Why You Should Be Teaching Home Ec Skills to Your Children

I would hope that it is obvious why you should be teaching home ec skills to your children, because, of course, they are life skills.  No matter where your children go to school each day (the local public school, a private or parochial school, or your kitchen table), they are depending on you to teach [...]

10 Days of Teaching Home Ec Skills Series

I’m so excited to share with you that I’ll be participating in the “10 Days of…” series with iHomeschool Network.  Over ten days in the next two weeks (no weekends), 28 bloggers will be sharing an amazing wealth of knowledge and experiences.  Even if you don’t homeschool, you will be able to find topics of [...]

Many Little Links: April 15, 2012

Some Places You’ll Find Me Writing This Week: Arranging a Kid Swap at Simple Homeschool I was excited to have a guest post published at Simple Homeschool this week.  Go check out an arrangement that a friend and I have that helps us each have a little free time each month.  (Plus, you can see [...]

7 Quick Takes: April 13, 2012 (Vol. 118)

~ 1 ~ Eight months ago, I had a horrible, painful pain that lasted for about 20 minutes and then went away.  It was weird and awful.  I happened to be out of town and driving, so I had to pull over for my Mom to take over, while I promptly almost vomited and passed [...]

That Works for Me eBook Review and Giveaway

I am so excited about having received a copy of That Works for Me to review!  Well, hang on — actually, at first, I was more like, “Oh, well this will be nice.”  But, after I got the book, loaded it on my iPad, and started reading it, I was so psyched.  It is really [...]

10 Places I Would Love to Visit

In the last several years, I have felt more of an urge to travel.  In traveling, I have realized that not only do we take in so much learning through the experiences, but I have also noticed that one of the beauties of travel are the memories we bring home with us. Now, in this [...]

Signing off for the Easter Triduum

I will admit, I will probably still find time to squeeze in some work over the next few days, but I’ll be away from the blog for the remainder of the Easter Triduum, as well as Easter.  So, there will be no 7 Quick Takes or Many Little Links this week. I’m going to try [...]

First Communion Gift Guide 2012

I loved this feature last year, and am so excited to be able to share it again this year.  I have a real heart for small businesses, and it thrills me to be able to be a platform for letting some shine.  Supporting small businesses can be an amazing thing to do, and perfect for [...]

My 10 Most Often Used Apps for the iPad, iPod, and iPhone

We’re an Apple family.  From iPods to iPhones to iPads – we love and use them all.  Today, I thought it would be fun to share ten of my most frequently used apps. Angie’s Most Frequently Used Apps 1. Calendar – Even though it comes installed on the iPads, iPhones, etc, this is definitely my [...]

7 Quick Takes: March 30, 2012 (Vol. 118)

~ 1 ~ In last week’s Quick Takes, I shared all about having to call the Fire Department about the burning smell in our house, as well as that we never did figure out what the smell was, well, not for almost 12 hours, that is.  Then, we narrowed it down to our refrigerator and [...]