Home life

For the fourth week of the "Not Back to School" Blog Hop, we’re supposed to share about a typical day of school in our homes. We started our school year yesterday, and I’m purposely starting slowly. To be honest, when we started school yesterday, it seemed as if not a day had passed since we…

We’re starting our school year tomorrow! I don’t recall ever feeling quite so unready. I don’t know why I haven’t been able to get into planning mode this summer, but I didn’t do nearly as much as usual. I have worked out a daily schedule, but since we’re not starting with all our subjects this…

This post is definitely a little different from the typical here, but I had to share. Thanks to Kimberly @ Raising Olives, I discovered a really neat blog called Girly Do’s By Jenn. We’ve been pretty limited with our girls’ hairstyles in this house. We have the basic ponytail, the partial ponytail and the occasional…

I’ve had my laptop for a few months now. For the previous 9 years we had only 1 internet connected computer in the house. I had developed a reasonable system of organizing our computer files and e-mails on 1 computer, but the addition of the laptop has been confusing to me. Where should I store…

Periodically, I like to share some of my favorite hymns. We sung this hymn at our evening worship service, and it was a blessed reminder to me about the importance of prayer. The fifth and sixth verses are especially convicting to me. What various hindrances we meet In coming to a mercy seat; Yet who…

This is my first ever entry into the iHeartFaces contest. This week’s theme is “at the beach”. By Kristen H.

I’ve lived in North Carolina for most of my life, but it wasn’t until 3 years ago that I first went to the Outer Banks. While there, we visited 3 lighthouses: Currituck, Bodie Island, and Cape Hatteras. I did not climb Cape Hatteras Lighthouse then because a) my 4 year old did not meet the…

I am home from a marvelous week of vacation in the Outer Banks. Sorry for going missing, but it didn’t seem like a good idea to announce my vacation ahead of time. It would be really great if Homeschool Blogger added the ability to schedule posts that would post automatically. Of course it’s not very…

I am always so inspired by homeschoolers who have made nature study a regular part of their education. Jimmie posts beautiful examples of their nature studies. The Handbook of Nature Study blog is the home of the outdoor challenges, which I keep thinking that someday I will do. I’ve decided that what I do with…