Life Between Loads of Laundry
In many talks with other homeschoolers, I have found that a lot of us have some of the same feelings about homeschooling during the dead winter – it kind of stinks. I don’t know if it’s the extra time indoors, the fact that we’re usually right at that midpoint of the school year, colds and flus tend to be spreading rapidly, or something else, but this is a time of year when a lot of people start to question whether {Read More}
Winter is fast approaching, so I thought I would take on the challenge of writing up ten things I love about it. This is not as easy as my list that I think I’ve written two or even three times before – what I love about fall. I feel like it’s easy to love fall, and a little harder to love winter. Ten Things I Love About Winter 1. The wonder of a first snow fall. I’m not even as {Read More}
This weekend, I had planned to do some writing amongst my other planned activities. After all, we would be at a cabin in the woods and I would have down time with my thoughts and my handy iPad/keyboard combo. It ended up, however, that I didn’t really have much time to write. Instead… 1. We rented paddle boats for an hour. (And had to say more than once, “My legs are on fire” from all the peddling.) 2. Jack, Molly, {Read More}
A Quick Reminder: Please remember that if you are linking up to Top Ten {Tuesday}, your post should be a list of ten items. It can be a post that includes a list of some type (with ten items), but it shouldn’t be just a regular post with no list whatsoever. There has been an increase in people linking up with posts that have no list at all. Please know that I’ve been removing links from the link list that {Read More}
~ 1 ~ This week found my family taking part in a local large groundbreaking ceremony (for a medical facility). While we were initially asked by someone if we were willing to be there to represent residents of the area, it was only after I agreed that I was told that one of us would need to speak for about two minutes. To the company’s credit, they didn’t even ask to know what I was going to say ahead of {Read More}
~ 1 ~ I remember that in mid March when I was in 8th grade, we had a horrible ice storm that left us without power for around five or six days and out of school for a week. (It was also the night I was out of town with my sister and her husband for an INXS concert.) It seems so crazy to think about that given the weather we’re having now! This week, I opened the whole house {Read More}
~ 1 ~ During dinner the other night, we got into a discussion about the importance of occasionally reciting things that you have previously memorized. While I was lamenting the fact that I can no longer spout off the Gettysburg Address, the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, or all of the presidents in order, I had the urge to see how many presidents I could still name (not worrying about getting them in the right order). Oh yeah — that’s {Read More}
~ 1 ~ It seems like the weather lately has been so crazy! In just the last couple of weeks, we’ve had lovely weather with no need for even a jacket, several hours of snow, and then one day of a crazy storm with tornado warnings and hail. Not just little hail either. This was what it looked like part of the way through the hail, as I tried to take a picture through some driving rain (so that’s why {Read More}
My regularity in posting lately has been a little off. I’ve been keeping quite busy though, even if some of it has still left me working away at the computer. So, just for fun, I thought I would list ten things that I’ve been doing instead of posting here at Many Little Blessings. 1. Registering new writers for both The Homeschool Classroom and Catholic Mothers Online. I am never sure why I think this is a good idea to have {Read More}
~ 1 ~ I haven’t seemed to be able to get back into the swing of things this week. I’m not sure if it’s having been away to Savvy Blogging Summit all last weekend, or if it’s from the extreme heat. But, oh man — I have just been exhausted this week. I’ve been going to bed earlier (sometimes by accident, right in the living room in a recliner), and I’ve also been taking a nap from time to time. {Read More}
