I am not being compensated for this review (But Hey, Coleman/Bestway, I wouldn’t turn away some spa swag. wink wink) A few days before the big 2021 Valentine’s/President’s day long weekend I thought to myself, “Self, let’s see about going away for a long weekend”. But it was too late to get a room anywhere […]
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Facebook is so neat sometimes! The other night I was having a hard time falling asleep so I grabbed my laptop and started scrolling. That was a mistake. Not only was I looking at a huge blue light source, but I was on Facebook. Not exactly the best recipe for inducing slumber. Soon I happened […]
Read More Safety Vs. Independence. Can We Give Our Kids Both?This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you make a purchase through these links, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support! We’ve always been what I would consider an outdoorsy family, but in the last year or so I’ve been making an effort to […]
Read More 3 Essential Items for Enjoying The Outdoors In Less-Than-Perfect WeatherWe schedule the entire month of December as our homeschool Christmas Break, but if we don’t have something planned, I find we get irritable and worn out. So instead of loafing for an entire month we take a casual approach to school, join our library’s winter reading program, read a few Christmas favorites and don’t worry too […]
Read More Six Must Read Christmas BooksWe all know by now how important time spent in nature is for our health, and especially the health of our growing children. Not only is fresh air and exercise essential for healthy bodies, more and more studies are linking time in nature with mental and emotional health. Unfortunately getting out is one of those […]
Read More Five Baby Steps To Getting The Family OutdoorsWhen each of my first two babies (not babies anymore, but my babies still) was new, in those sleepless, bleary-eyed first months I would lay awake at night, listening to my husband snore, and eyeing the baby monitor, suspicious of it’s silence. Exhausted, barely managing to breastfeed, self-feed, and generally function as a human, I […]
Read More The Prayer That Changed My LifeFinding Time How about writing the final post in my Mother Culture Monday Series a week late at 7:40 pm? Sounds like someone has her act together, huh? Honestly, that is exactly the point. It’s EASY to let little demands and big demands, (even joyful demands on time are demands) get in the way of […]
Read More Mother Culture Monday #5Can I be honest for a minute? I’m having a hard time replacing “time wasting” with Mother Culture. But that is exactly WHY I need to be more deliberate. The nature of my time wasting habits (internet/facebook) is definitely making my brain dull. I don’t want a dull brain. Today I took the proactive step […]
Read More Mother Culture Monday #4Welcome to Mother Culture Monday #3 How did you do carving out a few minutes for yourself this past week? I did some time wasting, but for future reference, I’d like to be more intentional about my “Mother Culture Minute” and do something that really feeds me. The goal here is to do something to […]
Read More Mother Culture Monday #3Oh my. We have been on a bit of a wacky cake kick. We love the classic cake, but we’ve been playing with the recipe, and have some variations that are to die for! Actually “we” is a misnomer. I hardly get involved at all anymore. This cake is so simple that my daughters (8 […]
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