“Does anyone know of a website that has a checklist for household chores and how often they should be done?” Here are the great sites, resources and tips left by the readers on the Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling Facebook Page: Amy said: “Chartjungle.com. Several charts on there. Sometimes I use their charts for ideas and [...]
We love Oatmeal Drop Cookies. I mean it. We may actually have a problem. When we make these family favorite cookies we always make them “Stewart-Size;” as in 6-8 dozen at a time. It works out well because in a big family no one ever gets too many cookies. Within a few days they’re [...]
Grace. Apply it by the gallon. Flexibility. Homeschooling needs to be covered in it. I’ve homeschooled while working full-time outside of the home for three years until the Lord called me home. We’ve homeschooled through my husband’s unemployment. And we’ve had 3 additional babies since “officially” beginning our homeschool journey. We’ve homeschooled in [...]
Cleaning with Vinegar Vinegar can clean those hard-to-clean items like hard cheese caked scrub brushes! A few years ago I began to implement several money saving laundry and cleaning tricks. A life saver (or, scum killer ) has been cleaning with vinegar. I’ve tried many store bought cleaners for nitty gritty cleaning; I’ve [...]
I mentioned in my country garden tour post that we are blessed with an abundance of squash. Tonight alone we picked 14. I wanted to share an easy squash recipe that I’ve used to add a little flair to our squash infused lives. Squash Casserole Print Squash Casserole Author: Jamerrill Stewart Recipe type: Main Prep time: 15 [...]
This weekend my article on How I Feed My Family of 7 for $400 per Month posted on Money Saving Mom. This article is just a quick overview of how I save on food for our family. When I talk about grocery savings I usually get several questions and I wanted to take a moment [...]
Or, How Do You Feed All Those Kids? As a large and growing family one question we get often, “how do you feed all those kids?” Even the poor check out clerk found himself saying, “ma’am, I think your 50 .lbs of bananas broke my scale;” followed by “how do you feed all those kids?” So, in honor [...]
We’ve been growing things around here. NOT a new baby (as of yet ), but other babies – garden babies. Last night when Naomi and I went out bare foot to water the plants she said, “Mommy, this is just like being a garden angel.” I love that. These are the memories that I want [...]
I’m increasingly dipping my big toe into the world of once a month cooking. It’s all about the slow and steady baby steps around here. I love to read about other moms successful OAMC stories. I have frozen bread, store bought milk (although we have a lovely local source for farm fresh milk now), peaches, black berries [...]
May Meal Plan In the spirit of full-disclosure it has been months since I’ve completed my normal once-a-month grocery shopping and monthly meal planning routine. During the last 3-months we’ve had at least one major traveling event each month. I fell off my OAMS horse by running to the store haphazardly; which hasn’t happened often [...]
