A Blog on Homeschooling, Parenting, Homemaking, and Productivity
We make several road trips throughout the year (family trips, conferences, ministry). Last year itself, we made 3 out-of state trips; one to Missouri, one to Chicago, and one to Florida (last one while I was 36 weeks pregnant with baby#8!). On top of that, we do several smaller weekend trips. Here in Texas, out […]
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We don’t make bacon very often, only on special occasions. I love bacon fat. My dear husband always tells me not to eat the fat part of the bacon, and tries to take it away from my plate. Even my kids don’t eat it as they know it is unhealthy. But for me, I just
Teaching Children To Make Good Decisions Read More »
I am extremely grateful that God provided the circumstances, opportunity and freedom for me to homeschool our kids. In fact, today, I can’t even think of an alternate lifestyle that would have suited us. Even though it is definitely a sacrifice, I would still go this route if I am given the choice! Though the
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Although it is very important to establish a routine, life can become very mechanical if we keep on following our routine, without much of a purpose or relaxation. We all tend to fill up our schedules with this and that, that we end up barely having any breathing room. Margin is this breathing room that
Importance of Establishing Margin Read More »
In order for your days to have order, it is important to have a routine. You can read about the importance of having a routine here. There are many ways to establish a routine. You can be very specific with the time in which a task is done, or you can map out blocks of
How to Establish a Routine Using Blocks of Time Read More »
Have you had days you wake up and not know what to do, and just idle away your time figuring out what to do next; when in reality you have a mountain load of things to do? Well, that has happened to me several times, until I learned to establish a routine. Establishing routines will
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With our more than average family of ten, one question I get asked by about 80% of the people I meet is, ‘How are you able to manage so many kids? I can barely manage 1 or 2!’. The truth of the matter is that I am able to manage because I have so
Blessings of a Large Family Read More »
Back when I was doing my Residency, I had never even given it a thought that I would be actually homeschooling, although we were exposed to it and even motivated by a family in our community. My husband had a prayerful conviction that we need to homeschool, although I wasn’t on board 100%. But once
Our Homeschooling Methods and Approach Read More »
Back when I only had a few kids and they were young, I knew very little that it was actually fun to manage a house! Well, experience is the best teacher. I learned very soon that it is simply not possible to do everything by yourself, especially when you wear several hats. In fact, this
The #1 Secret to Managing Your House Read More »