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My Weight Loss Story – Goodbye 27 pounds!
Officially, as of today, I have lost 27 pounds since the beginning of February! I am so thrilled and not only with the pounds lost but, the inches lost is even more remarkable. If you are reading this and you want to lose weight and get healthy, START NOW! O, how I wish I would have started years ago, even months but I let soooo much time go by. I started this journey just a few months ago and I am seeing real results already, it’s amazing. At times, even this week before weigh in, I feel like it’s taking forever to see results but then I do a reality…
Making Your Home a Haven – Women Living Well
A few years ago I came across video from a homeschool Mom, she had videos on homeschooling, also songs for preschoolers. It was a great help when starting out in the homeschool world. I started following her on Facebook and she now has thousands of fans. She posts Bible Studies, Devotionals and challenges. The blog is called Women Living Well. This past Summer she posted a marriage challenge. Each week she posted inspirational and motivational articles that were geared at strengthening your marriage. What a refreshing topic too, to delight in your husband and to love and cherish him. I was hooked. This Fall she has posted a brand new…
The Homeschool Mother’s Journal Week 1
Recently I saw a blog post from a Homeschool mom that I follow. Sam from The Kelley Eight was excited to start a journaling program. I have always wanted to journal but just felt overwhelmed with starting from scratch. The cool thing about this journal program is that it has questions for you, that you answer. This is so much easier for me, whew! Thanks to the Homeschool Chick and The Kelley Eight I will now be journaling this fantastically crazy journey we are on. I am thrilled, excited and thankful! Here we go, Week #1 In my life this week… Working my regular part-time, working on websites for others,…
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward: Family Vacations
What other word can bring a smile across your face faster than the word Vacation? Awwee just saying it conjures up such warm, happy feelings. As a child we always took a family trip in the Summer. Most of the time it was driving to Las Vegas and then on to Los Angeles and San Diego. I loved that road trip and came to love those cities. Even traveled back to them several times as an adult. Other times we took trips around Colorado and New Mexico. Traveling around Colorado was always a treat since we mostly stayed in the great Rocky Mountains. Estes Park was always on our list…
A Challenge I am Ready for
Ever since I started Homeschooling or researching it, for that matter, I have found really good blogs written by other Moms. Recently, I noticed a few of them began talking about a challenge they were about to begin on. *Flash Forward* Just the other night I was telling my friends that I am starving for the Word, I have not been in it like I want to be. I started working a new schedule in the Fall so I had to stop attending my regular Bible Study. I have been in a study a year ever since He called me 4 years ago, this year has been different. Finding this…
Considering the Year to Come
Yep, it is that time. You would think January 1st would be a good marker, but really? Is anyone ready on the first day of the year? The second? I am not. But today, today is different. It is “go time”. So much to think about for the coming year. Homeschool wise it is plans, goals, events, curriculum, field trips, activities, the list in almost endless. Other things to consider for the year have to do with me as a person, as a child of God, as a wife, mother, sister, daughter, niece, cousin, teacher. I have not written it all out, my goals, dreams. Not yet, but today is the…
Just Goes to Show…
Today was the big day! A few days ago I blogged about my 1st Apple Pie, I wanted to enter a pie contest this weekend. I had planned on making a pie between then and now but my husband went out of town and I became really sick. I didn’t think I would end up in the contest after all. I woke Saturday morning and went right back to sleep, like 3 times! I had already missed my Saturday morning class and I relished the thought of staying in and doing nothing. Then I walked into the kitchen, there sit all my pretty Granny Smith Apples… darn. Then I open…
Starting Traditions – Family Night
Before I became a mother and I suppose even for a couple of years after I became a mother I was extremely adverse to traditions, I just didn’t care for the conventional way of doing things. However, after having more children and building our family I am warming up to the thought of traditions. Traditions can bring a family together, they can cement a firm foundation. Traditions are something to pass on to future generations. Unlike material items that are sometimes passed down from one generation to the next, traditions can’t be lost, stolen, broken or the like. I like this idea of creating a loving heritage built on family…