Slow Cooker Beef Shepherd’s Pie My family was very hesitant to eat this slow cooker beef shepherds pie recipe. My biggest vegetable hater child kept saying how she doesn’t like Shepherd’s pie. My much younger veggie hater, said she wasn’t hungry. We stuck to our guns and told them that they had to at least try it. Guess what? They LOVED it! Yep. Success! I was thinking….
Valentine’s Day Subway Art Printable
If you like this Printable Subway Art, would you mind pinning it for me on Pinterest? Also, I have a Valentine’s Day board on Pinterest you may be interested in following! Are you following me yet? I’ve always loved Subway art for decorating, but I just haven’t taken the time to make it or print it. Below is a fun Valentine’s Day subway art printable that you can use. I
Mexican Beef Wraps for the Crockpot
When I first saw this Mexican Beef recipe, I knew it would be a hit with our family! We love Mexican food. In fact, you will find that I always have on hand flour tortillas, sour cream, cheese and salsa. I can whip up a Mexican style meal in a jiffy in most instances. Well, this one was really good! Easy, too! I originally posted this recipe in Week 5
Stop Procrastinating Wednesday – Goals 1/16
Welcome back! It’s Stop Procrastinating Wednesday! Have you been working on some goals in and around your homes this week? I had set my standards a little high again. I keep forgetting about my list! Ha! That’s what being sidetracked by so many awesome kids will do for you. That’s OK though. Right before I sat down to write this post, I decided to run off and
Teaching Cursive Handwriting with Classical Conversations Prescripts
Handwriting is one of those subjects that I never get excited about. I have to teach it, but it’s never very fun to me (or the kids for that matter). In fact, with my first child, we had many tearful teaching sessions of him being frustrated because he could never get it quite right. Then, I was frustrated because he just wasn’t listening to my instruction. Thankfully, I learned a
A Preschool Valentine – Handprint Valentine’s Day Craft
If you like this craft, will you take a minute to pin it on Pinterest? If you’re not following me on Pinterest yet, you can find me here. You’ll especially want to see all the fun ideas on my Valentine’s Day Board. I’ll be adding more very soon! I know we’re more than a month out from Valentine’s Day, but some of you have already set out your
Stop Procrastinating Week 2 Goals
Guess what today is? It’s our Stop Procrastinating “Working Facebook” Party! Whoohoo! You know, I had no clue how this party was going to go last week, I just threw it out there to see what would happen. I think it was an incredible hit! Everyone who was participating got a lot done and they were super impressed at how much they could get done in 15 minute increments. We’re
Get Sidetracked on 10 Free eBooks ++ Cookbooks
We started school back up today and I’m having a hard time keeping up with blogging AND teaching school AND keeping the house up. My plan was to go to bed early, but I was busy making my Mother-in-law a calendar (that happened to be free except for shipping!) from Shutterfly. (I believe that the code I used was a one time use code that they sent out to some
9 Craft Projects You Can Make with Drinking Straws
I bet you didn’t know that today is another holiday, did you? January 3rd is National Drinking Straw Day! Yeah, I don’t usually pay attention to those every-day holidays either, but today is different. I just happen to love drinking out of straws! I actually don’t do it when I’m at home, but while I’m out, it’s a must do. So…in honor of this day, I thought I’d round up
Stop Procrastinating 15 Minutes at a Time – My Goals
Today, January 2nd, is the day that we begin working on our goals together! You see, I’m a procrastinator. I tend to put things off until the last minute. There’s lots of reasons for that, but my plan in the year 2013 is to be more INTENTIONAL in all that I do. One of the ways that I plan to do this is by working together with you all!
The Sidetracked Mom’s Guide to Planning Your Homeschool
I’m a busy homeschool mom of 6 very active children. It’s important for me to have a plan in place in order for me to have very productive school days. I have a problem though. I don’t like to take the time to plan. I’m a “fly by the seat of my pants” kind of girl. I think I drive my organized friends crazy! While I often do have
A “Stop Procrastinating” Party
I think I’ve told you this before, but….. I am a self proclaimed procrastinator. I often put off until the last minute, anything that requires much thinking or effort. I intend to work on this little character flaw of mine, in the year 2013 and I’d like to invite you to join me! We moms always have something to work on don’t we? I know that I have shelves,










