Many years ago, oh probably 14 or so Amy at RaisingArrows and I got together to can Applesauce. Man, we thought we had made a lot… something like 10 quarts or so… But, since then our families have grown… a lot… tripled…and we have to make much larger batches of stuff. A couple of years […]
From Cloth Diapers to Herbal Medicine, Help for the Natural Mother
June 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The longer I am a mother, the more I want to use better, safer, less chemically infused products in our family. The eBook bundle I am telling you about today, will offer you a great bundle of resources to get your started on moving your family to more natural, less chemical products in your home. […]
Kids in the Garden~Weeding
June 22, 2011 by 6 Comments
Come on, I can’t be the only mom, who has trouble getting my children to actually weed the garden…as in more then five weeds an hour…right? Well, I may have actually “tricked” my children into helping a bit more. First, give them a plastic grocery bag. Then tell split them into groups…boys vs girls works […]
Life Skills in the Homeschool
March 22, 2011 by 1 Comment
We are big on life skills. In fact at times, I think my children learn a lot more out of the mores then in the books. Rarely can life skills be learned in a book, character lessons, yes, but actually being able to carry those out, no. In our family, we incorporate life skills in […]
Large Family Mealtime~Creating a meal together.
March 3, 2011 by 2 Comments
In the large family, mealtime can quickly turn into complete chaos. Below could be a scene in our home, if I didn’t get creative with who can do what, and adjust my expectations. The toddler gets ahold of the toilet paper, unwinding a whole roll, handing it to the baby who quickly shreds the entire […]
Nature Study Tuesday~August 31~Bull Snake, Giant Toad, Mushrooms, and more…
August 30, 2010 by 3 Comments
One of Philip’s goals this summer was to catch a bull snake, and catch a bull snake he did. This was not one of those cuddly snakes, notice the gloves? This thing decided to strike at me as I was walking by. Yeah, umm, I didn’t handle this one. He found it outside of his […]
Nature Study Tuesday~August 24~Healing, teeny Tiny Snake.
August 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
As I posted yesterday, life is a bit busy here. Getting back to normal school hours, taking care of Stormy and canning are taking priority right now, so, my memes will be up, just maybe not when they have been. Just come link up when you can though. 😉 Stormy our horse who was injured […]
Nature Study Tuesday~August 10~The one where it is TOOOOOO HOT !!
August 9, 2010 by 1 Comment
Yes, I did shout that. It has been near or over 100 degrees for days. My green beans are burning up despite watering nearly ever day. It is just plain toooooo HOT. There has been one day in the last week that it hit 113. I have been able to get some beans from our […]
Being Content in Your Home and Season.
August 5, 2010 by 1 Comment
Our Modified MOTH Schedule~Routines rather then Times
August 4, 2010 by 8 Comments
As I have posted before, our family does not work well on a timed schedule. Therefore, Managers of their Homes did not work for us without some modification. As I add more students to our school days, I need to have a bit more of a schedule. Otherwise our days get to be chaos with […]
Weekly Wrap-Up Regaining Health, Preserving Veggies, and Preparing for Camp
July 23, 2010 by 2 Comments
Well, there hasn’t been hardly any school going on here. A lot of “unschooling”, but books haven’t been touched or should I say the ones we write in. ;) Our oldest since July 5th has read over 1161 pages from fifth grade through adult fiction and non-fiction books. When he isn’t doing chores, outside […]
Nature Study Tuesday July 20—Insects, chickens, giant sunflowers, and sandhill plums
July 20, 2010 by 2 Comments
It has not been a week of nature here. I have limited my outside time, since, my allergic reaction. However, I did get a new to me camera yesterday. My other camera was getting to where it would not focus half the time. I am passing it to our oldest, and now have a new […]
Weekly Wrap-Up July 4-July 10—Fireworks, Rain, Homeschool, Chiropractor, Van in the Shop, and Garage Sales
July 9, 2010 by 4 Comments
Busy week? No, not too bad. On Sunday we went to church, then home for Lasagna, naps and rest. I finished up our weekly homeschool plans, and then we went to take the kids firework shopping. Back home for supper of pulled pork, and all the goods, and a flag cake. We then set off […]
Weekly Wrap-Up—Swimming, Baby Rashes, and a Need to SLOW Down
July 2, 2010 by 10 Comments
This week has been very busy. It wasn’t really planned that way, but we had two opportunities to go swimming—something we do not do all that often. Then we had a doctor appointment, garden needed attention, my husband’s aunt passed away and daily life doing chores and homeschool. Sunday, we went to church and came […]
Frugal Heavy Duty Tomato Cages
June 29, 2010 by 6 Comments
Are you tired of buying tomato cages that are not big enough to actually support the tomato plants? Tired of them falling apart and having to buy new ones each year? Do you struggle with tomato plants that don’t grow in circles? Much like my strawberry bed, these came about, because I wanted to use […]
Weekly Wrap Up—Finishing Wheat Harvest and to the Doctor.
June 25, 2010 by 5 Comments
Sunday, (Father’s Day), was a day full of church and a bit of rest. We ended up just celebrating Father’s day with our family at home. Not the original plan, but God knew we just needed to be together. It was wonderful. I made one of my husband’s favorite meals, Sausage, potatoes, onions, carrots, and […]
There is Always Room for Improvement—Changing the Home to Fit Family Needs
June 16, 2010 by 3 Comments
"The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame." Isaiah 58:11 We all get stuck in ruts. Ruts in the kitchen, in chores, in laundry routine, in our homeschools, and in so many other areas of our lives. We fall in to routines that […]
Supermom? I am NOT! Organized? Nope, Not Me.
June 9, 2010 by 11 Comments
I posted on Facebook about how I was getting our homeschool in order. I posted about having printed a few planning forms, and that now I needed to fill them out. Well, someone though that meant I was organized. HA! My work area looks like a bomb hit it. Seriously, it does, though I do […]
Weekly Wrap Up—Testing Curriculum Samples, End of Year Evaluations, Extreme Nature Walk
May 28, 2010 by 6 Comments
We had a big week, considering I didn’t ever get to lesson plans over this past weekend. I landed in the garden and only stopped long enough to eat and sleep. 😉 So, Sunday around 8 pm, I decided it would be a week of curriculum samples to try it, complete our year end evaluations […]
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Digging out of the Homemaking Slump—Homemaking Giveaway
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