One way I find lost items lickety split

This is a little trick I discovered recently and it works within minutes almost every single time. I can’t say it’ll work for everyone, but you just never know when you might find yourself in a situation where it’ll come in handy. We’re forever losing stuff around here — someone’s shoe, my keys, my phone, [...]

How to use Twitter as a cleaning tool

Twitter ain’t all bad. Here’s one cool thing to do if you tweet. Check out #speedclean and the explanation of it by Kelleigh Ratzlaff. Here’s the basic idea: At set times during the day, you’ll see Kelleigh tweet that it’s about time to #speedclean. Then you set your timer for 5-10 minutes and tackle the [...]

The Girl Behind the Geek

Hi, I’m Amy and here’s my life in one short post. If you’ve been here a while, tell me if I miss anything. If you’re new here…consider yourself warned. I have somewhat of an unusual background — was born and spent the first year of my life in the jungles of Ethiopia, moved almost 30 [...]

3 places to find free and complete homeschooling curriculum

Providing a good education for our children does not have to be expensive! Old Fashioned Education uses classic literature and other resources that can be found almost entirely for free online. Ambleside Online utilizes the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling for kids through grade 12. Some of the books on the book lists are not [...]

How to start a self-hosted WordPress blog

Please note: A self-hosted WordPress blog (sometimes referred to as WordPress.org) is different than a blog at WordPress.com. “Self-hosted” means you use the free WordPress platform on your own domain via hosting you pay for. A blog at WordPress.com is hosted by them and in exchange, you are limited in customization and monetization. A WordPress.com [...]

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