I found the Fall into Reading challenge via No Ordinary Moments and decided that I needed a little challenge to get caught up with my reading. Currently on my night stand I have a couple of books that I started on WAY too long ago and I am going to finish those. There are also…
Day at the Fair
We took a day off from school yesterday and spent the day at the fair. We rode a lot of rides. Little one liked this one. This one not so much. I got her off before it started. (After I took a picture.) We checked on our entries and we were very proud to find……
Educational Opportunites at the Fair
We dropped off this year’s fair entries on Wednesday. It made for a very busy couple of days because, well, I’m not really good at helping my kids work towards deadlines. That and my daughter was baking two items and those HAD to be done on Wednesday morning. I never entered anything at the fair…
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
2-1/2 cups flour (can use half whole wheat) 2 cups sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp ginger 1/4 tsp cloves 1/4 tsp nutmeg 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 4 eggs 1 can pumpkin (We used 2 cups) 1 cup melted butter 12 oz chocolate chips (2 cups) Preheat over…
Dividing Cleaning Tasks
When I was a kid, my mother cleaned the whole house once a week. (Not that she didn’t clean up anything in between) I mean all the dusting, vacuuming, bathroom cleaning, floor mopping, EVERYTHING on ONE day. As I got older I was assigned a lot of it. It takes a lot away from a…
Sabbath Hymn
We’ve finally started doing something in our home that I’ve wanted to try for a long time. (I was originally inspired by Molly at Counter Cultural Mom.)We’re going to work on learning one hymn per week. I’m printing out a copy of the words for the kids’ memory notebooks. (Which are getting SLOWLY put together.)…
Using Hidden Spaces
This week for Works for Me Wednesday I have another one of those tips that seem so obvious and yet took me a while to think of. We all like to keep various papers and notes handy so that we know where they are. A lot of people have chosen to hang everything on their…
Salad snipping tip
Salads have never been a part of our typical menu. One of the reasons is that the ingredients are expensive. Another reason is I’m lazy about making salads. (And then those expensive vegetables go bad in the refrigerator. That makes the salad even more expensive!) But, I know that they are very good for us.…
Chore Chart
It’s Organizing Week on Works for Me Wednesday and I really love to organize! For my contribution, I am sharing how I organize our chores. This is our weekly chore chart for me and the kids. I implemented this format of chore assignments a couple of years ago. It has really worked well for us.…
From Whence This Fear and Unbelief?
by Augustus M. Toplady From whence this fear and unbelief? Hath not the Father put to grief His spotless Son for me? And will the righteous Judge of men Condemn me for that debt of sin Which, Lord, was charged on Thee? Complete atonement Thou hast made, And to the utmost Thou hast paid Whate’er…