I heard a sermon many years ago where the preacher posed the question, "Do you have a song in your heart?" I don’t remember much else about the message. But I do remember the repeated question about having a song in your heart. The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in…
The Fabulous 50 (or 23 in my case)
I’ve seen this neat map on several of my friends’ blogs, and since I can’t stand to be left out, I decided to make one too. visited 23 states (46%) Create your own visited map of The United States Anyone care to hazard a guess which 2 states I have lived in? And kind of…
Favorite Christmas Traditions
Tradition. There’s something wonderfully comfortable about traditions. I think that’s one of the things that makes Christmas such a special family time. We have purposed in our family to make Christ the center of our Christmas celebrations. From the time we had our first child, we knew that we wanted to make sure that he…
Favorite Christmas Traditions
Tradition. There’s something wonderfully comfortable about traditions. I think that’s one of the things that makes Christmas such a special family time. We have purposed in our family to make Christ the center of our Christmas celebrations. From the time we had our first child, we knew that we wanted to make sure that he…
Picking out a Tree
A hayride with hot cocoa. Singing Christmas carols. Finding the PERFECT tree. Together. As one big happy family. Sounds beautiful doesn’t it? Wait, I should make it a sleigh ride through the snow and why not chop our own tree down? Let’s face it. This is not reality for most people. Our reality for getting…
Not Me Monday
Last week some of my Homeschool Crew friends wrote their first Not Me Monday posts. I did NOT think that I could never do that, because I never have anything that funny happen to me. I was quickly rewarded with some material after that. Last Monday, I did NOT type up a beautiful list for…
Simple Spinach Salad
I like salad, but I really hate to make them. All the chopping and slicing tends to keep me from taking the time. Plus there’s the keeping a bunch of different vegetables around to use in the salad without them spoiling. I’m sad to say, I have thrown away way too many vegetables. Last year…
Exercise Tip
If you haven’t lifted weights for several weeks, and then are suddenly motivated on Monday after Thanksgiving to work-out, you will be very sore the next day. Just in case you know someone who might be crazy enough to try it. I’ll be crawling to the kitchen now… By Kristen H.
Our Christmas Traditions
Christmas time is a great time to be homeschooling. You can adjust your schedule to allow for the inevitable extra activities that come with the holiday season. Many homeschoolers take the whole month of December off or put aside the regular curriculum to do a Christmas unit study. I am planing on continuing our regular…
Common Sense
Have you ever heard anyone say, “So-and-so is really book smart, but they don’t have any common sense?” I heard that more than once as a child… Said about me. I, of course, was offended and couldn’t believe that anyone could think that about me. And truthfully, I wasn’t lacking common sense to the extreme.…