Two of my favorite things to do are planning and organizing.  Yes, that may be a little weird, but I can’t help myself. 
Since Christmas, I’ve been in a spring cleaning sort of mode.  Bags and bags of Goodwill giveaways have been loaded.  Bags and boxes of baby things have been given back to [...]

I just ran across a wonderful post by Marjorie at Life Without School.  A comment was left on her blog telling her she needed to “get a life”.  She has written a very good response to why homeschooling is life.  At this time of year when I’m thinking, planning and preparing again, her article inspired me.
My Educational [...]

I need your help.  I’m trying to develop a very thorough cleaning schedule to keep us on top of things around here.
My hope is to come up with:
* a list of daily chores  – clean kitchen, 2 loads of laundry, etc.
* a list of weekly chores – Monday = mop, Tuesday = change sheets, etc.
* [...]

I know I gush often about our Keepers At Home Group, but it really is a wonderful thing!  Yesterday we took a break from “practical” stuff to party!
Each of the girls was asked to prepare a dish and bring the recipe.  (We’re putting the recipes together in a little booklet for them.)  After reading the [...]

Write out some goals that you would like to accomplish. These goals should include your personal goals, but also goals as a family. While setting goals, try to write out small attainable rewards for each goal accomplished!

1.  Be more consistent with my personal devotion time.  I’m very consistent to study the Bible with the [...]