Popcorn Fun!

I had to share a fun experience with my two little beauties tonight.

Daddy is gone out of town to a conference.  Princess and Flossy talked me into popcorn and a movie. 

I had saw a few weeks ago somewhere how to make "homemade" microwave popcorn.  The instructions sounded easy enough.  Put 1/3 cup of popcorn kernels in a paperbag.  Add 2 tsp oil to the kernels.  Roll down the top tightly and shake the kernels to cover the kernels in oil.  Microwave according to your microwave.

So, I followed the instructions exactly.  I also know that for our microwave we put the bag of popcorn in, turn it on 5 minutes and listen for the "pops" to slow down.

Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

it looked like something off of a movie.  All of a sudden I noticed popcorn flying everywhere inside my microwave.  Needless to say I have to work on the "technique" for this method of popcorn.  At the very least, I need to find the original "recipe" and read again.  Apparently there is something that I did incorrectly.  Stay tuned for correct instructions or either modifications that I make to perfect this.

It really should be a frugal alternative to pre-packaged microwave popcorn.

~Kristie

List of Freebies

I love freebies.  It is almost a goal of mine to go through life spending as little as possible.

Recently, I met a homeschooling mom online who is struggling financially and is actually thinking of putting her children into public school.

So, I decided to compile a list of free education websites.  When ever you google something like this you get  alot of junk.  I know that this will be a monumental task.  However, I really want to help struggling moms.

Can you help in some way?  Do you have a favorite freebie website? 

Please email me at quicklyahomemaker@gmail.com or post in the comment section. 

Upon completion, I'll put up a PDF file for anyone who needs it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Serving Him at the speed of life,

Kristie

The Homeschool Mother's Journal Week #1

 

This morning I sat and decided to join The Homeschool Chick for The Mother's Journal. 

I have seen this around blogs I visit and finally decided to join.


In my life this week…

I have been so completely frazzled.  I have been sleepy, cranky and unproductive.  I most definitely have not been the homemaker that I long to be.

In our homeschool this week…

I have been working on re-organizing our homeschool materials and preparing lessons.  However, with my life feeling so frazzled, it has been a hard journey this week.

I am inspired by…

Delightful Order.  Considering I am trying my hardest to get motivated and get my life in order for a new homeschool year, I have found so much inspiration in this blog.  I haven't necessarily implemented her idea but I have found refreshment in her posts.

Questions/thoughts I have…

What do other homeschooling moms do when they feel so frazzled?

Things I’m working on…

I am trying my harded to re-organized and simplify our life, home and homeschool.  I desire to place a better emphasis on God and "stuff" keeps getting in the way. 

I’m cooking…

more healthy dinners.  With my husband and myself attempting to get weight off and with a daughter on a low sodium diet, I have sought to prepare meals that are better for everyone.

I’m grateful for…

the opportunity to be at home with my children.  Despite the fact that some days I don't have the most patience, I am so grateful that I am the one teaching them and loving them throughout the day.  I am grateful that they are each others classmate. 


A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

This is our paper stash in our school supply cabinet.  I am so glad that I decided to tackle this.  Now we are ready for finding everything for our school year.

School Supply Cabinet Makeover

I decided to link up this post with one of my favorite blogs, Delightful Order.  I LOVE that blog.  I find myself drooling at some of her ideas. 

 

Being a homeschool family we have alot of school supplies. 

Considering that we are starting school back August 22nd and the fact that I have been in re-organization and cleaning mode lately, I decided to tackle the mess inside our school supply cabinet.

Here is our re-purposed computer cabinet from the outside.

We had this cabinet and I needed some place to store the large amount of school supplies that we have.   Unfortunately, with two little girls entering the cabinet and with me being so busy our cabinet ended up like this. 

So, last night I worked on cleaning it out.  I emptied every shelf of that thing.  I threw stuff away that was not going to be used.  I put stuff in other places that did not belong there and I ended up with this........

and this.....



I think it looks great.  I hope to eventually get it even more organized.  I want everything labeled.  For now though, I know exactly where everything is.

Do you have any ideas for how I can organize it further?  I am always up for ideas.

Serving Him at the speed of life,

Kristie

Our Not-So-Much Classroom

I love homeschooling my daughters.  I love the interaction I get to have with them daily.  I love not having to ask how their school day was.  I love picking new curriculum each year.  I love not having a classroom.

Huh?!?  Did I really just type that?

Our family has not been blessed with the opportunity to have a single room in our house that it is totally dedicated to our homeschool classroom.  We have stuff here, there and everywhere.

We have a section of the family room for homeschool stuff. 

We have a section of our dining room with supplies for the girls and a place where their workboxes will be upon completion.  (Stay Tuned:  That will be another post in the near future.)

(Please do not judge the mess.  I'm trying to figure it all out. )

In our dining room, we also have our whiteboard and bulletin board and I will have another bookshelf as soon as my sweet husband gets one picked up from his brother's house and I do a little rearranging. 

Studies are completed on the living room couch,

at the kitchen table  (with the cat),

in the car, on the bed and everywhere in between that serves the purpose.

So do you have a room devoted as a classroom or is your whole house your classroom?  How do you organize for school?

This post is linked up on Heart of the Matter "Not" Back-to-School Blog Hop.  Go check out other families' classrooms.

Serving Him at the speed of life,

Kristie