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A few weeks ago I shared how I had done a training on teaching the alphabet with a letter a DAY instead of a letter a week. I was wildly curious to see how this would work when applied to our homeschooling. We have been doing gentle homeschooling since Athena was about 2 1/2, which… Continue reading The ABC Update

I've definitely been in a bit of a dinner slump. The other night I pulled this together and it will absolutely be added to regular rotation. Ingredients:CarrotsCeleryOnionParsnipsPotatoesGreen beansChicken broth/stock (16oz or so)Splash of milk or creamChicken (we bulk cook chicken breast & thighs to have on hand for such a time as this)Butter (2tbsp-ish)Flour (1/4cup-ish)Puff… Continue reading Chicken Pot Pie

If I write it, there’s a degree of accountability with it. When we moved, we were SO fortunate to find a unicorn- even though our plot is a smidge bigger than the last place, with more house, and decent sized driveway taken into consideration, we actually ended up with more or less the same yardage… Continue reading Garden-2023

Hygge. ho͞oɡəa quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being As a perpetually cold person, I have been quite drawn to Hygge for a few years now. Though it's only been in recent months that I feel like I've been able to really start putting it into practice- likely because it lends itself to cooler… Continue reading Holy Hygge

As I was updating my StoryGraph account the other night, I pulled up my What's On My Reading List post from 2021, and was pleasantly surprised to see that I had actually read most of my list! Nobody was more surprised than me to find that I had made it through 14 whole books this… Continue reading TBR 2023