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Library Time 41
This week has seemed to speed by for some reason. I can't believe it's Saturday, but I'm glad it is. This has been a difficult week in many ways because my children have been succumbing one by one to some kind of respiratory flu. The last few days I've been serenaded by a chorus of …
Housewife
Years ago a friend gave this poem to me. I don't know who the author is, but I'm hoping this will encourage someone today. Don't you feel better now about "just" being a stay-at-home mom? ~smile~
So Send I You
I don't get to play the piano as often as I would like to, but one day last week I had a few minutes between lunch and nap time so I sat down at the piano. I love to just open up the hymnbook and just start playing whatever hymn catches my eye. Sometimes I …
What I’m Thankful For
Today is Thanksgiving here in Canada. We had a lot of fun. Family and friends came for a meal making 21 people to feed. I loved it. It really isn't that hard to make extra when I'm already cooking for 10. ☺ All day while I prepared food and tidied the house and changed diapers …
Favourite Blogs
I thought it would be fun to share with you some of the blogs I enjoy reading. You may find one that is an encouragement to you. So, without any further introduction and in no particular order here are some blogs that I read on a regular or semi-regular basis. Heavenly Homemakers This was one …
Library Time 40
This week I've just done light reading. I've been reading through a children's series called "The 39 Clues". Basically several people loosely related (as in distance cousins) are racing around the planet searching for clues that will enable them to become a world leader. The main characters are the poor cousins - orphans Amy and …
Why Copywork?
Last week I mentioned that this school work we started something new - copywork. I'd been seeing posts on this for a year or two now, but I just couldn't face adding something else to our homeschool schedule. Several things combined to convince me I should give it a try. First, a couple of my …
Intentional Simplicity 