*Scrappitydoodah*

“Mama, can we go out to play?”
Sure, as long as your room is clean.
“Oh, it’s already clean!”
Mmm-hmmm.

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Dear Person Who Has Landed in this Blog,
Please leave a comment if you are a secular homeschooler.
I have no ulterior motive, other than assuaging my curiosity as to how many non-religious homeschoolers are out there.
If you are a refugee from a certain other homeschool blogging site, I’m curious about that, too.
Sincerely,
The Blogger Formerly […]

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Me: The girls and I cleaned their room today. They worked really hard, too…The Sun cleaned out under their beds, and The Moon helped change sheets and organize the closet.
Him: Mmm-hmmm.
Me: Then The Comet and I cleaned out his room.
Him: Did the girls help you clean their room?
A Sign You […]

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Words are powerful. I do believe this. The spoken word holds some kind of magical intensity.
Some times this is good. I have thrown out words into the Universe for something I want or need, and ohmygoshwhatdoyouknow it just seems to appear.
Apparently, the Cosmic Corridor between the […]

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Dear Fellow Homeschooling Bloggers,
Doc is asking for submissions for The Country Fair. Please, everyone…make a submission. Let’s see this take off!
You can find the posting guidelines right here.
To be honest, I wasn’t planning to make a submission. There are so many excellent entries out there, and I don’t think I have […]

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Thank you to those who left such kind comments to my last entry.
I need to clarify that this was one experience. I’m not always the calm, rational mother. Sometimes I raise my voice. Some days I am impatient. Sometimes I have to fight the urge to spank, because I am […]

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It is the nature of most people to offer advice when they find the opportunity. Folks are eager to share their experiences and expertise. Most of the time, this doesn’t bother me one bit.
But there is one group of unsolicited advice-givers that just grates on my nerves like a dentist’s drill…the Corporal […]

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Homeschooling has been known to
stimulate proper use of the brain,
which is not endorsed by government
nor huge corporations that are involved
in financial profit from a brainwashed and
enslaved population.
(Got this from an online friend, and it made me grin.)

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…and that something is sleeping.
There is a used curriculum fair tomorrow today which I had planned to attend in order to sell some of my materials from the previous two years. Planned.
I. Am. So. Unmotivated.
Aaaaaand I forgot to get change for those people who buy a fifty-cent book with a twenty. (I happen to be […]

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This evening while checking on the garden, I found a baby bird fluttering along, trying to figure out this flying business. The children and I gathered around, trying to keep a distance that would help the bird feel safe, yet close enough to actually observe something. I did manage to take a few pictures. Baby […]

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