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Weekly Wrap-Up & Radio Interview!
Every other Monday gets off to a slow start because that’s when Kathryn returns from a weekend at her dad’s. It’s hard to make her sit down and start schoolwork the minute she gets home, and sometimes we never seem to get on track until the next day. (One of those blended family challenges we…
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Nature Study: Cattails in Winter
Once again we’re trying to get back into the habit of nature studies. It’s been too long, and Kathryn and I have missed it. I think we’ve only done one or two with Lindsey, but now that we’ve made some schedule and homeschooling changes, I’m re-implementing nature study! I rummaged around Barb’s blog to find…
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Pushing the Rules
Just a bit of randomness from our family. 🙂 Lacy the WonderDog is not allowed on the furniture. There are two main reasons for this: 1) she sheds like it’s going out of style, and 2) she once ate a couch pillow. (Actually just a corner of the pillow, but that’s beside the point!) However,…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 826 – 850
826) Discovering more green tea in the cabinet when I thought I was out of it! 827) Another blog sponsor. 828) I completed my first post for Raising Homemakers 829) New, more mousing/editing/typing-friendly desk… 830) which was a great deal and purchased with Christmas money from Dad… 831) and arrived safely despite the abused-looking box…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: A New Semester!
Last weekend, Kathryn performed in the play “Little Women.” This was with the same production company we’ve worked with before in several plays (including “Anne of Green Gables” when Ken and I also performed!), and when we heard what play they’d be doing, Kathryn was eager to participate because she loves the book and the…