Over the last six months, I have grown more and more concerned about some things in the homeschool blogging community. It seems that some bloggers are so bent on getting 5-6 posts up a week that well, other things are suffering…their homes, husbands, family, children, and even worse…their relationship with God. Some call me unpredictable…
Seems every mom of more than one or two children really dislikes grocery shopping. I don’t think it is so much a matter of taking our children with us, but the time and money involved. I would like to say that grocery shopping is fun, but it isn’t. As prices increase and the tummies…
A few weeks ago I wrote about keeping your marriage first. I have seen so many marriages fall apart over the last few years, and my heart breaks. Satan WANTS your marriage. Why, because the marriage is a “Holy Institution”. He hates God. Hebrews 13:4-7 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage…
The Hows. The Whys. The Good. The Bad. The Ugly. I think as a farmer’s wife, I have really worked from home all through the years, but he is pretty flexible, and well, he has to be nice…Ya know? Because, as wife, I have a little pull too… However, I have always been the one…
As a mom who wears many hats, many of my personal goals seem to get swept under the rug, lost in the mush, or just neglected. However, as a mom who is also a human, created in God’s image, I have a desire to complete tasks that may not be so motherhood oriented. I press…
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…
In my life this week… This week, I have tried to keep up with my Life Application Bible Study better. I did a little better. I would like to really get into this study, but it seems I get so focused on doing our family Bible time, and run out of time for mine. I…
This week we have covered lots of school, not because we didn’t enjoy the weather, but because we had the weather as motivation. Get your work done and we can go outside. This week my husband has been working for another area farmer, so we have had to adjust our un-normal schedule a bit…
As a homeschool family, we have had to learn to juggle the many things in our lives to make room for it all. Not only am I a homeschool mom, but I am a farmer’s wife, blogger, blog designer, and book seller. Our farm stuff has become part of our school stuff, or is it…
