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"Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored." Titus 2:3-5 (NASB)
~ 2009 Theme Verse ~
"Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass" I Thessalonians 5:24 (NASB)
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•Praying God's Word Day By DayBy Beth Moore
•The Bible
•For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and SchoolBy Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
•Munich SignatureBy Bodie ThoeneFrom The Zion Covenant Series
Intentional eating? What in the world is that? As I have been revamping our diet and making bigger transitions to healthier eating, I have realized that to do so means you have to have intentional eating. Intentional eating means I can't just go about my week without planning out our meals AND snacks - everything from breakfast to snacks to dinner. I have to be intentional about choosing our menu, doing the planning, and executing the plan. To try to have a whole foods diet on a frugal budget, one must do some work watching sales, researching good recipes, and so forth. I am finding that if I don't think the night before about what we're having the next day, then I might forget to do something that's needed ahead of time like soaking the beans that I'll need for our dinner the next day. If I forget to do that, then I have to choose a different meal that next day which could translate into having to eat something a little less on the whole foods side and possibly not as nutritious. This has happened to me already more than once. I had planned on making a very healthy minestrone soup for dinner tonight. I went to make it today and realized that I hadn't soaked and cooked the beans that I needed to put in this soup. It worked out okay as I had another meal I could make. But that hasn't always been the case. We ended up with a very healthy meal tonight. However, it really helped me realize even more the need for looking at my meal plan for the day on the night before.
For those that don't know it, I have a cooking blog. I began it several months back to share different recipes. However, since that time, I have made our dietary changes. Therefore, I have revamped my cooking blog a little to reflect our new way of eating. I will be posting healthy recipes along with information on healthy eating. Last night, I just posted our menu plan for this week. In the next couple of days, I hope to post my recipe for what I am calling a tuna burger. These turned out absolutely delicious and are packed with nutrition! Both my husband and older daughter liked them. And my daughter is not a big fan of tuna either! Here's the link:
On a different note, I was able to get the house more in order today! Yay! I think I feel back on track and ready to go for the rest of the week. Even though Sugarplum seems to be setting a new routine for herself, I am still trying to maintain some routine for us. We didn't follow much of a routine today because hubby was home all day and I also needed to spend some time doing some things around the house to get it back in order. My older daughter still did all of her school work that she does on her own and my son still did all of his regular work. So over all, it was a very productive day.
I am actually getting ready to get in my recliner, finish writing out the rest of our snacks and meals for the week, and watch a show with my older daughter that we've both been waiting to see. I have all of our dinner meals planned out, I am just writing out a detailed eating plan for each day this week including a plan for our little Sugarplum.
The ultimate goal of Christian home education is to train children to impact the world for God. We want our children to not only hear and learn God's Word, but also be doers of God's Word. Therefore, we strive to teach them:
SERVICE - How to serve God and others
ACHIEVEMENT - To do the best they can in all they do from academic subjects to chores to serving others and more
LOVE - To love God and one another
TRUTH - To live their lives based on the absolute Truth of God
The name of this blog is the acronym for these four areas that we strive to teach our children:
S.A.L.T. - Service, Achievement, Love, Truth
