Everyone talks about menu planning. It’s a fantastic topic and necessary for everyday family life. I expend so much more energy when I don’t make a menu plan by running to and from the store and coming up with different ideas and I spend way more money because I’m going to the store two or…
Break week was necessary and fantastic. We relaxed some, we worked a great deal. On Monday, we watched the second to the last of the History Channel’s “The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents.” In general, I’ve found these to be balanced enough and pretty well done. We still talk about things. I like the earlier…
Our family guards the Lord’s Day, Sunday, carefully. We worship with our congregation in the morning and evening. We spend afternoons with extended family. I am not willing to give this day up for sports activities. We need a day of rest. We remain in recreational leagues on purpose. We are always very polite about…
Now, to the nitty gritty. That calendar can be a real challenge. I have three children on three soccer teams. Each team should have two games and one practice per week. That’s nine events over the course of six days. It’s hectic. It’s also rare that we have a day off during the six weeks…
My goal is to have to remember to bring as little as I possibly must. Loading my car at the beginning of the season with the gear that will live in my car is one way to accomplish this. We always have folding chairs in the van. We have two adult sized and three child…
Welcome to ‘31 Days to Surviving Sports Seasons Sanely.’ If you’re new here, I thought I’d share my credentials for writing this series. I have three children, ages 10, 9, and 8. My daughters are my bookends, just enough apart in age that they can’t ever be on the same team. We’ve been participating…
I’m excited to be posting about 31 Days to Surviving Sports Seasons Sanely this year. This will be the landing page where I link all the posts for 31 Days. I’ll try to get them daily, but may play catchup now and again. You can always use the 31 Days or SurvivingSportsSeasonsSanely tags to find…
I have been reading Karen Glass’ book Consider This for quite a while now. I always seem to find exactly ideas at exactly the right time. Brandy, of course, has been blogging through The Liberal Arts Tradition and she’s in the middle of what I found to be the most difficult section on the Quadrivium. I…
I’ve been reading 1 Peter 1 for a few days, and will do so for a few days more. In September, I started to read some of the single chapter books of the Bible on repeat for a week at a time. Then, I decided to do 1 Peter, reading a chapter a week (or…
For Today… the last Monday in September … Outside my window… it’s cloudy but warming up quickly. I am thinking… about my 31 Days series. I have it all written and the posts scheduled, I need 4 pictures to complete it. Feeling pretty positive! I am thankful… for my church! We had two international doctoral students profess…