Cleaning house can be difficult when your children are home all day. After all, when no one is home, there is no one to mess up the house! The flip side is, when you have children home, you also have some helpers. Theoretically, anyways. If I went by the amount …
During this 31 Days of writing, I have focused each Sunday post on Sabbath rest, the culmination of all of our “blending”. If you haven’t read the first posts, I suggest that you read them before you read the last post today: Why You Should Turn Off the Blender …
Meal planning is a universal necessity. We all need to eat. Even if we don’t work. Even if we don’t homeschool. Even if we have no children. Even if we’re not married. Well, you get the idea. For a homeschooling mom that is home most days but occupied with a …
I shared with the first week how I know God wants us to have a regular Sabbath. If you didn’t read that post, go here. Last week, we talked about when to turn off the blender: daily, weekly and yearly. Go here to read that post before you read today’s …
Two of the biggest complaints we moms make as we go about our busy lives is that we don’t have enough time to do everything and we don’t have enough money to pay for everything. I believe most of our stress is a daily build-up of these two things lacking. …
As I mentioned in last week’s Sabbath Pause post, God set the example in Creation for a daily and weekly rest. Most evangelical Christians, Jews and Catholics observe some type of weekly Sabbath. Other religions observe rest periods as well. All of us, regardless of religious affiliation, observe some type …
I have a high power blender. It is my favorite kitchen tool. I inherited one from my grandmother and used it so much the motor died. It was a very sad day. Thankfully, I was able to trade it in and purchase another one. Unfortunately, we only have one body. …
Rest. It seems like a foreign idea to most people. We squeeze 4 – 6 hours of sleep into a narrow window of our time each day and call it rest. However, when we snap at our children or fall asleep at our desk or drag through an afternoon, the …
Budget. It’s right up there with the word diet. Just the mention of the words makes us feel restricted and somehow less free. This is, of course, an illusion. Everyone has a diet whether it be fast food and candy bars or vegetarian. Everyone also has a budget. We spend what …
You know her. We all have at least one. One or more women in your acquaintance are known as “coupon queens”. If you ask them (and sometimes if you don’t!), they will extol the virtues of shopping from one’s cupboards which contain items purchased for pennies or obtained for free. …
