What We Did Today(WWDT) 2.21.12

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This morning started with a doctor’s appointment for Missy.  She is healing quite nicely from the tonsillectomy.  Friday she can return to horse riding. I decided that despite her whining, we would return to schooling today.  She whined, she cried…but she learned, and I’m a happy momma! Just some highlights of today’s learning: We started [...]

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Shiloh’s Home

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If you walk into my house the first thing you see is our “classroom”.  This room has been located in three places since we moved into this house.  The final destination is the “Living Room”.  This was a room that held a couch and a table and was never used.  Now it is used every [...]

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Where Have all the Women Gone?

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Title:  The Resignation of Eve Author:  Jim Henderson Publisher:  Tyndale House Publication Date: 2/1/12 ISBN-10: 1414337302 ISBN-13: 978-141433730 Format:  Paperback & e-Book Editorial Review (Amazon) Henderson (Jim and Casper Go to Church: Frank Conversation about Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians) tells the stories here of many women who, despite their predominance in the life, membership, [...]

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An Alphabet Trip to the Limerick Zoo Review

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Title: An Alphabet Trip to the Limerick Zoo Author:  Jeannette Ramirez Type:  e-Book Cost:  $9.99 for e-Book Readers:  Kindle Fire or Nook Color   About the Author (Amazon.com)   I am Jeannette Ramirez, from Cincinnati, Ohio, married (forever), and hubby and I have five grown-up children. As such things go, those children collectively have ten. [...]

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Monthly Meal Plan Feb/Mar

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My friend introduced me to planning meals monthly.  I’ve done this many times before, but not to this extent.  Inspired by her $400/month for family of five that includes three growing boys and 3 cats, I accepted her challenge of reducing my food budget by at least 25% this month!  A fellow homeschool blogger, Erica, [...]

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Great Adventure Revisited Part 2

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When we first told our children they would be leaving their school, friends and home behind to travel with us full-time, they were all three upset. Kids do not like change so it was pretty understandable.  However, as we continued to talk about it, they began to warm up to the idea. The next hurdle [...]

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Great Backyard Bird Count 2012

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The GBBC is a joint product of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, The Audubon Society, and The Bird Studies in Canada. The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. [...]

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day!

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Today is Valentine’s Day!  Our homeschool will be celebrating with crafts, a few themed worksheets and eating heart shaped food!   I will be printing out this card and placing under each child’s door to find in the morning.  This will be a gift they can keep forever. Need Last-Minute Ideas? Education.com Valentine’s Day Idea [...]

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The Great Adventure Revisited Part 1

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This is a life like no other – this is The Great Adventure ~Steven Curtis Chapman In June 2010 our family set out on what we called The Great Adventure.   It was our introduction to full-time living in an RV.  We were hooked.  We returned in August ready to leave our life in Oregon behind [...]

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Recreating Past Posts

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Hubby and I in 2005. Hi!  I just wanted to let you know that I will be posting my photography of our travels in 2010.  My blog was deleted during an update and I lost an entire year with of posts.  I’d like to recreate some of it to share with families who may be [...]

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