Tag: education
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Deep Cleaning (July 8, 2011)
Woke up this morning to ants in the kitchen. Not a ton, but just enough sugar ants around a bit of juice to change the course of my morning. After the Bleach Extravaganza and my dose of A-E (Angela’s encouragement…a friend who kept me positively focused through the ick of the ants), I took the…
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Family & Such…Ramblings (Jul 7, 2011)
It was just me and my sister growing up. No boys. Just two girls, two years apart. My mom was and still is a phenomenal mother. She modeled motherhood brilliantly. Sadly, I didn’t have a model for two things: How to raise boys. How to raise five kids, homeschool, and maintain a home. And because…
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I Hate My Life (July 6, 2011)
Ooh…that’s a pretty gripping heading, isn’t it? Well, it’s the sentence that ran through my head the other night. Let me explain. We were out doing late-afternoon errands. You know the type: Cub, Wal-Mart, pet store, that kind of stuff. Henry went into one store with one child and I kept the other four and…
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In Peace I will Lie Down and Sleep (July 2, 2011)
The title of this post is the first line of verse 8 in the fourth Psalm. And today I will lie down and sleep in peace because…MY BEDROOM IS CLEAN!! Yup! My dear sweet, amazing husband kept the toddling wonder-girl engaged for most of the day. That allowed me to make serious headway in the…
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Fatigue, Planning, Blogging (July 1, 2011)
I’m exhausted. My husband told me so a few months ago. He told me I was experiencing fatigue and that recovery takes time. He’s right. But it took me these few months to articulate it myself. We homeschool moms don’t like to admit defeat. And admitting, “I’m tired,” felt like I was surrendering. And in…
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Just Keep Swimming… (July 1, 2011)
Remember that line from Dori in Finding Nemo? It seems so simple, but most solutions are. Just keep swimming. I’m sort of in a place like that in my life right now. I want to just run away. I want to quit. I want to nap for a week. I want my husband to take…
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Praying for Joy (June 2, 2011)
This is actually a request. Please pray for dear friend’s new daughter, not yet 24 hours old. Her name is Joy. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/joybarringer Thank you for standing on your knees, Stephanie
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Cut the Cord (June 1, 2011)
We got the new cable bill. It was the first month after advertised bundle ended. It was high. Quite high. We paid it. We like our shows. We like our On Demand. We like our DVR. The next month we got another bill. We paid it while cringing. Last week we cut the cable. How…
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Batter Up! (May 29, 2011)
I’ve never been to a batting cage. Just realized that today as I stood in one, swinging away (and hitting, too, I might add). Before my turn, I was thinking, should I do this? I might pull something. I shouldn’t do this. If I don’t do this, I’ll never get in enough shape to NOT…
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Happy Birthday to You or Me? (May 28, 2011)
While we’re talking about coupons and deals. Coldstone Creamery has a birthday club. You can sign up online. I did that for each of my children. Now I’m going to tattle on myself. For about 2 years, I would get the email coupon from Coldstone for the birthday custard. It’s EXPENSIVE to go to Coldstone.…
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Road Trippin’ for the Flavor of the Day (May 27, 2011)
Here’s my traveling tip. When you have a considerable distance to travel that requires “entertainment” to break up the monotony, here’s a suggestion. You know the not-exactly-fast-food restaurant that is blue and white, sells cheese curds, is based in Wisconsin, and has a mascot named Scoopie? Okay, go there to get your food. I know,…
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Tadpole Update & Laundry (May 23, 2011)
I’m not sharing. Seriously. It’s not been a pleasant adventure and I don’t know how to share what’s going on. I have reported our flaws and errors to the givers of the tadpoles, so I’m not hiding anything. Well, I’d better just get it out, huh? Okay, I was rushing out to our homeschool expo…