I have been writing product reviews for over 3 years, and I still get excited about just about every item I receive to review. It’s a little bit like Christmas waiting for a new package. But when I saw that some of the Homeschool Crew were going to receive a Guidecraft Hideaway Country Kitchen to …
I have a special treat for you. I am today’s host for the Schoolhouse Birthday Bash Blog Hop! Every day you can meet one of the new monthly columnists for The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine. Malia Russell is the founder of Homemaking 911, a website providing help and encouragement to homemakers. She is a gifted writer …
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Yesterday I posted about my insanely busy week. One of the things that I didn’t mention in that post was the weather turned cool on Friday. Thankfully, I knew the weather forecast ahead of time. But I had a problem. Remember how I mentioned that my son had no fall clothes? We had a field trip …
Do you know that commercial with the guy sitting behind a desk saying, “I can do that. I can do that….How am I going to that?” That’s kind of how I felt at the beginning of this week. The kids had 3 cross country meets. I had 3 writing deadlines. I had a consignment sale …
Welcome to the 28th edition of The Christian Home, a weekly Blog Magazine posted every Monday morning. I am so excited to be hosting for the first time. Each article was submitted by various Christian Blog Authors.I hope you enjoy visiting them, reading their work, and spending some time getting to know them at their …
I had the post all written in my mind. I was going to write about how wonderful children’s consignment sales are. I’ve written about them before, and they have been a key part of our living on one income. But as the kids grow, the selection at these sales gets thinner. Babies outgrow their clothes …
What is the first book of the Bible a new believer should read? I’ve always heard you should start with the Gospel of John. But in Begin, a new book from New Leaf Publishing Group, Ken Ham and Bodie Hodge suggest starting somewhere else: Genesis. I agree with their logic. In Genesis we learn the …
I’ve said before I am not an extreme couponer. I don’t have the time nor the space to stockpile that much. But last Thursday my in-laws were watching my kids for me so I could go out and have some time to myself. They live right by a CVS and I was going to the …
The Bible exhorts us to tell our children about the things that God has done. One example is in Joshua after the Israelites crossed over the Jordan River into the Promised Land. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What [mean] …
Five years ago today I wrote my very first blog post. In it I asked 3 questions: 1. What am I going to write about? 2. When am I going to have time to write it? 3. Who is really going to care what I have to say anyway? As it turns out, I have …
