Parenthood

End-of-Year Savings at Barnes and Noble

by Rhonda | Dec 29, 2017 | Adventures, Parenthood

This post contains affiliate links. Clicking through on those and making a purchase sends me a wee bit of money. End of the Year Savings on Books and Other Products You surely know from my social media that my family and I heart books. A lot. Stacks of novels...

9 Reasons to Establish Family Quiet Time During Your Holiday Break

by Rhonda | Dec 21, 2017 | Parenthood

I'm gonna cut to the Christmastime chase. I wrote about quiet time here. (How we do it, general guidelines, etc.) Call it quiet time, downtime. Call it the afternoon siesta, if you want. Once this is established, you can use it on weekends, summers, holidays. Breaks...

An Open Letter to My Boys About Christmas Greetings

by Rhonda | Oct 17, 2017 | Faith, Parenthood

I'd like to get ahead of this issue before its ugly head resurfaces. Thus, a Christmas post in October. All apologies. Dear Boys, Regarding the Now-Annual Christmas Greetings Controversy: Please do not reduce the sanctity of celebration honoring...

How We Repurpose Materials for Child’s Play

by Rhonda | Oct 12, 2017 | Parenthood, Adventures

This post includes a link to an article I wrote for Rhea Lana. Have you been to one of her children's clothing and toys consignment events? Talk about a great way to reuse materials. 🙂 I was a child of the '70s and '80s. Mostly the '80s. Back then, we...

9 Things I’m Doing This Season to Make Life (a Little) Easier

by Rhonda | Oct 10, 2017 | Parenthood, Workload

This post contains affiliate links. #7. NUMBER 7! It's a book called The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. You get it via that link, and I get some loose change. Then you can check that off your list. Also, the Aladdin movie is linked. I miss Mr. Williams. No, You...