As I write my to-do lists, plan my baking, finish the Christmas shopping, and everything else that goes along with the week before Christmas, I can’t help but think about the new year. What are my plans? How will I adjust my focus? What will actually come my way in 2024? I think I finally figured out my “word of the year” for 2024 – purpose. This year had its ups and downs like any other year. Maybe a few extra tough patches. Those difficult times made me think, why am I here? What am I supposed to be doing with my life? What is my purpose? PURPOSE: n. The reason for which something is done o ..read more

WAITING ON GOD’S TIMING Why is this so difficult? Waiting on the Lord…We know He shows up and shows out! He’s proven this time and time again in our lives. When the moment we feel the wait, we begin to doubt. Recently, I had the absolute privilege of speaking at my church’s women’s breakfast. This event is very special to me. It’s the first event I attended at a very “new to me” church. I believe we had only been to 2 (maybe 3) Sunday services, and each time the pastor mentioned the upcoming women’s breakfast, I felt this tug. “You should go. Get plugged in! Make some new friends.” Then I had ..read more

Organizing The New Homeschool Year Prepping The Kiddos So far in this series we’ve covered: A Year In Review:  I always begin by reviewing the year we just finished. Choosing Curriculum:  Once you know what you all liked and didn’t like last year, you can then move on to the new stuff. Letters Of Intent:  Each state is different, but I’ll be sharing what I do and a free download you can use. Lesson Planning: My absolute favorite time – planning the new year! Homeschool Room Prep: Organizing your school room can get you off to the right start for a new year. Now it’s ..read more

Organizing The New Homeschool Year Homeschool Room Prep So far in this series we’ve covered: A Year In Review:  I always begin by reviewing the year we just finished. Choosing Curriculum:  Once you know what you all liked and didn’t like last year, you can then move on to the new stuff. Letters Of Intent:  Each state is different, but I’ll be sharing what I do and a free download you can use. Lesson Planning: My absolute favorite time – planning the new year! Now we’re on to – Homeschool Room Prep! If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know what an absolute disas ..read more

Organizing The New School Year Lesson Planning So far in this series we’ve covered: A Year In Review:  I always begin by reviewing the year we just finished. Choosing Curriculum:  Once you know what you all liked and didn’t like last year, you can then move on to the new stuff. Letter of Intent: Letting the state know, you’ve got this! Now we’re on to – Lesson Planning! This just might be my FAVORITE time of year. Seriously, sitting there with your clean planner and all of the amazing possibilities the year has in store for you and your kiddos! But then you have those times that th ..read more

Organizing The New Homeschool Year Letters of Intent Welcome back to the series Organizing The New Homeschool Year! So far we’ve talked about reviewing your previous year and choosing curriculum. Now it’s time to let our schools know that our kiddos will have the opportunity to learn in a fun and exciting venue – at home. Letters of Intent can be tricky because the rules change from state to state. I thoroughly encourage you to join HSLDA to keep you up to date on any and all changes happening in your state. But at the very least please check out their website to see what your states laws ..read more

Organizing The New Homeschool Year Choosing Curriculum Welcome back to the series Organizing The New Homeschool Year!  We talked about beginning this time with reviewing last years curriculum as a family.  Now, we’re going to use this information to actually choose our curriculum for the new year. First we want to begin by creating goals for each of our kids. Character Goals: What do they need to work on? What about them shows great character? How can they improve upon it? For their age – What should they be doing? Academic Goals: What do you want to see accomplished in this ..read more

For years I chose a “word of the year” in January. A word that would help guide my days and focus for that particular year. I skipped it 2020 was such a mess of a year and, quite honestly depressing, so I wasn’t in the right mind frame to do it. You really can’t be in a truly negative space and choose a word of the year wisely. As for most of us, 2021 really didn’t get much better. In fact, it may have felt a bit worse because of how everything has drug on way longer than anyone thought it would. In 2022 life moved forward but at a slower pace than I would have liked. But at least it showed pr ..read more

For years I chose a “word of the year” in January. A word that would help guide my days and focus for that particular year. Last year I skipped it. 2020 was such a mess of a year and, quite honestly depressing, so I wasn’t in the right mind frame to do it. You really can’t be in a truly negative space and choose a word of the year wisely. As for most of us, 2021 really didn’t get much better. In fact, it may have felt a bit worse because of how everything has drug on way longer than anyone thought it would. I decided 2022 needed to be better. It just has to. But I definitely need to help it al ..read more

31 Days of Thanks Giveaway #3 Time for the 3rd and FINAL Giveaway! Did you win our first giveaway? Three awesome mamas were chosen and notified. Jump on over and see if one of them is you! This week is something totally new and exciting to offer. The Homeschoolin’ Mama “Rosie” mug! I’ve opened up the Homeschoolin’ Mama store over on Zazzle officially and I thought I’d giveaway a new mug to celebrate. You can check it out to see all of your options (and keep checking out because I am having way too much fun designing new items) – Homeschoolin’ Mama. Plus – my good friend from Frogtown Roasters ..read more