The Insignificance of a Red Pen

Homeschooling never ceases to amaze me. Sometimes, it’s the absolute difficulty and frustration that surprises me, and sometimes it’s the novelty. Today, it was the latter. J had just completed his first workbook of the day, and as we sat down to review his work together, I asked him to grab me a marker for grading. Here’s … Continue reading →

Preschool Activity: Letter Hunting

Recently, I began structuring some activities for Cub to do throughout the day. He was beginning to show some signs of boredom in the afternoons and was no longer happy to play at my side or independently, so I took that as a sign to introduce preschool. We are starting small with simple letter recognition. … Continue reading →

Recipe: Sausage Pancakes

This is an idea that has been floating around Pinterest recently. I grabbed up the recipe and got down to making a homemade version of the pancake & sausage corndogs sold by Jimmy Dean. They are delicious, but expensive for such a simple breakfast item. Finally, some genius figured out how simple these were to … Continue reading →

Therapy. AKA: Shopping For Baby Clothes

So today started out horrible. Just a brief run-down -Some jerk thinks it’s awesome to drive down the street honking his horn at 5:30 a.m. (2 hours before we even need to be thinking of being up, and half an hour before “quiet hours” officially end in our neighborhood). It not only wakes up the … Continue reading →

Don’t Touch My Bump and Other Scars that Stick.

I don’t like people to touch my baby bump. Like that. I used to think that it’s just because I’m rather modest (by today’s standards) and private about my body. It’s just kind of how my family is. My sister and I choose not to wear shorts or leggings as pants even though we’ve never … Continue reading →

Growing Something New: My Little Indoor Garden

I am an avid cook. I’ve also recently made a few folk remedies for use around the house, so I started to toss around the idea of a kitchen garden. I’ve never been very good with plants, unless you count my track record of killing them–that I’m pretty consistently good at. Mostly, I’ve just forgotten … Continue reading →

Gender Reveal

I have been so anxious getting ready for this ultrasound! I know people don’t like to hear it, but I really have been hoping and praying for a girl. I was 98 percent sure something was going to prevent us from getting to go (like last week). Well, we all went and… I feel like … Continue reading →

Helping Those Closest to Home.

Today, I was suddenly struck by a few ideas about helping out some struggling families here in my very own neighborhood. Since I was about 14, I have wanted to work in a soup kitchen or volunteer to help the homeless and hungry, and I have always been discouraged from doing so due to the … Continue reading →

Random Things I Felt Like Sharing.

Today has been a little scattered. I feel scattered. So, this post will be scattered. Fun, right? I think I’ve officially entered the nesting stage. It hit hard when I entered my 5th month with Cub too (which is just next week this time around), so I should have been expecting it, but the force … Continue reading →

Completed Projects Make Me Feel Like a Genius.

The title pretty much says it all, but I guess I can elaborate. I love my Home Management Guide. I use it every day, but to be honest, the binder setup uses valuable counter space in our rather tiny kitchen. We have a total of 4 counters. Three of them are near the sink or … Continue reading →