• Family Dinner Ideas for a Get Together | Renée at Great Peace #mealplanning #familydinner #familydinnerideas #dinner #ihsnet
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    Easy Family Dinner Ideas for a Get Together

    When you are hosting a family dinner and get together, there are a lot of things to consider. From invitations, theme and more, there is a lot to prepare. While there is a lot to take care of, one of the most important aspects of the planning process is the menu. You are going to want to seek out some easy family dinner ideas for a get-together when it comes to a menu plan.  A dinner party is a fantastic way to spend time with friends or extended family. Connecting over delicious food and good conversation is a fantastic way to bond. After all, there is almost nothing that brings…

  • Best Tips for Family Frugal Staycation | Renée at Great Peace
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    10 Best Tips For a Frugal Family Staycation

    I don’t know about you but I am a bit of an enigma. On the one hand I love to travel. I like getting in a car, setting out on an adventure, and exploring my surroundings along the way. On the other hand, I’m a bit of a homebody. I like to stick close to home and spend time with my family and enjoy the surroundings I live in on a regular basis. We don’t have opportunity to travel that often, so when we do we usually like to focus on staycation trips. This post contains affiliate ad links to 3rd party sites. But more often than not, we find…

  • How to Use Family Audiobooks for Character Training in Young Teens | Renée at Great Peace #ihsnet #homeschool #parenting #Christian @AIO_tweets
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    How to Use Family Audiobooks for Character Training in Young Teens

    As diligent parents we want to lead our teenagers in developing good character traits as they continue to develop into adulthood. But discipline can lead to confrontation which may make for less discipline and more confrontation when emotions are running high. It’s a difficult problem for parents. Utilizing resources such as family audiobooks can take the confrontation out of the equation while still helping teens to see the need for good character building. I received the following product for free and am being fairly compensated for the time I use in reviewing and writing this post. All opinions are my own and I am not required to write a positive…

  • Words Fail in Times of Grief | Renée at Great Peace
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    Words Fail in Times of Grief

    Reflections Upon Grief Words fail me.  That’s how I’ve felt for about 2 and half years. Which says a lot for a writer/blogger. It’s been difficult for me to write. For the first few months it was due to the busy-ness related to caring for my parents during my dad’s illness. But, then dad passed. That day… the last 24 hours spent with him, 2 years ago today, changed me.    Grief changed me. Writing is no longer easy for me. Every word is a struggle to pull together. I thought, I’ll get over this struggle in time… but it’s not gotten easier.  Grief is strange. I know it’s a…

  • 20 Things to Not Do to Protect Your Marriage | Renée at Great Peace
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    20 Things to Not Do to Protect Your Marriage

    Marriage looks different in every relationship. Why? Because every marriage is made up of two unique individuals. As such, we all bring something different to the marriage. A husband has his own ideas of what a marriage is supposed to be, and a wife will have her own. Each of those individuals thoughts are unique and different from every other couple in the world. together they form a bond and learn to work and grow toward each other.  At least that’s the goal. Sadly, though too many people get caught up in not working together. Rather, they find themselves working against each other. But, it doesn’t have to be this…

  • Gryphon Update - See How the Kickstarter Campaign is going | GreatPeaceAcademy.com #ihsnet
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    Keeping Your Family Safe Online: Gryphon Update on Kickstarter

    Do you remember a couple of weeks ago I shared with you the Easy to Use Parental Control Tool for Online Safety, Gryphon? I wanted to share with you a Gryphon update and let you know how their kickstarter campaign is going. It looks like the campaign is going very well, so far.  This is a sponsored post about a product which I believe will be beneficial to homeschooling families. All opinions expressed are my own and are honest. I have been fairly compensated for my time in writing this post. In just 2 weeks, Gryphon is more than 75% to the funding goal on Kickstarter and has been featured in…