Apple Love – 100 Ways to Enjoy an Apple

Apple Love

Apple love always hits me when the weather turns cooler and hope of Fall is in the air.  In 2012, my sister moved to Boston, and it didn’t take us long to plan a trip to “Boston in the Fall.”  When you’re from Texas, there is nothing quite like experiencing Fall color in the North…

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Top 5 Ways to Add Cottage Cheese to your Diet

Do you have those foods in your life that you feel like you know you should eat, but never feel in the mood to choose?  Part of my problem with eating is that I depend way too much on my feelings and not enough on truth.  So here’s the truth: 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese…

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Art of Fall Mixed Media Workshop Review

Art of Fall Mixed Media Workshop

I love art, but as a homeschooling mom, I don’t always like to do art at home.  Sometimes it’s hard to find projects that are worth doing, and then how do you display all of the masterpieces your children create?  It can be overwhelming. Last year my kids attended a local fine arts co-op and…

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Top 5 Savory Snacks

Snacks are usually the difference for me between eating well and failing miserably when I attempt to make better choices with my food.  If I have some good snacks planed out, I make it between meals without caving in to my less-than-healthy lazy foods.  So here’s my list of the top five savory snacks: 1.…

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Homeschool Storage Solutions

One thing homeschoolers are never in short supply of is stuff.  Aside from the normal everyday pile-ups of life, we have the extra troubles of “evidence of schooling” spilling onto every surface in the house.  Over the years, I’ve found some great solutions for taming the chaos.  Here are my must haves: 1.  Open Shelving:…

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