Welcome! Pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy some time here. I'm a happy Christian homeschooling mom of five great children and wife to a wonderful husband. My mission is to encourage and empower homeschooling moms by providing informative reviews, but I also love chatting about our homeschool, high school, gardening, daily life, and more.
If you are a Canadian and have a child in grade 8 you can get him or her a free park pass that will gain admittance into 42 national parks, 167 national historic sites and 4 national marine conservation areas across Canada.
The pass is for a full year, until April 2012.
This offer expires April 30, so you’ll have to act quickly.
My children have spent many hours chuckling over the zany humor in Don Aslett’s books. Although the sound of a child chortling over a book is like late afternoon sunshine, bringing a glow to my whole life, that’s not why I love Don Aslett.
You see, this man writes cleaning books. Funny, helpful cleaning books. And among all his many helpful tips there’s one that tops them all. It’s simple, free, available to everyone, and green….Read More.
In my life this week… The Little Misses went ‘swimming’ in the marsh behind our place. Although most of the snow has melted, the water was so cold that Miss 8 took several hours to warm up. No, I had not forbidden swimming; that never occurred to me.
In our homeschool this week…While we did the usual book learning, sometimes with very little focus, the educational parts of the week were not bookish at all….
You can read more here.
I’ve attended many homeschooling conferences and know many dedicated and sincere people with a heart for homeschoolers and for families.
Today, however, surpassed all I’ve experienced before…
Read more at the new Tea Time with Annie Kate.
As I was packing away the winter gear yesterday, I noticed just how tattered last fall’s brand new mittens were. In the past we always bought mittens from the dollar store, and I knew they would fall apart within a year. Cold fingers in March are not a good idea, so I bought more expensive ones from Walmart this year. I didn’t quite expect that, since they were six time more expensive they would last six times as long…but I was certain they would last at least a year. They didn’t.
My own warm mittens, bought by my husband almost a quarter century ago, cost $20; that was a good investment. My husband also bought my son high quality snowmobile gloves last year. Mr. 15 treasures those gloves and cares for them. They should last him many, many years.
So, will I buy my younger girls high quality mittens next year?
Read the rest at the new Tea Time with Annie Kate.
Annie Kate