Meals That Don’t Deplete a Kid’s Health or a Mom’s Energy {Much}

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 …

Marriage in the Blended Household

The first week of October I focused generally on blending the areas of our lives, and the second week I focused on homeschooling. Last week, I focused on working from home. This week’s posts will deal with family life in general and how to keep marriage and children a priority …

Sabbath Pause: How You Can Turn Off the Blender

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 …

Balancing Schedules and Checkbooks

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. …

Sabbath Pause: When You Should Turn Off the Blender

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 …

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