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Our Homeschool Plan
It’s still summer, which means I am in preparation mode for the upcoming school year. Although we are actively doing reviews throughout the summer, we plan to officially start our school year on…
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Summer is here, that means camping!
We spent the weekend with five other families camping at Bellows AFS, currently our favorite camping spot. Our family loves camping and we were so thrilled to have our friends join us!…
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Learning and Teaching ASL
I am very interested in learning — and teaching Lil’ K — American Sign Language (ASL). As one who suffers from Ménière’s Disease, it is a real possibility that my hearing could be…
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Pics or it didn’t happen
Losing someone never seems to get easier, especially when that someone is your mother. Admittedly, the pain doesn’t seem as raw and intense as it did back in 2011, just days before Christmas…
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P.E.
We started school yesterday, August 11, 2015. On a Tuesday. Why? Basically, because we could. As a homeschooling family, we have flexibility. Flexibility to choose our start and end dates. Flexibility to sleep…
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Camping Overnighter
“Who knew you would enjoy the outdoors?” a good friend of mine remarked when I told her how much I enjoyed our overnight camping trip this weekend. Being sun averse makes being outdoors…
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Day #2 of cooking with Lil’ K
Today’s meal was Homemade vegetarian pizza, a family favorite. I’m almost embarrassed to admit that we may have it as often as once a week. I used to make my own crust from scratch,…
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Home Economics
My friend Arnold sent me an e-mail with a PDF attachment with photos and the moving story about an amazing 5-year-old girl in Japan. It showed me that by babying my 6-year-old, I may…
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A vegan is not born overnight
After watching documentaries like Forks Over Knives and Vegucated, our family has decided to go (mostly) vegan/vegetarian. The goal is to be completely vegan, but I add the “mostly” and “vegetarian” in there…
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Next generation of bloggers
In a previous life (or at least it feels that way), I used to be an avid blogger. I was part of the first generation of pre-Y2K web journallers who, instead of keeping…
