When you first start homeschooling you may not know where to start. You become so used to the same schedule, routines, and methods that traditional schools use. Those say systems you used as a child when you went to school. Often parents decide to start out by recreating traditional school at home. This often leads…
How To Decide If Homeschooling Is Right for You
When you find yourself thinking about homeschooling your child you find yourself in a scary place. Questions fill your mind like do I have enough patience to homeschool my child? What about socialization? How do I homeschool physical education? All of this can make you doubt if homeschooling is right for you. Let’s take a…
How to Start Homeschooling
When I first started homeschooling I had no idea what I was doing. I worried that I would fail, that I could not provide my kids with everything they needed to learn. I read every book the Fort Riley Library had on homeschooling and ordered even more. I had my Pinterest account packed with homeschooling…
How Does Tankless Water Heating Increase Your Home’s Value?
Over the past decade, homeowners have become more aware of the importance of eco-design. From natural lighting to insulation, a series of green technologies have been adopted that were once ignored. A great water-heating option that is more energy-efficient, greener, and more effective as compared to the traditional water heating is the tankless water heating….
Sleeping Beauty Bath Salt DIY
Epson salt baths are amazing to soak in. I love to fill our big ol’ cast iron clawfoot tub with a nice hot water and a soothing salt soak. We all know Epson Salt baths are relaxing and can help you sleep. My oldest has ADHD and in turn, has issues with being able to sleep on…
What to Compost for a Thriving Garden
Our gardening got off to a very late start this year with the perpetual winter we received. We did manage to get our DIY compost bin going to help give our garden and advantage. The children helped plants some green beans through the garden seeing we won’t get much else done this year with everything….
DIY Lunchables: No Cook Summer Lunch
We don’t have air conditioning so we have to be more thoughtful to help keep the house cool in the summer. When summer heat rolls in I focus on cooking without heating the house up which for us means lunches are more often than not uncooked. Sandwiches get boring fast unless you are a peanut…
How to Keep Cool Without an Air Conditioner
The past few summers haven’t bothered me any. The combination of having been in Kansas summers followed by Florida summers Michigan just didn’t feel hot to me. This last winter was brutally cold and my body learned how to survive in that. Now summer has me cringing. Lucky us I have dealt with weather like this back…
How Going Green will Save you Money
When I told my husband I wanted to go green with our home and family I got a couple odd looks from him. He never tells me no when I truly want something but he does shake his head and give me that look of internal laughing. He always has even when I announced that…
Homemade Silly Putty
I remember when I was a little girl my grandmother gave me a little plastic egg full of the firm squishy stretchy silly putty. I would play for hours rolling it across newspaper to make the print transfer and squeezing it in class when I was bored in class. It has even been handy for…