Change happens constantly. In Texas, our winter joke is if you don’t like the weather, wait a few minutes, and it will change. We can have all four seasons in ONE day! But that kind of change is just a […]
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HomeSchooling
I can hardly remember my before-homeschooling days. I don’t remember what made me start thinking about homeschooling. Maybe it was the $200/month for part-time Christian pre-school. I realized pretty quickly that full-time Christian school for 2 children (at that time) […]
Homeschoolers, as a rule, are a thrifty lot. We educate children on a homeschool budget that is about .01% of a public school’s budget. Of course, Our teacher and principal don’t get paid, and we don’t get subsidized curricula. Many […]
Save Your Sanity With Simple Meal Planning
06/27/2019
Every mom stresses about planning and fixing meals. Feeding a houseful of little people makes cooking with Gordon Ramsey look like a love-filled episode of Barney. There should be a show called Chopped With Kids. Not only would the contestants have […]
Start a Schedule to Save Your Sanity
06/17/2019
It’s pretty common to feel driven by life instead of being in the driver’s seat. I might not mind being Miss Daisy if someone like Morgan Freeman were my driver, but alas my problem lies with over-commitment, not age. I have […]
The Secret to Homeschool Success
08/07/2017
I am approaching my sixteenth year of homeschooling (I think – the years kind of run together after a while). I’ve graduated one child. She’s gainfully employed, and we’re still speaking to each other. I call that a homeschool success. […]
Kids Cooking Could Be The Best Idea EVER
07/25/2017
You know what helps me keep my sanity? Kids cooking. I made the best decision ever when my oldest was about 11. I signed her up for an online cooking class. Every week we watched a video together, printed out […]
I interrupt our regularly scheduled do-nothing-related-to-school summer routine to bring you an important service announcement. Namely, homeschool planning. I know. Those voices in my head again. This time it’s like the music from the movie, Jaws. Homeschool starts in August […]
While we’re officially on summer break from homeschool, that doesn’t mean I’m not thinking ahead to how I want to plan for the next school year. Is homeschool planning ever very far away from the mind of the homeschool mom? […]
7 Tips to Start Homeschooling
08/20/2013
To plan ahead or to jump in with both feet? That is the question. The question for how you want to start homeschooling, that is. If you’re considering homeschooling your child but aren’t sure if you have what it takes, […]