Is Homeschooling Good or Bad for Introverts?
Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage, Cape Florida Lighthouse (Wikimedia Commons)In 2nd grade, I used to fantasize about having a wooden shed about the size of an outhouse around my school desk, with a window...
View ArticleA Typical Day of Homeschooling – 13 Years Ago
Since writing about how great journaling is for remembering our homeschool days, I went back through some of my old binders and found this piece about “My Typical Day,” which I wrote for my local...
View ArticleTransition into Summer
The last two weeks have been crazy busy for me. Doesn’t it seem like May is always busy with end-of-school-year events?For me it started with organizing the end-of-year ArtFest at my daughter’s high...
View ArticleSappy Reminiscing
Well, I did it. I dropped my beloved boys off at their respective colleges last week, and the house seems so empty without them!I’ve been homeschooling those two from the very beginning, and it hardly...
View ArticleTen Great Things to Do with Kids Outside
Autumn is really the perfect time of year to spend outside. It’s not too hot, not too cold, and the air smells crisp and inviting. Don’t waste these days sitting inside. Your kids NEED to be...
View ArticleDomestic Inspiration
When my first child was born, I was still in the Coast Guard and got to experience the role of “working mother” (although we know of course that all mothers are working mothers). It was hard being away...
View ArticleA Christmas Present for Extended Family and Friends
As a military family, we have moved around a lot, making it difficult to visit our relatives on a regular basis. One of the things I liked to do, starting the last week of November is make a...
View ArticleGetting Things Done When Everything Keeps Getting Undone
Photo from Photopin, Creative Commons LicenseHere we are in 2013. This is the time of year when we all look back to take stock of what we have accomplished and renew our plans for the future, right?...
View ArticleWe Never Have Any Fun
Playing Bananagrams with friends in a house with no furniture.We made it safe and sound to our new hometown in Oregon, but it was an ordeal that I’m not anxious to repeat again. You’d think that after...
View ArticleHomeschooling with an Iron Fist
NC Wyeth – By Unidentified photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsWhy are you homeschooling – really? Be very honest with yourself.I have the utmost admiration for the hard work and...
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