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The Battle of Spring Cleaning

For lack of a Hazel, Alice, or Mr. French, clutter and dust invade our home from time to time.  When the war cry of Spring Cleaning is heard it cannot be ignored. Each season brings a new crusade against the enemy Disorder. He seems to sneak in undetected whenever we are distracted by everyday life. But equipped with a feather duster, trash bag, broom, mop, and determination we are armed for battle.  Over the past … Continue reading

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What We Use In School

  I noticed that others share what they use for their homeschools so I thought that I would share what we use:     Subject Proverbs son-13 Proverbs daughter-10   Math Saxon Pre-Algebra, Dr. Aardsma’s Math Drill Saxon 54, Dr. Aardsma’s Math Drill   Language Arts Learning Language Arts Through Literature-Green Learning Language Arts Through Literature-Orange   Science Exploring Creation with General Science Abeka-Understanding God’s World   Penmanship Bob Jones-Penmanship for Christian Schools Abeka-Handwriting Mastery … Continue reading

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One of Those Weeks-Update

On my last blog I wrote about our cat Midnite. Thursday night, with me stroking his fur, he breathed his last breath and died exactly 2 months after his dog pal Oreo died.  His death was extremely peaceful. Needless to say, we are grieving our loss. My father, in his compassion and sensitivity to how much Midnite meant to me, had built him a little box, stained it and lined it, for him to be … Continue reading

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One of Those Weeks

It has been extremely chaotic here and my good intentions of keeping a meaningful and productive blog have fallen to the wayside.  My beloved husband’s company is going under major transitions with a buy out and the paperwork is very trying.  The kids seem to have arrived at the misunderstanding that if I’m busy trying to straighten things out that they are free to wander away from their school goals and disappear, therefore sending me … Continue reading

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