Mission Organization-Special Occasion Card Organizer
Our local Dollar Store has a pretty nice selection of cards 2 for a $1 so back in February I went in and picked up all the cards I would need for the year for all the family and friends that I usually send them out to. I had originally planned to put them into my home manager binder sorted by month and was even lucky enough to pick up on the clearance rack at … Continue reading
Our High School Botany Lesson Plan
We have had great fun with our high school botany studies this year. While I was not able to find a suitable prepared homeschool high school botany curriculum, I was able to put together a course using various resources, some free and some fairly inexpensive that I feel thoroughly covered the science. Taking the advice I received from Jeannie Fulbright when I asked her if her Botany course had been used by older students, I … Continue reading
Irish Blessings and St. Patrick’s Breastplate Copybooks
Not just for St. Patrick’s Day. A Copybook of Irish Blessings is a collection of 9 traditional Irish blessings. This cost-effective black and white book includes three sections, one for each level of handwriting skills: manuscript, transitional manuscript, and cursive. The passages are written with guidelines aiding in the proper formation of letters. On each page is a block that can be used by the student to illustrate the passage. Download this copybook below. A … Continue reading
Mission Organization-My Freezer Inventory Board
For some time now I had been trying to figure out a easy way to keep track of what is in my upright freezer in the garage. A lot of my packages are wrapped in foil and even though I label the packages, I often times have trouble remembering what is actually in there. I do tend to keep certain things on certain shelves but this isn’t always helpful when I just want to know … Continue reading
Using Pinterest?
Are you using Pinterest yet? I just started using it a few weeks ago and absolutely love it for a visual organizational tool. So many times, while researching here and there, I find things that spark my imagination and want to come back to at another time. I used to add the sites to an endless file of website bookmarks of things I wanted to go back to. Then when I had some free time … Continue reading
Mission Organization-Organization Bucket List
If your life is anything like mine, getting organized has been an on-going adventure. There are so many variables and as the paths of my life have changed so have my organizational needs, tastes, and desires. What worked for me during one season seemed to become a total flop during another. As our family dynamic has also changed, so have the various methods of keeping things in order. When all my children were young and … Continue reading