Nov 11, 2009 | Faith & Family, Homeschooling
I had a fun surprise this morning when I received an email that I am a finalist for the Home school blog awards. Even though I don’t often post about my home school adventure, homeschooling has been our educational path since day one, with our oldest now a...
Nov 10, 2009 | Faith, Faith & Family
Update live from Ecuador (Nov. 10, 2009) Informed that my sister-in-love and I would not get to see my nephew until Wednesday when the official paperwork was completed, we were blown away when our host asked us first thing this morning, “Would you like to go see...
Oct 25, 2009 | Faith & Family, Trash to Treasure
There’s a funny thing about writing a blog such as mine. My desire is that you really feel like you “know” me. Yet as much as I want to be an “open book” and share both the beauty and bedlam of my life, there are many things that I just...
Sep 2, 2009 | Faith & Family
The average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day, according to the A.C. Nielsen Co. In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube.So what happens when this “mean mom” says, “No” to TV during the...
Aug 27, 2009 | Faith & Family
With the ins and outs of the daily grind, do you ever set aside time to be spontaneous?Seriously, as much as I am passionate about living life to its fullest, getting older has its drawbacks. I’ve lost some of that spontaneous spirit that I used to thrive on,...
Jul 23, 2009 | Faith & Family
Is listening to me share about my large family and our organization even interesting? How could Jen really want me to share about this on her blog. Then I remembered that families of 8 land big Cable Reality Shows and get to take fantastic vacations with their...
