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 , homeschooling , 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
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 , Mama's Musings
Looking back through past posts I discovered one of my favorites that sums up a day here at The Giles Frontier. Messy. I have an update on this shower day and a gift from my husband. I wrote about the shower incident. Then, six months later, as a birthday “gift”, Curtis and the boys wrote me […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings
This morning was not anything out of the ordinary. It is the weekend, yet I had office work I needed to do. But something happened, like a bullet that pierced my heart. I am blessed to work mostly from home, yet the lines get blurred between working mom and just mom. Especially when young children […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Florida , Great Outdoors , Mama's Musings
Our family took my two nephews and Cindy, my sister in law on a jet ski ride. Curtis, Crockett and Cowboy acquired this new toy free of charge, for towing the owner to shore after sinking it in the river. I will save that story for another day. This day, our plan was to ferry […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Mama's Musings
I live in a 1965 home. They apparently didn’t believe in master bathrooms at that time. I live with my husband and two boys. Boys who are starting to smell more frequently. Today, I went to have a shower. When I entered the bathroom, which is very tiny by the way, and in it’s original […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , Florida , Great Outdoors , Mama's Musings
Camping Trip As we head out this weekend on another camping adventure, I thought I would continue our adventures from last year. In part one of camping, I talked about the truth of family camping. Now I will share our run-ins with critters and nature as we venture on exploring the outdoors. This time last […]
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