Writing

February 1, 2021

Celebrating Black History Month

Black History Month always falls in February each year. It is an annual recognition of the history, achievements, and influence of the Black community. As you know we homeschool and usually incorporate Black History Month into our regular curriculum, but it doesn't just start and end in February for us. I believe it is important that we ...

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January 19, 2021

3 Reasons to Have a Morning + Quiet Time Routine

"Your morning routine and time sets the mood for your day." This is something someone told me when I first became a mom almost 15 years ago and boy, were they right! If you google "quiet time" or "morning routine" you'll come up with a bunch of different links and ideas on how to make morning routine's a part of your day - which is great. But, ...

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January 12, 2021

The Best & Easiest Vegetable Soup Recipe

So many of these vegetable soup recipes are the same and this one is similar to the others I've tried as well. However, this one is my favorite. Even the kids asked for a second bowl. Let's cut right to it with the recipe, shall we? *Ingredients* 1 lb of ground beef1 bag of frozen vegetables2 cans of tomato soup2 cans of diced tomatoes1-2 ...

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January 5, 2021

Using the Deep Litter Method in Your Chicken Coop

Before getting chickens this year, everyone kept telling us what a hassle it is to keep the coop clean. I admit that was one of the things I was dreading about raising backyard chickens, but we're doing this " for the kids" (right?!?) and I figured it would be worth it in the end. Then, we heard about the Deep Litter Method. If you're thinking ...

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January 3, 2021

The 2021 One Beautiful Thing Challenge

It’s time to start laying down discontentment & replacing it with joy. So often at the start of a new year, we set goals and have an image of how our year is going to look. But, within a few weeks, it’s all completely different than we had imagined. How do we lay down the feeling of discontentment and replace it with joy all year long? I've got ...

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