Giveaway Winner…Glenda
The winner of the Vision Forum giveaway is Glenda of Home-Sweet Things. Glenda e-mail me with your address and which CDs you want and I'll pass it on to VF. Congratulations!
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Purpose for living
"Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my purpose and reason for living.” ~V. Bonta There is nothing like loving your work, even when it is hard. There is no greater satisfaction than a job well done! &
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Diligence in Fighting for our Rights as Parents
Do you ever sit in amazement and wonder how in the world we got to the point we are in our nation? Well personally I believe it is mainly because we have had it so good and have not been obeying God's commandments, and secondly we have not paid a lot of attention to how our "representatives&quo
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And yet another giveaway!
Don't forget to leave a comment on our giveaway HERE to get your name put in on our Giveaway! And here is ANOTHER giveaway... Don't miss the $50.00 Behemoth.com Giveaway from Life in a Shoe! Today through Saturday, anyone with a Beh
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Being Diligent with their Hearts
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Proverbs 27:23 The first time I heard someone preach about this verse they used it in context of knowing the state of your children's hearts. Then last weekend we attended a Bible study
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You’ll LOVE this giveaway!
Vision Forum is allowing us to give away some really great gifts! One winner will be able to choose a gift from the albums below when the contest ends on February 27th. Rules are simple: Leave a comment stating which set you would like to win and I'll enter your name in the drawing once. Leave
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Family and Friends
Here are a few shots from the last couple days. Sweet Emma...what happen to our tomboy? We (Kelly and I) had a birthday outing for our dear, SWEET friend Robin. It is so wonderful to be able to sit with like-minded friends and just laugh and sort through the world's problems.
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Being Diligent in Family Relationships
Living as a family is not always easy, in fact it is the one institution that you will have to die to your selfishness the most, well other than your relationship with Christ. The second greatest commandment is that we LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR! Our closest neighbors are the ones that live under
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Candle Making Link
Here is a great tutorial for candle making. So You Want to Make Candles
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Being Diligent in the Mornings
In our home Jeff is an early bird, a SERIOUS early bird! The rest of us, well...we're not! :o) My goal is to have everyone up and moving by 7-7:30. During the summer it is usually earlier because the work needs to be done before it gets too hot. I am thankful that my sweet husband al
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I observed…
When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw
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Why We Homeschool
As I have shared before in our Learning at Home series, we started homeschooling due to frustration. God used that to lead us to teach our children at home and teach US (Jeff and me) so much more!!! There are no words to explain the gratitude I have for His mercy towards us
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Handiwork for Boys?
Patricia asked: I appreciate the handiwork ideas for girls, but have only boys- ages 5 and 3. Can you suggest any handiwork ideas for them? Thank you! Boys are usually more inclined to repair things, build things or solve problems. So if you are looking for a service minded pro
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Diligence Quote
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson
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Diligence~ Dust Under the Rug
Several years ago I while teaching the character trait diligence/work to my children, I read short stories to them from The Big Book of Virtue. This story was one of our favorites: Dust Under the Rug There was once a mother, who had two little daughters; and, as her husband was dead a
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Optimistic Young Men
I just listened to a great show/interview with some young enterpernures I thought might encourage some of you. This goes perfect with our new e-book Making and Managing Money for Teens. Optimistic Young Men (and women) Let your kids listen and be inspired!
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Teaching Diligence
Now that we have covered the character trait of Responsibility, we will move on to Diligence. Responsibility and Diligence go hand in hand. Kim recently asked: Maybe you've already posted about it and I missed it, but do you have any recommendations on how to keep the children dilig
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Handiwork and Giving to the Needy
We have recently started a group of girls and moms that would like to crochet or knit to give to the needy. This is a perfect ministry for the women, especially for those that have several children and find it hard to get out and participate in other outreach projects.
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Making and Managing Money for Teens is Available!
Do your kids constantly ask you for money? Do you ever hear, “I’m bored”? Do your children spend money on foolish things that disappear in no time? Do they spend money as fast as they can get it? If so, then it is time that your child learn
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Success Through Failure
Children can even be successful through failure, as long as they are learning and persevering. True failure is trying nothing, doing nothing. ~Kathy Brodock
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Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t Afford
I am not a watcher of Saturday Night Live, but this is so on target for what we are talking about this week!
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The Best Education
The best education for children comes from real life while they are still under the guidance of their parents. From Olivia's new e-book: Making and Managing Money for Teens Advice and Inspiration for Teens and Their Parents To be released later tod
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Teach Them Responsibility Concerning Money
It is never too early to teach children responsibility concerning money. Even very young children are given small amounts of money. Teach them how to think wisely - Biblically about their money. Teach them the value of a dollar by earning it. As children grow older
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How to Demonstrate Responsibility
This is from Character Journal (http://CharacterJournal.com). I love it! Tomorrow we will discuss Responsibility with finances. _____________________________ How to Demonstrate Responsibility at Home * Teach children responsibility by assigning chores relative to their age and ability.
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