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So How is Catholic School Treating Your Family?

February 2, 2016 by Lisa Schmidt 5 Comments

So how is Catholic school treating your family? That’s the question Joel and I have received a lot since enrolling our oldest child in Catholic school and not homeschooling this year. Given it’s National Catholic Schools Week, the time seemed right to offer a response to that FAQ.

Posted in: Homeschooling, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Catholic Education, Catholic Schools, Catholic Schools Week, children education, Discernment, Holy Leisure, Homeschooling, Mary Undoer of Knots, Not Homeschooling, St. Benedict

Lessons from the Car Line

September 8, 2015 by Lisa Schmidt 8 Comments

We’re now a school car line family (yay!). Thanks to the movie Mr. Mom, Lisa’s making connections between car line rules and the Mass.

Posted in: Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Car Line, Catholic School, CatholicMom.com, GIRM, Homeschooling, Liturgy, Mass, Not Homeschooling, Parenting, Rule of St. Benedict

Sometimes life takes you down new and unexpected roads

August 24, 2015 by Lisa Schmidt 26 Comments

During my undergrad years, I took class titled Death as a Part of Living. During the first lecture, we took an informal quiz of sorts that had us inventorying life events — a job change, marriage, the birth of a child, a death of a loved one, a move, starting college, etc. The more events a person experienced … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Homeschooling, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Catholic School, Discernment, Homeschooling, Mary Undoer of Knots, Not Homeschooling

Thirsting for Holy Leisure: Our Decision to Homeschool

September 24, 2014 by Lisa Schmidt 31 Comments

When we started this journey, I’m not sure that Joel or I would have been able to even defend our choice to homeschool. So WHY, indeed are we even doing this? When the going gets crazy, and it did and does, what’s the overarching goal that we can come back to, to help us reset and regroup rather than prematurely throw in the towel? Well here’s a little behind our WHY, and it’s what I come back to when the going gets tough.

Posted in: Homeschooling, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Discernment, Homeschooling

Pray, Work, Rest and Play (Vol. 2)

November 19, 2013 by Lisa Schmidt 4 Comments

Welcome back to our weekly series — Pray, Work, Rest & Play — where we share a bit about how we’re striving to incorporate an order, a rule of sorts, to our daily routine here at Das Schmidt Haus. A routine that organically involves prayer, work, rest, and play.

Up this week: Responding to the homeless, stepping away from mindless mobile web surfing, keeping occupied with Busy Bags, and having fun with books and bread.

Posted in: Pray Work Rest & Play, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Homeschooling, Pray Work Rest & Play

10 Ways to Stress Out During First Month of Homeschooling

September 9, 2013 by Lisa Schmidt 14 Comments

While cleaning my home office recently, I found a stack of papers I brought home with me after retiring from the workforce. Before pitching, I thumbed through them and had a great chuckle at one piece hidden away in that mess. It was a flyer titled “How to Stay Stressed” and it satirically proposed that we humans must really enjoy constantly feeling at our wit’s end because we are really good at inviting stress into our homes. The “self-help” flyer’s author was even so kind to offer strategies for how to stay crazy stressed out.

It provided a much-needed laugh because, you see, I’ve done a fine, yes a very fine, job of welcoming stress into Das Schmidt Haus the past month. So I got to thinking about how I could stay stressed out as our family continues to dig in and pull up our homeschooling boot straps. In the event you, too, are looking for tips and strategies for how to lose your marbles, here are a few suggestions.

Posted in: Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Das Schmidt Haus, Homeschooling

6 Quick Takes and 1 Not-So-Quick Take

August 31, 2013 by Lisa Schmidt 26 Comments

Another round of Quick Takes courtesy Das Schmidt Haus (although thanks to a not-so-pleasant encounter at the OBGYN clinic, Lisa got a little “ranty” with #1 this week!). So it’s a “6 Quick Takes and 1 Not-So-Quick Take” edition.

Posted in: Family, Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Homeschooling, Jude, Lucy, Pregnancy, Rule of St. Benedict

Lord, it is good that we are here

August 24, 2013 by Lisa Schmidt 6 Comments

It’s been an interesting week here at Das Schmidt Haus. As I reflected late last night, I keep ruminating on a phrase from sacred Scripture — a couple of words Peter said after Jesus took him, James, and John up the high mountain: Lord, it is good that we are here.

Hornets, homeschooling cheers and fears, an interesting recipe that appeared in our mailbox, an invite to be interviewed on Sirius/XM, and whiskey tasting — all part of this week’s Quick Takes.

Posted in: Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Das Schmidt Haus, Homeschooling

The Trip To Birmingham I Can’t Talk About Yet (7QT Style)

June 21, 2013 by Lisa Schmidt 7 Comments

Remember how Seinfeld claimed his shows were about nothing? This is a blog post about nothing, really. Last week I was invited to attend a media event in Birmingham, Alabama. Due to a media embargo, I cannot say much about any of the Who-What-When-Where-Why-How’s of the trip until after July 1. In the meantime, though, I do have permission to share a few photos.

Posted in: Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Homeschooling, Lucy, Travels

7 Quick Takes: The All Things Green Edition

March 22, 2013 by Lisa Schmidt 14 Comments

It’s the 7 Quick Takes: All Things Green Edition! From St. Patrick’s Day crafts and food, to a bathroom re-do project, to yet another photo of my mom’s Rome adventures that has me green with envy (this one hurt more than the others!), and a couple cute photos of the kids thrown in for good measure.

Posted in: Family, Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: 7 Quick Takes, Catholic Women Now, Das Schmidt Haus, Domestic Church, Homeschooling, Jude, Lucy
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