Dec

31

Looking Forward to 2008

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December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

2008 is upon us. in a few hours we will be saying goodbye to 2007 and looking ahead with hope and anticipation to 2008.
There is something about the changing year that brings us to a place of introspection and resolution.
But too much of the time that process focuses on the things we did that were [...]

Dec

27

After Christmas Breather

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December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The week after Christmas is a breathing week for me. Not that I don’t breathe the rest of the time, just that this seems to be a good time for me to stop and contemplate what I am doing, where I am headed and make adjustments as needed.
And there are many needed this [...]

Dec

22

Wake-up call for Homeschoolers…Again.

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December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

 
Image: CNS News
Reading the internet today I came across another bit of very disturbing news.
Utah Judge Scott Johansen recently ordered, per a bureaucratic paperwork glitch, the removal of a homeschooling mother’s children if she refused to enroll them in public school.
He also threatened her with jail time if they failed to show up [...]

Dec

20

Holiday Blues and Homeschool Burnout

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December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

 
It’s that time of year. You know that you are supposed to be joyous, happy, excited, loving and you want to be teaching your children to be generous, the meaning of Christmas…you want to be doing cool Christmas projects with them…you want to be reading cool Christmas books aloud..
But you can’t. You just can’t get [...]

Dec

18

Wordless Wednesday

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December 18, 2007 | 3 Comments

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Dec

18

holiday open house, part the second.

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December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

So now that my computer is back up and running and I can use my camera again I wanted to add pictures of our holiday home …

when you walk in the hall and stairs are in front of you.

the reception parlor nook is to your right. This is where the stockings are hung..it is [...]

Dec

17

Monday Meanderings

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December 17, 2007 | 4 Comments

So a few days (a week?) ago I posted from Less of Me, More of Him about the Holiday Open House. I enjoy that blog so much and have planned to get more involved with the accountability that I find there. So, today..I am joining in the Monday Meanderings! YAY ME! Check it out.

Bible [...]

Dec

17

Homeschooling Driver’s Ed

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December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

Marc and I are having to make a decision about what to do with our 15 year old. He is quite mature and in July he will be 16. He is the oldest still at home and the idea of having someone here that can run errands, go get hay, or take the younger kids [...]

Dec

13

Visions of Sugarplums

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December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The fire is crackling in the hearth and the children are cuddled up next to me as I read aloud from A Christmas Carol …The smell of a succulent roast is wafting from the shining kitchen and the snow falls softly outside the window…….
NOT!  The house is cold, and the fire is crackling but right [...]

Dec

12

Homeschool & Politics

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December 12, 2007 | 2 Comments

I have been following the various presidential hopefuls with interest. There are a couple that I don’t follow at all, because it raises my blood pressure and makes me feel ill.  I don’t plan on discussing politics overly much here but I did read something interesting …so, thought,  I would share.
I don’t know much about [...]

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