Mind Blown. 

About a month ago, ordered Limitless as an audiobook and devoured it on my daily walks.

I am on a mission to walk 1,200 miles this year and one of the ways I stay motivated is to listen to audiobooks.

I knew I was listening to GOLD.

The BEST thing we can teach our kids is:
*HOW to learn
*HOW to remember
*HOW to improve their reading speed and comprehension

Walking in circles around the local football track, I became obsessed with the possibility that I could improve my own memory.

I quickly invested in Jim’s Memory Masterclass and Kwik reading programs. 

I planned to try them for a week or two and get my money back if it wasn’t working. I figured I could race through, test to see if it was a scam, and then ask for a refund.

NO WAY. I don’t want my money back!!!!!

HUGE life changing is happening as I roll up my sleeve each day and read and study and YOU need to know about this today.

Imagine beginning your day with your kids: 10-20 minute reading videos.

I started doing this a with my youngest son.

The results so far?
My son is BLOWING me away. I knew he would. I told him he would…

He’s dyslexic and I honestly believe he was boring his brain to death trying to read before… 

Now he is just barely getting started and has jumped from about 200 words per minute to over 500 words per minute!

Me?
I’ve stopped calling myself “Dory” from Finding Nemo and have embraced the truth that I can build a better brain.
My reading speed has doubled, and we’re only a few lessons in to the Kwik Reading.

I keep surprising myself with the memory tactics I’m learning in the full memory class as well.

* Two days ago I learned 24 different meanings of the word fervent and know them backwards and forward.
* I learned two Bible verses this morning while walking and listening to birds.

Have you ever met someone new and forget their name within a few seconds?

Me too! So we are working on learning the tactics to quickly and permanently remember names!

* I memorized the Top 100 Male names and began teaching them to my 15 year old so we can become name learners together.

Womens names are next on my agenda!

I learned about Jim Kwik during an interview. He was a guest on a podcast with one of the doctors we follow online.

I was mesmerized by Jim’s story and purchased his book while watching the interview.

What if my short term memory issue could become a part of my past?

Today, I am deep into this new land of brain super powers, neuroplasticity and so many other things I didn’t know I was missing.

In days, this is the kind of progress I’ve made:

• I memorized my favorite poem, “Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” by William Wordsworth.
• I created an “imaginary news paper” in my mind so I can record what happens in my day, so when my husband comes home from work at night I can give him the highlights, rather than my typical “not much happened” answer.
• I find myself no longer saying, “I forgot.”Instead, I find myself saying, “I didn’t draw the memory on my mind well enough to remember; just a second.”

Learning HOW to learn is unlocking things in my life that I never thought possible!

My next personal goal is to go grocery shopping without a list with the confidence of knowing I will remember everything I need while I am still at the store! 

It’s a whole new world for me and I am diligently working on “infecting” each of the others in my family, plus anyone who will read or listen.

In this world full of technology and digital overload, what of you could teach you and your kids to::

• have a super power memory
• quickly learn everything from vocabulary words to grocery lists
• build better recall of people’s names and events
• read faster and with much higher comprehension

What if you really could unlock your memory, increase your reading by 25%-100% or more? Or like my son, increase reading speed by 150% in less than a week!

Better yet…
What if, like me, you can teach your kids to do it…

Resources I’ve absorbed, invested in, and am devouring:

• Limitless, a book by Jim Kwik
• Moonwalking with Einstein, by Joshua Foer (This book was mentioned in the Limitless book and I downloaded it and almost have it complete. Some language and suggestive language inside)
• Recall Masterclass by Jim Kwik
• Kwik Reading by Jim Kwik

If I could rewind the clock and teach all five of my sons over again, I’d teach them how to read effectively and quickly, how to REMEMBER what they read, and how to learn anything.

If your kids already know how to read, it’s a great time to begin learning and weaving these types of trainings into your day.

Get excited and learn along with them and join me on this path of unlimiting our minds!

PRINT THIS FREE HOMESCHOOL MOM REMINDER.

This post comes with a free printable reminder list to help keep your heart focused on the heart of homeschooling. I always have the hardest staying focused. This printable simplifies it!

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Pizza… oh pizza:)

I have has pizza every Friday Night since my childhood. My parents took us out for pizza every week and I loved it.

Family time, pizza, the simple pause in everyone’s week to gather.

It’s a tradition I carried into marriage and it still is a highlight of our week.

I’m not sure when I began making pizza rather than ordering out. Maybe 25 years ago?

I probably started with those Boboli pizza crusts and packs from the grocery store.

We all have to start somewhere!

I upped my pizza skills when a friend sold me Pampered Chef Pizza stones. You don’t need them to make pizza, but they are worth the investment.

I’ve made BBQ pizza on the grill, pizza in small wood fire box that cooks the dough in 90 seconds, and in the oven.

Yes, my husband bought us a ROCCBOX as a kickstart supporter!

Our current recipe uses 100year old sourdough starter, gifted from a friend.

When she handed me the containers, I was blessed she thought of us. But it wasn’t until I asked for help with using the starter that I learned it was a family sourdough starter passed down for over 100 years!

If you can get your hands on a sourdough starter this is wonderful. Yes, you can begin one EASILY.

• 2 cups proofed starter
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 cups organic flour
• 2 Tbsp oil (not olive)

Love your dough. This life-changing dough video is how I make my doughs.

• Mix
• Form ball
• Cover
• Let rise (I usually let mine rest and rise for 6 hours+)

Preheat oven to 475
If you have stones, let them heat in oven!

Break into balls and roll into pizza shape. That recipe makes about 3-4 balls of dough. I double the recipe for my crew.
Lay on parchment paper.

Top with favorites.
Bake 15-ish minutes.
Yum!!

Related: One of my sons did a Chemistry of pizza presentation years ago.

No sourdough starter?

This was my go-to Pizza dough for years:

• Dissolve 1 Tbsp oil, 1Tbsp yeast, 1 tsp sugar in 1 cup lukewarm warm water
• Wait until frothy
• Add 2-2.5 cups flour & 1tsp salt

Roll out
Lay in parchment paper.
Top with favorites!

475 degrees, 22ish minutes

Enjoy

Pizza making is an art and your ability to make, roll, and understand the texture of dough takes practice.

Weather, humidity and elevation have always effected my doughs.

Always start with less flour than needed, so you can add more if necessary.

And seriously, use this video to help you love your dough.

Want to make dough with me? I recorded the process on Facebook a while back.

Part One: Getting the dough ready

Part 2: Rolling the dough and topping

My favorite?

Now that I’m older I really want to thank you for never leaving me in a shopping cart and running for the exit.

I know it was tempting.

Stephen- Age 15

Yes, I laughed so hard I cried. Then I created greeting cards for other kids to bless their moms.

Because, this is the BEST blessing possible.

Thank you and respect for our sacrifice and effort in raising them all wrapped up in a giggle.

I made a few different versions.

• Fun food
• Lego
• Stunning blue
• Floral lavender