When my oldest son was tiny, my husband and I wrote a family creed of sorts that we say almost every day: “O’Loughlins are Prepared Virtuous Grateful Seeking Good Joyful Humble” I can’t think of many areas of my life where I have spent more time Seeking Good than in selecting homeschool curriculum for my […]
I loved that we got a request for a blog post on this topic! Food is near and dear to my heart, and desserts are especially so. There is something so satisfying about baking delicious treats to try and share with others. One summer as a kid, I baked hundreds of peanut butter cookies simply […]
The Unearthly Trilogy by Cynthia Hand was a refreshing read for me simply because it felt pretty original. When you read a lot of books in the same genre, storylines and concepts start to feel overdone and boring. **This post contains affiliate links so I will get a commission for products you purchase at no additional […]
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Reading has always been one of my absolute favorite ways to spend my time. Even as a kid I would spend much of my time pouring through new books. It got to the point that my mom would seriously threaten to take away our books as punishment! **This post contains affiliate links. I earn a […]
One of the perks of growing up in a college town was that there was always something open late. Whether my friends and I wanted to go out right after school or at midnight for a cast party, there were plenty of places we could go. I never even considered that in leaving Tiger town […]
