Planner Addicts – A Giveaway

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The Homemaker’s Friend Daily Planner has been my favorite planner ever! The size is perfect, the categories fit my life so well and the beauty of it makes it pleasing to use. I love the Bible verses scattered throughout it along with other “food for thought” quotes. Sue Hooley is the mother of six children […]

“C” is for Christmas Planning

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Yes, I know it is only October but Christmas is less than 9 weeks away and with 6 children to prepare for that doesn’t leave a lot of time. In our family we tend to buy lots of useful, creative, and educational gifts as well as needed items and then some fun things too. I […]

5 Weekly Goals – Fall Cleaning Part 2

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Okay, with the girls’ help I got the ceiling fans all cleaned, the windows all washed and the floor mopped last week. I added a few things to the Christmas lists and found a great box for our library books. I have the fabric that I am going to cover it with too. Overall I […]

Motherhood – 5 Weekly Goals

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Ah, motherhood. Completely amazing and completely exhausting all at the same time. Don’t you agree? I tend to feel right now that I have zero time for anything above the daily needs of my family. Laundry, cooking, schooling and nursing Elizabeth are the only things that are getting done. I am up early to try […]

Homeschooling 101-Finding Joy in the Daily Grind

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Life is stressful and hard for everyone. It is easy to get overwhelmed and caught up in what didn’t get done or what we forgot to do. Finding joy in the daily grind takes focused effort and great resolve. Children cry and drinks gets spilt, you step on a block while pacing the floor with […]

5 Weekly Goals – Fall Cleaning

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Around here in the mid-west the weather is finally changing and fall is in the air. It is time for candles, fires, and pumpkin baking. And in my house it also means fall cleaning. Just like spring cleaning is done after the house has been closed up all winter and the air turns warm, I […]

Homeschooling 101 – Fitting it all in

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Does your laundry pile up or the dishes go undone just so you can squeeze some homeschooling into your day? Are you always stressed and overwhelmed by the amount of work on your plate? I know those days all too well. I have them in my house too. But I must say, they are fewer […]

Homeschooling 101 – Daily Schedule

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7am – Wake/Bible meditation 7:30 – Daddy leaves/Mom dresses and gets ready for the day 8:00am – Kids wake/dress/chores 8:30am – Breakfast Kids listen to Spanish lesson, review memory verse, eat Mom starts chores and preps for school and preps dinner 9:00am – School Starts Math, Bible Reading, Silent Reading, Writing Assignment, Josiah reads to […]