The Surly Housewife

“It’s not tv, it’s HBO.”

The BEST HBO series you should watch! Back in the day, otherwise known as the mid-to late nineties, my family did have HBO as part of our cable package. But in those days it was for movies and comedy specials. Not THOSE types of movies, ...

Are you a homeschooler looking for letter H crafts for preschool? This post features ideas, crafts, and activities all about the Letter H!

Activities for the Letter H

Five Letter H Activities to use in your homeschool! Have you ever heard of adulting badges? They are for us adults who would sometimes like a sticker for some of the regular, everyday adulting we do. Got dressed? Here's a sticker!! ...

Activities and Books for the Letter G

Letter G activities to enjoy with your preschooler! Congrats! You made it to letter G! If you are following the letter of the week formula alphabetically, it means you have been doing this homeschool preschool thing for about 8 weeks now. ...

Letter of the week preschool activities and crafts are a fun and hands-on way for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartens to learn and practice the alphabet. Letter F in our preschool was made up of fairy and frog printables. As well as a fun fireworks sensory activity with shaving cream. Check it out!

Activities and Books for the Letter F

Letter F activities to help preschoolers learn the alphabet! One area of writing where my children are particularly lucky is their last name. Frey. It's short, easy to write, and it means their last name is at the beginning of the alphabet. ...

Our Debt Numbers

The current status of our "Debt Free by 40" goal. Debts as of January 2019 Excluding our mortgage our total debt number is 20,537.02 Personal Loan - 1870 Student Loan - 18,668.69 Total - 20,537.02 (which excludes our mortgage) Debt ...

10 Things I Have Learned about Grief and Loss

Coping with death and grief, 10 things I have learned. I started this blog on August 19 in hopes of creating some good karma for the day. My father-in-law died on August 19th, 2004, and it has been a hard day for us ever since. I know it's ...

Letter E Activities For Preschool are a fun and hands-on way for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartens to learn and practice the alphabet. Organizing all those free printables is must if you are going to keep your homeschool running smoothly. Check out this post for tips and tricks on how to resuse those printables and reduce clutter!

Activities and Books for the Letter E

Letter E activities for your preschooler! I'm gonna be straight up honest with you and say that I don't know the different between a long vowel and short vowel. I mean, I know what they are but I never remember which is which. One makes the ...

Activities and Books for the Letter D

Letter D activities, books, crafts, and ideas for homeschoolers. My homeschool motto is “child-led, lots of books, and lots of play! If you are looking for a similar style of homeschool, this blog post is for you! I provide a simple and easy ...