I read a lot this past month. A lot. I didn’t list all the books below. I think I’m trying to fit in All The Reading before our homeschool year begins, knowing that I’ll have far less time available for it once we get school under way. Anchored: Finding Hope in the Unexpected This book […]
Archives for 2015
Nap, interrupted
In view of my last post about my chronic sleep deprivation of the past year, some may ask, “Why doesn’t she try to make up the lack of sleep with a daily nap?” Great question. To illustrate why this isn’t happening, here’s a little thing I like to call What Happens When Mom Tries To […]
How I’m improving my mornings now
I’ve written about my love of good morning routines before. It was my early rising habit for the past several years that has made it possible for me to maintain this blog, write several ebooks, work on learning a second language and meet other personal goals while raising seven kids. This past year, my good […]
Our Homeschooling Schedule (and a lunch menu) 2015/16
I sat down today to create our daily and weekly homeschooling schedule. Since our homeschooling year begins September 1, it’s time to begin the Tetris game that is scheduling my day with several kids that still require “teaching” as opposed to merely “facilitating”. I am adding a new student this year, Ruby, who just turned […]
A Monthly Back to School Menu
One of the habits that keeps me sane is menu planning. I’ve been thinking of ways to make our schedule a little easier once homeschool starts, and creating a month long menu sounded like a great way to save a little time. We eat gluten free in this house all the time, so things that […]
Decluttering storage closets
One of the items on my summer bucket list was decluttering and reorganization of my storage closets. The house we’re living in now has an insane amount of storage, more than any house I’ve ever lived in. I’m pretty proud of the fact that most of these storage closets are at least half empty, but […]
How to paint a 5 year old’s fingernails
People who know me well often tell me I need to write a book. (Note: if you didn’t know, I have written several short ebooks, but they’re talking about Real Books that are sold in bookstores.) Upon further inquiry, they sometimes suggest that the book be based on funny anecdotes about life with several children, […]
Recently read: June & July
You know what I hate about putting off my “recent reads” post? I end up forgetting some of the titles I’ve read. I haven’t yet figured out a good system for keeping track, so I often have to scour my Amazon account for orders, library book holds and my failing memory. Which isn’t a system […]
On Courage
I posted about my goals for the year here, and updated in March and April, but haven’t since. The year is more than half over, it’s certainly time for an update. One of the goals I set was rather difficult to measure. It was this: I want to be better at: listening to my gut and having courage. […]
Technical difficulties
I won’t spend too much time discussing this, lest I engage in that internet faux pas known as metablogging. It’s been very hard to come here lately. Not because I don’t have anything to say, but because of various hardware and software problems. By hardware, I mean my brand new Chromebook was destroyed by a […]