This song is on my Apple Music playlist of “Happy Songs”, which I frequently listen to. I simply adore this band, and especially this song. Today, I heard it with […]
Anthem for a New Year: There is an Answer
Baby Steps
I‘m doing a lot of cleaning up of my websites and finding old blog posts that I never posted. This is one of them. Judging by the fact that I […]
On Being a Homeschool Mom with ADHD
This post is going to be all over the place because that’s how my thoughts are at present. But I feel really compelled to write right now. This isn’t a […]
The future’s so bright…
Today I’m working hard on various projects in the making…and reflecting on something I have learned over the years from all my experiences and especially the failures. One, never give […]
A crate full o’music
Doing some reorganizing and decluttering and I found an entire crate FULL of kids’ music! That’s right! This is a square milk crate and it truly is ONLY filled, […]
Multitasking is not a Badge of Honor
This post was inspired by my (at the writing of this) 10yr old son. I wrote this post several months ago and for some reason never hit publish. Since then […]
Overwhelm
I shared the state of our school room/art area/”Big room” last post…That actually hasn’t changed yet. So today I want to talk about overwhelm. You know the feeling. I know […]
An open letter to religious homeschool resource creators
Hi! You don’t know me from Adam (LOL!) But I just wanted to take a second to put a bug in the ear of all the bloggers, podcasters, Scopers […]
Education is a mindset
Not sure where this train of thought will take me…but I woke up today and immediately got on Facebook, as I always do, and got into a conversation on Facebook […]
I have crappy days too
I hate blogs that make homeschooling seem like it’s super duper fun and always goes well. Moms who only blog about their good days, I feel, are doing a great […]
Homeschooling Step one: RELAX!
I am a member of a TON of Homeschooling groups on Facebook. A TON. Seriously. I like feeling like I have my finger on the pulse of the homeschooling community. […]
Homeschooling for the Routine Challenged
I woke up this morning, as I do every morning, thinking thinking thinking. One thing led to another…and I started to have a sort of epiphany. Sort of. I’ve gone around […]
I am a secular homeschooler
I am a minority amongst a group of minorities. (Using the word “minority” to mean literally “a number that is less than the whole number”, not in any way saying […]
Time to step it up
I am horrible at consistency. Seriously. Horrible. But I understand the value of being consistent and keep striving for it. Blogging is something I’ve wanted to be more consistent at […]
Beware of false history textbooks
I read an interesting article this morning, which I found because someone had tweeted that site’s previous article about altered history textbooks. Fascinating, and scary, stuff! It makes me really […]
Interesting flashback
Saturday I got a blast from my past. Very interesting to me because I just am usually not exposed to this crap anymore these days…so I really notice it when […]
“I don’t know how you do it”
We’ve all heard it. Probably a million times. Here’s my response today to a teacher/friend on Facebook telling me: “I don’t know how you do it.” Well, it really all […]