It is 10:40am and my house is clean! Can you just hear the excitement in my typewritten voice? So far today, everyone has been dressed, combed, styled, beds made, rooms tidied, breakfast eaten, Bibles read, memory work studied, piano practiced, and had piano lessons completed. The kids’ bathroom has been cleaned and tidied, the second [...]
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Our new chore system
Posted in Chores, Reviews, tagged Chores, Duggars, Managers of their Chores on June 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Best Birthday Gifts
Posted in Family, Reviews on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t remember when I’ve ever been so excited about a birthday present for the kids! For Polly and Gameboy’s birthday this year, we bought them a few special “together” gifts from the Vision Forum. Check out the first one, a bow and arrow set!
(FYI: For those of you whose blood pressure is rising [...]
Record-keeping with Homeschool Tracker
Posted in Homeschooling, Ideas and Encouragement, Reviews, tagged homeschool record keeping, Homeschool Tracker on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the past six years, I have done all my homeschool record-keeping via paper, sometimes using printables that I made myself, and sometimes photocopying from other sources. This wasn’t a bad or difficult system, but it did take longer than I would have wished, especially at the end of the school year when I organized it all into [...]
Renfest 2008
Posted in Hairdos, Reviews, tagged Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival on September 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We took a trip out to the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival during our long Labor Day Weekend. We had a lot of fun with a few events, but I have doubts as to whether we’ll return next year. We’ve been to the fair in previous years, always during the themed “School Days” or “Children’s Days,” and had a [...]
Charlie’s Soap
Posted in Reviews, Tips, tagged Charlie's Soap, laundry on August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I was washing laundry yesterday, I was thinking about how much I like my laundry soap, and thought it would be good to blog about it. Before I begin, let me preface by explaining that I don’t recommend products on any of my sites unless I use them myself and believe them to be [...]
Movie content reviews
Posted in Christian living, Reviews, tagged guarding hearts, movies, Plugged In Online on August 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Plugged In Online is a website from Focus on the Family, which reviews most movies and some television shows from a Christian perspective. The reviewers make note of any content that a family might find objectionable, and then let you decide if the movie is suitable for you and family. They give a nice overview of [...]
Mozyhome: free computer backup
Posted in Reviews, tagged computer, Mozy on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mozyhome is a free service for up to 2GB. It is a backup service that protects your files (video, pictures, Outlook, etc.) in case of a computer error or theft. Files are automatically backed up daily to a remote server.
Here are the installation instructions for the computer backup program. To get started:
Click the link: https://mozy.com/?code=MVDFZI
Click the 2GB [...]