Harvest Lane Cottage

I wish I'd heard this years ago when we started Kindergarten!  Lee is talking about high school, but it applies to homeschooling and parenting at every stage.  Be encouraged!  You can do this!  With God! Lee Binz explains how you can homeschool high school.  Lee Binz,  The HomeScholar , specializes in helping parents homeschool high school. Get Lee's FREE 5 part mini-course, " The 5 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make Homeschooling High School ." You can find more of her freebies here: http://www.TheHomeScholar.com Get more homeschool high school help on The HomeScholar  Facebook Fan Page . You Might Enjoy: 10 Surefire Ways to Get Your Children to Love Reading 9 Tips for Young Mothers from an Older Woman Making Do Without Heat... Temporarily

Free Wallpaper from GooseberryPatch.com If things begin to look messy around here, the family hears me call out, "I'm calling a hundred!" Then everyone must hurry and scurry and put away items calling out, "One!  Two! Three!"  We count to a hundred together and it makes a big difference.   It reminds me of Mrs. White's  "very quick bursts of cleaning." Hope you enjoy your day, Blessings, Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage ~~~~~ May I suggest? Fall Homemaking ~~~~~ No Rules   January Tidy Up

It seems such a short time ago that my Emily was playing with dolls. Now she's sweet sixteen and writes her own blog,  Teen for the Lord . Her Pretty Thrifty posts encourage ladies in their efforts to look lovely and fashionable on a tight budget.

Whew!  What a busy week it's been.  What have I been doing?  Ummm... gee... uh... being a mom and a wife and helping at the restaurant and getting up in the night with a new baby!  Thrift has not been in the uppermost part of my mind this week, but I've actually made a purchase that saved more money than I've saved in the last several weeks. I've been looking for a Dachshund for a very long time.  I want my younger children to have the puppy experience. There aren't any breeders in my area.  In looking on-line, I have found that they cost $700 and up!  The baby I've been waiting and wishing for was a major budget buster!  Not only do I not have money like that to spend on a puppy, it doesn't fit with the thrifty woman I have become. ~smile~ You may know that I've been rereading The Circle Maker .  It's about praying bold prayers.  So, I named my puppy and started praying. According to Psalm 37:4, "Delight yourself in the L ORD , a...

Enjoy this beautiful day, but stay away from this little plant with its three pretty leaves, poison ivy!  Yikes! ~~~~~ You might enjoy... Summer Harvest Meal with Summer Zucchini Skillet ~~~~~ Thursday    Think Tank Thursdays      Home and Garden Thursday  -  I Choose Joy  -   All Things Thursday  -    Share Your Cup Thursday 

Isn't this what it's all about? My husband and I made a decision twenty-three years ago that I would be a stay-at-home mom.  That was pretty radical in the city I lived in.  Four years later we made an even more radical decision.  We decided that I would teach our son at home.  I'm sure my family thought we were nuts.  ~smile~  Well, the proof is in the pudding, and we find that pudding with nuts is delicious! These are my younger children, Michael, Amy (left), and Emily (right). This is not just a pose.  I see them smiling, hugging, and acting silly together often. Love God and love others.  Those are the commandments Jesus gave us.  Jesus - the foundation and center of my kids' lives.  Brothers and sisters - best friends for life.  Those are the things that are worth it all to me. ~ I fixed the electric pencil sharpener.  It was jammed with a large piece of "lead" from a pencil. ~ My girlfriend gave me a Kombucha...