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7 Tips For A Great Garage Sale

HomeGrown Mommy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:34:55 +0000

Summer is the time for garage sales! But, so is spring and fall … and winter if you live in Florida! I just had a fabulous garage sale last weekend! Here are some things that I learned through it: GET HELP!!!! I cannot stress this enough! I didn’t actually plan on getting help. One of [...]

Refreshing News Spot on Homeschoolers

HomeGrown Mommy — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:23:01 +0000

I was researching something else, but came across this very sweet news story about how homeschooling families deal with hard times – they DON’T quit homeschooling! Sometimes, it’s necessary, but this article focused on those families that have been able to make it work. Read it here. Times are tough for everyone these days. It’s [...]

Another Great Summer Activity!!

HomeGrown Mommy — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:45:42 +0000

Today, we went to a retirement home for horses with our church Youth Group! Everyone had a blast! It only cost two carrots per person to get in and it was a beautiful and huge piece of land that we were able to wander around. The kids were able to run and play and feed [...]

Who In The World Would Make Their Kids Do School Over The Summer??

HomeGrown Mommy — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:53:25 +0000

Yep, that would be me!! We school over the summer- what about you? Do you get funny looks or interesting comments when friends or family find out you keep up with school during the summer, too? Now, I will say, that my kids aren’t chained to schoolwork all day long, looking wistfully outside at all [...]

Free (or Cheap) Fun During The Summer

HomeGrown Mommy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:28:12 +0000

This past weekend, we had an absolutely wonderful time together as a family!! We drove about an hour away from home to attend a reenactment of the Battle of Fort Mose. It was only $4 per vehicle to get in and there was time before the reenactment to learn about many things from life during [...]

Couponing Dilemma! ACKK!

HomeGrown Mommy — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:17:21 +0000

My very last post was about how I save more than I spend on groceries. Seems sort of weird to follow that up with a post about my couponing dilemma – but, this is my real life and maybe others are going through the same challenges. I avoiding couponing for a long time because of [...]

How To Save More Than You Spend!!

HomeGrown Mommy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:38:02 +0000

I’ve been posting on my personal Facebook lately about how much I’ve saved at the grocery store. Just today, I paid $105 on $212 worth of groceries! Many people have been asking, “How do you save so much money?” and “What do I need to do to save like that?” Instead of writing each person [...]

14 More Weeks Until Baby #5!!

HomeGrown Mommy — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:29:42 +0000

I can hardly believe it has gone so fast and yet, I feel like there is another eternity to wait before I get to meet this new little addition! Everything is going “boringly normal” with this pregnancy! Now that the back pain seems to be a distant memory and that first trimester sickness is totally [...]

Cursive First – Curriculum Review

HomeGrown Mommy — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:33:06 +0000

I was given a great opportunity to review “Cursive First” by Elizabeth FitzGerald. The program was written to pair with Wanda Sanseri’s “Spell to Write and Read” and “The WISE Guide”. I do not have the two other products, so my review will come from using it as a stand-alone program. My husband was born [...]

Baby #5 Update

HomeGrown Mommy — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:08:45 +0000

Everything is still going well! We are 21 weeks as of yesterday … looking more like 31 weeks, though! We had an ultrasound a few weeks ago and I was half-expecting the tech to say “It’s a boy!” Up to this point, we’ve had a baby pattern going – boy, girl, boy, girl. This one [...]