This is less a blog post than a list I’m keeping for my own information. But it may be useful as encouragement for those of you who either want to homeschool and think it will be too expensive, or are homeschooling and wondering where all the money is going. It doesn’t have to cost an […]
Can you believe it’s already July? I can. I’m about done with Summer to be honest. We finished our 16/17 school year way back in May, and the lack of structure is starting to get to me. Thank goodness I plan to start us back to school August 1. I originally intended to do a […]
Read More How I Plan For A Year Of HomeschoolHomeschooling isn’t really a new sensational thing anymore. It’s almost mainstream. Everyone knows someone who homeschools. Look, you don’t need me to tell you about all the wonderful benefits of individualized education, more family time, or marching to your own drum. You need me to tell you what can go wrong. What?!! That’s right. It’s […]
Read More The Dark Side of Homeschooling: 3 Things Nobody Is Talking AboutFinding 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 #3Thanks for coming back for more Mother Culture! Let’s dig right in, and take a closer look at the words Mother and Culture. Click below to find out what Merriam-Webster says: Definition of Mother (alert… one definition is decidedly naughty…I don’t know why they included it) Definition of Culture Did you make it through all that? […]
Read More Mother Culture Monday #2Oh 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 […]
Read More Super Simple Chocolate Wacky CakeSo, today I was feeding my sourdough starter, and I made a seriously Charlotte Mason quality connection. Mother Culture; you have to feed it, or you run out. If you’re not a hardcore CMer you’re probably wondering what on earth I’m talking about and how it applies to you. What the heck is “Mother Culture”? […]
Read More Mother Culture MondayThis is going to start out like a political post, but if you’ll bear with me I think I can bring it around, to NOT a political post. And since it’s rather a rant, it won’t be my best writing. I pay the hosting, I can lay an egg now and then if I want […]
Read More Who’s in charge here?
