Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 037. Many people regularly set goals.  Yet they are often frustrated when they don’t reach them.  It is important to set goals the right way as well as doing some work (after setting your goal) to help yourself successfully achieve them.  During this podcast episode, I talk about some […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 036. Jim and I recently made a trip without the children to attend the New Media Expo in Las Vegas.  During this podcast episode we discuss our trip, some of the things we learned, and the great time we had with the friends we’ve made. We also talk about […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 035. In today’s world it is so easy to concentrate on what we need to do, that we lose sight of what we are currently doing. When this happens, we tend to let time go by and life happen and we don’t enjoy today. During this podcast episode I […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 034. I find that the best way to (joyfully) survive being a busy Mom is to be very organized with my life, my family, my homeschool, and my business.  But I don’t ever want our lives to be boring and routine.  So I always make a point to occasionally […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 033. Busy moms always have plenty to do.  And yet, it seems like we’re always asked to do more.  Sometimes it’s people outside of our family who are doing the asking. Sometimes it’s our spouses or our children. But quite often, it’s ourselves who are doing the asking.  We […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 032. This is the final episode in the homeschooling series.  Whether or not you are a homeschooling parent, I hope that it provides you with some encouragement.  You can engage your children and help them to learn and to succeed.  In fact, giving your child a hunger for knowledge […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 031. Our homeschooling series continues as we answer more homeschooling questions such as “How do I homeschool boys?” and “What about curriculum?” There are many different ways to homeschool.  This series gives you an idea of not only how we homeschool, but how we continue to enjoy homeschooling.  Tune […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 030. Homeschooling at the Jonas house takes place all the time.  Somebody is always learning something and the older children often help the younger children. This is part two in our homeschooling series.  Jim and I finish our initial discussion and then start answering some of the questions we […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 029. The Jonas children have been homeschooled their entire lives.  We start homeschooling them when they are babies because we consider all of life to be a part of their homeschool education. Jim and I sat down and talked about homeschooling for over 2 hours.  I have edited our […]

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Episode 028 Keeping a family of ten and Goat Milk Stuff running smoothly requires a lot of organization.  One of the things that I rely upon to help keep me organized is my Central Notebook or Control Journal.  It contains everything I need in a central location. During this podcast episode, […]