This is my go to place when I need an object lesson for our homeschool, church, and other community stuff.
It's free! It's awesome! It blesses my heart how free and awesome it is!
The stories are memorable and attention grabbing.
You can browse the sermon index or search the site. You can subscribe and get a different sermon by email each week.
You'll love it! I'm sure of it.
This post is linked to Works For Me Wednesday at We Are THAT Family.
Nothing worse than a sick computer.
A friend suggested an easy cure for computers with the sickies. SUPER Antispyware Free Edition. Fixed all the yuckies our computer was experiencing! Works great with our Free AVG antivirus.
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The girls in the Trent household love a good pedicure. They are expensive. I've learned to do them at home for cheap.
Gather all your supplies, a glass of water, laptop, bible, or other good book.
Step 1: Buy a cheap foot or body soak. You can easily find them for $1 (
Dollar Tree). I like the mint scents. Pour into tub of hot water and soak your feet for 10-20 minutes. (Use this time to read and sip on water.)
Step 2: Using a pumice rock or ped egg or foot paddle (buy one for $1 at Dollar Tree) scrub rough areas on feet. Rinse.
Step 3: Dry your feet and apply a cheap facial mask (again, $1). I apply it to my entire feet including my ankles. Follow facial instructions for length of time and rinsing. (More time to read and sip on water.)
Step 4: Generously apply vaseline to feet, wrap in plastic wrap. Leave on 10 minutes. Remove wrap and rinse. (Keep drinking my water.)
Step 5: Clip and Shape toenails. Use an emery board to give your nails a perfect shape.
Step 6: Paint toenails your favorite color.
Spend less than $10 for products that will last many pedicures to come. Enjoy a savings of $20 or more per pedicure!
I've treated my girls to their own spa pedicures. I plan special activities for the soaking and waiting. I have fun questions for us to answer like, "If you won a million dollars...", "If you could go anywhere in the world..." I read them stories. We talk about virtues and true beauty that comes from within.
This would also make an excellent, frugal, beautiful gift basket.
You can treat your feet and be refreshed on a budget!
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If you have school age children, you need to know about Spelling City. It is an online spelling program that makes practicing for spelling tests fun! It allows you to enter your child's current spelling list. Perfect for our homeschool.
SpellingCity.com has:
- Over 38,000 spelling words and eight spelling games!
- A REAL person who says each vocabulary word and sentence
- Thousands of free spelling lists. Or save your own spelling word list!
- A free forum and newsletter with more spelling resources!- Eight spelling and vocabulary games to play with your lists.After taking the online spelling test, students can print out a report, retake the entire test, or get tested only on spelling words that they got wrong on the first time spelling test.
TeachMe spells and displays the word in ways that stimulate memory for visual and verbal learners.
Printable Games include WordSearch, UnScramble, WhichWord? and MissingLetter.
Printable Handwriting Worksheets for combined spelling and handwriting practice can be created from any saved list (this feature only works if the list is saved). Choices includes three sizes of lines, capitals or small letters, script or cursive, and with directional arrows on or off. Very cool, huh?
After setting up my account (it was quick and easy), I took a few moments to enter the spelling list. My daughters log in and choose the list they are working on. Review is so easy because all the lists are saved. They can go back and practice past lists.
This definitely works for me!
For more Works For Me School Edition, go to We Are THAT Family.
The other day I had an epiphany of sorts. My cute little kitchen rugs are always dirty. I throw them in the washer (yes, I'm careless that way). In the mean time I have nothing to catch the dirt and keep my floors from being super dirty. One day it just came to me that I should buy two rugs exactly like my cute little kitchen rugs.
Now with two sets of rugs, when the first set is dirty, I can throw down the second set. This way I never have to be without cute little kitchen rugs to catch all the super dirt. It works for me!
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Some Rainy Day Activities for my sanity enjoyment!
1. Simple ideas for rainy day fun.
2. Try one of these great indoor games to keep kiddos occupied! No more, "Mom, I'm bored!"
3. The "how to do just about everything site" (ehow) even has a few rainy day suggestions.
4. A Trent Tribe favorite, edible playdough!
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Found these at the Dollar Tree! My favorite use? Bath toys.
Fill it up with bath toys hang it on the shower curtain rod to dry! Perfect! No more toys lining the side of the tub. No slimy buckets with cold water in the bottom. Ick!
The bath toys are tidy and dry. Tidy totes work for me!
With the bath toys put away, I get to enjoy bath boy. Highly enjoyable, I tell you, highly enjoyable...
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It's worth baking just for the wonderful aroma! It's the only thing good about overripe bananas.
My stepmom makes my favorite banana bread. Of course, she gave me the recipe.
Debbie's Banana Bread Recipe:
Optional:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease loaf pan. Coat pan with cinnamon sugar (1 part cinnamon, 4 parts sugar) or flour. Mix all the above ingredients until well combined. Pour into loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour.
Mmmm...mmmm. Smells delightful. Tastes even better.
This recipe works for me. For more Works For Me Wednesday, visit We Are THAT Family.
Although beans are easy to prepare, they are time consuming. It takes hours to soak the beans and then hours to cook them.
I picked up this handy tip (wish I could remember where). Soak tons of beans at once. Cook some and dump the rest into freezer bags for cooking later. Just bag 'em and freeze 'em. So easy. When I'm ready to cook the beans, I don't even thaw them. I just run some hot water over them, pour in the crock pot, and start slow-cooking.
So, there you have it. Soaking and freezing beans Works for Me. For more, visit We Are THAT Family.
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