It’s a new year now, and there is a lot of talk in bloggyland of resolutions, goals, and changes for the better. I’m not sure what it is about the beginning of a new year and a fresh, new calendar that drives us reminisce and reorganize, but I am all for new beginnings! If you are searching for fresh inspiration as you enter a brand new year, you have come to the right place!

• For those if us NOT starting a new diet this year, check out this fabulous recipe for a cookie version of a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup. I can’t wait to try this one out in my kitchen!

• Take a look at this blogger’s ideas for a student control journal to help your kiddos get organized in twenty-ten.

• If you are rethinking discipline in your home and need some ides, check out this post about utilizing an If-Then chart.

• Are all those homeschool supplies taking over your home? I am loving this creative, inexpensive idea for organizing art supplies.

• We can’t forget about resolutions and goals for the new year. Take a look at this link-up post from the Happy Housewife about 2010 goals.

I wish you all the best of luck fulfilling those new year’s resolutions! I am looking forward to making 2010 even better than 2009. See you next week!

Cassandra Simpson is a homeschooling wife and mother of four children, ages 1, 8, 9, and 12. She is starting her 6th year of home educating in Indiana and uses a “Classically Eclectic” teaching approach. Cassandra is the Assistant Lead Moderator for HOTM’s forum and loves talking homeschool with anyone who will listen! Her hobbies are reading, blogging, sewing, and cooking. You can check out her family’s blog at In His Image.