: Life is hard. God is good. We need each other.
Do you use castile soap?
I have found it to be a fantastic addition to my cleaning closet, and a real money saver, too.
Dr. Bronner’s Liquid Castile Soaps seem to be the most readily available brand, and it’s what I buy. Let me tell you a little about what it is first, then we’ll get in to how to use it.
I have never taught material that so resonated with people. After the first lesson, numerous people order the book for themselves. It hits home. It’s real.
I am teaching this in three different formats this summer. I’m leading my church’s Wednesday night adult class for 13 weeks, teaching an adult class at the annual Family Camp we attend, and teens, at a National youth camp.
The two camps are each a week long. So it was definitely a challenge, using the same material to teach for 4 days and then also as a course to span the whole summer…not to mention teaching both groups of teens and adults.
As standards of conduct continue to erode in our shock-proof world, we must fight the soul pollution threatening our health, our faith, and our witness to others. Without even knowing it, people willingly inhale second-hand toxins poisoning their relationship with God and stunting their spiritual growth.
Soul Detox examines the toxins that assault us daily including: toxic influences, toxic emotions, and toxic behaviors.
By examining the toxins that assault us daily, this book offers the ultimate spiritual intervention with ways to remain clean, pure, and focused on the standard of God’s holiness.
These chewy almond bars are made with ingredients you have on hand, are so easy to make in a pinch, are deceptively delicious and look pretty on a cookie tray!
Do you have that recipe that you fall back on when you’re in a pinch? That recipe that you turn to when your husband reminds you on Saturday night that you’re scheduled to bring treats to church in the morning? The one that you pull out when you’ve forgotten that the bake sale is tomorrow?
Yeah. This is that recipe for me.
This oatmeal breakfast cake is dense and satisfying. Use quick-cooking oats and they’ll dissolve into the batter, use old-fashioned oats for more texture. We like it best with chocolate chips, but it’d be delish with your favorite fruit baked in, too!
I just walked in the door from an impromptu trip to Nashville, TN (I live in Minnesota, remember).
This is the fourth year that my eldest son has participated in a week long service oriented mission team. In past years, they’ve served in Louisiana, South Carolina and Indiana– and this year they are in Nashville.
The group’s focus is threefold:
A week before the trip was scheduled to begin, the lady who has always done all of their meal planning and preparation had to have emergency surgery. Since my college roommate and dear friend is one of the leaders of the trip, we were chatting about it and I mentioned that I couldn’t come for the whole week, but could come down and feed them the first few days, and get meals prepped for the rest of the week.
So that’s what I did.
The ultimate review collection. Reviews of all of the math curriculum we’ve tried over 10 years of homeschooling. What worked & what we really wanted to work but just didn’t…pros, cons, hits, misses.
When we started homeschooling, the one thing my kids asked was that we not use Saxon Math curriculum. The charter school they had attended used it and it was not their favorite.
Let me say clearly…I know lots of homeschool families that use and LOVE Saxon. It’s just not a good fit for us.
One of the very best things about homeschooling is that you can pick and choose what will work for your family. And if something doesn’t work…you can try something else!
With math, we have used a number of different curriculums (I know “curricula” is the correct plural, but it sounds funny, so I don’t say it).
When I was looking for things to try, I loved reading about other people’s experiences. So today, I thought I’d share ours. Each one of these had pros and cons, things we liked and things we didn’t. You can click on the images to read more about each curriculum.
I was four when the first Star Wars came out. We must’ve gone to see it, because in a pre-school memory book, I named it as my favorite movie. (Something I’m sure I mentioned when dating my Star Wars loving husband). We have two Star Wars loving sons, and many Star Wars loving friends. So pair that with my enjoyment of themed entertaining, (more here) and you can imagine the fun we had last December when The Force Awakens opened.
I will apologize right up front loud and clear for the quality (the lack of quality) of the pictures. These were taken with a cell phone just for fun, before blogging was even on my radar. I hope even with the grainy quality of many of them, you still enjoy them. And I hope maybe you get some ideas for your Star Wars party!
