As homeschoolers, you think of homemaking and homeschooling as going hand in hand. Is that really the case though? On the one hand, you and your kids are home a lot more during the day. This should easily lead to getting more cleaning done. What really happens moms? We struggle with keeping the house cleaned up. What you need to remember is that homeschooling is a full-time job. The … [Read more...] about Homemaking and Homeschooling Introduction
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Create Margin to Live your Best Life – 31 Days
You want to create margin. How do you create margin? You have so many things going on all the time! The first step is your time inventory. Did you start your time inventory yet? When it is finished it will be eye opening for you. The one thing that is missing in your time inventory is margin. Creating margin can be incredibly difficult. Why is that? When you look at your schedule, and you … [Read more...] about Create Margin to Live your Best Life – 31 Days
Time Inventory How to Guide – 31 Days
Before we get to implementing specific rhythms and routines for your days and weeks, we are going to focus first on a time inventory. Have you ever looked at another mom and wondered, “how does she do it all?” Well, we all know that she isn’t doing everything. But, she is making specific choices on how she uses her time. This doesn’t mean that she has everything together on all fronts, but … [Read more...] about Time Inventory How to Guide – 31 Days
Rhythms and Routines – 31 Days
This week is going to be all about rhythms and routines. I prefer to say rhythms and routines rather than schedule because schedule implies specific times. Now, there are obviously going to be specific times that you do certain things. If you have sports, or extracurricular activities outside of your home, these would be at specific times on a schedule. But, in our everyday, focusing on a … [Read more...] about Rhythms and Routines – 31 Days
How to Help your kids Create a Devotional Time
When you have kids, you know that you want to bring them up in your faith. In order to do that it is important to incorporate a kids devotional time into your day. Creating that kids devotional time can be a challenge in the early years, but I have some ideas that should help you! I have had a morning time practice for many years, and it has always included time for me to read my Bible as … [Read more...] about How to Help your kids Create a Devotional Time
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Encouragement Going Forward
It has been an eventful few days here at Townsend House. I expected to have my final 31 Days posts up on the actual days in October, however, life has a way of changing things. We had a bit of a power outage here for the past few days. It was definitely unexpected to have hurricane force winds come through our part of the country, and lose power for 3 days, but honestly, it was kind of … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Encouragement Going Forward