We are working on memorizing the Ten Commandments and my four year old has it down cold. However, today I heard him reciting by himself (usually we recite it together) and I realized that we have a tiny case of mistaken memorization. Have you heard little kids sing “up from the grave he arose, with [...]
Why, yes, as a matter of fact, I do have my own opinions. Quite a few of them sometimes, and rather loud ones at that. However, I have finally grown up enough to realize that rarely is it my place, or even constructive, to air those opinions everywhere. So that’s my two cents. Best lesson [...]
Saxon math for the early years is an exercise in frustration for the perfectionist child. I am just stubborn enough that we have stuck it out until this point, but even a mom with a bronze forehead can only take so much crying about math lessons. Henceforth, we are going with Horizons math. Amen. Anyone [...]
When you have nothing to say, you have nothing to say. I’ve been busy folding t-shirts, making pancakes, teaching math, raking leaves, playing with my sewing machine. Spring is tip-toeing around, and although I feel a Hessie Mayhew essay coming on, I’ll spare you all. In the meantime, here’s a quote I’ve been chewing on: [...]
Flipping on music is one of the first things I do in the morning and it stays on until I go to bed. Background noise is not distracting to me – it’s energizing. And I sing and I call to my kids and read out loud and laugh at the dog and answer the phone. [...]
Apparently I’m the only one who made it to adulthood without knowing this, but just in case some other poor ignorant soul hasn’t discovered it, I’m sharing. Did you know if you get candle wax all over your candlesticks, candle saucer, or inside some other container, you don’t have to scrape for hours with a [...]
This month I am (gulp) trying to go the whole month with no fast food. I’m a bit embarrassed to confess it’s a semi regular part of our weekly routine. Busy day running errands with the kids? Drive through McDonald’s for happy meals. End of a long Sunday for the whole family? Stop at Taco [...]
It just hit me. This is the first time in our entire married life that we are not working toward a future goal, skrimping and hanging on to get to the next step in our plan. For 16 years we’ve been in an “ok – two more years to finish college” or “12 credits left [...]
I enjoy reading magazines and although I read most of them in the public library, I do subscribe to a few. The problem is that my pack rat tendencies just go into overdrive when I look at a magazine full of thrifty decorating ideas or possible garden plants or recipes I just have to try [...]
I thought borax was one of those old laundry things we don’t use any more, like washboards and… and bluing. Or is it maybe something to chase ants away? I dunno. Wow was I wrong. After hearing a couple of passing comments about it and then seeing a blog post about it somewhere (tried to [...]
