Peanut Butter and Cheese

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Ever since he could finally talk, D1 has had a favorite sandwich. He made it up himself, when he was about 3.

“What do you want for lunch son?”

“Eenut utter  an eese.”

“Peanut butter and cheese? On a sandwich?!”

“Es, eese!”

Peanut Butter and Cheese

L is for... LOST

The place where things go in and never come back out

It seems like most homeschool families have it all together.  They have their workboxes and lesson plans and time schedules, and they all work for them. I say seems, because I do know better. People think WE have it all together too. They think that since I have a blog and I write

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2011 Top Ten Posts from The Momma Knows

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 I am so glad that so many of you followed me here from 5 Kids and a Dog. 2011 was a busy year, especially with the site move and name change, but it has been a worthwhile process. If you have no idea what 5 Kids and Dog was, that’s okay! I’m really

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Goal Setting for Real Life

Credit: Tammy Skipper

Credit: Tammy Skipper

On Thanksgiving Day of 2010, I was sitting at our dining room table with my husband in a house that had been on the market for nearly a year without a single showing. We had just fired our Realtor and had to choose a new one from the three we

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Rescued Lives and Hope for Women

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One of the most touching things that I brought home from The Relevant Conference was a small keychain, two pieces of fabric sewn together, with a foreign signature on the back. I found it in my bag when I got home. I turned it over in my hands, wondering about it. I hadn’t visited

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