Monthly Archives: August 2011

This is from Leadership Education Academy, an online school that is TJED-based. I highly recommend it if you don’t have access to a commonwealth school in your area for your youth:   Leadership Education Academy Live, online classes for 9-15 year … Continue reading →

  Before I got married, even before I went off to college, I read The Fascinating Girl by Helen Andelin. I liked a lot of it, although I disagreed with some of it. It’s about how to be feminine joyfully … Continue reading →

  One summer, 16 years ago when I was pregnant with Virtue, we had seven, count them, seven Saturdays in a row where we had a family reunion to go to. That was the summer of the reunions. I love … Continue reading →

Every week in my life is so full! Last week we had two wedding receptions of a friend and then a cousin’s son, a family reunion, a birthday dinner and party for Cowboy, saying goodbye to my brother and his … Continue reading →

  Last Thursday my oldest child left for college. He is my oldest but I still call him my baby because all of my children are my babies in a sense. It was just a mere 18 years ago this … Continue reading →

I would like to share a homeschool-related spiritual experience I had recently in hopes that it will be a blessing to someone else in some way.    Several times I have heard the apostles say we live far below our … Continue reading →

  I have been doing TJED (that’s Thomas Jefferson Education, see http://tjed.org) for 5 years now and am loving it. It is so liberating! It is so sweet not to have a slew of homework and backpacks to deal with in … Continue reading →

Last Friday I had a lot of fun. My littles have been begging me to have another sleepover at Grandma’s. They had one when I went to TJED Land in June, to take the bigs to Youth for Freedom (http://youthforfreedom.org) … Continue reading →

Again, thanks to my LLL girlfriend Sally, I caught wind of something great. It was posted on the wholesomechildhood.com website  awhile back. All of the 7 Chronicles of Narnia books on audio for free! Go here to listen. They are from … Continue reading →

  I have been breastfeeding for so long (not the same child, but seven children, and consecutively, not all at once) and been involved with La Leche League for so long that sometimes I forget to stop and celebrate the … Continue reading →