By Holly Giles | Family , Florida , Mama's Musings
I met Shanna Rae Horstmeyer and her two young boys during a homeschool field trip last year. I heard she raised cows for milk. She recognized my feed-sack purse and introduced herself. She said she had been saving feedbags to work with but had been too busy moving onto their milk farm. Shanna Rae wondered […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings
Crafting and sewing was a big hobby of mine. Finding old things at yard sales and turning them into something new was my favorite pastime hobby. I really enjoyed. Then, at the beginning of the little years, I just wanted to know everything there was about nurturing my boys. I read every book and took […]
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By Holly Giles | Florida , homeschooling , Mama's Musings
Our school year is coming to a close for evaluations this summer. Technically we school year round because of our schedule, but it is nice to feel like you are closing the door on a subject or math book, take a break and regroup. Grayson and Grant don’t know where South Dakota is. This is […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Florida , homeschooling , Mama's Musings
Backing a trailer is not part of my skill set. My husband, Curtis seems to think that it is time for me to learn since we travel with one each summer. Our trips to conventions are more frequent and so are the odds something will happen on the road and he will need my help. […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings
The quiet whispers of “Is there something wrong” started when our first child, Grayson was a newborn. He cried for up to seventeen hours a day until he was about seven months old.
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By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings
Thursday morning was hectic. I had to get one boy ready for a trip and another prepared for a lawn job. All while trying to get myself put together in a dress. I had made two cups of coffee since 6:30 am, however, I took one sip of the first, it was spilled, then I never found where […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , homeschooling , Inspiration , Mama's Musings
I avoided going to a homeschool convention for the first four years of schooling my boys at home. I was told, “it will overwhelm you!”. Yes, it was overwhelming and I got a serious migraine the first time I went to a large convention. All the curriculum choices, row after row of stuff that will make […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings , popular
A few weeks before the holidays, Curtis and the boys went on a week-long trip to visit friends. I had the house to myself for the first time since, well, I can’t remember! I had made a schedule of all I was going to accomplish while they were gone. Cleaning, like deep cleaning, organizing, paint the […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , homeschooling , Inspiration , Mama's Musings
Have you ever had ordinary days, well, weeks when everything seems to be in a perpetual state of disarray? Yesterday was the tipping point for feeling like my life was on a hamster wheel going nowhere. My days are always ordinary and full of dirt, dishes, and multiplication. Our home education routine has been less than on track for a […]
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By Holly Giles | Boy Crafting , Great Outdoors , homeschooling , Inspiration , Mama's Musings
It was going to be a good homeschool day. I was on fire about it. I had the planners filled out, the papers, books and necessary items within reach and the anticipation that THIS was going to be a good start to the week. The boys woke up a little late, which made them sluggish in […]
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