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7 Quick Takes: January 28, 2012 (Vol. 110)

~ 1 ~ I’ve been sick all week, and this has been pretty miserable.  It’s mostly just stuffed up sinuses, along with a headache (because my sinuses are stuffed up) and tiredness (because I’m not sleeping well because, well you know). I have a sneaky suspicion that having the weather go between warmish to really [...]

7 Quick Takes: January 21, 2012 (Vol. 109)

~ 1 ~ This week, Molly said, “Let’s push up the ceiling!” I had to ask, “Is that like ‘Let’s raise the roof?’” These kids crack me up! ~ 2 ~ After a lot of thought and trying a couple of languages in our homeschooling, we’ve finally decided to go with the homeschooling cliche and [...]

7 Quick Takes: January 7, 2012 (Vol. 107)

~ 1 ~ I would say that I held off an extra day to write my “7 Quick Takes” because I wanted my 107th edition of 7 Quick Takes to be on January 7th instead of the 6th.  But, alas, I’m not a good liar.  (I never have been, and my Mom says that’s not [...]

7 Quick Takes: November 11, 2011 (Vol. 103)

~ 1 ~ I made a horrible error in judgement this week.  It was something that I knew better not to do, but I did it anyway. I played Angry Birds for the first time.  And the second and the third and the fortieth time, and so on.  One night, I decided to play for [...]

Great Homeschool Convention Registration Giveaway

  If you’re a homeschooling family (or even discerning the call to begin homeschooling), you’ll definitely want to check out The Homeschool Classroom, where we’re giving away five family registrations to the regional Great Homeschool Conventions.

7 Quick Takes: September 29, 2011 (Vol. 98)

~ 1 ~ After several years of a closed photography business, I actually did a session (well, a two-in-one session) this past weekend.  While it was weird to be doing it again, it was for a very special reason.  I got to take senior pictures of one of my nieces and one of my nephews.  [...]

7 Quick Takes: September 9, 2011 (Vol. 96)

~ 1 ~ Eric and I have decided that we should just have a personal chef come in and make us dinner everyday.  They would also have to plan the meals and shop for them too, of course.  We continued on with this line of talk for a while. Finally, Molly said, “Back up!  Back [...]

7 Quick Takes: September 2, 2011 (Vol. 95)

~ 1 ~ This week, I launched the blog that I have been avoiding. It was a quiet launch.  It doesn’t even feel like launch is the right word, actually.  Let’s say, instead, that I started a blog and told some people about it.  That’s more the speed of it. It’s called Striving for Less, [...]

Our Schedule for a Typical Homeschooling Week

Since our homeschooling days don’t always look the same, I thought it might be more helpful to go with a general overview of what we do each week.  We use a lot of materials each week, so not every subject gets scheduled every day.  However, we do tend to go in a pattern, so it [...]

7 Quick Takes: August 19, 2011 (Vol. 93)

~ 1 ~ Last week when I wrote my quick takes, Jack had just learned to ride his bike (finally!) but Molly was still very much struggling.  I’m thrilled to report that after she finally trusted that we weren’t going to let go, we were actually able to let go anyway. I am calling Eric [...]

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