Well, it’s getting close to Christmas! I’m going to have to hustle if I’m going to get this series finished in time for y’all to use it to purchase gifts! There is a pleasant chaos at our house right now with two girls home from college and The Man off of work — but I […]
Give the Gift of Reading: Good Books for Girls (Later Elementary – Junior High) Read More »
Today is the second part in a series about book recommendations to give as gifts for Chritmas – or any time, really. The first part dealt with why books make a great gift, and continuing after this installment we’ll look at books for elementary through junior high (that age group will be covered in two parts,
Give the Gift of Reading: Good Books for Toddlers – Early Elementary Read More »
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
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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
Fall 2014 Homeschool Reviews — 10th grade Read More »
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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