Get Your Homeschool Lapbooks and Notebooks Organized

Published in January 28th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Parenting, Family, Homeschool, Organization, Unschooling

Simple Lapbook and Notebook Organization for Effective Homeschooling Getting your homeschool organized is a huge feat. Keeping it organized is yet another never ending task. Yet there are some simple ways you can keep it all under control when you use lapbooks or notebooks. Most homeschooling families have topics that they cover yearly, such [...]

Healthy Home Healthy Planet

Published in January 24th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Family, Family Finances, Family fun, Frugal Living, Going Green, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Go Green for Less Most families have an opinion about the green house effect, Al Gore, and carbon footprints. What I find interesting is that regardless of what side of the issue one is on, going green makes sense. The earth is a planet. You can only deplete its resources to a certain extent [...]

Fast Track to a Healthy Weight II

Published in January 20th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Family, Family fun, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Helping Your Family Get Healthy One of the reasons that many women struggle with getting healthy and losing or maintaining a healthy weight is that their families are on a completely different plan. When mom or dad is dieting, and no one else, it creates an environment that is not only detrimental to the [...]

What to do BEFORE You Go to Homeschool Convention Part One

Published in January 18th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Family, Family Finances, Frugal Living, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Organization, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Organize Your Homeschool and Save Money Go to any homeschool convention anywhere and walk into the vendors hall. As you casually promenade through the aisles, observe the faces of the parents as they shop. You will many sets of eyes glistening as they peer from one booth to the next. You may even notice [...]

Simple Ways to Help in Your Community

Published in January 14th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Family, Healthy Living, Homeschool, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Community Service and Donating at Local Food Banks from Your Pantry Giving back to your community is an essential and integral part of life. Occasionally, we serve our community as a requirement, such as jury duty. Yet the large majority of community service is simply you donating or volunteering for a local charity. Giving [...]

Fast Track to A Healthy Weight

Published in January 7th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Family, Healthy Living

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Simple Ideas for Shedding Those Unwanted Pounds After the Holidays Are you wearing your “fat” clothes more frequently? Does putting on your skinny jeans have you cringing at the thought of not being able to breathe? Are you feeling a little lethargic over the last few weeks? You are not alone. Many people gain between [...]

2011 New Year’s Theme Revealed: Why Is it Always All About Health?

Published in January 5th, 2011

Posted by Leslie in Art, Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Digging Out of Debt, Family, Family fun, Frugal Living, Going Green, Home Decor, Homeschool, Kitchen, Organization, Simple Living, Unschooling

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An Exciting Healthy Makeover for All Aspects of Life Sometime in November I began praying for guidance, and quite frankly pointed direction, of what would be most meaningful and helpful to you in the upcoming year. A few ideas began to form in mind and as I thought about what to present. However, it was [...]

Countdown to a Peaceful Christmas: Pulling it All Together

Published in December 8th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christian Parenting, Christmas, Family, Family fun, Frugal Living, Home Decor, Organization, Simple Living

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Finishing Your Tasks and Enjoying the Peace of Christmas This post comes late this week. Illness and a last minute change in plans has put me in a bit of a tail spin this week. I am content with my progress for a peaceful Christmas and know that as our family is counting down the [...]

Eat Out for Less!

Published in January 26th, 2010

Posted by Leslie in Digging Out of Debt, Family, Frugal Living, Simple Living

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Yes, we all know that eating out is costly. They give you straws with your drinks because they want you to become comfortable with the sucking (of your money) when the bill comes. But in all seriousness, there are ways you can treat your family to eating out without breaking the bank. Here’s a few [...]

Christmas Gift for You: Free Workbox Tags

Published in December 17th, 2009

Posted by Leslie in Christian Living, Christmas, Family, Homeschool, Organization, Simple Living, Unschooling

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Christmas is coming. Many are planning some days off and getting into full holiday mode. This typically includes a lot of outings and busy-ness. However, I find this to be a perfect time of year to pick a re-organization project to accomplish. First, I am in the mood to deck the halls. Secondly, this is [...]

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