31 Days: Turn on the Tunes

Oct 5, 2012

Countless studies have proven a direct link between music and mood. I’m not going to give you a bunch of statistics and no scientific studies have been conducted in our home on this subject, but I can tell you from astute observation: everything is better in...

31 Days: Do Something Unexpected

Oct 4, 2012

If anyone is the king of surprises, it is The Hubby. He is one of the most thoughtful people I know, recognizing each family member’s love language and spending his time, energy, and money to make sure each of us have wonderful surprises every now and then. This...

31 Days: Say YES More!

Oct 3, 2012

I talked yesterday about conditioning ourselves to say no to activities and commitments outside of our homes that negatively affect our families. Today, we need to working on saying YES. Somewhere in my parenting journey, the word NO became the most used part of my...

31 Days: Just Say No

Oct 2, 2012

There are only 24 hours in a day. It would be wise to spend some of those hours sleeping and eating, but what happens to the rest? When you spend one of those 24 hours doing something, that hour is gone. If that one thing is something outside your home, that may mean...

31 Days: The Eyes Have It

Oct 1, 2012

We’ve lost the art of talking to one another face to face. I notice this most when I ask the boys to look me in the eyes when I am talking to them. It makes them squirmy and that makes me sad, especially since I realize how little most of us REALLY look at each...

31 Days of Family Ties

Sep 30, 2012

I am a stay-at-home mom. I homeschool my children. We are together all the time. All of these things may lead you to think our family would be very connected, but just being home with each other a lot doesn’t really mean that much. The amount of time we spend...