2. Crystal Paine is the well known force behind Money Saving Mom. She makes money blogging. She has many thousands of readers a day. Her success (including a book deal) is astounding. Recently Crystal wrote this: I Gave Up On Trying to Be Superwoman.
3. Anyone else using Spotify these days? We are. But all good things must come to an end: Spotify Unlimited Streaming Ends.
4. As a Mom to daughters this trend makes me really sad: The Death of Pretty. And this is why Philip and I have never really had a problem with the girls watching princess movies or dressing up in dress up clothes: we would much rather our daughters desire to be pretty than "hot". My husband does a wonderful job of admiring the "pretty" outfits our daughters come up with (and trust me, Sweet Pea is quite the dresser-upper). He gives them compliments and I see how much they mean to the girls. I'm declaring it right now: my girls are not a commodity and my husband and I will do all we can to preserve prettiness in their lives.
5. I'm not sure I agree with this or not but I suspect I will need to be reminding myself of this in the very near future: A Teen Who Talks Back May Have a Bright Future.
6. This is an interesting tutorial: How to Make Your Own Printables. I don't use Picnik but I'm going to get Philip to help me figure out how to do these in Photoshop. (I admit it: up until now I've been too intimidated to do much of anything in Photoshop!)
7. Have you seen the Philosotoddler? My favorite is the first one.
8. Karen Andreola wrote a post about Boys and Jane Austen. She also explains why Austen's novels are not just "chick lit" and the real value they have teaching morals.
9. I agree with Cindy at Ordo Amoris much of the time. Or maybe she agrees with me {wink} Anyway, she has the evidence to back her views up since several of her homeschooled students are grown now. I can't say that yet, although so far my philosophies are working out OK. I really enjoyed her recent post on Language Arts.
10. Brandy at Afterthoughts tackled a big subject this week. This is actually the follow-up post but I found a lot of food for thought here so I thought I would share it: Charlotte Mason, Total Depravity and the Divine Image.
11. I loved this little movie about a bookstore at night:
I wasn't very active on Pinterest this week but I did enjoy this tutorial on making Cool-Whip shapes:
So, what sort of things did you stumble on this week?
This post is linked to Saturday Stumbles at Simply Staci.
Crystal is amazing, ins't she? What an inspiring lady. I can't wait to read her new book!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Karen. You are always so kind. :)
ReplyDeleteI must agree with you, by the way, that Cindy's Language Arts post was just *brilliant*.
The Death of Pretty article was dead on! I see it all the time with the girls in my 6th grade classes. It's sad. Thanks for linking up!
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