I was inspired by this post on Katherine's Orientale Lumen blog to show you my icon of Mary. (If you are at all interested in Eastern ...

I can never resist a meme. Hat tip to Michele . Aprons – Y/N? No Baking – Favorite thing to bake: Victoria sponge cake Clothesline – Y/N?...

What a great idea! Meredith at Sweetness and Light is hosting a Carnival of Meal Planning , with lots of links to menu plans and recipes. I...

And behold, there is light! In our kitchen. After several weeks of making do with a table lamp. The light fitting went phut! back in Decembe...

Carl Linnaeus, whose work on classification made him the "father of modern biology", was born 300 years ago today. I enjoyed liste...

"If St.Paul's Day be fair and clear, Then it betides a happy year." If that little piece of weather lore is correct, then th...

We woke up this morning to our first snow of the year ... all one inch of it. To the girls' diasppointment we rarely get snow - we are s...

I thought about starting a home education diary blog last year - in fact I even set one up and wrote on it for a few days before changing my...

After a weekend of hard work, Star's room now looks much brighter and fresher. The star duvet cover came with a second one free, which h...

Which classical heroine am I? Anne Shirley The loveable redhead of "Anne of Green Gables." Anne lives on Prince Edward Island, and...

We are impulsively redecorating Star's bedroom this weekend. Things have been shuffled round for the last few weeks to accommodate Grand...

Today we did a short and simple activity comparing the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds. The Apostles' Creed is the shorter one often sai...

A good day! Definitely the best this week, which has been rather chaotic due to a combination of my disorganisation, children having meltdow...

I'm taking a leaf out of Dawn's book (or should that be blog?) at By Sun and Candlelight and posting a list of what I hope to achie...

Yum!!!!! You can find the recipe over at my Cookbook .

That sandwich is all MINE!!!! Hmm ... one hand full ... two hands full ... mouth full ... now, how do I pick up that last bit? (Yes, this i...

This year I want to make more of an effort to celebrate our own patron saints and their feast days. I also decided to copy Amy of Among Wome...

After a successful first week of my New Year's Resolution diet - I lost three pounds, for which a combination of a hungry Little Cherub ...

Aaah!!! Tastes good! Where did it go? Aha! Found it! Hmm ... tastes even better from the floor! Can I have another one, please? (And yes, t...

A friend included in our local homeschool group newslestter some quotes from "The School of Manners or Rules for Children's Behavio...