When I was picking out homeschool curriculum for my son last fall, I came across these awesome little Bible memorization cards for kids. There’s a card for each letter of the alphabet and then each letter has a verse that starts with that letter. I had always wanted to work on Bible memory with my [...]
Archive for January 2011
Bible Memorization For Kids
Posted 31 January 2011 by adminTagged As: children, faith, family, homeschool | Categories: Children, Faith, Homeschooling, Things I Love, Ways that Work (for me) | Leave a Comment
Laundry Made Simple
Posted 29 January 2011 by adminTagged As: cleaning, home, organization, planning | Categories: Homemaking, Organization, Ways that Work (for me) | 1 Comment
// As I’ve shared in my other post ”7 Tasks You Should Do Daily“ I currently do laundry every day. I used to be in the terrible habit of having “laundry day” which just made it a headache trying to get everything washed, folded and sorted in one day. It was consuming too much of my time [...]
His Mercies Are New Every Morning
Posted 27 January 2011 by adminTagged As: children, faith | Categories: Children, Faith, Parenting | Leave a Comment
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” – Lamentations 3:22-23 Some nights I crawl into bed convinced I must have used up all of God’s mercy that day. Sometimes my role as wife and mother can test my patience to the [...]
Budget For Birthdays
Posted 26 January 2011 by adminTagged As: Finances, organization, planning | Categories: Living Debt Free, Ways that Work (for me) | Leave a Comment
January is the perfect time to sit down and get your finances in order for the year. Like I’ve said before, a few years ago I was introduced to Dave Ramsey and his inspiring book “The Total Money Makeover” and one bit of advice he gives is to budget for birthdays…and every other holiday you [...]
The Perfectionist In Me
Posted 25 January 2011 by adminTagged As: faith | Categories: Faith | Leave a Comment
Perfectionism runs deep in my family. Both of my parents are perfectionists and numerous family members have it in some way, shape, or form. Although I do like things to be neat and clean, the perfectionist in me is more about having a perfect “me” than needing my surroundings to be just right (my husband [...]
Let Me Take the Punishment
Posted 25 January 2011 by adminTagged As: children, faith | Categories: Children, Faith | Leave a Comment
Last week, I saw my 6 year old son living out Galatians 6:2 “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” My 4 year old had disobeyed me so I called him over to me so we could talk about it and then I could discipline him. As I [...]
Organizing Recipes
Posted 24 January 2011 by adminTagged As: home, organization | Categories: Homemaking, Organization, Ways that Work (for me) | Leave a Comment
I love cooking for my family. I get so much satisfaction out of making my family happy with tasty home-cooked meals. However, this has resulted in me accumulating dozens of cookbooks. And with so many cookbooks, I needed a system for organizing recipes. I have my tried and true recipes that I know are hits [...]
Raising Boys in a World Filled With Temptation
Posted 24 January 2011 by adminTagged As: | Categories: Children | Leave a Comment
I have two little boys and while they’re still very young, I’m already concerned about the temptations they’re going to face when they get to be young men. If lust and sexuality are already an overwhelming part of our society, I shudder to think what that’s going to look like ten years from now. My [...]
The World of Cloth Diapering
Posted 24 January 2011 by adminTagged As: children | Categories: Children, Things I Love, Ways that Work (for me) | Leave a Comment
It wasn’t until my fourth child that I felt brave enough to venture into the world of cloth diapering. I contemplated it with my third, but dismissed it due to my unfounded belief that it would be too time-consuming, too disgusting, and not worth the money….boy, was I wrong! I’m always trying to be wise [...]
Getting Your Child to Obey
Posted 23 January 2011 by adminTagged As: | Categories: Children, Parenting | Leave a Comment
Sometimes it seems like getting your kids to listen to you is almost impossible. But after some dedicated hard work I’ve found that getting your child to obey is actually a pretty easy task. Every month we study a character quality and for the month of January we’ve been studying “Obedience.” I’ve made it a [...]
