Archive for January, 2008

Book Review: The Kid’s ROTH IRA Handbook

The Kid’s ROTH IRA Handbook; Securing Tax-Free Wealth From a Child’s First Paycheck. By Tracy Foote
ISBN: 978-0-9708226-9-7
I had the pleasure of reviewing this book and I think it is a great resource. If given to a homeschool teen, this would count toward a consumer math credit.
This book was FULL of great information

Deer Photos

Every once in a while we look out our kitchen window and see deer. Here are a couple of this morning’s pictures.

Why We Homeschool

When we began our home schooling journey, we did not intend to home school at all.

Family Photo Shoot

We had a terrific photographer come to our house and do a photo shoot for us. We wanted a picture of all the grandkids together for my mother-in-law. We got that and so much more!

MOPS Cooking class!

…that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,  to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. 
Titus 2:4-5
I had such a fun day yesterday! Sarah (9) and Anne Mary (7) got to go to the Fairdale Christian […]

Still a Woman in Need of a Savior

So many times we want to be so much more than we really are. And, we expect our children to be so much better, faster and stronger, smarter and wiser than we were at their ages.

Super Salads

 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
Genesis 1:29
Anne Mary has been working on learning all about salads.  She is so proud that she can be […]

God’s Country Botanicals

When we started researching making out own laundry soap, I was doing an online search for essential oils. The tiny bottles from the craft store were outrageously expensive, so I was searching around for other sources. I came across a website: www.GodsCountryBotanicals.com.

Flying Creatures of the Russell Yard (Part 1)

This year in Zoology, we have been using Jeannie Fulbright’s book, Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day. One of the projects in there included making Homemade Suet which has brought new birds to our yard.

Freezer Cooking (1)

 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
 1 Timothy 6:8
I used to struggle constantly with what to have for dinner. I learned about freezer cooking (also called Once a Month Cooking or OAMC, Investment Cooking, Make-Ahead Cooking) and decided I wanted to learn all about it.