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5 Things To Expect If You Homeschool
As a second-generation homeschooler at the beginning of our own journey and participants in coordinating our provincial homeschool convention, I sometimes get asked what it was like to be homeschooled and what things those new to the circuit can expect. Condensed, here are five expectations I have as we jump into the journey with …
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A genius solution to more time and less dishes! | Drink Bands Giveaway
Sometimes it takes a broken dishwasher to recognize just how many dishes you use in a day! That's what happened to us. Then, one side of our kitchen sink started leaking and I really started cracking down on the unnecessary habit of pulling new dishes out of the cupboard! Thankfully, I received my Drink Bands in the mail the same …
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UPDATE: Cafe Orange - Where's the food?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the fantastic makeover given to Cafe Orange on Robinson Street, near the 13th Avenue Safeway.The place has been all dolled up and looks like it's ready to roll. The problem? They're only serving coffee and some rather lackluster desserts at the moment.When I stopped in on June 25 to order a coff…
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Flea Market Finds Pour La Semaine Vingt-Trois
Chicka boom!! Chicka now now!! *winks*It's time once again for Flea... Market... Finds!!And what a wonderful week it was! The sun was finally shining here in the Pacific Northwest (YIPPEE!!) and I and the hubster headed back to Centralia Washington for another round-O-fun tiquercising! No sooner had I entered my favorite antique s…
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Internet Trolls
Today let's talk about Internet Trolls. Specifically, those people who, while hiding behind their magical curtains of anonymity, are _____________ (fill in the blank... jerks, bullies, douche bags). You know who I'm talking about. If you don't, buckle up because you will. For some reason, the Internet makes a few people feel compl…
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How to Boil a Perfect Egg
It took a few years of being surprised each time I peeled off the shell before I finally thought to ask Brad's Mom, a master with food, how to guarantee a perfectly boiled egg each time.When I used my own method, soft-boiled eggs would turn out runny, and hard-boiled eggs resulted in an ugly gray film around the yolks. Now, they t…
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Summer Vacations | How Mom Can Have A Holiday Too
Some of my fondest memories as a child were of summer vacations with our family. No matter how tight the budget (and with a large farming family, it was tight!), we always took a few days off from our regular routine in the middle of the year.Sometimes we borrowed a trailer from friends and camped not a half-hour from home. Someti…
