Heidi from A Lively Hope is guest posting today! Finding your bottleneck is a well-known business efficiency practice. If you can find the one problem that slows your business down and fix that problem, you can expect to see drastic results. This idea applies equally well to homemaking. I realized this not long ago, after […]
The Joys of Motherhood – A House of Order: Building Houses – Building Families
I’ve only posted a snippet of today’s reading. To read the all of it begin at the section titled Building Houses-Building Families. Celestial homes may be large or small, rich or poor. The families may range from a couple to a dozen or more. The home might be serene or bustling. But all celestial homes […]
Five Ways to Immortalize School-Year Memories – Without Scrapbooking
As another school year starts to wind down Heather, the guest blogger for today’s Establish a House post, shares some ideas for keeping track of the memories that have been made. Welcome, Heather! We’re nearing the end of another school year, and if you’re like a lot of parents, you’ve taken your fair share of […]
My New Organizational Tool
Do you know I have had a gazillion bookmarks on my web browser? Seriously, I had folders for homeschool, sewing (further divided into smaller categories), cooking, crafts, blog posts to read again, the list goes on. Not to mention the bookmarks on my other computer. There were so many that when looking for a particular […]
Homeschool Planning
As any homeschooling mama knows it takes a lot of planning, researching, and following through on our part to make sure our children are learning everything they need to know. Multiply that by lots of children and one can be overwhelmed in no time flat! Here’s how I try to manage all the nitty-gritty details. […]
Toddlers, Babies, and Schooling, Oh My!
Homeschooling is tough! There are so many different things to keep track of and think about, especially when there are a large number of children in a family. Now that my three oldest are 15, 14 and 12 there are helpers to switch duties keeping the younger ones entertained while I help the others do […]
It’s About TIME
UPDATE: I now use this magnetic schedule so I don’t have to cut out all those little pieces of paper! Everything else is the same. See this schedule? This is my saving grace. And I HATE schedules. I did all right getting things done when there were only three, maybe four, children running under foot. […]
Rocks, Pebbles, Sand, and Structures
Today marks the beginning of Heart of the Matter‘s Homeschool Blog Hop. I am so excited! Every week day for the next two weeks you will find a plethora of homeschool blog posts. Scroll to the bottom of this post for links to all the other great homeschooling mamas who are participating. My wonderful husband […]
Kids and Cash
ZookeeperYou mentioned that your kids earn half the money to pay for their American Girl Dolls. How do your kids earn money? Do you believe in allowances? I know the allowance issue is one that every family has to decide for themselves what they will do. There are pros and cons to each side, for […]
Homeschool Planning
Erin Your scheduling post was very informative/interesting/insightful. What I’m still wondering is how you do all that you do 🙂 Do you read through your kids’ curriculum, or how do you teach them if you don’t have time in the day to read through what each of them are learning? I guess this is my […]
Toyland
MelindaGTOYS, this is one area I feel I am so missing something!!! I would love to see how you store, what types you love, and what you do with them all!!!Second question, can you give a sneak peek into your learning/school room/area?? If there even is one! I have a theory about toys. If you […]
One-on-one Time with Mom
JenI can think of a bunch of questions to ask, but the one that I would most love you to answer is: As a mother of eight children, how do you meet everyone’s needs including your own? I have five children ages 8 and under and we homeschool too. I am with my children all […]
It’s about TIME
Suzanne I want to know how you find time to home school, blog, keep the house and kids going, have time for your spouse, and still stay sane. I eat quite a bit of chocolate, and don’t feel that I can get as much done with those 24 hours. Marisa HOW do you find […]
Rocks, Pebbles, Sand, & Structures
Forgot to post this yesterday…. “One of the first questions I’m asked when people find out I homeschool all seven of my children is, “How are you able to teach all of them at the same time?” My reply usually goes something like this, “We have built a good structure for our homeschool, one that […]
Educating My Children
Homeschooling is a monumental task. It takes so many things that I am not. Do you wish to see your weaknesses displayed before you on a daily basis? Then homeschooling is right for you! I am not by nature an organized person. Nor am I very patient. Growing up I hated to babysit and yet […]