Microwave popcorn ~ the cheap way. Matt finally got brave enough to try this and {drum roll please} it worked! He didn’t like it “too dry”, he said. Eh, to that, I say. It’s way cheaper than microwave popcorn and tasted just fine to me with some of that powdered buttery stuff sprinkled on! Cheap and easy, baby.
101 Things To Do Instead of Yelling or Spanking. I need this. I yell. Still. And I ask forgiveness all the time. I worry about how much they trust me still because of my yelling. I hate it. I’m working on it. We’ve been going step by step through 1 Corinthians 13 – the love verses. And I’ve talked to the kids about being aware of each concept. Asking forgiveness when they fall short. It’s rubbing off on me. Patience is a hard one. I pray that He will complete a good work in me. And that He’ll cover over my sins to my children with love.
Wanna get uncomfortable? Just a little bit? Here’s a discussion on race in America. One that I find intriguing. One woman’s personal awkwardness and determination to raise her son “right” in light of all the “wrong” around her.
Repurposing, up-cycling, whatever you want to call it these days, I’m all about it. Here’s a great use of all those baby jars I’ve been trashing lately.
And for those of you who feel bad when I talk about what all I do with my days (and some of you have mentioned it, I’m sorry) I really want you to know that I write about our misadventures and recipes and chore charts for 2 reasons: 1. To remember – I don’t want these days to slip away and I have nothing to remember them by and 2. To let others know they can do it. Quite the opposite of boasting. Please, please, please don’t see my whirlwind activity as “look at me, I’m so good, I do all this stuff”. I tell you step by step what I do so that maybe somebody who’s contemplated freezer cooking will take the first step, that somebody who’s thought “I want to nurse my baby and cosleep, but I don’t know, I don’t have any support…” will feel confident in their decision. That the mama who says to me “I’d kinda like to homeschool, but I just don’t know, I don’t think I could do that” would read my words and realize it is possible. Even the stupidist of us does it every single day. Really, see my hand waving over here? So, when I read Lee’s post on feeling like you “should” homeschool, but “hating it” it really resonated with me. She has good ideas. And she should, she’s been homeschooling for a few years now.
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