I started reading a book called The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home because I was told it would be a good resource for me in our homeschooling journey. In the first few pages, I read a line that really struck a chord with me. “If you want your child to have an… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: school
10 Reasons I’m Sad School Started
School starts for my oldest daughter this week. Now that she will be gone from 9 to 3 five days a week I have to do the following things and it makes me very sad: 1. Write my own blog posts for Mondays. 2. Get out of bed before 9am (and possibly even get dressed).… Continue Reading
Bittersweet Ending
As many of you know I graduated recently with my undergrad degree. Thanks to the many of you who sent me congratulations via Twitter. It was a big accomplishment and I am very excited to be done. But… I’m also a little sad. To find out why this joyous event has brought me a little… Continue Reading
Quick Recap
This week was very busy and I’m exhausted. I also didn’t have time to write some hilariously entertaining post so you’re stuck with a quick recap/summary/whatever you want to call it. If you missed my 2 guest posts this week go check them out. The first one was over at Scary Mommy and the second… Continue Reading
Spring Break as a Mom
As I mentioned on Friday, this week I am on spring break. I’m very happy about not having to go to classes for the next four day. Unfortunately, the crazy monkey is not on spring break also so we won’t be going on vacation or doing anything too fun (she does not like to skip… Continue Reading
I’m a SAHM and a business owner
The other day someone questioned me about the being a stay at home mom (SAHM) and a small business owner. Honestly, the question really pissed me off kind of irritated me. I can stay at home with my kids and own a business. I’m pretty sure there are a lot of other moms out there… Continue Reading
Social Media Advice
I am taking a class this semester called Changing Environments and one of my assignments is to interview people in an area of business that I want to learn more about. For this assignment, I chose social media as my area to learn more about because I love blogging and I want to find ways… Continue Reading
Time to watch our language
After my husband’s horrible defeat at Trivial Pursuit last weekend he wanted some redemption so he challenged me to a game of Scrabble. We put the big kid to bed and set up the game. As the game progressed (and I was winning) my husband got frustrated and yelled “sh*t.” Guess what the little one… Continue Reading
My Rant About Nap Time
My little monster never (rarely) takes a nap for me. She loves her mommy so much that she doesn’t want to close her eyes at all when I am around. Nevermind the fact that I enjoy quiet time and I can accomplish a lot more when she is down for nap. No, she parties hard… Continue Reading
Got Lemons? Make Cake
On Christmas a friend gave me a bag of lemons. I put them in a bowl on the counter and have been staring at them ever since. Today, I figured out what I was going to do with them – make zesty lemon pound cake! So, I got out the recipe, the ingredients, and suited… Continue Reading
