I remember when I was younger the last job on planet earth I wanted was to be a "homemaker." It seemed like such a trite, ridiculous word and something I never, ever wanted to do. For 5th grade career day I dressed up as a business woman with an old leather briefcase and told everyone I was going to own a company and be rich. I struggled in college with my career choice over and over. I wanted to be a teacher, I loved working with children; but I also worried from early on that it would also ... View the Post
If You Want to Rise (A Soul Mending Society Post)
If you want to rise... It has been awhile since I've written a Soul Mending Society post and figured it was about time. Especially since this is something that has been on my mind: For more than a year now I have been teaching some Community Education courses on bread making. I love bread...I love eating it, making it, smelling it, talking about it, and teaching others how to make it. Plus because of the pandemic I've been able to teach all the courses over zoom from my own ... View the Post
The Movie in a Sentence Game
The Movie in a Sentence Game This is one of our family's favorite random games to play around the campfire, in the car and through texts. Here's how to play: #1. Condense the plot of a movie into one sentence. Tell (or text) that sentence to those who are playing. #2. Everyone tries to guess the movie. #3. The person who guesses correctly gets to say their movie in a sentence clue....and everyone guesses. Here is an example: I text..."Eccentric billionaire spares no ... View the Post
25 Ideas to Mend your Home
"The ache for home lives within all of us." Maya Angelou "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." William Morris "There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." Jane Austen "Love begins at home." Mother Teresa "Home is the nicest word there is." Laura Ingalls Wilder "Home isn’t a place, its a feeling." Cecelia Ahern We have been doing a series on our blog called The Art of Homemaking for many years now and it has ... View the Post
Activities for Bonding with Teens
Activities for Bonding with Teens: Having everyone home the past few days has been interesting. We started our second day of social distancing with everyone making a list of what they would like to do but we never have time for...the lists of my oldest two, who weren't thrilled about making the list in the first place, were the most enlightening. No one had spend more time on social media or send a lot of texts...but what they wanted to do was surprising. The following lists ... View the Post
72 Activities for Kids to do Indoors
72 Rainy Day Activities for Kids to do Indoors Today we have a list of 72 activities that kids can do indoors...with items that hopefully you already have around the house! Lego building contests (tallest building, only use red blocks, only use 4x4 pieces, strongest bridge, etc.)Invent new rules for an existing board or card gameMake a homemade tv commercials...each person needs to find an item in the house and then make a commercial for it. The best, most convincing commercial ... View the Post
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