• Homeschooling High School – Day in the Life

    Homeschooling High School – Day in the Life

    I asked if anyone would be interested in a day in the life of a high school homeschooler post. But as I’ve been working on it, it’s turned into a long conglomerated post about all things homeschooling! Finally I decided maybe I should chop it up into smaller posts. So this post is just about…

  • August Book Stack

    August Book Stack

    I believe every book we as believers read, must be compared to the truths of Scripture. Any book I recommend does not necessarily mean I agree with 100% of it. All reading we do, should be done with the Bible truths in the forefront of our minds. I didn’t have a July book stack, because I…

  • What GOes?

    What GOes?

    Coming out of a very busy week, I’ve been contemplating…what goes when I’m busy? What things do I (intentionally, or unintentionally) let slip when my life is hopping? Cooking from scratch. I’m trying really hard to not turn to fast food, it’s not economical for my family with teens, nor is it a healthy choice.…

  • Frugal Five

    Frugal Five

    We found 3 pennies on our walk today. I have jar I’m keeping all the coins I find in. My husband bought some work shoes off ebay. Remember when I told you about my success with buying sneakers off ebay? It’s a very similar story. The shoes on the right he got a while back…

  • How I SAved $180 On Homeschool Curriculum

    How I SAved $180 On Homeschool Curriculum

    While I’m a tightwad at heart, there’s areas I don’t mind spending a little more, and one of those areas is my kids’ education. We don’t HAVE to have our highschoolers signed up for NARHS, but we feel like in our situation it’s worth it. Same with curriculum. I could just use free resources for…

  • A Busy Week

    A Busy Week

    I’ve been wanting to write. My mind’s swirling with things to say, but this has been a bonkers busy week! We started school this week, and not just the fun field trip from last week, we started our regular school schedule. (Speaking of which, would y’all be interested in a day in the life of…

  • Excitment in School Land!

    Excitment in School Land!

    Guys, I’m getting so excited to start the new school year! It’s really weird though, because this is my last year homeschooling 2 kids! My daughter’s a senior….it really hit me the other day as we sat in a college hallway waiting to talk to someone about dual credits. Anyways, I’ve gotten some comments about…

  • Supper Time

    Supper Time

    As we had the Lord’s supper at church yesterday, and read in Luke 22, a happy thought came to mind. One of my happy places is sitting around a table to a meal either at my parents’ house or my in-laws’ house. There’s something about sitting there with people I love all gathered around the…

  • The Iceberg

    The Iceberg

    When we moved to West Africa, our first assignment was to learn French. After that we also worked on two other languages. We used a great culture and language acquisition (CLA) program . One of the illustrations it gave was that of an iceberg. The first time you hear a word it goes onto your…

  • Ebay Changes

    Ebay Changes

    Now that I’ve been doing ebay for a few months, I’m learning what works and what doesn’t and making little changes to streamline things. Here I’ve listed 4 changes I’m making. I’m keeping track of my net earnings. I made a simple excel sheet that tells how much I paid for the item, how much…