Click on the image above to donate! As you can see, we did VERY well this year! Thank you to everyone who donated.

One of the biggest questions about homeschooling is where to find resources or “what resources do you use” and “how do you plan your day”. So, here’s my answer. Lesson Planning: I use an Excel spreadsheet with drop downs. I have a list on one sheet that is ALL the resources I have – worksheets, [...]

Eion’s been working on writing his letters for a while now, but now that we’re using lined paper we’ve been having a problem with placement of the parts of the letter, ie. writing the lowercase “e” NOT in the bottom half of the space. Now, no, I’m not really worried since, well, he’s 4, but [...]

UPDATE: Through generous donations by the pilots of the 421st Fighter Wing currently stationed in South Korea, we met and surpassed our initial goal! So, as I said, we have doubled it to $520! Help make this the BEST year EVER for us! Click on the image above to donate! Another year, another fundraiser! This [...]

While we love traditional paper books in this house, we also love e-books. But e-books can be a bit expensive. Unfortunately my library system doesn’t have the option to check out books through the Kindle, etc. like some others do, but I’ve found the next best thing. Pixel of Ink Young Edition Yes, you could [...]

These have been getting a lot of play recently, but I just had to share. That said, we have been doing more of the first recently… But, they’re not officially school age and we’re going to get back in to the run of things soon . They do spend quite a bit of their ‘free [...]

My first attempt went well! There are lessons learned, however: 20 pounds of tomatoes take a long time to process. Fortunately I planned for this, but I was still whooped at the end of it all. Processing 20 pounds of tomatoes take a lot of patience and will probably go quicker the next time because [...]

Last year with hubby deploying I wanted to be able to use the Child Development Center’s drop in service for appointments and their Give Parents a Break ‘date nights’. With my children not up to date on their vaccinations according to regulations, I needed to get their exemptions in line. Although we live in Utah [...]

(PLEASE NOTE: you may be seeing this twice as I cross-posted to my Weight Loss Surgery blog. My apologies but I felt it was relevant to both blogs) So, again, this is something I first saw on Pinterest. Here is the blog link. Yogurt is big in our house. I eat it for breakfast a [...]

This is another project that’s been on the back burner for a while. My New Year’s resolution this year is to be more organized. One of the things was getting the Menu board up and used. This is another. There are many many posts out there about Home Management Binders, etc. This one was inspired [...]