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 …
Overview: Cooking turkey ahead of time is the best way to reduce stress on Thanksgiving day. You’ll never go back with this foolproof method! I am not exaggerating when I say that this method of cooking turkey ahead of time will CHANGE YOUR LIFE. I first heard about it many years ago from a wise …
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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 …
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…
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 …
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 …
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 …
