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10 Reasons I’m Excited for Next School Year

It’s July, so that means I’m gearing up for next school year.  Of course, I can’t really tell you when we’re going to start back up. I have to admit, it’s always hard to let go of the free time of...

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Why Having Multiple Blogs Can Be a Good Idea

I have come to notice, in my time in the blogosphere and at conferences, that other bloggers react differently to the idea of having multiple blogs.  Some of the reactions that I tend to get when I...

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10 Fun and Random Facts about Me

I’ve shared all the ins and outs of myself before, so today I thought it would be fun to share a variety of things about me that are a little more fun than the typical fare. 10 Totally Random Things...

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10 Tips for Managing Multiple Blogs

A couple of weeks ago, I shared the benefits of having multiple blogs.  Now that I’ve touted it’s benefits (although, trust me – there are definitely drawbacks too), I thought I should offer up some...

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The Top Ten Tuesday When Life Happens

I was going to make an attempt to write up a Top Ten Tuesday post for this week, but life has gotten in the way…repeatedly. But, just so my crazy life doesn’t get in the way of you being able to link...

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My Most Often Used Kitchen Tools and Gadgets

I am woe to admit that I have not been spending nearly as much time in the kitchen as I should be.  That’s not in a way of, “Oh, I’ve found so many time saving strategies that I have halved my time in...

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Resources for Studying French in Your Homeschool

I have shared a couple of times lately that we finally settled on a foreign language to study in our homeschool, and it’s French.  The only problem with deciding on a language like French is that...

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10 Randomly Chosen Songs from my iPhone

Okay, so I’m a cheater.  I’ve done this list before. But, you know what?  I love music so much.  And, with so many songs on my phone (they’re taking up too much space), it’s going to be a new,...

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How to Help a Spouse Who Has Gone Back to School

It is a huge transition for a family when a spouse decides to go back to school, whether it be for a first time in college, a return to college to finish a bachelors degree, or maybe even for...

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10 Things I Love about Fall

A Quick Reminder: Please remember that if you are linking up to Top Ten {Tuesday}, your post should be a list of ten items.  It can be a post that includes a list of some type (with ten items), but it...

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10 Reasons I Won’t Stop Buying or Reading Printed Books

  I have loved books my whole life.  My Mom read to me often, and I think that started my love for them.  I still have the first book that I was able to read all on my own, Bears on Wheels (by the...

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10 Takeaways from the Talks at Savvy Blogging Summit 2012

Two weeks ago, I was busily getting ready to jet off to Atlanta for Savvy Blogging Summit.  I had an amazing time with friends (both new and old), as well as learning from other people at places in...

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The Weekend Where I Did Much More Than Writing

This weekend, I had planned to do some writing amongst my other planned activities.  After all, we would be at a cabin in the woods and I would have down time with my thoughts and my handy...

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I Went to the Woods Because I Wished to Live Deliberately

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had...

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10 Books I’ve Purchased in 2012

I have already professed my love for printed books, so I thought it would be fun to look through my Amazon orders during 2012 and share ten books that I’ve purchased throughout the year. 1. The...

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10 Things that Filled My Day Today

This seems like the hallmark of being unprepared for Top Ten Tuesday this week.  Like it just crept up on me and I said, “Um…let’s see…yeah!  I’ll just tell them ten things I did today.  That’s pure...

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I’m Thankful for the Annoying Things in Life

With it being Thanksgiving week, it seemed only fitting to write a my Top Ten {Tuesday} post about ten things that I’m thankful for.  Well, except that seemed too easy.  It’s easy to be thankful for...

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10 Great Christmas Gift Ideas

I thought about doing a Christmas gift themed post this week, but then every theme I came up with, I realized that some of my recent (and not as recent) posts fell into a lot of those categories. So,...

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My Kids’ Video Game Recommendations for Christmas 2012

I have done a post similar to this for the last several years.  My kids always love to offer up their suggestions for which video games would make amazing gifts this Christmas.  They were excited when...

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10 Things I Love About Winter

Winter is fast approaching, so I thought I would take on the challenge of writing up ten things I love about it.  This is not as easy as my list that I think I’ve written two or even three times before...

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