Day One of Three~ Juice Fast
The amazing power of raw juices and details about my new juicer.
Monday Meanderings
Here are my links of my meanderings around the Internet this past week. I'm a bit late with this post today as I've been out all over the weekend and today. Yes, it's softball season! Yahoo! and I am so glad. 96 Essential Sites & Blogs for Gifted Homeschoolers 100...
The control freak returns
As the children wave goodbye to their father a monster returns. The motherly Control Freak. On Friday I drove my husband... to work! He always jokes that I drive him mad but I only drove him to work 😉 He is part of an exercise that is heading away up north for six...
Cyndi's Bread ~ help?
Just a quick plea for help... Has anyone had much success with the bread recipe in Cyndi O'Meara's book Changing Habit's, Changing Lives? I used to make it a few years ago but stopped making it. I've made up the Super Mix again and have tried a few loaves but they've...
Monday Meanderings
I'd like to share some links of my meanderings around the Internet this past week. The Nourishing Cook is giving away a nutrition course for teenagers. Get in quick! 2:21 The Mag is an online magazine for teen girls. This magazine is about so much more than fashion or...
Back to basics homeschooling
I'm so glad that I'm not beginning the homeschool adventure now. When I started it was a tad lonely. All networking (if it could be called that) was done via word-of-mouth and (gasp!) old fashioned letter writing and monthly newsletters! I remember fondly hearing of a...
Healthy in spirit but un…
C'mon now ladies, tell me I'm not alone here. Can anyone relate to this? Last week I was studying health and nutrition, which is a passion of mine. (Application of learned knowledge is another story) I was up to my eyeballs in health/nutrition information... so...
I'm baacckkkk
My blogging sabbatical started by choice but it ended up being enforced, by illness. I've had a flu for 4 weeks and even though I am still not better I am on the mend and starting to resume to my normal duties. Four weeks ago I started getting sick but I didn't take...
I Am Empty
I've been busy with all sorts of projects. Been having a ball. I didn't plan to have a blogging break but it just happened. I've got some blog posts but they're all in my head. They probably won't make it to the screen but that's okay... the blogosphere will carry on...
Composition, the HomeGrownKids way
Originally posted in Jan, 2006 Writing Strands, Write with the Best, Institute of Excellence in Writing...do we need a text or curricula in order to instill a love of writing in our children? Do we need to use it every week, every year? Surely there's an easier way? A...
Parenting Today's Teens
I'm always on the lookout for helpful, proactive sites that encourage me in the role of parenting. Many sites are great but they don't necessarily reach me, where I'm at... nor speak to our family and where we're at. Some sites are beautiful to look at and are highly...
Get out of their faces and…
"Let your eyes light up when your children are around. Laugh more. Tell them how empty and quiet it is when they’re not there. Enjoy the things they bring to your life. Attend their activities, not as if they were compulsory for parents, but throw yourself into their...
Parenting Pain
I feel intense pain in this step of my parenting journey… for one of my children has disconnected well before they are ready. The child is bruised and hurting, therefore I am too.
Narration ~ Discussion ~ Debate
Todays blast from the past was written in Jan, 2006. The daughter that I talk about is now 19 years old. Narration and discussion have been a cornerstone of our family’s learning style and I just wanted to share something that happened the other day. Miss A (14 yodd)...
A sad but historic day for our nation
Oh Australia! What is there left to be said? Today I am reminded of the biblical story of Deborah... a woman who exercised public office in the Old testament. She judged Israel. But this is not a scenario for us to emulate. Because of Israel's evil deeds, "The Lord...
Obedience or Relationship
Is obedience all that God wanted? Is it possible to obey God yet not trust Him thus missing out on a relationship with Him? Can we trust without obeying? Where does relationship fit?
Home-Based-Learning: Boybarians
A Bible study for teenage boys Homeschool Boys ~ What is a homeschool? An education... a journey... an adventure... a lifestyle of twists, turns and trails. If your sons are like mine.... they are 4 wheelers and are always heading OFF trail. That is where this site...
MacArthur… on parenting
We’re certainly not to think that God’s sovereignty in salvation means the way we raise our kids is immaterial. God often uses faithful parents as instruments in the salvation of children.
Leaving a legacy?
What legacy am I leaving for my children? Am I excited about what God is doing in my life or has done for me? Do I share my walk with my kids? How are they to ‘catch’ my passion if I don’t share it with them?
Grace: Received, Not Achieved.
What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 1Corinthians 4:7 Why, oh why do I (man) like to think that I have something, just a little something, to do with my salvation. Do I not realise that in...