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Finding a Schedule That Works For Me

Finding a Schedule That Works For Me

March 21, 2017 By admin Leave a Comment

If you remember a while back, I confessed that I am just not good on a schedule.  If you missed it, you can read the post by clicking here.  Over the last year I have played around with a variety of different schedules trying to find one that works for me.  Mostly what I have found is that I can… Read More

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Keeping up with the “norm”

Keeping up with the “norm”

March 15, 2017 By admin 1 Comment

In high school I had a theory that I was the epitome of average.  Average height, average weight, average intelligence, average interests, average hair color…. you get the idea.  There was nothing about me that stood out.  I was normal. Not much has changed in the many odd years since then.  I’m still pretty average.  But I’ve been thinking a… Read More

Filed Under: Homeschool, Homestead, Life

Why your teen should take a Safe-Relationship Class

Why your teen should take a Safe-Relationship Class

March 14, 2017 By admin Leave a Comment

My oldest daughter and I are very close.  We always have been.  I’m sure a big part of our closeness has to do with the 10 years that it was mostly just me and her.  She did everything with me.  One friend once said that if you did something with Karmen, you knew you were doing it with her daughter…. Read More

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How are those New Year’s Resolutions Going?

How are those New Year’s Resolutions Going?

March 9, 2017 By admin Leave a Comment

As you may recall, I told the world that New Year’s Resolutions were important and to prove it, I set some of my own and posted them, for all the world to see.  (You can read about it here.)  Here it is March and it’s about time I follow up on that post and how I’m going with them. Ugh…. Read More

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When I’m Failing My Kids

When I’m Failing My Kids

March 6, 2017 By admin Leave a Comment

I guess today was just one of those days, or maybe this week was just one of those weeks.  The kids have had colds for what feels like months now.  I think the weather is what’s causing us problems:  30 degrees one day, 70 the next.  Anyway, because of all of the sniffling, coughing, puking… blech… school work has been… Read More

Filed Under: Homeschool, Life Tagged With: homeschool, homeschooling challenges, homeschooling journey

Garden 2017

Garden 2017

February 6, 2017 By admin Leave a Comment

As you may remember, my 2016 garden was pretty much a failure.  (You can read about it here.)  I only managed to harvest one small meal’s worth of okra.  There were a lot of factors that played into my failure, not the least of which was my own lack of attention to my garden’s needs.  But!  I do not feel… Read More

Filed Under: Homestead Tagged With: garden plan, gardening, gardening novice, intensive gardening, vegetable garden

Don’t Let New Year’s Resolution-Making Be Cliche

Don’t Let New Year’s Resolution-Making Be Cliche

January 3, 2017 By admin 1 Comment

It drives me crazy when people dismiss holidays because they are “cliche”.  The couple that doesn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day because they believe in showing love every day, or in this case the individuals who don’t make New Year’s Resolutions because NY’s Resolutions are just made to be broken.  But what if they’re not?  What if these special days and the… Read More

Filed Under: Homeschool, Homestead, Life Tagged With: homeschool mom, New Year New me, New Year's Resolutions

Christmas when you’ve lost faith

Christmas when you’ve lost faith

December 23, 2016 By admin 30 Comments

I grew up in a Christian family.  I was born to a traditional Southern Baptist family, and attended church, Sunday school, and Vacation Bible school until I was 8 when my mother converted us to Catholicism.  At 9 I began attending Catholic school, going to Catechism classes and Vacation Bible school.  Steeped in the Catholic church and all of its… Read More

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Homeschool Home Tour

Homeschool Home Tour

December 19, 2016 By admin 3 Comments

A few months back my friend Kristie and I were having a fabulous bitch session, I mean… oh hell.  I can’t make it any more flowery than that because that’s exactly what it was.  We were bitching.  Hot topic:  Husbands.  It wasn’t a husband-bashing, not really.  It was more a venting of all of those husbandly quirks that at one… Read More

Filed Under: Homeschool, Life Tagged With: cleaning, homeschooling, homeschooling challenges, housekeeping, life

My Gardening Failure

My Gardening Failure

December 9, 2016 By admin 1 Comment

Turns out I don’t have much of a green thumb.  All of the planning, money, work, and stress and we managed to get 3 black bean pods, 2 pinto bean pods, and 1 small serving of okra.  Jealous of my fresh food plethora, aren’t you? To be fair, I had basil but didn’t harvest it because I thought it was… Read More

Filed Under: Homestead Tagged With: gardening, gardening novice, gardening plan, Homesteading, intensive gardening, learning, vegetable garden

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Finding a Schedule That Works For Me

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Keeping up with the “norm”

Keeping up with the “norm”

In high school I had a theory that I was the ... read more

Why your teen should take a Safe-Relationship Class

Why your teen should take a Safe-Relationship Class

My oldest daughter and I are very close.  We ... read more

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