Part One – Part Two
22. What does the last text message in your inbox say?
I don’t do text messages, but I think my cell phone provider sends one to thank me every time I make a payment.
23. How do you feel about your life right now?
Things are going well. I am moving onward and upward [...]

I like timelines, and I love the Bible – the two have been combined into a unique educational tool called The Amazing Bible Timeline. I received a complimentary copy of this chart from Bible Charts and Maps LLC. This large wall chart measures 37″ by 45″. The day it arrived, I hung it [...]

Part One is here.
11. When was the last time you cried really hard?
when my neighbor/friend got arrested
12. Who took your profile picture?
I took it myself. Uncropped, it’s a picture of Robert and me – very cute.
13. Who was the last person you took a picture of?
My camera battery has been dead for several weeks, but [...]

My middle son James is learning to read. He knows the phonetic sounds of every letter and can put them together in simple, one-syllable words. We practice phonics and ‘decoding’ words about three times a week.
I use word families with him – for instance, we might look at the “it” word family. After he [...]

I love natural products, things lacking all the chemicals that have become so commonplace in the last 80 years. I’ve used cloth diapers with all of my sons to avoid both the cost and chemicals associated with disposable diapers. I make some of my own household cleaners – glass cleaner and an all-purpose cleaner. I’ve [...]

Without too much commentary, I need to make a menu plan for this week and I am positively horrible at sticking to a menu plan. You can see lots of menu planning over at Organizing Junkie.
Sunday – homemade pizza
Monday – fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits
Tuesday – salmon, mashed potatoes, carrots, broccoli, brown & serve [...]

I found this 33 Questions meme over at Freaky Frugalite.
1. What was the last thing you put in your mouth?
a drink of water
2. Where was your profile picture taken?
The one in the banner above was taken at a gymnasium of a local school last April. Our church had a “homecoming” there one Saturday – a [...]

Before I begin this review, I’d better tell you what a Global Positioning System (GPS) is…in case you don’t already know. The Global Positioning System is a way to use earth-orbiting satellites to pinpoint any location on earth by its coordinates. (Coordinates, in case you don’t remember, are the latitude and longitude numbers for a [...]

As I’ve said before, our family enjoys reading aloud together. I love finding a book that combines an excellent story with historical or cultural education. Last month, I received a complimentary copy of Sarah’s Wish by Jim Baumgardner, a book that combines history with a story of a young girl.
Sarah’s Wish begins with the death [...]

Nick and James have started a homeschool gym class once a week. We went to their first class this past week, and they had a great time. The class is taught by seniors in the physical education major at a local college and will last through this fall.
On the way home, we passed a hitchhiker [...]