You know what doesn’t get talked about enough in the homeschooling world? Taking a housekeeping day…or week! I take a housekeeping week whenever I feel overwhelmed with details and to-do’s. It’s my secret to staying energized about homeschooling for the long haul. Remember, effective homeschooling is about sustainability, not perfection. (Professional teachers have a certain […]
The first year of 2021 has been quiet so far between the four walls of our house (well maybe six walls because this house has a lot of weird angles), but rapidly shifting on the outside. I know we all feel it in different ways. We were in Georgia for the first few days of […]
Merry Christmas week, friends! We put up our decorations very early this year and still, it sneaks up on me every time. I have all of our wrapping and baking to do, along with holiday groceries and preparations to leave town for New Year’s. (These are merry activities, I have to remind myself!) We have […]
November is usually always a stellar reading month for me. This month I read a lot of things, but I abandoned almost all of them for various reasons and ended up only actually finishing one book! I have been following blogger Tsh Oxenreider for about eight years now and have read all of her books, but […]
Well I didn’t get very many pictures of this month mostly because I was busy doing a lot of administrative projects that took up my creative brain space and well, taking care of all the people in my little world here at home! I am sadly missing all of the Thanksgiving table photos I took […]
I had all intentions of posting a whole tour of our rental house here in Kansas City, but it’s actually much easier to do room-by-room! (I did one of my office/toy room a few weeks ago.) When we were searching for a rental, of course I wanted a nice bright updated kitchen. But I ended […]
October was so busy that I only actually finished one book! Well, I read a lot of things, but this is the book I actually completed, and I read it in just a few sittings: The Paper Solution by Lisa Woodruff. I love books about organizing, I think partly due to my personality, but also […]
October in pictures…upon pictures! What a month. We took advantage of the weather and paused school for a few weeks to visit and host family, which filled us all up. First my sister came from Georgia to spend a week here with her kids for a very cousin-y time. After a few days of recovery and […]
With the change of season and all of the unsettling events of this year, I’m just craving some solace and a little something to soothe my heart. There’s nothing that comforts and brings perspective like a great book. This list is designed to contain something for everyone, from devotional to memoir. They will inspire you, challenge […]
September was a fun reading month for me. I finished three lighter reads and started some other biographical/spiritual books, which I’m still working on and hope to finish in October! Also Amazon sent me an email today to remind me that I have […]