Encouraging Hearts and Home- First Week of February

My boys have really been hitting the books lately and I am amazed at all that we are able to cover in a day!  In the last few weeks we've covered more than 4 chapters in science, finished off two math books, are just pages away from finishing up their grammar books and have read so many geography and history books it's mind boggling!  It's weeks like these that keep us going through those not so great weeks.  February is always a tough month for me though as the cold, gray days really start getting to me.  I'm hoping to plan at least an outing a week (weather permitting) that will help us enjoy our month.

Do you find any one month to be harder to get through than others?

Welcome to Encouraging

Hearts & Home!



The Encouraging Hearts & Home Bloggers

Join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts each week for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity in the world, let's shine a positive light!
***Each week, our co-hosts will each choose our favorite links, along with the most clicked link, and pin them to our Encouraging Hearts & Home Pinterest board. 


The most clicked post from last week's Blog Hop:







A few of my favorites:
21 Ways to Stuff a Spaghetti Squash by Crystal and Co. -- I have been trying to cook healthier and eat more veggies!

Keeping Active During the Winter by Forgetful Momma-- We are always looking for way to get in some movement when it's so cold outside.

How to Make DIY Candle Holders from Salsa Jars by The Real Thing With the Coake Family-- I just love the paint colors chosen. 


How to Link Up

  • Use the form below to share your posts this week, and maybe you'll discover some new ideas from all the fabulous links!
  • Please share only your family friendly posts with us!
  • Please only link up images that you have the rights to use.
  • By linking up, you agree that if your blog post is selected to be featured on any of our hosts' blogs, we can use an image from your post with a link back to your post.

Other nice things you can do

  • Follow and/or subscribe to your host's blog.
  • Visit a few other bloggers and show them your support. We all love getting comments, and who knows what inspiration you may find? Be sure to share the love--that's what a blog hop is all about!
  • If you are interested in co-hosting, contact anne@mylearningtable.com

Comments

  1. Lisa notes...February 7, 2019 at 7:45 AM

    Thanks for sharing my post from last week. I always have lots of book recommendations to share. :) And I've since started a couple more good ones. lol.

    I remember February being a hard month for us too when we were in our homeschooling years. At least it's a short month. Hope you can find some good outings to make it through!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mother of 3February 7, 2019 at 2:03 PM

      You're welcome! I too am an avid reader.

      And yes, I am always thankful that February is a short month (even if it can sometimes feel like the longest)

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Prime Purchases I Made in March

Image
 Happy April Fool's day to you! It's the first Monday of the month and time for Prime Purchases with Tanya.  I was doing so well with my Amazon purchases right up until the end of the month when we decided to host Easter dinner at our house and I felt like I "needed" so much not having any Easter decorations at all.  I bought a few new cardigans for this "in between" season and really love this cable knit one so much it's all I can do to keep myself from buying a second one! I also like this gray one.. . but I find myself wishing I had bought it a different color since it's not very "spring" feeling.  Evan needed some new hiking shoes and we really wanted something waterproof this year but our local shoe stores didn't have anything that worked so we turned to Amazon and he found this pair that he really likes.  I've been working on lots of scrapbook pages and I needed to buy some more of these adhesive refills and Cricut cutting
Read more

Alec's Accepted Student Day at JWU

Image
Last spring when Alec started his college planning I was pretty surprised that he only wanted to visit 2 colleges out of state (he visited a few in-state with his high school culinary class).  He ultimately decided to apply to just the 2 colleges we visited-- Johnson and Wales University (JWU) and the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Both ranked as the #1 & #2 schools in the U.S for culinary and baking/pastry arts. Funny enough out of his 2 culinary teachers he's had in high school one attended each of those schools!  Photo of harborside campus from last spring JWU Future wildcat photo also from last spring Visiting the CIA over the summer We were lucky that both schools are easily visited in a day and we had a great time touring them both. Alec made sure to ask lots and lots of questions. The two schools were so comparable to one another that we had quite the pro/con list going.  He LOVED the CIA's campus and that it was along a river and rather rural and quiet... but
Read more

Day in the Life: Friday Favorites

Image
 I decided to document last Friday for today's Friday Favorites post. I hardly ever document a day in the life anymore now that my boys are grown and mostly on their own. But I knew we had a pretty full day and thought it might be fun.  These are some of my favorite posts to read and I think I did a pretty great job remembering to document and take pictures for the whole day! 5:00 wake up and I allow myself to blog, read emails, etc. until 5:30 5:30 get up, get dressed for the gym, put away my laundry from the night before, make the bed. 5:45 head downstairs to make Alec's lunch (1/2 way though he came to the balcony to tell me he wasn't going to school since he wasn't feeling well-- he's 18 and allowed to make this call himself).  I decided to make a salad, some chicken salad, hard boil some eggs, and cut up all the fruit since we had just done groceries after dinner last night and none of that had been done yet. I emptied, reloaded, and restarted the dishwasher. 
Read more