Introductions! Hi! I’m Kelly – Welcome to my Blog. Here I am in Lanai, Hawaii ❤ {previously posted, in brief, on my Instagram feed!} My online moniker is Bikurgurl and have been using it for years. Many people ask, ‘Do you ride?’ And the answer is yes! I ride bicycles, and on the back of motorcycles in the past – though maybe I’ll have my … Continue reading Introductions
Not to brag, but I love my life. In this season of Lent, with Easter arriving tomorrow, I always count my blessings. I have an Attitude for Gratitude. It hasn’t always been this way, but my cancer diagnosis gave my family and I new perspective. Our time is limited in this life; tomorrow is never promised. This realization of the circle of life in my … Continue reading Love my Life
Recursion – How Our {Eclectic Unschooly} Homeschool Works! I’ve been rearranging our office/homeschool spaces/living room/dining room for 2018. Yes. Still working on it, but I’m getting so close to being finished! My son, the Bibliophile, drew this many years ago and it’s held a hallowed place on the cork board ever since. Recursion occurs when a thing is defined in terms of itself or of … Continue reading How our {Eclectic Unschooly} Homeschool Works
{Affiliate links in text – thanks for supporting my blog!} In my creative backpack: {Image taken & edited with my iPhone S in the basic Instagram Application} Day 10: Noveling Music Music moves me and depending on my mood, I listen to jazz, rock, or punk. Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of Celtic and Irish-inspired music — both in my workouts and my working … Continue reading #InstaWrimo Day 10: What’s in Your Creative Backpack?
As the holiday season approaches, I am filled with satisfaction of our family rituals. Set in place through years of trials and triumphs, we honor the days, the holidays, the family-togetherness which we’ve come to expect in the everyday as well as the extraordinary. I am reminded of our search for minimalism in a very materialistic world when the fall season rolls in with the … Continue reading Grace and Space through Celebrations
After the celebration of Fat Tuesday last evening, today we receive the ashes of Palm Sunday. As we prepare for our day, I asked my children to not think about what they will “give up” for Lent, but what they can add. It’s been my experience that giving something up, something you really love, doesn’t necessarily make your heart grow stronger for the cause with … Continue reading Ash Wednesday: What will you add?
Don’t you know I love you, little Lapras? 😉 Continue reading The Pokemon broke free! {again}
Affiliate Post – thank you for clicking through to help me keep my blog ad-free! I’ve enjoyed having so much time with my boys over the last month, but I won’t lie: I have missed working on my blog regularly! I have big plans to freshen it up in the New Year, as well as evaluating what worked — and more importantly, what didn’t like … Continue reading 2016 Retrospective
Affiliate Post – thank you for clicking through to help me keep my blog ad-free! Game: Learning Resources – Money Bags Coin Value Game Players: 2-4 Game Time: ~20 minutes Ease of Use: Easy Peasy Our Family Rating: 5/5 Having had this game for years, Money Bags is a great family favorite. We were able to bolster our learning of money playing this fun game. … Continue reading Game Review: Money Bags
Affiliate Post – thank you for clicking through to help me keep my blog ad-free! Game: Prime Climb Players: 2-4 Game Time: 30 minutes Ease of Use: Easy Peasy Our Family Rating: 4/5 This award winning game was conceived by the people who created Math for Love. In our homeschool circles, I’ve often heard of the wonderful work the Math for Love people do. In … Continue reading Game Review: Prime Climb
