art enables, is being a vendor at craft shows. While it can sometimes make for a long day (especially if I find that maybe it wasn’t the perfect venue for me), it’s mostly really wonderful, because I love the chance it gives me to interact with lots of people throughout the day. Being properly ready for a craft show can make a huge difference in your happiness on the day {Read More}
I’m sure that I’m like a lot of other homeschoolers in that I can’t help myself but to worry about what we’re covering and, more importantly, what we’re not covering each year. I don’t have a school board or state board of education telling me what I should and shouldn’t do in my lesson plans. Instead, I’m piecing together an education the best that I can, and there’s a lot of pressure that comes with that. Here’s the thing that {Read More}
The irony is not lost on me that I am going to share a post on keeping up with your laundry when I just admitted that I had washed the same load of laundry three times before it finally hit the dryer. Still, I’m going to carry on and share this list of tips anyway because I think they’re good tips. I just don’t always manage to follow them. 10 Tips for Keeping up with Your Laundry 1. Set aside {Read More}
I would love it if I could be all sophisticated and studious and say, “We don’t even own a television at our house.” But, that’s just not the case. Instead, we have two televisions that get watched regularly and liberally use the DVR that we resisted getting but then ended up with after getting a deal from our cable provider. (It actually made our bill cheaper, so we couldn’t help ourselves.) Here are some of the television shows that we {Read More}
I kind of left you guys hanging, I feel. I shared after I got back from vacation that I had taken a vacation. But, then I took the holidays off the blogs and I never shared about the vacation. Top Ten Tuesday seemed like the perfect opportunity to share just ten of our big adventures from our early December vacation. 10 Adventures from Our Magical Vacation 1. We ate breakfast in a castle with princesses. 2. We whizzed through the {Read More}
