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If anyone would have tried to tell me, I wouldn't have believed them. But no one did. Maybe because it's such a shock to the system, to...

I texted this photo to my husband. Me: I think Dug is dead. He's been laying on this branch for a LONG time. Not moving. His tail isn't...

The military names their struggles, conflicts and campaigns. So I decided why not name this one? I have struggled for a couple days...

Have you ever watched Hoarders? I admit this program is a guilty pleasure. I have known a few hoarders in my life. I like to watch it of...

My kids never won a Spelling Bee. They never carried their team to a state title in a sport either. But my children are exceptional,...

Maybe you see the stains, maybe you don't. The camera really doesn't do them justice. But they are there, I assure you. I see them every...

Ever have days when... It all just gets to be too much? You wake up and your stomach just feels bad? You feel cranky for no particular...

I have a lot of marriage advice. My best advice (gather in close) wait for it... is marry a hottie. Okay, that's actually not my best...

While the reasons for struggling in school (public, private and homeschool) are as unique as the children, one theme has emerged. Mothers...

After high school sports ended the fastest I ever moved was chasing a toddler who had snatched a tv remote. I mean the fastest speed ever...

Somewhere in my youngest son's 16th year something within me sort of snapped. I was just so done with cooking. I had been on my own...

Question: My husband and I have drifted apart, so much that we are like roommates and not in a cute college way, more like a halfway...

This is my living room. It's my quiet place. It doesn't have a television and I don't store toys in here even though I do bring some in...

Together we squashed the last request from the children who should have already been asleep and headed downstairs. I made a cup of decaf...

One of the things I don't love about curriculum is that it tells you what is important. Now I know, I know - I'm sure great minds, or at...

When I was kid... oh lord I'm old enough to say "when I was a kid" ah well. When I was a kid I played one sport at a time. It wasn't...

This may be a rant, and if either it (my rant) or me, isn't your cup of tea, I understand. I don't know what happened to co-ops. Before I...

People often want a step by step how transition to being a more Relaxed Homeschooler. I mean let's face it. Most of us start VERY much in...

Let me just stop you right there. You are asking the WRONG question. Unless you are teaching an advanced Math or Science Course to a high...

Let me just stop you right there. You are asking the WRONG question. Unless you are teaching an advanced Math or Science Course to a high...