Adventures in Mothering

Homemade Swiffer Duster Heads

One of these days, life is going to slow down long enough for me to get back to blogging all of the great things I want to share. . In the meanwhile, this was too good not to share with you. I shared how to make mock swiffer pads and other cleaning supplies in Put [...]

Enough

Lately, I’ve heard the word “enough” quite a few times, mostly in the form of questions. The question is usually phrased in one of a few different ways: But is that going to be enough? That’s not enough, is it? Sometimes, it’s even phrased as a statement: I don’t see how that’s going to be [...]

We cut almost $1000 from our monthly household budget!

Hi all. I know it’s been a while since I last posted. Life has been pretty busy here at my house.We’ve been focusing, as a family, on saving even more money on our household budget, as expenses keep rising. If only pay rose too! In doing so, I sat down and wrote a brand new [...]

Changing Seasons

I love Autumn in Michigan, because the sights, smells, colors, and flavors are a refreshing treat after the heat of summer starts to wear on me. My dear husband prefers the hot weather. I prefer the cold. You have to love how opposites attract. Seasons in life change too. I started this website almost nine [...]

Learning to Enjoy the Curves in the Road

I recently heard someone say that how we deal with change and the curve balls life throws at us says more about our character than anything else does. I cringed, because I’m really bad at handling those changes and curve balls. I used to think I really, really had strong faith and that I would [...]

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Learning & Teaching Languages

Filed under Foreign Language, Homeschooling by Kimberly on January 17, 2009 at 11:18 pm {no comments}

Yesterday’s blog talked about my use of a giant whiteboard for reviewing and learning facts related to current school lessons, and I pointed out that right now most of the board deals with the four different foreign languages my five children are learning (not 4 each, but each learning a different language, and 2 learning [...]

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Why Algebra?

Filed under Homeschooling, Math by Kimberly on September 17, 2008 at 9:46 pm {no comments}

There comes a time in every homeschooling mother’s life when they look toward their child, and see a young lady or man staring back at them (sometimes they have to look up, because the child somehow became taller than them in the process of growing up), and asking the question that has plagued young people [...]

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Bargain Hunting Basics

Filed under Frugal Living by Kimberly on July 20, 2008 at 11:02 pm {no comments}

I love a good bargain…but just because something is at a thrift store doesn’t make it a bargain. There is definitely an art and science to bargain hunting wisely, which will be the topic of my blog for the next however long. I haven’t been online for the last couple of days due to trouble [...]

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Perspectives on Frugality

Filed under Frugal Living by Kimberly on November 2, 2007 at 10:52 pm {no comments}

Tasty Tips for Saving Money from Grocery Store to Dinner Table

I think we all need to get it in our minds that God promises to supply our NEEDS (not necessarily wants) and we’re commanded in the Bible, “And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” (1 Tim 6:8) –everything else is an extra! If we really grasp how He blesses us SO MUCH [...]

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7 Tips for Leading Your Child to Christ

Filed under Christian Living, Motherhood by Kimberly on August 19, 2004 at 4:05 am {4 comments}

Most children are more open to spiritual things than most of us adults give them credit for. Many times we stick with telling our young ones disconnected Bible Stories that, while interesting, don’t really help our children understand Biblical Christianity. Maybe it goes back to the fact that Jonah and the Whale translate easily to [...]

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