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Anatomy of a Schoolroom
Yesterday morning some newspaper guys came to my house to take some pictures for our local paper. They are doing an article on homeschooling and wanted to see the master in action. But she wasn’t...
View ArticleOff to Arlington!
This is a quickie post to let you all know that the older girls and I will be at the Arlington Book Fair this weekend. We are manning the booth for our favorite curriculum, the One Year Adventure...
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I Can Mess Up the Simplest Things
I apologize in advance if this post gets too rambly and incoherent. It was an exhausting weekend and I am still a bit groggy from lack of sleep and sore feet. The girls (Grace and Hope) and I left...
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The Organized Homeschool
I thought I’d show you the nitty gritty of how I keep my school area organized and looking halfway like a normal space and not an explosion. I don’t have the luxury of a separate room for school. So...
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Why You Never Want Me to Introduce You
I missed posting Monday morning because, well frankly, I was just too tired. We traveled as a family last weekend and that just sucks the energy right out of me. We went to Houston to attend the...
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Make Yourself a Magnetic Art Board
I don’t know if it’s different for non-homeschoolers, but here we have an unbelievable amount of artwork that the kids want to display. I’m all for cheering them on and giving encouragement, but I’ve...
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Home School Mom’s Winter Summit
After homeschooling for 22-ish years, I still need encouragement and support. It’s a tough job. Nothing fills my homeschool mom tank like being around other moms in the same boat. We face similar...
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Homeschooling is Back to Normal
First of all…congratulations to Mandi Gehman for winning my ticket giveaway to the Homeschool Moms’ Winter Summit! I am so, so excited to meet you Mandi! I hope the rest of you that entered will...
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Packing is Not My Strong Suit
I tell you I am lovin’ these easy, no holiday kind of weeks. Even though I’ve been decorating for Valentine’s Day it’s low key and playful. Not like the, “Just try to find a sting of lights that...
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Homeschool Moms’ Winter Summit Recap
It would not be possible for me to tell you all about my weekend. From the moment I left the house to make the 8 hour drive to Oklahoma on Friday morning until I plopped back into my recliner on...
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Teach Them Diligently Marketplace
This post contains affiliate links, but I am genuine in my excitement over this conference and can’t wait to see some of you there! If you’ve ever been to a homeschool convention then you know it can...
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The Speech We Didn’t Want to Hear
My niece was graduating this weekend, so we drove to Austin for her graduation ceremony. It was a group of homeschoolers graduating together, about 60 of them. We had the whole family there, plus a...
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Part Two: The Speaker’s Reply
There has been much discussion here and on Facebook (and in my house) about the recent graduation speech that we walked out of. I sent an email to the young man that made the speech, asking him to...
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Kids’s Summer Reading Project and a Giveaway!
We read so many school books during the year that it is a fun change for the kids to be able to do more pleasure reading over the summer. I like to encourage reading as much as I can and one way is to...
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Getting Myself Organized
It’s been a few weeks of endless activity around here. I spent Saturday driving girls around to craft stores so they could find what they need to create some jewelry for their shop. Then we ate...
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On the Road Again!
Today will be spent driving, driving then driving some more. Thirteen hours and 28 minutes according to Mapquest and they probably didn’t take into consideration the frequent potty stops and Sonic...
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Deeper Roots Publication
I mentioned last week that I have been using a new Bible Curriculum and really like it. Several of you asked more about it. It’s called, Discovering Our Amazing God and we have really enjoyed it. I...
View ArticleFrom One Weekend Trip to the Next
Well, I’m between trips and that is my worst place to be. Resting and unpacking from last weekend blurs right into prepping and re-packing for next weekend. When I get home next week my flat iron may...
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Engaging Ed Giveaway
I’ve been working on getting all of my school classes lined up for the next year. Figuring out what to do with each of the 6 I will have in school this year and finding the time to give them the...
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Nature Bible Giveaway
Do each of your kids have their own Bible? Most of mine do and my 10 year old, Elijah, had been asking if he could get his own so he didn’t have to borrow one whenever he needed to look things up....
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