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Book Review: The Secret of N'de
Being an author myself, I hate to write a negative review. However, I think I owe this cautionary note to the parents of voracious readers who don't always have time to pre-read a book before...
View ArticleFirst thing Monday morning...
I remember when I was rooming with my sister in college. Well, I was in college, and she was in graduate school, but for about a year we shared an apartment off campus.She has always been a go-getter....
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5-minute homemade GF bread, simplified
We've been baking bread out of Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day for some months now. So far, it's the best-tasting GF bread recipe we've found, with the best texture. Even our fussy eater considers...
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Works for Me Wednesday: Homemade Coconut Milk
One of these days I'm going to get my act together (that's partly what this blog is about, anyhow, homeschooling while living real life) and take pictures, or better yet, hire Youngest to take pictures...
View ArticleHow does your garden grow?
Yesterday we got some more of the garden planted:Peas (yes, I know it's late in the season but the weather has continued unseasonably chilly, so we'll see)BeansCarrotsBasil (doesn't grow well from...
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First Thing Monday Morning: A Day Late, and...
 ...do you remember the rest of that old saying? (a dollar short, in case you were wondering)It reflects the frustration of missing an important deadline because you forgot to record the date on your...
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007's newest secret weapon: exploding glass stove
I think I'm going to be picking up/sweeping up glass in my kitchen for days to come.Yesterday, the glass front of our range's oven exploded. All it took was a little bump, from what I heard. I wasn't...
View ArticleLong hiatus...
It has been a long time since I've checked in here. You see, I was spending too much time on the computer and not enough time on things that needed doing in "real life." With the approach of the new...
View ArticleThis is the day that the LORD hath made!
...you do know what comes after, don't you?Let us rejoice and be glad in it.It doesn't matter if you got less sleep than you needed last night. It doesn't matter if you (or someone else in the house)...
View ArticleTimeline series
Just finished writing the second in a series on using a timeline to help put historical events and people in context in your history studies. It will appear later this month at Homeschool Mosaics --...
View ArticleThere's so much I want to say...
Part of the problem of trying to keep a blog (at least for me) is just getting to the keyboard. We have five people sharing one computer at our house at the moment -- that's a lot of competition.Of...
View ArticleChristmas giveaway from Homeschool Mosaics
The team of homeschooling writers at Homeschool Mosaics would like to wish you a very merry Christmas today. We're giving away our two newest e-books, Sanity Savers and Holiday Blessings, full of ideas...
View ArticleWe're back!
...back from a grueling, exhilarating, five-day adventure also known as a Speech and Debate Tournament. It is the best of days, it is the worst of days. (Wait, did someone already say that?)A load of...
View ArticleEasy Stovetop Custard (GF!)
The Debater is sick on the couch with a swollen, sore throat and fever. This is the kid who has trouble keeping weight on, much less gaining it. One thing I can usually get her to eat, when sick, is...
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New Review Team!
You may have seen other people announcing the new review team being launched by the people behind the Homeschool Mosaics website. On the other hand, this may be the first you've heard of it.In any...
View ArticleDay something-or-other of the plague
The Computer Guy mentioned something this morning about it being Day Four of the Plague, which got me thinking. Let's see, the Debater fell ill Sunday (Saturday night, rather, at the ballot party...
View ArticleVery glad it's Friday
Still fighting whatever bug is trying to get hold of me. This morning I doused my oatmeal with a dollop of honey and fair amount of cinnamon. I read somewhere on Facebook that cinnamon/honey in a...
View ArticleAll-of-a-Kind Family Resource
Awhile back, I published a link to a resource that you could use while reading books from the All-of-a-Kind Family series. This book series is set in New York city in the early 1900s, and paints a...
View ArticleTimelines! (newest post in a series)
Just wanted to let you know that the latest in my series on using timelines is up at the Homeschool Mosaics website. Want to know how other home educators put up their timelines? Check it out!
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GF Muffins that'll fool you!
...as in, they don't taste gluten free. This is important for the Debater, who won't eat anything that doesn't taste real. As in, how things used to taste before she went GF.Anyhow, it's been something...
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