My name is Ann, and I am a reader. I LOVE to read. If given a choice between a chocolate sundae and a book, I’d choose the book. The house can be falling apart around me, the kids can be running crazy; but if there’s a book nearby — especially one I haven’t read yet — you’ll […]
Give the Gift of Reading: A Series about Children’s Books Read More »
This recipe was handed down to me from a wonderful older lady (I hesitate to use the word “old,” because to me it is a very relative term these days. :-) Let’s just say her hair is all white and she walks with a cane…). I have adapted it to make it slightly more healthy. It’s
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There have been days when I am dealing with hormones that I have felt like I just can’t do human. My legs, especially around the knees, are composed of wet sand; and the backs of my thighs ache from varicose veins accumulated over five pregnancies. My heartbeat feels erratic and racing, my chest tight. My
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I think every recipe on this blog will start with the word “easy.” I really do not like to cook, so I don’t want to spend any more time at it than I have to. So you can bet that if I put a recipe on here, it’s gonna be mucho easy, easy, and did
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This is the third part in a series of our homeschool reviews on our curriculum choices for this year. Part 1 is for our high school senior, and part two reviews the high school sophomore curriculum, and today we’re looking at our lone elementary student, the sixth-grader. Child #5 does keep me hopping! She is
Fall 2014 Homeschool Reviews — 6th Grade Read More »
This is the second part of a series of homeschool reviews of our curriculum for this school year. The first part reviews the curriculum our senior is using. We have three students this year, so this post is about the sophomore; and the third and final part of the series will be about our sixth
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I just took #2 to her freshman year of college two months ago. Which means that I am down to three students in our homeschool this year, one of whom is a senior. Which means that next year…gulp. Totally did NOT realize…
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Update: Elisabeth Elliot passed away on June 15, 2015. Hers was a life well-lived. Her books are a very important legacy that will encourage and inspire women for years to come. I love to read. And there’s no point in keeping a good book to myself! So right now I’d like to recommend one of
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Are you sick and tired of making a new meal plan every time you turn around? I HATE MEAL PLANNING. So I developed a two-week meal plan that I never have to redo! Yes, I might be the only person daring enough to use the same meal plan over and over again. Wait, what? You
Easy Two-Week Rotating Meal Plan for Busy Moms Read More »
Chili is part of my two-week rotating menu planner. We love it! And now that #2, the bean-hater, is at college, we can enjoy it meatless, with LOTSA LEGUMES!! (See what I did there? :-) ) If you prefer chili con carne, read on anyway; at the end of the post are my suggestions for
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