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For the birds.

For the birds.

October 10, 2009 |  by Teri  |  Going Green, Homesteading  |  , , , ,  |  3 Comments  |  Share  | 

Literally. Or I guess a better word is fowl. This is the chicken coop, although guinea fowl live in there as well. We have hens and one rooster. We get about 4-5 eggs a day, but that's tapering off now that it is getting cooler. We have way more eggs than any normal family should have in the fridge. Can

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President Obama's speech to the children.

President Obama’s speech to the children.

October 10, 2009 |  by Teri  |  Editorial, General Interest, homeschool, News  |  , , , , ,  |  1 Comment  |  Share  | 

Yep, we watched it. It was our first homeschool day ever but, and I thought we'd be one big scrambled egg, but we made the time to sit back, relax, and see what the President had to say. I won't go into a big political diatribe but I think my kids found a good message in his speech. I used

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An apple for the teacher.

An apple for the teacher.

September 25, 2009 |  by Teri  |  homeschool, Photography  |  , , , ,  |  5 Comments  |  Share  | 

So we took the plunge. We are now a home schooling family. All the paperwork is in place, we have our curricula chosen and in place, we have the room finished... only one thing was missing (in the mind of my oldest son) and that was an apple for the teacher. He carefully picked one from the fruit bowl and

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Beginning in the beginning.

Beginning in the beginning.

September 24, 2009 |  by Teri  |  Field Trips, homeschool  |  , , , ,  |  2 Comments  |  Share  | 

As we embarked on homeschooling, it became obvious to me that we would be following a different path than what was planned out for the kids in public school. As I talked with each of them about what they had been studying in social studies, math, communication arts, etc. I realized that even though the subject was studied, they didn't

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