The Kitchen Floor Needs Mopping

About ten minutes into cleaning the kitchen - which always starts with cleaning counters and stovetop - I had abandoned the basic clean, bypassed the deep clean and gone straight to the spring clean organizing, complete with packing up unused dishes, rearranging dishes and appliances and completely clearing the counterspace of everything but the all-important coffee maker and toaster.

It took a total of four hours (counting two breaks to nurse and change the baby), but I finally got that kitchen floor mopped!

The Secret to Successful Homeschooling

The secret is not really a secret. It is, in fact, an obvious thing and probably makes up the secret to any successful endeavor. Prayer Consistency Dedication Selflessness That’s it. That’s the silver bullet. It isn’t method, curriculum, schedules or perfect students. It’s prayer for wisdom

Southern Snow

Sunday morning, first of February, in the year of our Lord, 2026. 6:30 am, 12 degrees Farenheit, but feels like 7 degrees. Currently clear skies but still an hour before sunrise, so Sandlin Mountain and Oglethorpe are dark on a dark horizon. For those unfamiliar with the location of

Iced In

Yesterday afternoon, Walter and I spent a lovely five hours home alone, napping, watching shows, cleaning house and doing little projects while Curtis and the kids climbed to the top of a waterfall, ran in fields, played on playgrounds, and just in general enjoyed fresh air and sunshine. It was

Changes

God blessed our family with an opportunity to live in “paradise” somewhat recently, and we spent a year living on a tropical island in the Caribbean. We are now back in Georgia living in a similarly warm but different climate and it’s given me some stark examples of how

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The Secret to Successful Homeschooling

Southern Snow

Iced In

Changes