Watch how I do this. What in the world do essential oils for back to school have to do with sugar and screen time? Let alone back to school schedules for big families? Our family motto is Team Reed and when back to school time hits we pull together and make it happen....
UNSCHOOLING? Forget unschooling... All ya'll school moms are like, "YIPPEE" while we homeschool moms are like, Jesus take the Wheel! It's almost time to start back up! Homeschooling is by far the most difficult, incredible thing I've ever put my hand and heart to. I...
The curse of the creative. I think a lot. A lot. My poor brain. I work so hard to turn it off. There are multiple obsessions... I ponder my business and how to support my oil team, I ponder my patisserie and what kind of equipment I'll need... what kind of menu I will...
Ick. Where to begin? I'm all for fresh starts. Mondays, the first of the month, New Years Day. Fresh starts thrill me. Fresh starts stir the goal setting maniac that resides not so far beneath the surface. But this year I am having a hard time stirring that beast....
Ok, maybe not that far back. When I was a child we "homeshooled" for awhile and it was not cool. (My Mom knows I'm not dissing her here!) But, somewhere over the last couple years, this train has come off the rails. The procreating. The puking. The nursing. The kid...
The other day my husband lamented the mud spatters on his jeans as he loaded the kids in the truck for church group. --------------- It's muddy here on the farm. And that's an understatement. It's a quagmire. A bog. A disaster. We went from freezing temps and tons...
In the other gardens, and all up the vale From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail. Pleasant summer over and all the summer flowers. The red fire blazes, the grey smoke towers. Sing a song of seasons, something bright in all. Flowers in the summer, fires in the...
Whole Heart School is now in session. The baby is three weeks and a half weeks old now so I figured we'd better get started on school. I didn't spend any time with the kids keeping things fresh in their minds during this summer as I intended (aside from reading with...
'Evening Ladies.Whew. What a month. No, I haven't bailed on my wellness series (they will resume again asap) but I have been REALLY sick for the better part of the month. First we got hit with that ebola-esque flu, then we were well for ten days...