“We’ve all seen the blogs that make us want to light a match to our own homes, right? The DIY gurus, the shabby chic, decorate-on-a-dime divas. I LOVE to look at the pictures of these homes, but when I turn my gaze from the hip awesomeness on my screen and pivot in my desk chair, the reality of my home greets me…like a kick in the shin.”

Continue this funny tour and Feel Better About Yourself.

And then, when you’re done reading that and feeling smug, head over to Blissfully Domestic and feel lousy again. Actually, you’ll fall in love with all the organization ideas over there. Try this one: 15 Genius Organizing Tips.

“If you distance yourself from the homeschooler who does so for religious reasons, you delegitimize religious reasons for homeschooling in the minds of non-homeschoolers. If you distance yourself from the socially inept homeschooler, you delegitimize homeschooling for that kind of person. Maybe your convictions and quirks will be next on the chopping block of public opinion.”

Cindy makes some pointy points about Stereotypes.

“Children should be allowed to get bored so they can develop their innate ability to be creative, an education expert says.”

Read more about how keeping children busy can actually hinder their development.

“Is reading fiction a waste of time? I’ve found that most people who tell me that fiction is a waste of time are folks who seem to hold to a kind of sola cerebra vision of the Christian life that just doesn’t square with the Bible. The Bible doesn’t simply address man as a cognitive process but as a complex image-bearer who recognizes truth not only through categorizing syllogisms but through imagination, beauty, wonder, awe. Fiction helps to shape and hone what Russell Kirk called the moral imagination.”

I loved Why Christians Should Read Fiction from Dr. Russell D. Moore.

Wishing you peace and joy this week end!