Homeschool Mother’s Journal :: Greeks & Pickleball {3/16/2012}

In our homeschool this week…Our week chugged right along nicely.  We had a sick day on Thursday, but we’re back at it for today. Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…a couple of weeks ago I asked for some resources to help with the Greek Myths we are talking about.  Both Laurie and Tiffany recommended […]

WUTW :: January 13, 2012 {New Year Edition}

I thought I’d try something new for 2012, so I’m linking up with the Homeschool Mother’s Journal In my life this week…we are back at our normal routine, this week was much more productive and a lot less chaotic than last week.  It feels good to be back to our lessons and back to the […]

Thrive90 Results – 5 Things We Loved

This past weekend we finished up Phase III of Thrive90 from Fit Marriage.  Here’s what we loved about Thrive90: 1.  At home workouts, that only lasted 30 minutes or less 2.  Working out together was a great motivation 3.  The workouts were gradually challenging 4.  There were a variety of workouts each week, we didn’t […]

Pancakes for Dinner

Do you ever do breakfast for dinner? Umm, my pancakes don’t ever look like that!  More like this, We often do a breakfast dinner when Bob is out of town.  It’s an easy and quick meal, less expensive than grabbing something at the drive-thru and a little healthier too.  Pancakes definitely aren’t health food, but […]

Gardens :: Salsa, Pizza, Square Foot

Planting the garden was a family affair this year.  Everyone wanted to help.  Everyone also wanted their own gardening space, but we didn’t have quite enough room for that in our urban homestead, so we had to compromise a bit. Jonah was eager to get catnip planted in his garden! Our Pizza Garden –  Tomatoes, […]

Blender Love

For a couple of years Bob has been interested in purchasing a Vitamix blender.  I could never justify the cost for a blender!  But then we kept going through blender after blender.  Patty @ Reasons for Chocolate posted about how much they loved their Vitamix, so we started talking about it again.  Long story short […]

Money Saving Recipes

January is the time when most people tighten their belts, with New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight and save money.  Here are two money savers to help you get a jump on those January resolutions.  The first one isn’t anything new, but if you haven’t yet tried it I would encourage you to do so. […]