I hope you find this book list (below) useful, either for summer reading or if you want to homeschool, then for homeschooling. I’ve homeschooled my kids for nearly 15 years, so this list comes from a LOT of research and experience. 🙂 School isn’t the bad guy. TV isn’t the bad guy. Computer games aren’t…
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Tucson Exterior Before & After Photos
My kids like to play the game, Two Truths and a Lie. I’m about to tell you two truths and a lie. Here goes: When Andrew and I bought our first house, back when we lived in Annapolis, MD, it was a real fixer-upper, and we painted the exterior yellow. When I was 7 years…
Spunky Tucson Bedroom Redo
There are few things that I enjoy as much as eating Chocolate Cake, and one of them is looking at before and after house photos. Delicious. Looking at house photos must trigger the same part of my brain as eating chocolate cake. I love it. And I hope you will enjoy my bedroom before and after…
Spunky Tucson Home Tour
Hi my friends! Thank you so much for thinking of me and sending messages, about how we’re doing with our move from SoCal to Tucson! I feel the love! I won’t be shy about it, we moved because we needed to pay our credit card debt, and reduce our mortgage significantly to stay out of…
Easy & Inexpensive Face Care!
Hi! I screen recorded a series on my Instagram Highlights so that all of you without Instagram can see! If you click HERE you can see this larger! Having gorgeous, glowing, healthy skin doesn’t require a lot of time or money! In this video I show you the cream that I use every morning and…
Skin Care & Beauty Favorites!
Whenever someone says “my favorite things” all I can hear is The Sound of Music… “these are a few of my favorite things…” 🙂 I know what we’re all thinking though: Wouldn’t it be great if we could get everything from one place?! I go to three different grocery stores, because none of them have…
How we Homeschool, part 1
I’m not in the business of running an elementary school. I’m in the business of nurturing growing human beings, of meeting their needs (whatever that may entail), of teaching them that the most important things in life are health and love for all. One of the most common questions I’m asked is how we homeschool….
Halloween Party 2018
Above: streamers hung at about 7.5 feet high, between the tree and the deck. My colorful sliding doormat. This Halloween party was almost as much fun as shopping and decorating for it. 😉 I had some decorations saved from Zoe’s last Halloween party, but Andrew and I went to the dollar store on our coffee and…
prAna Hemp clothes coupon!
Shop my decor HERE. Today I’m SO excited to tell you about my new favorite leggings by prAna! (15% OFF with my code: PHKB18) These pants are made with HEMP! I’ve always been a big advocate for hemp, whether we’re taking it orally, or using it for fibers. Hemp is good for people and good…
My Eclectic Boho Living Room
My favorite thing that I’ve done in the house isn’t the eclectic boho living room, or the kitchen, or the foyer (which made a HUGE difference), but the walk-in closet under the stairs 😂, which I affectionately call “the Harry Potter closet”. Sadly, I didn’t take a before photo of it, so it probably wouldn’t…