I have heard from many places and people say that it takes 21 days to form a habit or break a habit. In some ways I think that is true and in others I do not think it is…
Learning English by Teaching My Children
Speaking English all my life, I realize how much I didn’t know grammatically about the English language till I decided to home school and teach the kids. It is very humbling as I learn English alongside my 6 year old. …
FREE swimming in Winnipeg Pools
Every Friday morning, we take the kids swimming for phy-ed and I teach them how to swim. Every week I watch as they progress… We have been doing this for over a year and we go early Friday morning because…
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We Become What We Surround Ourselves With
Someone posted a link on Twitter about this subject and I thought that is so true. I did the passion test many months ago and one of my passions was” to surround myself with like minded people who support me…
Words of Wisdom
Someone sent this to me and I just love these words of wisdom, take and practice what works for you…. Health: 1. Drink plenty of water. 2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a…
Holiday in Thief River Falls – 7 Clans
Ok, after we said that we were not going down to the US in the morning, our friends that we were planning to go down with, decided to go anyways as they had taken holidays and wouldn’t be able to…
Highway Road Conditions
Travel in the winter is always unpredictable. We planned to take the kids down to a water park in Minneapolis for a couple of nights but the forecast was for freezing rain. We were hoping that the rain would come…
Baking Shortbread Cookies
Today while I was at the library, I picked up a cookies cook book, and was skimming through it. I came across a recipe for shortbread cookies. I had never made it before and thought, I have all the ingredients,…
We Never Know When Our Time Is Up
Kyle just told me that a very close friend of the family just passed away. He was only 46 years old. He was young, healthy and and had a family. He was driving home on the highway and had a…