a big (little) family

Trying to maintain my sanity and live to blog about it.

Gives me goose bumps kind of cool.

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Last week we were in Walmart. I was searching for elastic for a Christmas project, and an older gentleman in a motorized cart was trying to get information from a store employee who had none. “Is this the right thread to hem my blue jeans? Are these needles the right ones? “Umm… I’m sure they […]

SchoolhouseTeachers.com review

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As a new member of the 2013 The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew, my first assignment was to review the www.SchoolhouseTeachers.com website. Oh. My. Fun. From the publishers of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, it’s written to be a whole curriculum in and of itself, or can be used as a supplement to the books you’re already doing. […]

Catch up.

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Having very nearly disappeared after the laptop took it’s little coffee break and the old dinosaur roared to life rather protestingly, I have a long list of catch up to play. We’ll start with Sterling. He announced he doesn’t like salad. “It’s just leaves, Mom.” Yup. Tonight he informed me you have to have an […]

Agreed.

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Last week, I began one morning by frying what turned out to only be the keyboard of our laptop (An $18 fix if all goes according to what I think. Not holding my breath on that one though.) Today, it was my pajamas. Yep. I squatted down to change Pierce’s diaper first thing this morning […]

Ruby.

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As we were driving past a yard with a freshly removed tree down the road from our house, the discussion began on the reasons for cutting down a tree that had appeared perfectly healthy. Explaining things are not always as they seem, and the health of the tree was likely not good, Ruby had a […]

This week in Review

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It’s been a long week. Tuesday morning Pierce kicked my coffee (unfinished from the day before… I hadn’t even gotten that far yet) and the coffee spilled all over the desk. A few drops hit the laptop keyboard, but I wiped them off quickly and didn’t think too much of it. And then. Twenty minutes […]

It’s beginning to look a little like Christmas…

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I’ll be the first to admit I’m horrible at decorating. It’s just not my thing. I’m not sure if I just don’t care enough or if I just don’t have the space (and hands-free children) to be able to do very much, but I’ve never pursued it very hard. When we bought this house, though, […]

Once in a while, I’m amazed that things can go so well.

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I’ve always shopped ahead. My kitchen typically busts at the seams with food, and skipping shopping for a week or two means the only thing we really run out of the gets desperate is milk and fruit. It’s worked well for me, and I don’t meal plan but cook out of the cabinets. I’ve tried […]

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Review

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I was asked me to review the November issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. It’s available free at www.TheHomeschoolMagazine.com and also through their free app www.TOSApps.com if you’d like to access it that way. http://SchoolhouseReviewCrew.com is a blog from The Old Schoolhouse with reviews to many homeschooling products and resources. The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is […]

Ponderous thoughts, stranger approved.

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I took Pierce with me grocery shopping tonight. Any time I take just one child with me, they think it’s the best thing ever. They get chatty, giggly, and just love our “date” in the produce aisle. Pierce isn’t any different. He’d holler “Dada! Dada!” and I’d say “No! Momma!” and he’d laugh and laugh […]