Every generation has something “like this.” Not a virus or pandemic exactly, but it’s always *something* big that will inevitably come along to make life difficult…
Each Spring, as one school year begins to wind down, the curriculum sellers from all over begin their annual Homeschool Sales. Everything for less!! Buy Here!! Right? Only when you go to look, their sale prices are rarely any less expensive than if you bought straight from the publisher themselves. Such is the game. I actually…
Making “rememberies” is a priority in our family. It’s always been important to us that even though we may not be able to take amazing resort vacations or whatever-whatever it is to keep up with the Joneses, we do make some GREAT memories with our kids. One of the easier ways I like to do…
March has always been a special month for me. As a child, I always looked forward to it because it was my birthday month. Happy Birthday to me! But more than that, it was the month I always associated with daffodils. My mom is a flower lady. Thanks to her I’ve always had a love…
It’s been a hard week for our family. Some of us were fighting off colds and flu, which is in itself bad enough, but that’s never how these things work, is it? Read with us as ComputerGuy offers a last tribute to his Grandpa Al. This week we say our final goodbyes to my grandfather….
“Be careful who you meet that first week of college,” my mom cautioned. “People meet their future spouses the first week of college…” I may or may not have rolled my eyes at her advice. That wasn’t my goal in going to college. I was going to go, study, play some soccer, and come…
This afternoon while Ottergirl was at piano lessons, I had the chance to talk to another homeschooled child who is about Rocketboy’s age. He sat down next to me, book in hand, (which is another common homeschooled-kid trait that I love… those books go everywhere with them! Car rides- no matter how short, visits to…
A couple days ago, the kids were getting a little bit cabin feverish, so I let them go outside after their school work was done. It wasn’t warm out, around 40, but compared to the freakishly cold temperatures we’ve been having so far this winter it must’ve felt like springtime out there to them. …
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