Third Thursday Blog Hop: Organizational Ideas

The Hearts at Home Third Thursday Blog Hop exists to connect moms to other moms!  I love today’s topic of organization!  With the start of the new year, many of us are looking for tips & hints for organizing things around the home to make life easier....

Living With Less: Guest Post on Learning to Stockpile

Over the past two years I’ve learned a lot about the value of supercouponing and the concept of stockpiling.  I’ve found it a very effective way to save money. Today’s post is a guest post by Rebecca Campbell, also known as “The Coupon...

Motivation Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr Day

Happy Monday Morning! Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Let’s use this as a discussion starter with our kids. Who was Dr. King? How did he help change our country? Why should we remember?  

It’s a Focus on the Family Radio Broadcast Day!

If you’re needing some perspective on keeping your sanity in the after school hours, join me today on the Focus on the Family Radio Broadcast.  Dr. Julianna Slattery, John Fuller, and I are discussing the ins and outs of making the hours after school an...

Something to think about…

If your point is right, but the tone of your voice is wrong – then you are wrong and you just missed your opportunity to make your point! I’m working on this… Anyone need to join me?

Sometimes I need to rethink the way I think…

You know, I try to accomplish as much as I can in a day. In some ways, it’s how I measure success.  I bet you do too much of the time! My friend Jody said a post from another Mom on Facebook made her reevaluate this way of thinking, though. The post said: “I’m totally...

New Year’s Resolutions for Parents

Today’s post is written by Dr. Rob Currie, a popular Hearts at Home workshop speaker.   The author of Preschool Wisdom: What Preschoolers Desperately Want to Tell Parents and Grandparents, you can find Dr. Currie’s blog for parents here. As you ponder New...

Motivation Monday: Fill up your tank

Today is the first day of my Real Moms…Real Jesus Facebook study. Reading through Chapter 1 for our discussion today reminded me of the concept of “Serve with a curve.” Jesus spent  his days serving others.  Yet even in the midst of a life of...

The 12 Days of Christmas Break–Day 12

Give the kids a roll of masking tape and let them make roads all over the house….floor, furniture, etc.  Then they can play with any cars/vehicles they have on their new roads. Today can be a “Let’s Pretend We Don’t Have Electricity” Day. Pull out the crayons and...