We have made it to the end of the homeschool year! I'm sure you are just as happy as I am. But, since we are at the end of the year, we need to start thinking about going through our homeschool materials. It is the perfect time to spring clean your homeschool! When we talked about going through old homeschool materials and figuring out if we could sell them or not, we were mainly concentrating … [Read more...] about How to Spring Clean your Homeschool
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31 Bags in 31 Days – Day 1
It is here! The first day of the 31 Bags in 31 Days challenge! Are you ready? I certainly am. This is how the challenge will work. Each day throughout the month of March your goal is to get rid of one bag of “stuff.” Now, that bag can be any size you would like. Some days it may be the size of a grocery store plastic bag, or it could be as big as … [Read more...] about 31 Bags in 31 Days – Day 1
Stock up for the Summer and Avoid the Oops!
This is a sponsored post from SheSpeaks and Walmart. As always, the opinions are my own. Lazy summer days, oh how I love you! I have always taken the idea of "no plans so we can make plans" to heart in the summer. I want to have our weekends free for spur of the moment BBQ’s and playdates for the kids. But, that also means a lot of spur-of-the-moment cleaning! The … [Read more...] about Stock up for the Summer and Avoid the Oops!
Changing up my Laundry Routine
This post is sponsored by SheSpeaks/P&G. As always the opinions are all my own. I was compensated and provided product for this post. As a mom, I feel like I am constantly doing laundry. And to add insult to injury we are a paper free home – which means a lot of rags/washcloths/towels being washed constantly. It seems like as soon as I have all the laundry washed, … [Read more...] about Changing up my Laundry Routine
Spring Cleaning when it still feels like Winter
Happy Spring everyone! When I hear spring, I also think Spring Cleaning. It has been beautiful in Maine over the past several weeks, and I thought for sure that as soon as the Vernal Equinox came, we would be full into spring; after all we didn’t have much of a winter. But, of course, as Mother Nature often intends (for us New Englanders at least!) we are in the middle of another … [Read more...] about Spring Cleaning when it still feels like Winter
Revisiting My Word of the Year {Action}
I won’t beat around the bush – I took last week off unexpectedly. For some reason, after I wrote about my March Goals I realized that I needed to buckle down and actually accomplish some of those goals. Revisiting my word of the year was in order. My word of the year is ACTION – meaning DO SOMETHING! I love to write down what I want to do in the month, but sometimes, I get … [Read more...] about Revisiting My Word of the Year {Action}