Wordless Wednesday: Taking Flight
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Ocean City, Maryland - May 2013
Read MoreWeekend Reading - April 13, 2013
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I've decided to start sharing some of the links I share on Facebook over here since the Facebook search options are non-existant.
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Conference Vignette #2: On Trusting Yourself
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One of my favorite parts of the VaHomeschoolers Conference is getting to meet so many homeschoolers who have just started out on their journey. I often have folks who come up after my Beginning Homeschooling session to ask me questions, usually wanting to further clarify something I said or about something specific to their personal situation.
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Conference Vignette: Anxiety and Friends
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I have so much that I want to write about in regards to the conference. The tricky thing is finding the time to put down a few coherent words.
Read MoreA Conference High
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I knew at some point that something would get me back to blogging. Nothing like a conference to jumpstart my creative energy and desire to talk.
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Simple Pleasures: Foggy Mornings and Sick Days
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Woke up this morning to a very foggy morning. It had been mostly rainy yesterday and a front is getting ready to move in...it is supposed to be unseasonably warm today, in the low 60s.
Read MoreInspiration
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I have to admit that I have a lot of blogs in my feed reader. I love reading them and getting a little bit of a glimpse into other people's lives.
Read MoreSearch Query of the Day
/It can be interesting to see how people find my blog…this jumped out at me when I was looking at the search queries:
and the marshmallow committed suicide by throwing itself into the
Kind of makes me wonder what comes next…maybe I should use it as a writing prompt?
Finding Your Passion: Love Who You Are
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In the past I have often been embarrassed when I get excited or passionate about something. Especially when it is about something that others might not “get” or when others around me don’t seem to be quite as strongly affected.
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving!
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Just wanted to jump in here and wish everyone a fantastic Thanksgiving! The boys are with Jeff at my in-laws in Virginia Beach thoroughly enjoying themselves and I am getting some much needed downtime.
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Mental Health Days for Homeschoolers
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My friend Jeanne has a post, The Field Trip Not Taken, to which I could definitely relate:
Read MoreSometimes, in homeschooling, too much of a good thing is not a good thing. I tend to be a go-er and a do-er, and contrary to the vision of homeschooling that is so pervasive but so mistaken, homeschoolers aren’t necessarily home all that much.
Seeing Video Games as a Passion not an Obsession
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My homeschooling journey has continuously given me many opportunities to shift how I view things related to learning. One of the bigger shifts has been that of seeing Jason's huge interest in video gaming as an "obsession" to instead seeing it as a "passion."
Read MoreApologies for the down time
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Throwing Marshmallows was down due to some technical difficulties, but I think everything is fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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