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To Text or Not To Text
I have very mixed feelings when it comes to my children and technology. On the one hand, I believe that they have to be proficient at technology to succeed as entrepreneurs . On the other hand, I...
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Creativity and Wasted Time
Jim recently shared with me a quote from Albert Einstein who once said, “Creativity is the residue of wasted time.” What a brilliant way to put it! I have always felt that lots and lots of free time...
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Limiting Technology and Encouraging Creativity
Being a homeschooling mom, I work hard to make sure that my children reach their full potential. To me, that means giving them many opportunities to work hard, a wide selection of good books to read,...
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Expectations vs Reality
When we first got goats 7 years ago, we were completely new to farm animals. I read a lot of books and did a lot of online research, and thought I was prepared and knew exactly what to expect. Hah! I...
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7 Principles for Non-Annoying Bragging
While we were vacationing with my Mom at Disney World, the cast members brought out some hula hoops. My children all have their own weighted exercise hula hoops and they use them all the time. So...
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Do You Make Use of the Space?
I’ve been re-reading a book that I haven’t read in a decade. It’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey. I read something that struck me this time that I don’t remember striking me...
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Circle of Influence
One of the questions I’m asked all the time is, “How do you do everything?” I wish there was an easy answer for that. But there isn’t. There are a lot of pieces that make me able to run my family &...
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Being an Entrepreneur
I’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur. To create something. To grow something. To be in charge of something. I never had any idea that the business I would start would be based on soap (and...
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Small Family Business
Long before I started Goat Milk Stuff, I began praying for a family business. At the time, we had recently moved out to Indiana and Jim had left teaching to work for a friend’s garbage company. I had...
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It’s Not All About ME
My goal as a mother is to raise my children to be wonderful adults that are hard-working, kind, and loving. I expect them to admit their mistakes and try to correct them. I expect them to reach out...
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Building a Business Takes Time
I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately from people who want to support their family with a small business. My typical response is, “That’s wonderful! You won’t regret it!” Then they tell me that they...
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I Love Small Businesses
Whenever possible, we shop at small, locally owned businesses. Not only do we love to support the owners and the workers, but we’ve found small businesses to be much more responsive to our needs and...
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Being Amazing
I think most of us want to be successful at what we do. Whether it’s being an amazing wife or a wonderful mother or a successful professional, we don’t just want to be mediocre. We want to be the...
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Making the Change
I spend a lot of time making sure that my family lives a pretty healthy lifestyle. We try to eat right, sleep well, and get lots of exercise and fresh air. Because of this I am frequently asked, “How...
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Will Success Make You Happy?
For years I prayed for a successful home business so that Jim could work from home and we could raise and homeschool the children together. I thought it would make me happy. And do you know what...
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Setting Good Examples
As I look out the window, I see corn fields rolling by as far as I can see. The endless rows are broken up by the occasional silo and farm house. We’ve just left our destination – a dairy goat farm in...
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Accepting the Word “No”
As part of my never-ending education, I am currently reading the book, “Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age of Instant Everything” by Dr. Michael Osit. I’m only on chapter three, but...
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Time to Quit?
When I was a teenager, I remember somebody telling me that many people quit right before they are about to succeed. I was told that if you could just hang on (and outlast everyone else), success was...
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Why Should You Care?
When our family left New Jersey to move to Indiana, we had to say good-bye to our church family. Our last Sunday in New Jersey, at the end of the service, we were invited to the front of the church...
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When to Discipline and When to Laugh
My children are hard workers, but they’re still children. That means that sometimes chores don’t necessarily get done as quickly as they should. Let’s talk about laundry. For the longest time...
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