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Fight Childhood Obesity -- Boycott School

I'm not sure what to think of the latest buzz that sitting for more than three hours a day takes two years off your life , particularly...

 
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Switch

Switch:  How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Broadway Books, 2010) You don't get lots of...

 
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Forever and Ever, Amen

Our generation has a problem with permanence. By "our generation" I mean to cover a large age span:  whenever the seeds were...

 
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Bullet Update June 7 – June 12: Mobility!

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I often complain how hard motherhood is as much as I love it and as rewarding as it is.  I feel obligated to disclose when...

 
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Bullet Update May 1 – June 6

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The calendar posted in our kitchen dedicated solely to the “Cute Things They Do” has been working quite well for recording...

 
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Quiet

Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Crown, 2012) I waited a long time for my...

 
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Once Again, Google Triumphs

I remember when Google was the new kid on the block, and I deliberately chose to use it as my primary search engine, simply because...

 
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A Good Reminder of a Major WHY of Homeschooling

I have so many things to write about, but am feeling a time crunch at the moment.  Just so you know I haven't forgotten you...

 
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Memrise for Learning

I've been experimenting with Memrise for several days—long enough to conclude it merits a mention. Memrise is a vocabulary...

 
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Take That, CDC!

So, the CDC wants all of the "baby boom" generation tested for hepatitis C , in a move reminiscent of school teachers who punish the...

 
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For Janet, and Our Other Coffee-Loving Friends

Study finds coffee-drinkers live longer The bad news?  Lots of cream and sugar could negate the effect. The good...

 
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Insanity in Indiana

Florida gets all too much press for crazy happenings, so it's about time another state took the spotlight.  Was it another school...

 
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Mother's Day Wisdom

Until Janet wrote a post that tops everything , this celebration of mothers from Lenore Skenazy was my favorite Mother's Day...

 
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Mother’s Day Reflection

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Two kids, two Mother’s Days.  Time flies when you look backwards.  On Sunday there were flowers on the dining room table...

 
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Luke's Story

Luke's Story by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Putnam Praise, 2009) Luke's Story, the second book of LaHaye and Jenkins'...

 
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Helicoptering -- It Isn't Just for Parents Anymore

It was almost an idyllic scene:  Three adults, eight children—four boys, four girls, ages 9, 8, 7, 5, 3, 3, 14 months, and 6...

 
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The Fort

The materials:  We bought a couple of posts and a second hammer, but the rest of the materials were scrounged or donated by...

 
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No, We Can't

No, We Can't:  Radical Islam, Militant Secularism, and the Myth of Coexistence by Robert Stearns (Chosen, 2011) I received...

 
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Home Sweet Home

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Some people think I have it all together.  Sometimes I’m one of them.  Feeling a little bit prideful that I can go...

 
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Change that Attitude

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We all know that getting angry, or annoyed, or judgmental, or impatient, or any number of things that we do each day is not good or...

 
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Bullet Update April 14-27

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We now have a calendar posted in the kitchen for writing down cute things.  Thanks for the idea, Sarah!  The only problem is,...

 
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Children's Art, Life, and Meaningful Praise

Celebrating a Simple Life has a perceptive post this morning.  Ostensibly, it's about giving meaningful praise to children's...

 
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What Wonderful Weather!

With apologies to our Northeastern friends who would like to be done with winter, thank you very much, I just have to say that I LOVE...

 
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Snow? SNOW?

Porter remembers days in Rochester, NY when it snowed on his birthday.  Not very often, but it happened.  It looks as if...

 
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Because I'm Still Waiting for "Quiet"

My library copy of Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking looks to still be several weeks away, but...

 
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