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8 Practical Ways to Simplify Life
At the beginning of the year, I decided to simplify life in order to focus on what’s important. Soon after, we added two little people to the household, which meant my need to simplify (for sanity purposes) increased exponentially! Practical ways we’ve simplified our household: 1 – Simpler yard maintenance. I wanted a cottage-style garden…
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Socialization is a Bunch of Malarkey
Every homeschool parent has heard some variation of The Question: “What about socialization?” In my first few years as a homeschool mom, I went to great pains to explain all the ways Kathryn interacted with other children. Now further along in my homeschooling adventure, I realize socialization is a bunch of malarkey. Encyclopedia Britannica defines…
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Top 3 Challenges in our Imperfect Homeschool
I like to keep it real. So today, let’s talk about the imperfectness of my homeschool… We are schedule challenged. Our days don’t start at a set time. (Actually, mine do now, but that’s because of the kindergartener in public school and a really early school bus.) That’s works just fine sometimes, but there are…
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Dave Ramsey Personal Finance Review
Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance for teens is the homeschool course Lindsey loves to hate. Or more accurately, it seems to be the course she hates to love. About the Foundations in Personal Finance program: This course includes 14+ hours of instructional video on DVD, plus one student workbook. If you have more than…
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100 Shoebox Ideas for Girls: OCC Gifts
Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child is coming up soon, but there is still plenty of time to pack a box! Since we know it’s sometimes difficult to come up with ideas, Amy and I have come up with big ol’ lists to get you going. I’m sharing 100 shoebox ideas for a girl and…