Eclectic Muddlehood

A Virginia friend who keeps a beautiful Waldorf homeschooling blog, Merriconeag, did one of those tag things, so here I am complying with her sweet request for eight things my readers might not know about me. She originally tagged my homeschooling blog but I moved it over here to my personal blog to answer. Here […]

I’ve begun stocking my Etsy shop tonight so please come take a look and check out my shop’s companion blog here.

I am never one to turn down a reading challenge of almost any kind.  But this one seems like it was almost made just for me.  I have bunches of books that would qualify, but here’s my 5 for this particular purpose:
Homefront: A Military City and the American 20th Century by Catherine Lutz
One Hundred Years […]

The 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards are open for nominations from now until November 17th.  Please take the time to nominate your favorite sources of fun, inspiration, support, information and general homeschooling mayhem and reward your fellow bloggers for their wonderful efforts this year.

With the impending opening of my own little Etsy shop,Catherine’s Crunchy Creations, and our recently formulated Family Vision Statement, we have taken the Buy Handmade Pledge this holiday season. This is something I encourage every mindful family to consider doing this year. Between the countless safety recalls made for mass produced children’s […]

Once again, Big Daddy thinks I’ve lost my mind.  I am reviewing our long term homeschooling plans this week and began discussing a few educational travel plans with him.  He just smiles and nods as I prattle on about my latest list of homeschool fantasies and latest schemes for starting to save the cash.  I am […]

I’m now publishing a few pieces here and there in all sorts of genres and on all sorts of topics at Associated Content.  You can find me under my pen name Louise Miller. Enjoy and come back often to take a peak at what I’ve been up to now and then.

I am beyond irate.  I am irritatingly itchy.  I am dejectedly inching my way towards surrender.   My efforts to futily fight the annoyingly fertile flea population in our apartment have been foiled.  In true Crunchy Mama fashion, I have been attempting to undertake this monsterous task sans assorted nasty, environmentally reckless, carcenoginic substances.  But all my washing […]

After insurmountably massive technical difficulties and poor customer service with the other site Eclectic Muddlehood previously resided at and a 1,500 mile family relocation, I am pleased to announce my reemergence into the blogosphere!  I brought over the original material to this site and the introduction from the previous site is now on the About Crunchy Mama page. 

On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Hershey’s Kiss, I have discovered a plethora of new varieties for the holiday season. What began as a short shopping venture to secure stocking stuffers has turned into gloriously delicious research. I invite you to join me!
Here is the list of decadence I have successfully […]