Archive | August, 2009

These Are a Few of My Favorite Blogs

Let me first say this:  blogs are addictive.  Whether its writing one or reading several, they can suck away the hours like nobody’s business if you let them. I’ll sit down after the girls are in bed to just check my igoogle reader and 4 hours later I’m reading about the adventures of a homeschooling [...]

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Random Acts of Encouragement

Last week as I was thinking about the subject of being encouraged, I remembered a time when my oldest daughter was just 6 months old and I was encouraged by a complete stranger.
It was Grocery Store Day.  Perhaps one of the most daunting tasks to a new mom:  you have to go, but the thought [...]

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Words of Encouragement

If you know me, you know that I am a person who is rarely at a loss for words.  That is to say that I talk…a lot.  I’m pretty sure most of my report cards from school said somewhere in the Comments section, “Talks too much” or something to that effect.  I often tell the [...]

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Entertain Your Kids, the Cheap and Easy Way

If you wander into a Toys R Us or stroll down the aisle of any major store, you might think that kids these days need battery-operated light-up noise machines in order to be entertained.  If you watch commercials with your kids *shudder* you will find yourself being told that they need the latest and greatest [...]

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