Knitting Socks Scrapbooking beaded bookmarks making earrings making chunky votives
Family Read Alouds
Kingdoms Dawn by Chuck Black
Our Curriculum
On my night stand
Bible
Reread Heart of Wisdom by Robin Sampson
7 Habits of a Healthy Home by Bill Carmichael
Learning In Spite of Labels~ Practical Teaching Tips and a Christian
Perspective of Education by Joyce
Our Father Abraham~ Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R.
Wilson
A Family Guide to Biblical Holidays by Robin Sampson and Linda
Pierce
Good and Angry by Scott Turnasky and Joanne Miller
Having Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver
A Parents Guide to The Spiritual Mentoring of Teens ~Building Your
Childs Faith Through the Adolescent Years by Joe White , Jim Weidmann
Wild Days ( a book about language arts and nature journaling) by
Rackliffe
How to Create Your Own Unit Studies by Valerie Bendt
The Power of Parents words by H. Norman Wright
How to read the Bible for all it's worth by Gordon D Fee and Douglas
Stuart
Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes in You and your
kids by Scott Turnasky and Joanne Miller
You Can Teach Your Child Successfully Grades 4-8 by Ruth
Beechick
A Strong Start in Language
An Easy Start in Arithmetic
A Home Start In Reading by Ruth Beechick
Any Child Can Write by Harvey S. Wiener
" This is what the Lord says: "Stand at the crossroads and look: ask for
the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you
will find rest for your souls."
Jeremiah 6:16
Jul. 21, 2008~ Tightwad Tuesday~ A Tightwad Summer Outing ~
Here is tightwad summer outing ! I found that going to a beach is a perfect tightwad summer outing. If you get some sand toys (bought or scavanged from around the house) , towels, floating devices, and some goodies to eat. You are set for a very FUN and economical day !
Here are some pics of yesterday at another beach near us.
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**** "There are only a few big ways to save money but there are a lot of small ways....that all adds up."
Please go visit these lovely ladies and glean some good tightwad tips from them.
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Looks like your family had a fun day at the beach. I love cheap entertainment. My kids really enjoy digging in the sand. My husband had a truck load of sand delivered for a landscaping project. He told all the kids to not play in it. But a big pile of sand is just too tempting. The pile has been greatly spread out and is filled with castles and motes.
It makes me shiver to think about you all going to the beach in Canada! We love the beach, it is a great way to spend the day without spending any money!
Toni
http://thehappyhousewife.com
Yes, that's a great idea, taking advantage of local places. It saves on gas as well. And one good thing I was thinking about earlier in the weekend is that our kids don't really care that we are on a budget because they have lots of fun wherever we go. Last night we celebrated Grace's birthday with coupons from a nice ice cream store. All 5 of us for less than $10 is a bargain. If I had time to do a TT, I'd do it on signing up for free birthday coupons!
(((Hugs)))
Jenn
I hope this finds you well, and your son off at camp enjoying himself to no end. Be careful moving that hutch today! Make sure your boys help you - and carry the brunt of it!
Your pictures of the beach are stirring up such a longing in me. We don't have beaches here; they're all boulders or dirt with pointy rocks. I miss the Great Lakes - or rather, any lakes with beaches, lol!!
Looks like you all had a wonderful time yesterday! I hope you thoroughly enjoy today as well! I'm off to Mass this morning, and then running errands. I'll chat with you later!
OOOO I miss living by the beach. We lived on the gulf coast until 2 years ago. You are right it is a cheap outing. Now we live 4 hours away :(
Be blessed,
Chasity
I wish I could play on a beach! (lol) You are so right about finding things from home to take though, saves $$$. Looks like they had a lot of fun!
Hugs, Mama Karen
Oh I miss the beach. With a kid in a cast, the beach will have to wait for us. Last year it was me in a cast and no beach - hmmm. Hope I don't have to wait a whole year for a trip to play in the water - Your family looks like they are having so much fun!!!
Hi Mary!
How are you? I am good!
Good pictures! It looks like you had a fun time! The weather has been too cold here to go to the lake but I did get Baptized last Sunday! So I got dunked in a lake then! I posted pictures of it on my blog.
Have a good week!
I'm sorry I've been away for the past couple weeks. But now am back and catching up with friends. I'm still interested in hearing about 'the house that God built,' whatever is happening with it.
Hello again.....I didn't realize there were other Butterfly Pavilions elsewhere, very cool. I'll have to look them up in case we happen to be in that city....
I wish we had a beach near us. The closest one is about seven hours away. We did have to make a surprise trip to Atlanta on Monday and stayed until today, but that was not much fun.
I love low cost field trips.
Hugs,
Pam
I am so glad we're working together on these projects!! I actually told Robyn today on the phone that I would have walked away from the job except that you and I had agreed to post all about it - with pics! - on Friday. You were my motivation!!! Thank you so much!! :)
I agree that we should do another one together. Except the one that I'm thinking of is a 1-2 week job I have to tackle. Oooh, or I have a 3-5 day job. Which one best suits your needs? Both of them need to get done, and I've been procrastinating on them BOTH! You pick. :)
All right - I need to call hubby and find out if he's coming home anytime soon. :) And may I just say that YOU are one of my absolute favorite blogging buddies. If I could come visit you, I would in a heartbeat. I feel a connection with you, and I so enjoy our correspondence! :) I'm glad you enjoy our friendship as well!
((Hugs)), my sweet friend, and I'll catch up with you tomorrow!
First , I am a daughter of the King almighty and a
a wife to my Handsome of 17 years. A mom of 4 on the go boys 15, 13, 10, and 8. I grew up in the states but married my Canadian sweetheart and moved up north.
We live in the southern part of British Columbia , Canada on our homestead. We have homeschooled our four boys from birth and plan to go the distance till all four graduate from our homeschool. I teach with a Charlotte Mason style and use the Heart of Wisdom Approach. I love to craft! I am a beader, knitter, x-stitcher, quilter. We have been on a journey of being apart of building "The House that God Built". I have been recording our journey on my blog. Go to my links and you will find it. I know God has a lot more instore for us and we just need to follow where our Lord takes us.
Not Written in Stone Blogging Schedule
Sunday and Monday Bloggy Break Tightwad Tuesday Anti Procrastination Challenge Show and Tell Friday Something to Share
Please go visit these lovely ladies and glean some good tightwad tips from them. 
Remember: The best way to get a comment is to give a comment.
First , I am a daughter of the King almighty and a
a wife to my Handsome of 17 years. A mom of 4 on the go boys 15, 13, 10, and 8. I grew up in the states but married my Canadian sweetheart and moved up north.
We live in the southern part of British Columbia , Canada on our homestead. We have homeschooled our four boys from birth and plan to go the distance till all four graduate from our homeschool. I teach with a Charlotte Mason style and use the Heart of Wisdom Approach. I love to craft! I am a beader, knitter, x-stitcher, quilter. We have been on a journey of being apart of building "The House that God Built". I have been recording our journey on my blog. Go to my links and you will find it. I know God has a lot more instore for us and we just need to follow where our Lord takes us.
