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Managing Stress Centers: Getting Home

It has been a long day at the office, or at the school, or out and about. You get home. You’re tired. The children are tired. You all need dinner. This is when you need a professional cook. If you don’t have one, how do you organize your home so that you can feel good about getting home? This is something that we are still working on. My husband works late and sometimes stays at work, so usually it’s just me and my daughter. We do television in the morning but not in the afternoon. This means that on work … Continue reading →

Making A Genealogy Time Capsule

One fun idea for a genealogy project is making a time capsule. For some reason, I have not heard of a lot of people doing this but it seems like a great way to have some fun while preserving your family history for future generations. Making a time capsule does not need to be very time-consuming or expensive either. To get started on your genealogy time capsule project, print out a nice copy of your pedigree chart. Next, get some current family photos and write the names of the people in the photos on the back of them. Then, have … Continue reading →

Classical Music for Your Child

Are you looking for a way to introduce your child to fine arts? Maestro Classics will not only introduce your child to classical music it will make your child fall in love with it. I never thought I would hear myself saying “Turn off the Tchaikovsky and go to bed!” Maestro Classics gives a magical retelling of The Story of Swan Lake performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Simon and narrated by Yadu (Konrad Czynski). The music is simply beautiful and the narration engaging. The Story of Swan Lake is magical and grabs the attention of whoever … Continue reading →

My Homeschool Schedule

I am often asked how I schedule my homeschool day. When I mention all my children will be studying and how many books they read a year, many think my kids must have a very long school day. On average our school day is five hours long. Here is a skeleton outline of my school schedule so you can see how to incorporate a variety of subjects and plenty of books into one school year. My year is divided into two semesters which are then divided into two quarters per semester for a total of 28 weeks. Daily: copywork (15 … Continue reading →

Making It Work

A friend recently in a conversation about marriage had something interesting to say. It was about arranged marriages. Strange as the idea may seem to many of us, arranged marriages still occur in some traditions. This man was talking about this arranged marriage and the difference between arranged marriages and those we might consider done the usual way of falling in love and choosing whom you will marry. According to him the difference is those who go into arranged marriages know they are going to have to work at the marriage to make it work. What’s more they are expected … Continue reading →

For the Strength of Youth Series: Music and Dancing

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Ahh, the memories of stake youth dances and the Book of Mormon distance between partners. Most of the time I didn’t have a particular boy I liked, so these dances were most often a time to go with my group of friends and have fun being silly and wearing funny clothes just for kicks. A bit nerdy, perhaps, but good clean fun. The For the Strength of Youth pamphlet encourages youth (and adults alike) to choose good music and dancing for entertainment and to help you become closer to the Lord. Music is a fabulous way to share how you … Continue reading →

Making Memories

‘It’s our memories that make us,’ – this is the first line of Requiem for a Beast a picture book for older children and young adults. Though the book was in that case talking about indigenous people of Australia, in a sense it’s the same true for each of us. We are what we remember. A psychologist once told me that the mind chooses to forget those things that are too painful- that it doesn’t want to deal with. But I’ve also heard someone say that those with a happy childhood don’t store up memories. Since they both seem to … Continue reading →

Making History: “The Simpsons” and Prince

Who knew a show about a yellow-skinned family with more attitude than brains would wind up making television history? The creator of “The Simpsons,” Matt Groening, says even he is stunned by the impact his animated clan has made on society… and they’re not done yet. According to reports, Fox plans to renew “The Simpsons” for another two seasons, which will secure its place as TV’s longest-running primetime series. The show is currently in its 20th season and has already tied record-holder “Gunsmoke,” which aired for two decades on CBS before ending in 1975. Groening says that by including the … Continue reading →

Greatest Musical Feuds Ever – Part 1

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just all get along? Nah, what fun would that be? Here is a list of the best band squabbles ever. Some are between two bands and one is even innerbanditary (yes, I just made up that word), but all were played out in the public eye: Lynyrd Skynrd vs. Neil Young I guess Neil Young started this one. He wrote the song “Southern Man,” which contained lyrics that talked about crosses burning and paying back slaves for all the years of injustice done to them. Lynyrd Skynrd, a band almost synonymous with Southern … Continue reading →

Beetle Mania in my Home

Three years ago there’s no way I would have considered it endearing to be compared to a guinea pig. Yet these days I can often be found donning a silk cape and making like Linny the guinea pig to my pre-preschooler’s Tuck the turtle during our daily “Wonder Pets” adventures. (Ming-Ming the duckling is grandma’s role when she is around.) To say my daughter is an avid “Wonder Pets” fan would be an understatement. At age two she had memorized the theme song of the popular Nickelodeon series and would happily belt out the words during our trips to the … Continue reading →