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How to Have More Good Homeschooling Days

Last night I stayed up past 10, which was great then.  But it’s not so great today.   I was even yawning during a trip to the woodlot with my husband to get another load of firewood!  Imagine how inspiring I was during homeschool lessons.  Poor kids. Elizabeth Elliot once wrote that to get up early […]

Cauliflower Soup

This is one of our favorite soups and is so easy to make. Note: it is also extremely frugal.  When I can get cheap cauliflower, a recipe like this costs me under $1.50–and that’s in Canada!  We only make it when I’ve bought several inexpensive cauliflowers and then I usually double or triple the recipe and […]

Ten (Plus Two) Skills to Help You Save Money

As I was thinking about my week, I realized that many of the everyday things I do have saved our family huge amounts of money.  My sisters and some friends do many of them, and I’m teaching them to my children, too.  However, a lot of people don’t seem to know how rewarding these skills can […]

Breast Cancer and Abortion

Last week I mentioned the furor associated with Komen’s defunding of Planned Parenthood.  Sadly, that decision has been reversed. Here’s a newspaper article that sums up the whole story in impassioned terms. Tucked into it is this discussion of the link between breast cancer and abortion: For the past 15 years, there’s been a growing controversy […]

Winter Sleep

In the winter, our whole family seems to need more sleep.  We go to bed earlier, get up later, and repeat.  Daily.  And yearly. Now, I know we’re not the only ones.  In fact, I’ve heard that this is a normal physiological response to winter.  I’m so thankful that we can just rest as we […]