All Things Hold Together

Laura at Writing Thoughts tagged me with a meme. One of the rules is to link to the blog post that originated the meme. What a cool idea! It was neat to see how this meme came to be.

The point of this meme is to list ten or fewer posts that give the reader the gist of what the blog is about. Sort of like the re-cap at the beginning of a TV show.

What great timing! I was just thinking about where I am going with this blog, and the fact that I need to write some sort of “mission statement” to keep me focused. So, here goes.

All Things Hold Together is, first and foremost, my personal space. This is the place I come to talk about what is going on with me, like in this post, Friday Photo-blogging (which is not a wordless photo-post). I usually post these under “My Things.”

This is also my place to post about my family, like our trip to the Ben & Jerry’s factory or the squirrel that visits our porch (and a funny thing Little E said about it). These posts are filed under “Our Family Things.”

This is also a homeschooling blog, since that is an inextricable part of our lives. Under the category “Homeschooling Things,” you will find my own thoughts and struggles around homeschooling (Being a Good Homeschooler), posts about things we do in our homeschool (Homeschool Biology Class), posts wherein I share homeschooling links I think others might enjoy (Free Ed Stuff), and my reviews of curriculum we have used (Curriculum Review: Saxon Math 2 and 3).

Since I love to cook, I also love to share my recipes and tips with my readers, such as this recipe for Homemade Granola Bars. You’ll find those under “Cooking Things.”

Another part of what I want to do with this blog is to share some of my other homemaking and frugal living tips. I have been trying to participate in Works-for-me Wednesday and Frugal Friday, and hope to make that a regular thing.

And being a crafty mama, I also want to share some of my “Crafty Things,” though up to now, I have only done this one about a Nice, But Easy Gift Craft.

As you can see, there are a lot of things in my life and this blog is where I like to share all of those things. But it is not this blog that holds them all together. No, it is my faith in the Lord that holds all of these things together. “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” -Colossians 1:17

That is why the last, but not least, thing I want to share in this list of posts is one from my “Faith Things,” called, “Walking By Faith.”

So, that is what this blog is all about. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will again.

Oh, I almost forgot. I have to tag five people and tell them the meme rules.

1. Please try to limit your post to 10 items or less
2. Tag 5 people
3. Take your time. Do some digging in the archives and find the perfect ones.
4. Please link to the post that you were tagged in (that would be this one you are reading) and to the post where the meme originated (this one).
5. The people you tag, please let them know, so the meme can keep going.

I am going to tag some blogs I recently started reading and don’t know much about yet: Rocks in My Dryer, Life From My Laptop, Consent of the Governed, and “Bizzy” House with Peaceful Hearts.

I am also tagging Dana at Principled Discovery because if it wasn’t for her having Laura Spencer guest post on her blog, I wouldn’t have found Laura’s blog to get tagged there.

And if you haven’t seen Laura’s guests posts on Principled Discovery about earning money though freelance writing (I and II), I highly recommend you do. (If you’re into that sort of thing.)