The Grammar of Sewing

Teaching kids to sew

My girls have been dying to learn how to sew.  About three years ago, I started a sewing project with my daughter – a shirt with an elastic waist.  Of course, because when you want to learn to sew, you just pick out a cute pattern and go for it.  Well, as you can imagine,…

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Scripture Meditation: Free Adult Coloring Printable

Adult Coloring Printable

I am totally on board with the adult coloring craze!  If you could have only seen my notes from college, you’d know that I must have been way ahead of the trend, because this is what I did to focus my thoughts as I listened to lectures.  Typically my mind is all over the place,…

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The Plans I Have For You Devotional & Journal Review

It’s a new year, and that offers new opportunities to refocus hearts and minds on our relationships with Jesus.  I’ve been looking for a devotional to go through with my youngest, and when I saw The Plans I Have For You Devotional and Journal, I was intrigued.  Jeremiah 29:11, the reference of the verse where the title…

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What does that have to do with Cleaning?

Changing Thinking about Cleaning

Cleaning is one of my least favorite things to do.  I love to make messes. I love to create.  I love fun.  When it comes time to clean up, I tend to feel the heaviness of the world crashing down around me.  Too dramatic?  Well, even though I have felt that way in the past,…

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The Last Homeschool Planner You’ll Ever Need

A good homeschool planner is essential to peace within a home. Last semester my son and I had a couple of heated confrontations about work that was either forgotten or late.  It’s not that he didn’t have a plan, or a physical planner to keep up with his work, it’s that our communication was lacking.…

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