This topic just came up, again, on one of the Facebook groups that I am a member of. And to be perfectly honest, I struggle BIG TIME with this EVERY.SINGLE.DAY with both my kids (18 and 13). But especially my 13yr old son. I haven’t solved it yet, but I
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Full disclosure: Teaching Textbooks approached me and asked me to do this review and giveaway, in exchange for a level of their product for my son. But the opinions expressed here are entirely my own. My First Experience with Teaching Textbooks I have homeschooled my 2 kids (boy, 13 and
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“Stay human, you carry the future in your arms and in your bellies.”–Michael Franti This is an old transcript from back when I ran a chat website called Mommy Chats (a site that I no longer own), and hosted all sorts of topical chats, including weekly chats sponsored by Mothering
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This week, as will happen, life took some unexpected turns.
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Today wrapped up the first week of my 5th Annual Great Summer Purge and Clean: The Kitchen Zone. Today I focused on cleaning/organizing the top of my dishwasher (it’s a portable, and a magnet for piles of crap), cleaning the kitchen table (which wasn’t actually too bad, for a change),
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Moving on to the microwave and cupboards around… I forgot to take a before pic of the microwave, so I didn’t bother with an after pic. It’s just a microwave. But I did take pics of the cupboards. These are my dish cupboards and my pots/pans and kitchen appliance cupboards.
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Ok, we are in the stove area today…this means the stove and the cupboards above and next to, including my junk drawer…Plus I tacked on the cupboards below the kitchen sink into this area as well. I even opened up my stove and cleaned all the grime that gathers under
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Today I tackled my fridge and freezer and some cupboards in the nearby area. I KICKED BUTT!! Luckily we are quite short on food right now, so this job was a lot easier than it could have been. Here’s my before and after pics, side by side:
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FIRST ZONE: THE KITCHEN I feel like I’ve not done this in awhile…I waited quite awhile this summer before getting going on this (life happened)…and the past 2 years have not really happened gung ho. I’m DETERMINED to make this year’s GSPAC really COUNT! And I really want to blog
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As I prepare to start yet another Great Summer Purge and Clean, I am reminded of the Flylady and her “shiny sink” philosophy… …and I went in search of a good article to refer people to about this philosophy… But I didn’t find anything that really resonated with
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Today’s the day I finally sort out this year’s “Great Summer Purge and Clean”. I have had so much I have been working on already this summer, I haven’t had time to think much of this yet!! But I’m NOT ditching it! I’ve been thinking of switching tracks with
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So, if you’ve not heard yet…there’s this new thing called the GDPR… Here’s a quick video that explains it well, if you prefer audio/video learning: Even if you don’t own an online business or website, you’ve probably been made aware of the GDPR by the slew of
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I saw an ad in my Facebook feed today that intrigued me. An ad for a new video streaming service for science videos! Immediately got MY attention, especially with all the way cool experiments in the video! He’s called the Dancing Scientist, and here’s his YouTube channel. The service that
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[amazon_link asins=’0152766529′ template=’CopyOf-ProductAd’ store=’homeschoolrealm-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’6805635b-4b15-11e8-9732-ff839c00b33f’] I love this book! I think I got it years ago…long before children…from the bargain section of Borders Books (I miss them!) when I was working there. It was so intriguing, I couldn’t resist! The idea of underwear throughout history!! It’s a cute little
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Do you know about this?? Our family has had a family subscription for a couple years now…and we LOVE IT!! For just $14.99, a month every member of our 4 member family gets access to every song in Apple Music… and that’s a LOT of music!! No more having to
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