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Smartphone Review & Visa Gift Card Giveaway!
In this house, we’re a bunch of geeks technology aficionados. Ken buys gadgets like I [would love to] buy shoes. As I type this, he is playing with his newest gadget, a micro reverse adapter for his camera lens that allows him to take crazily close-up photos. So when BlogHer gave me an opportunity to…
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Reading Horizons Curriculum Review
We were given the opportunity to use and review Reading Horizons computer program. At first, I didn’t request to be one of the reviewers because we don’t have any struggling readers in our home, but the good folks at RH wanted reviews from all different reading levels, so we took the opportunity to see how…
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Our Wonder Dog!
Five years ago today, we welcomed a new member into our family… Lacy’s 1st day home: still one of my favorite photos of her. After our sweet dog Ellie died at the age of 13, we all felt a big empty spot in our hearts and our home. It was especially hard on Kathryn, who…
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Homeschool: Getting back in the groove!
We’ve been easing back into homeschooling. We didn’t take off entirely over the summer, but things were much lighter and less structured, so we’re trying to get back into the swing of things now. I can’t say I’m enthralled with our U.S. history curriculum just yet, but I think it’ll work just fine with less…
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A Tour of our Homeschool Room
Welcome to our school room, complete with a cute dog to greet you! (Lacy the WonderDog: star student) Bookshelves are my friends. And I’m fickle about tables. I always tweak our schoolroom from year to year, but there are no huge changes this time around. The bookshelves have been rearranged to accommodate this year’s books…