Feature Article #1
12 Things to Do to Keep Your Summertime Organized
Summertime is here. Time to break out the sun lotion and bug spray.
We’ve been enjoying the pool daily.
I LOVE our pool:
Motivation: Finish your school work and we can swim.
Worn-out, water-logged out children go to bed early.
Multi-Tasking: Mom and Dad have play time with children and heart healthy exercise.
12 Things to Do to Keep Your Summertime [...]
Feature Article #2
Tackling Read-Aloud Homeschool Books (& Freebie!)
A big part of our school day is reading aloud. My 7 and 9 year old boys read 2-3 books aloud to me daily, and I read Bible, history, and science aloud to them.
I dumped out all our baskets of books on the family room floor to sort. I sorted the reading books by grade [...]
Feature Article #3
Notebook Planner: Your One-Stop Information Center
Are you organized? Do you have a chore check list? Can you find your dog’s shot record quick? Have a list of birthdays somewhere?
What about you homeschool, is it organized? Do you know what work to assign today or what they did yesterday?
What if you could experience less stress, frustration and choas while gaining time [...]
Feature Article #4
Sunrise View from Our TN Porch
Every morning Ronnie and I have coffee as we watch the sunrise from our front porch. We watch the horses, goats, dogs and cats. We also have 5 hummingbirds that visit daily.
Feature Article #5
10 Minutes to a Sparkling Clean Bathroom
When I was in the hospital I noticed the house cleaners could be in and out of my room (cleaning the bathroom, and bedroom) in a few short minutes. It takes having supplies on hand and a system.
No one enjoys cleaning the bathroom. But instead of looking at it as the dreaded dirty bathroom job, [...]
About this Site
We have been homeschooling for twenty years. I write books about homeschooling and theology. We live on 20 acres in in the home pictured in middle TN. We have a blended family of 11 children (I gave birth to 9) and 13 grandchildren, horses, goats, Great Pyrenees and cats.
You can see my books here. Titles [...]





































