We started our homeschool journey in 2011, when our oldest child was nearly 5 years old. We had always intended to homeschool all the way through for our four children, but health issues for myself, along with some of the demands of special needs parenting, pushed me to enroll the children in our local school … Continue reading Home Education for Public Schoolers
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Habit Stacking – Planning and Implementing
A while back, I wrote about Habit Stacking, and how it can be used to make more efficient use of our time, get more done throughout our day, and also incorporate new habits into our daily routines. At the time I wrote about this, I spent a little time planning out anchored habits, unstacked habits, … Continue reading Habit Stacking – Planning and Implementing
Review: Toolkit for Spiritual Growth
Toolkit for Spiritual Growth, written by Father Evan Armatas, carries the subtitle A Practical Guide to Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving, and it serves in this capacity quite well. It's a short book, with a little over a hundred pages, but it does not lack in content. This book is an informative, concise guide on three … Continue reading Review: Toolkit for Spiritual Growth
In Common – September 2022
I struggle with General Anxiety Disorder, and this year has been particularly stressful for many reasons. Unfortunately one of the ways my anxiety manifests is an inability to focus - not just on things like tasks or important information I need to remember, but also on reading. For months, starting as far back as the … Continue reading In Common – September 2022
Playing with LEDs
Julian loves electronics, and so we are slowly putting together a tool kit for him to work with, Here he is showing off his new LED kit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ppCBqI39o&t=2s