In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength… Isaiah 30:15 As mothers we sometimes live in the urgent. This hungry child, that weepy one, another needing a push on the swing… However, it’s beneficial to step out of the urgent into the quiet, out of our regular spot […]
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Mama on Vacation: Save Your Sanity
The tip that has stuck with me throughout my parenthood. My grandmother shared it with me when I was a young mother. Each summer she loaded up her four children and took them down to the beach for several weeks at a time. Back before air conditioning and microwaves. She developed many a survival strategy […]
Mama on Vacation: On the Road
Load ‘em up. Head on out. What’s a mama to do to keep her crew entertained until the bursting out at the blessed destination? Here are some easy, inexpensive ideas we’ve called on a bunch. My very favorite one is to use headphones. Yes, mamas would secretly all love to block out the noise. But […]
Mama on Vacation: Surf and Turf
This whole week I’m sharing a series from the 2010 archives. Oldies but goodies. Because my old iWeb site is soon going away and I wanted to share these posts with you. And because, to me, with school wrapped up, I feel the pull of the ocean. Summer always means beach. So come along for […]
Mama on Vacation: Planning and Goal Setting
In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength… Isaiah 30:15 As mothers we sometimes live in the urgent. This hungry child, that weepy one, another needing a push on the swing… However, it’s beneficial to step out of the urgent into the quiet, out of our regular spot […]
Mama on Vacation: Surf and Turf
The best thing that you can give your children, next to good habits, is good memories. ~Barbara Johnson My mother always told me that it wasn’t a real vacation for a grown woman with children in tow. I used to really begrudge that supposed wisdom. But over the years I’ve found a way to turn […]
Back to basics: vacation planning
The habit of doubling a recipe I often have pep talks with myself while I’m in the kitchen. Something like this: “Well, now look, silly. You already have all the ingredients out. You’ve already dirtied the mixing bowls making this casserole.” Or this: “Why would you put those unused portions away for another time? Use […]
Getting Away: Great Ideas for Anniversary Trips
These are practical tips and great ideas for anniversary trips. Plan to get away and do something extra special together to celebrate your marriage. My husband and I decided before we were married not to give each other gifts for our anniversaries. Instead, we decided to take the money that would have been spent on […]
Getting Away: Homeschool Family Travel Tips
Getting away with your family is a wonderful memory making opportunity! Here are the best homeschool family travel tips! Something about the 40 degree breezes of early spring makes me dream of vacation. I don’t know if it was growing up in a tiny town, or the two thousand mile trek across the country in […]
Homeschool Planning at Hodgepodge
A round up of all my helpful habits on homeschool planning at Hodgepodge! Homeschool Planning at Hodgepodge First off, I do plan our homeschool year in rough form. I explain that time in detail in my Annual Planning and Goal Setting habit. But I honestly do not plan our year weekly. I: look at our […]
Florida Gulf Coast: Favorite Sites to Visit
Even though I’ve been going to Florida’s Gulf of Mexico at least once a year all of my life, there are still places I’m finding out about. My favorite sites to visit continues to grow… As a child, we went to Grayton Beach several times each summer to stay in the family house full of […]
Return of the Routine: Planning and Prep
Welcome back to Return of the Routine. Did you allow yourself some rest? Well today, while we are still resting, we are going to plan. Because every big game needs a plan. And we can be excited about the possibilities of the new year! Now I am not going to tell you how to plan. […]
Hodgepodge of Parenting Posts
Shine for Jesus at (in)courage – it’s the little bit of encouragement we whisper in a child’s ear They are watching – here at Hodgepodge I Was Born to Do Tricks – savoring childhood accomplishments Picture Ministry at (in)courage – giving to others, encouraging at the hospital What We Need at Passionate Purposeful Parenting – […]