Episodes

Summertime Parties On The Cheap – Episode 281 Summertime parties can cost a small fortune. In this podcast, we discuss yummy foods and ideas to keep your party within budget. Fun times can be had by all! Thanks so much to our sponsor Rebecca Farris and the Well Planned Gal Planners. Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their participation! Summertime can mean trips but it can also include DIY parties at home. When planning a summertime party you may want to consider the theme, which w...

Top Summertime Healthy Snacks Episode 279 Summertime Healthy snacks do not have to taste like cardboard or break the bank. In this episode, of Vintage Homeschool Moms, I will share some yummy snacks with you that are crowd pleasers and even the kids will love them–promise! Thanks to our sponsor…The Well Planned Gal and her amazing planners! Visit the Well Planned Gal Planners to learn more. There are so many healthy snacks that appeal to kids! However, I’ve learned that my kids will eat diffe...

Best Summertime Rainy Day Activities Episode 278 Are you ready for some fun rainy day activities? Unless you live in a frigid place there will be a time that rainy day activities will come in handy. I guess it if is winter change it to “snow day” activities! Here we have some fun ideas that will help you entertain children with the least amount of tears! Thanks to our sponsor the Well Planned Gal, Rebecca Farris! She has various planners for every homeschool need and the Prayer Journal is bra...

Summertime – Making Family Memories Episode 277 Making family memories is one of the most important things you will ever do as a family. As homeschool parents, we naturally make memories with our children each day, but in this episode, we explore making positive memories! Thanks to our sponsor – Media Angels Membership. For your curriculum needs on a budget visit the website to learn how to receive all the books and classes I’ve created to give your children a Christian worldview! I was at a ...

Do you love to get free curriculum? Is free curriculum really free? I love freebies, but sometimes it costs so much more than it is worth. In this podcast, we discuss the real cost of free and how you can organize your freebies and really get the most out of them. Homeschooling on one income means learning to be frugal and cut corners. It also means that you look for sales and bargains and freebies and printables fit that niche. Many times you can find freebies on a composite website or post, w...

How about DIY travel on the cheap with your hosts, Felice Gerwitz and Meredith Curtis? Many people would like to travel but feel they can’t afford the cost. That’s exactly right, but in this podcast, we share some top secret tips! Visit Meredith Curtis here: PowerlineProd.com, MeredithCurtis.com and her podcast Finish Well with great family podcasts here. Visit Felice Gerwitz here: And Felice on her website MediaAngels.com and MediaAngelsMembership.com Episode 274 with Felice Gerwitz and Mere...

Please follow me on iTunes or your favorite cell phone app! The Best Experiential Gifts Episode 273 What are the best experiential gifts you can give? The ones that last a lifetime in memories! Whether the gift is for graduation, birthdays for that hard to buy for person in your life. While opening presents can be fun, the glamor soon wears off and the gift is forgotten. In fact, how many times can you remember wanting a gift, only to receive it and see that it wasn’t worth the wait! In this ...

Packing Tips with Felice Gerwitz and her special guest, Kim Kautzer Do you need some great packing tips? In this episode, veteran homeschool mom and world traveler, Kim Kautzer shares her packing tips! When we both showed up for a week-long mastermind retreat, me with my larger bags, extra carry on, purse, computer bag, etc. etc and saw Kim’s one backpack and overhead compartment roll-on suitcase, I just knew we needed this podcast! And, Kim shared her best secret, it’s okay to wear the same t...

Please follow me on iTunes or your favorite cell phone app! Mother’s Day Gifts aka “What Mom Really Wants” is the topic for today’s podcast. As a long time mom – my first child was born in 1980 – I’ve had some experience *WINK* celebrating Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day has been a time of joy and truthfully a time of hardship! We moms want to be grateful with whatever we have, right? While this is true and I am grateful I’ve also struggled. Listen, as I share some tips for the best Mother’s Day gif...

Please follow me on iTunes or your favorite cell phone app! DIY European Travel on the Cheap! Episode 270 with Meredith Curtis and Felice Gerwitz Did you know that DIY European travel on the cheap is possible? Is traveling to Europe a far-off dream due to finances, time, or both? In this podcast, Meredith shares how her entire family went to Italy and how they did it on a shoestring budget! If you’ve ever wanted to take a European vacation, this podcast provides helpful and money-saving tips! ...

Please follow me on iTunes or your favorite cell phone app! Running Your Family Like A CEO Podcast 269 Can you imagine running your family like a CEO? In this podcast, we explore that and much more. Did you know that a CEO is a leader (mom or dad), is responsible for day-to-day management decisions (mom), and for implementing the goals long and short-term (mom and dad). The CEO communicates and is a liaison between a board of directors (kids and spouse). And, yes, there are many more similari...

DIY Diets I wanted to find great DIY diets and there are so many out there – and so I set out on a search! With so many of the fad diets on the market since, well – I was young, it is a miracle we aren’t all super thin. Diets are one of the most researched, and over promised and underachieved results, in my opinion. There are many facets to dieting that we will take a look at this podcast as well as ways to make a DIY diet work for you! Please share this podcast with a friend, here’s how – use...

