Making Sushi at Home- Easier than it sounds
We have a sweet friend who makes her own sushi, so she kindly offered to come teach us how. The Menu: Tuna Rolls, Smoked Salmon Rolls and California...
Downloading Music for FREE – Legally!
One fun perk of being a Prime member of Amazon is the ability to stream/download ALL KINDS of music at NO additional cost. I have two teens who...
Review: My School Year (Homeschool Record Keeping)
MySchoolYear.com has generously given me the use of their school planning product My School Year (Homeschool Record Keeping for my 3 youngest...
How I Make it All Work Through Delegation
This post was originally written in 2008, I am reposting it with some updates that reflect how we have used delegation in our family as all of the...
25 Years of Marriage
Today someone asked me what 25 years of marriage felt like. There is no way I could answer that in a quick sentence. Here is the more complete...
Review: Forbrain
Forbrain – Sound For Life Ltd gave us the opportunity to review their unique product in our home. Forbrain's tagline is: Use your voice to boost...
Review: MaxScholar Reading Intervention Programs – MaxGuru
Our family was given a generous one-year license for two students and one teacher to the MaxScholar Reading Intervention Programs - specifically,...
Momspiration Sale Event
What inspires you? This morning, I woke up inspired. I have a mission today. Our family is going on a mission trip in a couple of weeks, and this...
Blogging, Working from Home and Being a Homeschooling Mom
Working from home has been a blessing for my family, it is something I love sharing about because I want to help encourage other moms who want to...
A Note for Moms Who are Considering Working from Home While Homeschooling
When I began blogging on Homemaking911, I did not see it as a business opportunity. It was simply a way to share and minister to others, which then...
Review: Science Shepherd
My son, David (11) absolutely loves science. He also really loves learning via video, which I have learned this year, so he was excited to...
For Anne Mary on Your Graduation Day
Dear Anne Mary, When you were little, we thought you might be slow. You were so very quiet. Long after all the children your age would have been...
Review: Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
Institute for Excellence in Writing has provided our family with their product, Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization. We...
Book Review: The Kid’s ROTH IRA Handbook
I had the pleasure of reviewing The Kid's ROTH IRA Handbook: Securing Tax-Free Wealth From a Child's First Paycheck or Money Answers for Employed...
Review: Zeezok Publishing
I am thrilled to have the opportunity to try and review Zeezok Publishing LLC 's Music Appreciation: Book 1 for the Elementary Grades. Recipient of...
Review: Socrates Meets Jesus
This book review was written by Anne Mary Russell, my 15-year-old daughter, and student at Boyce college in Louisville, KY. Kreeft, Peter. Socrates...
Review: The Pencil Grip, Inc : Kwik Stix 12 pk
My daughter, Rebecca (3) was the very happy recipient of a set of Kwik Stix 12 pk from the The Pencil Grip, Inc. company. These beautiful paints...
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...
Watery-Youth Gospel by Anne Mary Russell
The following was written by my fifteen-year-old daughter, Anne Mary Russell. Anne Mary attends Boyce College in Louisville, KY. I hope you enjoy...
Review: C.S. Lewis’ Christian Heroes: Then & Now
My son David (11) has had the opportunity to read and enjoy YWAM Publishing's book,Christian Heroes, Then and Now: C.S. Lewis and to use the Digital...
Review: Apologia Educational Ministries Writers in Residence
Apologia Educational Ministries has given us the opportunity to review their new writing curriculum, Writers in Residence. Since we already use an...
Review: A+ Interactive Math
A+ Interactive Math gave me the opportunity to review some of their Math-Mini Courses. Since we are pretty set on what we do for our core...
Bible Curriculum
In our family we do not use a specific Bible Curriculum. Instead, we have found that the best way we have found to teach our kids the Bible is the...
7 Things I Learned Having Aging Parents
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. - James...