A day of airplanes (including all-out running between two of them) and an evening of chatting with friends (old and new) has me all worn out. I was especially delighted to see Keely, Jennifer, and Mel, all folks I met on our Compassion trip to the Dominican Republic a few years back. I’m eager...
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I’ve been getting questions from folks wondering why I switched Owlhaven to partial feeds. Blame it on doing taxes and listening to Dave Ramsey. John and I are on track to get our last bit of non-house debt (mostly braces and some random medical bills –last year was brutal!) paid off by June. After...
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Here are some of my posts that you ‘liked’ on facebook in 2011 (THANKS so much!!) with a few bonus ones from 2010 thrown in there too. I thought it might be fun for anyone new here to have an easy way to get a sampling of what you’re likely to see here. Mothering:...
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All sorts of life is happening here this week. One of our 13yo sons got his braces on today and has a sore mouth this evening to prove it. Thankfully 4 out of 6 of our current teenagers came by their straight teeth naturally, proving again that God provides for families in all sorts...
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…seems to be swallowing up alllll of my time this week, what with chatting with friends, eating extraordinary Mexican food, signing books and — yes – speaking about balancing time while homeschooling, and saving money at the grocery store. Although a few of my sentences meandered haphazardly, I was reasonably coherent most of the...
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As I mentioned before, in about 10 days I’m going to Oklahoma for a homeschool convention, and I am very much hoping to meet some of you Oklahoma people! If you’re interested in having lunch together and are free between 11:30 and 1:00 on April 26th, go to the OKC blogger meetup page to...
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This week has been a little nutty. I’ve been trying to get back into ‘real’ life after the Chile trip, and I’ve also been preparing to do a couple of talks about bringing down your grocery budget. Thursday’s talk was on skype, with patrons of the Tuskarawas County Library in Ohio. Friday morning I...
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Look what came in the mail today?? A Good Housekeeping magazine with some of my words in it– page 213 of the December issue if you’re wondering. Martha Stewart and Bobby Flay may be utterly blase about appearances in magazines, but it’s still a pretty big deal to me. If you’re here because you...
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A post that made me want to race to the fabric store. Right.now. Utterly hilarious kids. Carb-loading at its most delicious. A most adorable dress. (HT: Big Mama) Happy weekend!!
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The winner of the Science Spa kit is Dawn F! ~~~~ I was happy to discover last week that it is practically painless to switch from (defunct-this-week) Bloglines to Google Reader. And glory be, it turns out I actually like the Google reader better! I read over 100 blogs a week, so I really...
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