• Homemaking - Knitting and Crochet - Sewing and Crafting

    On the Needles: WIP Wednesday, August 2025

    August 20, 2025 - By 

    Here we are on the downhill side of August already! This week, I wanted to share an update on my current makes, and I also needed a bit of a kick in the pants to finish some projects instead of starting any more new things. So, welcome to Work In Progress (WIP) Wednesday! Let’s dive in… My first WIP is one I have shared before, but this month I am finally getting very close to finishing it! As you can see from the photo, I am in the middle of knitting the front panel of the “Smiling Honey Top” by…

  • Books and Reading - Homeschooling

    Our Morning Time Plans for 2025-26 Term 1

    August 13, 2025 - By 

    This year we started school the first full week of August, so we are now in week 2! I thought this week I would share what we are doing for Morning Time together in this season of our homeschool. During most of the school year, my son will be at a full day enrichment program every Tuesday, so we will only have 4 mornings together at home. Thus, I made sure to plan a four day schedule, and that is what I will be sharing today. Our routine consists of 4 basic areas, as follows: Prayer and Bible Reading This…

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    Our AmblesideOnline Year 9 Plans

    August 2, 2025 - By 

    Well, somehow the past week got away from me before I had a chance to make a blog post. Life this summer has been busier than I ever could have imagined, and now it is almost over! (And, spoiler alert, things are only going to get crazier from here on out!) Next week we will start a new school year, so lots of new adventures are about to begin. I thought I would sit down here at the outset of the year and share a little about what we are planning for my son’s Year 9 academics. So let’s dive…

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    On the Needles, July 2025

    July 23, 2025 - By 

    This week on the blog I have a little crafting update to share. As with my vacation reading, I did not get as much knitting done on our trip as I expected to, mostly because it was usually just too hot to want to pick up any yarn. But I have made a good bit of progress on something that I will share later on in this post. First, though, I wanted to start off with a finished sewing project that I just completed yesterday for my daughter! We are calling this the “Sunflower Dress”, and it is based on…

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    The Reading Report, Vol. 29: Summer Reading Struggles

    July 16, 2025 - By 

    Well, hello there! It’s been a while since I put out a blog post, but that is because our family just returned from a 10-day camping trip in the Southwest US. We stayed in four different states, visited 2 different state parks and 4 national parks, and it was an amazing trip! But as is always the case, there are so many tasks to catch up with upon returning home! So today I decided to try and get a brief reading report out before the week gets away from me. I know for many, if not most people, summer is…