Stay-at-Home Moms

I spent some time this weekend clipping images for my journal. All of them came from the latest Brecks catalog. My six year old daughter decided that she wanted some images for her journal as well so we clipped and we pasted until we were satisfied . One of the images that I had chosen for today's journal page was of the ' Satisfaction ' Lily shown below. It got me to thinking on the subject of being satisfied . Some synonyms for the word are, enjoyment, pleasure or comfort . One definition...Read Full Story

I often use things around the house or in our own backyard to help nurture my children's curiosity and creativity. My husband on the other hand uses nature! He loves to take the girls in the wild, whether it be for a nature walk to search for deer or to investigate different animal tracks, an amphibian search in a near-by creek, or a day of fishing!! The outdoors can teach our children a lot about God's creation. Sometimes, I will follow up with a search online to answer any questions or to...Read Full Story

A long-term trend in family life has been the increase in the labor force participation of mothers. Given these changes in behavior, it isn’t surprising that most people disagree with the statement that “Family life suffers when mothers work full-time.” Yet in recent years, there has been a notable increase in the proportion agreeing with this statement among both men (solid lines) and women (dashed lines). Source: General Social Survey . Recently many have tried to link concerns about the...Read Full Story

I enjoy earning money from the comfort of my home because I wanted to be a stay-at-home Mom and still earn a living.   I was an Executive Assistant for eighteen years and after having my daughter I decided to look for a way to make money at home.   I was tired of alarm clocks, rush hour traffic, deadlines and sometimes ungrateful co-workers and bosses.   I wanted out of the rat race and I wanted to spend all the time I could raising my child. I did some surfing on the internet and found quite...Read Full Story

This was my day!  Not very relaxing but I had fun.  First we all got up and got ready for church.  As amazing as this may sound we were on time!  We made it all looking nice and no frantic yelling or screaming!  Actually we were a little early.  Bummer I did forget the camera (needed desperately since hubby and baby were getting baptised)!  Thankfully nana brought hers.  My mom was late (of coarse)and missed the baptisms!  She bought lunch!  All is forgiven. After church we all went to eat at...Read Full Story