Running Your Home Like A CEO Running your home like a CEO is possible, and even with heart! Wouldn’t it be great if you could take a cue from corporate America and run your home like a CEO? In this podcast, we are going to discuss how running several businesses have taught me that I can apply some if not all of these skills into running a more efficient, time-saving, and organized home! What about “heart,” you might ask? Shouldn’t you have an idea of running your household with heart? With car...

30 Top Films Family Films For Older Kids Do you have a list of your top 30 top films for families with older kids? In this podcast, I interview Lisa Winton, who along with her husband started a popular Facebook group to discuss their favorite movies and chat about them with friends. Lisa and Randy Winton have homeschooled for 16-years. Join us for more movies to add to your growing lists! Thanks to our sponsors! FamilyLife(R) and Kendrick Brothers bring us the family film, Like Arrows! Check ...

Family Action Plan Episode 265 Get your battle gear on, it’s time for a family action plan! Most of us enter into family life with a day-to-day survival mentality. Now is the time to kick that survival mode attitude and become proactive! In this episode, I discuss my aversion to details, planning and how life got the best of me most days, weary and defeated I fell into bed only to rinse and repeat again. Then an idea, a small seed that sprouted into what I call a family action plan – that I’ll ...

Homeschool Burn Out Yes, homeschool burn out can happen to you, even the most die-hard or poster-child-for homeschool mom. You know you’re burned out when … can you fill in the blank? For me it began when I didn’t feel like getting out of bed, when I dreaded listening to my children read because it would put me to sleep and when the thought of teaching another child long division made me cry. Basically, I didn’t care if the kids completed one page or ten pages in their book, and the questions w...

Looking for Christian movies your family will actually enjoy? Finding faith-based films that are uplifting, well-made, and worth your family’s time can feel harder than it should be. Whether you’re planning a family movie night, adding media to your homeschool, or looking for films with strong Christian themes, this list will help you find meaningful options to preview and enjoy together. In this episode of Vintage Homeschool Moms, Felice Gerwitz shares a wide range of Christian films, documen...

Faith and Homeschooling Episode # 262 Is faith and homeschooling a part of your life or are faith and homeschooling compartmentalized? In this episode, we explore why our faith should be an integral part of our homeschool day, and integrated into our lives. Our children learn best by example and what better way to show our children than through the experiences in a well-rounded homeschool curriculum. Thanks to our sponsors! Show Notes: Faith and Homeschooling Homeschooling is a lifestyle wit...

Movie Review, The Miracle Season A movie spotlight: Miracle Season – this is an unusual undertaking for me, but it’s been a long time since a movie has impacted me in this way. From the beginning I was captured by the essence of love, the love a young girl showed her parents and her friends and her community. This story is about the fragility of life and the impact we can make in each other, through love and kindness. These are the topics we’ll explore in this podcast. Thanks to our Sponsor! T...

Read The Book Or Watch The Movie First? Episode #260 Read the book or watch the movie first? The difference of opinion can be surprising. Depending on the book or the movie the answers can vary. It depends on who you ask and for some, the answer may be, “I never gave it a thought!” In the past, I was what I considered a “purist,” if there was a book that a movie was created around I’d always go for the book first. However, I never read the entire trilogy of Lord of the Rings, yet I watched the...

Easter Celebrations On The Cheap Easter celebration on the cheap includes fun and easy ideas. Celebrating Easter on the cheap doesn’t mean skimping on our favorite time of the year, it means celebrating in style and saving money along the way. Remember, it’s about Jesus not the candy! Remind your children about the true meaning of Easter which is the Ressurection of our Lord. This is what you are celebrating. Potluck Ask family to bring a side Delegate ice or drinks Baked ham goes far and ...

Why Your Diet Fails It happens all the time, and not is the time to figure out why your diet fails. If you are like me and have tried and failed at dieting, you are in store for a treat! The secrets of a fitness coach, a friend of mine are revealed! This coach discusses how he helps people through a 10-Day Cleanse and why people fail to lose weight. In this episode, we’ll explore the myth of dieting and why you can finally be successful understanding these key points. Why Your Diet Fails: Five...

Easter On The Cheap with Felice Gerwitz and Meredith Curtis Why is it that everything costs so much money. In this episode of Easter on the Cheap, Felice and Meredith share their ideas on Easter devotions and best of all many of these ideas are free or cost very little money. What is the true meaning of Easter? The children need to realize it is more than bunnies and colored plastic eggs. When the children get older, have them participate in the Easter planning. Are they helping to decorate? ...

Capture Your Man’s Heart Episode 256 Okay ladies, are you ready to capture your man’s heart? In this episode, we explore the meaning of love as we age, how to be sure your love is fresh and how to revive your first love and make it so much better. Thanks to our sponsor! Affirms Films and Sony Animations I’ve been married since 1979 and sometimes I feel like I am part of another person and don’t remember who I am … I’ve spent my entire adult life with another person. So, it is easy when we fe...