From the monthly archives:

October 2009

We Believe in You

by admin on October 31, 2009

StrongMothers Beliefs We believe in the power of a team. We believe in the power of a mother. We believe that we can learn from each other. We believe that parents need a village, too. We believe in you. We know you’ve got a story to tell, and we would love for you to [...]

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Casual Friday 10/30/09

by Nif on October 30, 2009

I am so excited to share this new (to me) blog with you today! Meet Jenn at Hostess with the Mostess! Jenn states on the website: “At HWTM, our overall goal is to motivate friends and family to take time to celebrate and enjoy each other’s company more often whether it be for a major [...]

Tagged as: casual friday

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Keep Finding a Way to Buy the Lake!

by Nif on October 29, 2009

Talking with a friend Tuesday night, she lamented a mother’s job. It’s up at 5am, get ready for work, get the kids off to school, pick up the kids, feed, bathe, homework, kids to bed, herself to bed at 11pm, and then do it all over again. We often feel like a hamster in a [...]

Tagged as: motherhood, mothers, parenting

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Wordless Wednesday 10/28/09

by Nif on October 28, 2009

Fall is here… yummy! Here’s a frugal alternative… without the trip in the car… no waiting in lines… life is good! What’s your favorite fall treat?

Tagged as: frugal ideas, Wordless Wednesday

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Which comes first, action or courage?

by Nif on October 27, 2009

For the past few days I have been working with a student on science problems involving work, power, and force. He has been having difficulty with the math and rearranging the formulas to solve for certain unknown variables. He is an athlete, so I said to him, “You know how when you try something in football or may [...]

Tagged as: attitude, courage, dreams, encouragement, Inspiration, motherhood, motivation

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Get into Character!

by Jobi on October 26, 2009

I am so very fortunate to share my birthday with a very sweet, three-year old little girl named Adalyn, who is also the neice of my friend Lisa (affectionately called Weesa a bit later in the story). Adalyn recently had a minor incident at school, which earned her a spanking. Not just any spanking but that [...]

Tagged as: character, making friends, preschool, raising children

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Cotton Pickin’ Festival

by Nif on October 25, 2009

If you read my earlier post about my students not knowing where syrup came from, you know that it’s important to me for my daughters to know about “old-timey” (as they call it) things and how we lived on the land before manufacturing and mass production. I also have fond memories of visiting my grandparents’ farm [...]

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Standing in the Gap

by admin on October 24, 2009

Ever wanted the perfect song to let a friend know you care? Sometimes when we are grieving or exhausted we need someone to pray on our behalf or “stand in the gap“. I have so many friends with so many needs right now. I cannot remember a time in my life when I have needed [...]

Tagged as: Babbie Mason, Caring for Others, family, friends, songs, Standing in the Gap, strong mothers

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Casual Friday 10/23/09

by Nif on October 23, 2009

Christmas is only 2 months away, and I have a Casual Friday recommendation that may help some of you if you like to give pictures or photo albums as Christmas gifts. I love love love to take pictures, and one thing that I always wished that I had was a program like Photshop to create [...]

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Carpool line with no kid in the car?!

by Nif on October 22, 2009

It is amazing how powerful habits are! Habits are those things that we do without thinking, like setting the alarm, brushing your teeth, feeding the dog, or in my case….driving a certain route to work. Here’s the story… My youngest Dear Daughter left for camp Tuesday morning (all fifth graders at her school go for 3 [...]