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2011 New & Improved School Room!
I really wanted a new table and more comfortable, functional chairs for our school room this year. The dining table legs were annoyingly in the way, and the dining chairs were just not intended for the amount of usage they get from a homeschooling family! I started shopping around for a new table, but then…
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2011-2012 Curriculum
We’re returning this year to more of the Charlotte Mason style of schooling that has worked so well for us in the past. My plan is based on Ambleside Online‘s Year 5 free online homeschool curriculum, with my own tweaks, additions, and subtractions. ARTS: Art and Art Appreciation – Work on drawing skills in nature…
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Fostering Hope: A Devotional
This week, I began a new daily devotion on YouVersion. It’s written very specifically to help the reader experience God’s heart for foster kids. So I started reading, in the midst of learning last week about an 11-year-old boy in foster care (who we’ve met) who has been tossed to and fro like a piece…
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A Year of No Clothes
Okay, okay… so the title isn’t entirely accurate. I’m not advocating becoming a nudist or anything. The title really ought to say “A Year of No NEW Clothes” but that wasn’t as entertaining. 😉 The challenge: no new clothes for a year. Last summer, a friend of mine announced that she had decided not to…
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Steel Magnolias (& my BIG hair)
I did it! On Saturday, I performed in Steel Magnolias as Truvy. If you’ve seen the movie, yes, that’s the Dolly Parton character! It’s amusing to me to think that I just had one of the biggest parts in a play performed in front of actual real people. I was incredibly shy as a kid;…