Timberdoodle Company
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Timberdoodle began in 1985 as the Deffinbaughs set out on their own homeschooling journey. Timberdoodle now serves second-generation Timberdoodle customers!
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Location:
Shelton, WA, 98584
Phone:
800-478-0672
Mon - Thurs:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri:
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
 
Timberdoodle Company
Have the winter rains arrived at your house yet? Here, we have experienced heavy deluges of rain on and off for the last week, we have even had some heavy hail...
Nelda Griffin

Nelda Griffin
Thanks for your November newsletter. Our 24 year old daughter has lived at home, except during times of ministry (helping friends and family). She is getting ready to be married in December, and I know we both feel she's been more protected just being home. We've also been bombarded with well meaning friends and fa...mily who insist she should have a place of her own. I'm one Mom who's so glad we stuck to our principles.Read More

Holly Moore Isaac

Holly Moore Isaac
I really appreciated your article in your November newsletter! We've told our girls they don't have to move out (our oldest is 18 and in college at the moment), but have had relatives tell them that it's not normal. So we've had many discussions regarding this with our girls. It's hard when we tell them one thing, then... have another family member disagree in such a way that they question what we've told them. I appreciate the validation your article gave and also reading others' positive comments as well.Read More

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Have you heard of Upturn? This game is a favorite at our house, especially on Community Group nights. The youngsters who attend our Community Group, ask us repeatedly to play this game again and again with them...
Chelsea Baker
Chelsea Baker
My five year old wants to play this game every day!
November 6 at 11:15am
Valerie Zabala Cummins
Valerie Zabala Cummins
just got my newest catalog! LOVE IT!
November 6 at 12:28pm
Tracy Creek
Tracy Creek
Sounds like a game my mother would love.
November 6 at 6:18pm
Mary Jo Harvey

Mary Jo Harvey Attention Washington State Homeschool Families: We'd love to work with you! Visit www.meridian.wednet.edu/mp3 to see how your child can qualify for $1600 in edcuational materials/tutoring/lessons a year. This is a public school program.

Jay Lauser

Jay Lauser This article was rebelutionary, and I thank Timberdoodle for sharing it. I pray that it will be heard and hearkened to.

http://www.therebelution.com

Tamsyn Spackman

Tamsyn Spackman
I lived at home until I was 23 and got married, and that is a huge part of why I was able to graduate from college debt free. Free room and board is a huge scholarship, eh? I had the responsibility of paying for my schooling, and like every other member of the family, I pulled my load with the chores. My mom had 2 h...omebirths while I was in college, and looking back I really don't think I was a burden to them. Free babysitting! So many people told me that I was missing out on campus life, but I never felt that way and I don't regret my choice to stay home. Amidst so many changes in my life, I was grateful for the consistency of home life, and the opportunity I had to be involved with my siblings. College is over, and now I'm a mom, and I cherish the closeness I have with my siblings, and in turn the affection that they have for my children. Family truly is what's most important. Now they're being homeschooled together: http://www.professional-mothering.com/frog-day.htmlRead More

November 4 at 7:00am · Report
Timberdoodle Company
Timberdoodle Company
Tamsyn,

You made some good points! Scholarship is a new way of looking at it...
November 4 at 4:14pm
Karen Mack Davis

Karen Mack Davis
Great article!! We have four adults and two children in our home currently. It is a joy to share our space with our 19 and 21 year old adult children. It is an adjustment and learning how to let our relationships advance to a new level. The oldest went out on her own for 2 years and is VERY happy to be back and not hav...ing to worry about all the bills. Having her back now is like growing another right arm. I want to give each of my children equal opportunity to go or stay as they need depending on how their life unfolds. I try to strike a balance between expecting their help and not taking advantage of them. The most difficult relationship right now is between my 19 year old son and my husband, his father - they are in the throes of trying to move to an adult relationship and I have to say it does get a little hairy and loud at times but I believe that they will make that transition. Eventually. Hopefully before my nerves are shot. ;-)Read More

Bonnie Darden DeFelice

Bonnie Darden DeFelice "As we rub shoulders ...... we know we are blessed to have the opportunity to enjoy each other every day." and "those adults who choose to remain in the home will always have more than enough opportunities for sanctification." Those were my favorite statements. It's also an opportunity for further sanctification for parents as well!

Jean Beck Pocha

Jean Beck Pocha I agree with kids at home, working along side and such. Just need a home business that suits everyone. How about that for a discussion topic ? We live in a very rural area and there are limited jobs for everyone. It has been on my heart for years to have some kind of small business that all ages could work at. But where to start ? How to find out what would work ? ideas ? Experience ? Suggestions ????

November 3 at 8:14pm · Report
Timberdoodle Company
Timberdoodle Company
How about raising worms? Mom has always said that a worm business could make a great home business; recycling grocery stores’ dead produce, selling worms, compost made from worm castings, and compost tea, etc. At least around here, these types of products seem to be in demand… That would give you plenty of all kinds of jobs! :)
November 4 at 4:20pm
Becky Ochs
Becky Ochs
Do you have land that you could grow landscaping plants or even sod? I have heard that sod is a great money maker.
November 5 at 7:28am
Lynisa Swope Robinson

Lynisa Swope Robinson As much as we loved homeschooling (our now 20 year old) son, it did not prepare us for the unbelievable joy we feel now sharing our lives (and home) with him as an adult. Thanks for starting this discussion. All of your points are so valid and I will use them in future discussions with the questioning world.

November 3 at 5:34pm · Report
Jean Butts
Jean Butts
I really loved this article. I hope you'll write more on this and other topics for teens and young adults - like courtship, dating, working as a teen, ministry at church, missionary work, etc. I need more info on thinking OUT of the box as my kids enter teens and beyond. I don't like what I see as the NORM!
November 3 at 7:43pm
Michele
Michele
Not liking the norm - *I* like that! We live in an area where having older children at home isn't entirely unusual, though the reasons for this are many. Our Dd has always said she was going to live with us! I hope that remains true until she either marries or needs to leave for educational reasons. Great article - would love to see more like this!
November 3 at 9:19pm
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Timberdoodle Company
Jean,

What a bunch of great ideas for future emails! :)
November 4 at 4:21pm
Timberdoodle Company
Dear Friends, Moving out at eighteen is a fairly recent, definitely cultural idea, one which regardless of the spiritual implications makes no economic or ecological sense. Does every eighteen-year-old need his own stove and refrigerator...
Melisa Hills
Melisa Hills
I should probably clarify that I did NOT pay rent in Highschool, but because I had a PT job at that time (and money was tight at home), I paid for extras, gas for the car I drove, presents, movies, and often my clothing, etc.
November 4 at 6:24pm
Steve-Kay Dixon
Steve-Kay Dixon
Thanks for an excellent article. For years this has been our heart. It's great to hear others talking about it! One of our daughters is married, another is 99 days away from her wedding. It has been an incredible thing to share this time of planning and excitement with them, while continuing to build into their lives. I am SO thankful neither one had moved out first. (I've also wondered how someone can "leave and cleave" when they marry, if they'd already "left".)
November 6 at 11:44pm