I’ve been puzzling how to meet my increasing commitments without losing balance and getting my priorities all mixed up. In fact, this very week I had to make some major time-related decisions, and I just did not know how. Then God sent Crazy Busy my way. Subtitled A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big […]
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Our Curriculum For Next Year (Grades 6, 8 and 11)
For the first time ever, I finished planning next year’s curriculum in June! It helps that I’ve gone through each of the grades and all of this material before. And now I can look forward to a much more peaceful summer, with no curriculum choices hanging over my head. Our big ‘together project’ this year will be […]
Summer Survival Guide on Sale this Weekend
School is officially over at our house! Yes, it is! This major event happened yesterday before supper. Miss 10 generously took over Mr. 18’s cooking turn and cooked her first solo supper while Mr. 18 and I discussed the poetry of Walt Whitman and T. S. Eliot. So, here we are. On holidays. Now that […]