This past week, we were able to visit Jon’s family in west Tennessee for the first time in over three years. Jon’s grandmother, Geraldine Rimmer – fondly known as Mamaw, passed away at age 86. Here’s a picture of Mamaw taken a few years ago.

She was a sweet woman and was always happy to see [...]

I have some exciting news! My husband and I are beginning a new business venture called A Homemade Heritage. We’ll be visiting fairs and festivals in West Virginia to sell handmade items like -

Candles
Old-fashioned lye soap
Glycerin soap
Laundry soap kits
Bath crystals
Crocheted potholders and dishcloths
Crocheted hair scrunchies

Our whole family has been working together to make the different [...]

My family likes to travel. In the past year, we’ve been to Washington, D.C., the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, Pipestem Resort State Park in West Virginia, and Jeffersonville, IN/Louisville, KY – along with a few day trips nearby.
As all parents know, traveling long distances with kids can be more of a nightmare than a [...]

It’s been one of those interesting days where a number of things have gone wrong (according to my human thinking). Three main things, really: 1) My computer starting messing up – It won’t power down all the way, wouldn’t let me access the programs on the start menu, and the screen kept flickering. 2) I [...]

My first ‘run-in’ with Circle C Adventures was last winter when some of my homeschooling friends posted about the book series on Facebook. The Circle C Adventures series, by Susan K. Marlow, revolves around Andrea Carter – a girl who is more tomboy than little lady – and is set in late 1800s California. Because [...]

I have thoroughly enjoyed the last few days taking part of the Schoolhouse Expo, an online homeschool conference held by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. I posted about it a while back and hope that many of you got to attend.
Some of my favorite speakers were Clay Clarkson, Diana Waring, Carol Barnier, Todd Wilson, and Susan [...]

I like natural living – homemade cleaners and soaps, herbs and colloidal silver when we’re sick, foods fresh from the farm. I can’t claim that we use and eat only 100% natural items, but we do as much as we can. I recently had the opportunity to try a natural progesterone cream called BeeYoutiful Balance [...]

My family loves games – board games, card games, computer games, educational games, and games just for fun. I was happy to be able to review three of the educational games from the Super Star Games line. These are easy-to-use games designed to help reinforce certain topics. I chose to review the games on Insects, [...]

As part of the TOS Homeschool Crew, I received complimentary copies of two books in the Terrestria Chronicles series a few months ago. This fictional series is set in a medieval world of castles, knights, ladies, and even dragons. It is steeped in allegorical themes intended to parallel the Christian journey and struggles. According to [...]

Confession time (don’t you love these?): I like money. I like to earn money. I like to spend money. I like to have money in the bank. I do not like to manage money.
That said, I do realize that managing money wisely in an essential skill for anyone who actually has money. It’s something I’m [...]