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I’m a bit late posting Brett’s birthday photos. She turned 16 in December. I still can’t believe my baby is 16. It really is true what they tell you about parenting – don’t blink or your baby will be all grown up and turning 16. But no matter how old she gets she’ll always love [...]
Many people regularly set goals. Yet they are often frustrated when they don’t reach them. It is important to set goals the right way as well as doing some work (after setting your goal) to help yourself successfully achieve them. During this podcast episode, I talk about some of my current goals, how many of [...]
I received a phone call last week from a woman who had just discovered we were building a new soap room in Scottsburg. We had a nice conversation and then she made a comment that stuck with me. She asked me how long we had been in business and when I told her four years [...]
A few weeks ago we drove Brett and Colter to North Carolina so they could go on a two week Outward Bound excursion in the mountains of North Carolina. It was the first time either of them were away from home. While it was not easy to let them go, we believe that we have [...]
Several months ago, Brett got her own room. Since then we’ve been talking a lot about the subject of privacy because I don’t want her to over-value privacy at the expense of relationships. After all, if she gets married some day, she’s going to have to give up the very privacy she has finally achieved. [...]
Brett has been having some exciting things happening lately! First she got her driver’s permit. I still haven’t had a chance to blog about it yet, but she’s doing really well with that (especially considering she’s driving the Hulk). And yesterday was even more exciting! She woke up with something she’s had for the past [...]
According to Michael Hyatt, the best time to build a platform is five years before you need it. And yet, if you had told me in 2003 that in five years I would launch a successful goat milk soap business and that I would be reaching thousands of people I would have laughed at you. [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I knew that Tuesday was going to be a super busy day for me because I had a bunch of “big” things to do: Ship all the orders (it had been a 3 day weekend, so there were lots!) Make a bunch of lotion sticks and lip balms Prep for [...]
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 almost always guaranteed. I recently came across this sentiment again in a book that I read. (The book [...]
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 I’ve found it well written thus far. It’s on my iPad, so I’ve been reading it on the treadmill. One of the [...]
I think that one of the biggest strengths to homeschooling is that my children get to learn the things that interest them. Because it is self-directed, they often learn faster and retain the information longer. They make connections and learn how to think for themselves instead of just memorizing facts that they will later forget. [...]
Brett is the oldest of the Jonas children and displays many of the characteristics of a first-born. She is incredibly capable and responsible and we often call her our “CEO-in-training”. You can watch her video to get to know her better and see some of what she does around Goat Milk Stuff. Brett is such [...]
No, not money. I miss grass. And leaves. And even weeds. So I went looking for some green pictures, and found these photos of Brett working in her herb garden. I hadn’t seen these before, which means that I didn’t take them. I think Jim must have, because the boys don’t usually take pictures of [...]
The other day I caught Brett holding a green thing and putting things in her mouth. I couldn’t figure out what she was doing until she showed me this: It seems that she was picking raspberries from our bushes and didn’t have any place to put them. Since she didn’t want to get her clothes [...]
I’m afraid that Brett has an incurable disease. It’s called readaholism. Yes, she’s a readaholic. I’ve tried to stage several interventions. But they just don’t work. I think there must be a genetic component to this disease. And yes, it is inherited.
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