Posts by Savoir Faire

Long irritating story short: We're moving. Probably in a week. Yes, a week's notice and, yes, that's over the holidays for those of us playing along at home.   I've done very well over the years getting rid of 90% of my...

I tried FOREVER to try to teach my oldest to read. It was AWFUL. She'd see a word like "cake" and see the c and start saying cat, car, kite? I thought it was kind of funny, because my MIL, the Patron Saint of Teaching, tried to teach...

We used to have this problem. As in, it would take an entire day to get our dishes done. Two things: You have too many dishes. If you have enough to have that many dishes out, you have too many.   My husband didn't believe me...

We are so middle of the road that it isn't funny.   Where we live, we are surrounded by ultra-religious "school at home" and unschoolers.   I used to read a variety of blogs and boards and it made me SICK. (Oh, and my...

I might be in the minority on here....but this just wouldn't fly with me.   In my house, you've gotta do the work if you want to play. I know how awful it is to be sick while pregnant (I had hyperemesis), but this just isn't...

I HAVE to do my cleaning in the morning or it doesn't get done. My kids are 5 and 7, which I know seems ancient to you now.   They are homeschooled. I have an Etsy business where I need to work on stuff and ship it every day....

We move all the time. We're on our third state and our second (soon to be third) house in this state (Arizona)-- as we're renters.   Declutter, ladies! I hate all that little stuff at the end that you end up throwing in a...

It doesn't take as long as you think. I find that staying at home has a lot less busy work and standing in line and waiting for others to finish.   As for getting started, its a lot like bringing home a new baby. There's a...

I ended up buying a bunch of books of Amazon, as well. (I decided to do this because if I always have to wait for our Library's wait list, then we'd never actually do things. I have to have things on hand NOW or otherwise its easy for...

Oh, and we did older work for my Preschool Boy last year. I'm not sure what grade we were doing...because I'm not exactly sure what grade my daughter (just turned 7) is. But...whatever grade she was doing, he did, too. Have fun!