With Santa’s generosity comes my generosity,
I’ve been loading up bags of toys, games, and puzzles to give away or sell in a
yard sale this spring. I haven’t decided which yet. But it has inspired me to
go through the kids’ rooms and really purge and rearrange things. The house if
feeling lighter already!
From the
Kitchen
I made my Creamed Chicken and Biscuits recipe this
week using the Chicken Pot Pie version. It was perfect for our cold winter
weather that blew in! At some point this next week I’m going to make crockpot
bread. I’m kind of excited about it!
Homeschooling
We started our world geography study this week and
it was a LOT of fun! We also moved into new curriculum in some subjects for
Chipette and Magpie. Instead of doing a combination of things from last school
year and this school year we are now full on third grade and Kindergarten.
On the Blog
Well, I’ve been a busy beaver! I’ve been
participating in a Virtual Curriculum Fair which led me to write two reviews, one
on our spelling curriculum, Apples and Pears, and the other about our math
curriculum, Math in Focus. I also found time to write up a post about how to
use Timer Training to manage your homeschool if you have distractible, dawdling
students, but I’m sure none of you ever deal with that!
Fitness
I’m really excited about this category because I
stumbled upon a “diet” (really it’s more of how I should be eating all the
time!) called the No “S” Diet. There are only three rules to follow: no snacks,
no sweets, and no seconds, except on “S” days which are Saturday, Sunday and
Special days (like birthdays, anniversaries, etc.). I started this new way of
eating Tuesday and I’ve already lost 5 pounds. And it was easy! Other than not
eating sweets and second helpings. J
Seriously, though, there is nothing off limits, no special food, but I do try
to watch how many carbs I eat each day and make sure that I am eating healthy,
but this is definitely a doable way of eating for me for the long term.
Up next week, joining the gym!
Reading
I’m starting Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder for an
online book club. It looks very interesting about the lack of outside play in
children today and how they don’t explore nature like generations past.
I’m about halfway through Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. It’s a really
wonderful book about how to make new habits which is kind of what I’m really
focusing on this year.
Pinhead
Feel free to follow me on Pinterest using the
button in the sidebar. I wanted to share some of my favorite finds this past
week:
Homeschool: I’m so excited about these paper dolls from around the world that I pinned a few weeks ago. They will be perfect for
my two little Kindergarten students to color and put in our notebooks.
Home: I love the look of this light fixture and
even though I’m not crafty at all, a hot glue gun, a lampshade, and some paint
sticks, that I can handle!
Cooking: I’m using this Rosemary Olive Oil bread recipe but attempting to cook it in the crock pot. I’ve already been dreaming
about this bread, so I hope it lives up to my expectations!
Plans and
Schemes
I’m attending a Ladies’ Day (Bible study) tomorrow
morning, so I’m looking forward to that. We started ballet and our homeschool
group this week as well, so the girls were happy to be busy again. Me, not so
much. I kind of like our down time of non-rushing.
A Memory
Monkey and Chipette got married this week. The
bride looked beautiful in her golden veil and her purple wedding dress. The
groom was very handsome in his high heels, one black and one sparkly, with no
pants.
Looking forward to a new week of productivity,
loving, learning, laughing and cooking in the tree house,
Chelli
LOL!! Oh that picture is priceless!! LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteHe's such a good little brother! Always ready to play whatever game his big sisters come up with.
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