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Category Archives: Memes
Homeschool Meme
I feel like I have fallen out of the homeschooling blog loop because of the work load that I have been trying to maintain the past few years and not making time for the blog hopping that I love so much. So I spent a little time this weekend just exploring various homeschool blogs. I am so encourage that there are so many out there. I found this little meme and wanted to share too. … Continue reading
Flashback Friday-1963
This week I celebrated another birthday. The year I was born minimum wage was $1.25 and the average American income was $6,249. The cost of a new home was $12,650, a new car went for about $3,233, gas was .30 a gallon, a gallon of milk was .49 and a carton of eggs sold for .55. Troll dolls, the Easy Bake Oven, and the game Mouse Trap were the newest toys. Weight watchers were drinking … Continue reading
My Children-Then and Now
It never ceases to amaze me how fast time passes. Last week we celebrated my middle son’s 18th birthday and a few weeks before that my daughter turned 15. My oldest son will be 26 in April and in March will be married 2 years. I can hardly remember them as little ones except when I pull out the old photographs. These are my children from what seems another lifetime (August 1997): These are my … Continue reading
The Homeschool Mother’s Journal-4
In my life this week… It was a quiet week, which really is a good thing. Not a whole lot going on. I did empty my work in-box this week and that was something I don’t think I have done since I started working for TOS over 3 years ago. In our homeschool this week… It was a quiet week here as well. We are half way through the Grammar of Poetry and I am … Continue reading
The Homeschool Mother’s Journal-3
Life gets so busy and I get so distracted with it that I just don’t fit blogging into it. But I am determined to keep trying until it becomes a habit again. So, after missing a week, here’s some more about our life to share. In my life this week (and last)… After posting my last entry, that Sunday my son was working on a Valentine’s Day gift for his girlfriend and accidently cut the … Continue reading