A Rhymer Writes

You may be hearing about a new study that was released this week discussing the benefits of macro nutrients and their benefits to the body. I thought I would share a good article I read concerning the results of this study. Image courtesy of Google Images Here's a little snippet:   If there is one learning to take on board from nutrition science over the last decade or so it is that we cannot judge a food or a diet by one nutrient alone . We have to look at the whole foods and the balance of foods in the diet. Two foods, both high in saturated fat, can have diverse effects on health. Cheese is not the same as a meat lovers pizza. Biscuits made with refined palm oil are not the same as eating a steak. Yet all are sources of saturated fat. You can find the rest of the article here .  

What's the hardest part of writing a blog? Well, writing. Go figure.  Image courtesy of Google Images We all have something to say. We each have opinions and ideas. We enjoy books and movies we could review. We like to eat out or try new recipes and we could easily turn that into a blog post. But to figure out exactly what you want to write when you're sitting in front of your laptop is a little more difficult than just thinking of something we enjoy and writing about it.  Today, let's talk about some ways to make this easier. Here's a list of some things you can do to help you get out of the "no content for my blog" funk. Write - I know this sound counter intuitive. If you're having trouble writing something how can writing help you? What I actually mean is that you should get into the habit  of writing. Write every day. Set a time for yourself. I like to write after lunch and set a timer for a short time duration, say 10

Mr. Darcy will probably be playing Clash of Clans. He'll even smirk at you every now and then to make you feel welcome!

Photo credit: Jackie Kern via Flickr We're homeschoolers, our little family. We've been homeschooling since Miss Ann Elliot was in second grade, Mr. Knightley was a kindergartener and Miss Marianne Dashwood was a toddler. Today Miss Elliot is 21 and finishing up her bachelor's in biblical studies, Mr. Knightley has graduated and is pursuing his goal of becoming a youth pastor, and Miss Dashwood is the lone student left in our little homeschool. It does seem like the beginning of the end of this journey these days. I can see the years ahead, post homeschooling, a little more clearly. Photo credit: Justin Kern via Flickr Actually, what I should say is that I can see those years after homeschooling at all. I can see them now. They're there in front of me, not that far down the road. And it causes me to reflect on the journey that homeschooling has been. The littlest things bring to mind the realization that we are in our lasts... our last student, our last

Do you return the shopping cart at the grocery store?  I do. Most of the time.  Whether I do or not is mostly a matter of time on my part. If I'm running late I just leave it close to another cart in the lot. I don't really think it says anything about you if you don't return the cart except maybe you're in a hurry or maybe have young kids or an older family member, or maybe you just don't think about it. Knightley on the other might have an opinion or two. When he was young he would return as many carts to the corral as I would let him. He does have a lot of opinions and doesn't mind sharing them but we'll keep it simple and just not share this blog post with him. Today I found this fun article detailing what it means about you if you return the carts. I don't think the author has a psychology degree or anything, he's a financial adviser so take it with a grain of salt.  It's all in good fun so if you're surfing the web with nothing e