Archive for November, 2007

New Homeschooling Concept

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Homeschooling has interested me off and on during the last five years since my oldest started school. I could not imagine sending my shy, little girl on a bus to a huge school and considered ever so briefly the idea of homeschooling her.
I marvel at the parents who homeschool multiple kids. That seems like an [...]

Thanks for My Internship, Kelly!

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

This is Part 2 of my Week of Giving Thanks series.
For over two years I had been in the midst of a mini mid-life crisis. As my children grew older and more self-sufficient, I was desparate to find something for ME to do. I was tired of being everybody’s maid and short-order cook but I [...]

A Week of Thanks, Part 1

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Wow…I no sooner posted about surviving Halloween and here we are, two days before Thanksgiving! I won’t bore you with my usual, “oh my, where has the last two weeks gone?/I feel so old,” line even though all those thoughts are crashing through my mind right now!
My friend Alyssa started posting what she is grateful for on [...]

Halloween Sugar Rush

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Phew!
We survived our Halloween night of trick or treating. Even though I was being a Halloween grouch this year by not decorating until 3 days before the big event, the girls had fun making their “big” plans with their friends of how many houses they would hit up for candy.
Of course, we now have at [...]