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My Exciting Career as Game Show Host

I still haven’t written my mega post on the Love and Logic approach.  I will, I promise.  I have tons to say about it.   I think it will be easier to discuss if I have some examples already posted, so this is my next one. A big issue for me is getting impatient...

How To: Start Homeschooling (Part 3)

Okay, this is the third installment of my series on how to start homeschooling. First we talked about Exploring your options, then we discussed Investigating possibilities. Now, we’re going to talk about what Planning will help you get set up. I’m assuming...

How?

March 2006 Funny thing: my little boys don’t say why. Ever. They ask “how?” all the time. I don’t know where they got it, but that’s what they say. It’s clear they mean “why”, but they always say how. Or “have...

Naptime

Another giggle from 2006: I had just stepped away from the ‘puter after reading several e-mails and I stretched and said “whoo!” kind as a whoop sort of thing. I was trying to pump up a little energy to get moving, as boys were still in jammies and...

No Permanent (ahem) Damage

I lost my temper the other day. And not just a little. I lost it COMPLETELY. It all started when The Mercenary came in and started rifling through my desk drawers while I was sitting there. When I asked what he was doing, he explained that he was getting a permanent...