House & Home 14 Spooky House-Settling Noises Homeowners Should Know Ronda Bowen, October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Today’s guest post about spooky house noises is by Courtney Klosterman, Home Insights Expertat Hippo, a company focused on delivering proactive home protection. Houses can make many spooky noises, and knowing how to identify them is important for any homeowner. Sounds can indicate that there’s an issue with the health… Continue Reading
Books & Reading Book Blitz: Twiggy and the Lost Sock by Renee DeVincent Ronda Bowen, September 29, 2023September 25, 2023 A Rhyming Backyard Adventure Children’s Book Date Published: September 2023 Meet Twiggy! He loves to explore with his family finding treasures to store before winter. Fall is ending, and Twiggy finds a soft and fuzzy treasure to keep him warm during colder days. Unknown to him, it… Continue Reading
Books & Reading Book Blitz: Cranky Superpowers by Stephen Joseph Ronda Bowen, September 26, 2023September 25, 2023 Life Lessons Learned from the Common CrankaTsuris Chronicles Self Help / Humor Date Published: September 26, 2023 Publisher: Enigami Publishing Cranky Superpowers: Life Lessons Learned from the Common CrankaTsuris Chronicles By Steven Joseph Get ready to embrace your inner curmudgeon with crankiness expert Steven Joseph. In his… Continue Reading
Life A Year of Loss Ronda Bowen, September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 My dad’s gone. I’ve been trying to process this now for almost three weeks, and it still doesn’t quite make sense to me. I’m not sure how the world can exist without my dad in it. No one prepares you for how utterly weird it is to exist in a… Continue Reading
Baby & Kids Book Blitz: Mom Wombat Says: Make War No More! A Children’s Book by Phyllis Schwartz Ronda Bowen, September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Children’s Fiction Date Published: Sep 22, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Mom Wombat says, “Make friends, not war!” “Try to get along and don’t keep score… It doesn’t matter who has more toys, just have fun, my girls and boys. Don’t YOU be a bully, not even now and… Continue Reading
Books & Reading Cover Reveal: My Life in Stitches by Darla A. Calvet, Ph.D. Ronda Bowen, September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 A Heart Transplant Survivor Story Memoir Date Published: December 12, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Darla Calvet is a thirty-nine-year-old working mom whose life turns upside down when she is diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Suddenly, fear threatens her dreams for the future as doctors’ appointments replace her… Continue Reading
Education & Homeschooling What We’re Doing for Homeschooling 2023-2024 Ronda Bowen, July 29, 2023July 30, 2023 Homeschooling four kids is no joke – and that’s what I’m up to this year (granted, the toddler isn’t really “schooling” so much as being kept busy so the others can get their work done…). The last few years we prioritized mental health and social-emotional learning, and I feel like… Continue Reading
Travel A Much-Needed Break at Jellystone Park in Larkspur, Colorado Ronda Bowen, July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 I’ve been burned out for quite a while. That’s no real surprise given that my family hasn’t had a real vacation since 2012 and given that I haven’t taken more than a few days off since…I don’t know when. For the past two years, I’ve been trying to put together… Continue Reading
Life Thoughts about Life and Tetris Ronda Bowen, April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 I woke up early this morning, I haven’t been sleeping well – either waking up way too early or going to sleep way too late. I’ve been thinking about life a lot lately, as one does, I suppose, when one starts losing the people who raised them – and when… Continue Reading
Toys & Games Set Sail for Adventure with Bermuda Pirates: A Board Game Review Ronda Bowen, April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Ahoy there, Matey! Welcome to my review of the exciting board game, Bermuda Pirates! Arrg! In this game, players take on the role of pirate captains, competing to collect their tresure first – but they need to avoid feared whirlpools and make it back to their home ports safely. Can… Continue Reading