December 2011

Today is a New Day

Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats I love the line in Chicken Little when he pulls himself up by the proverbial bootstraps and sets out to be a changed man, er, chicken. He’s had setbacks. He’s faced disappointments. He’s been fearful. Yet, he declares with confidence, “Today is [...]

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The Halfway Point: Evaluting Our Progress

by Toni

Written by Toni Anderson of The Happy Housewife This week marks the halfway point in our homeschool year. I have to admit I’m celebrating a little because usually we don’t reach the halfway point until February! This year we are on track for an early finish and a full summer vacation. (The first we’ve had [...]

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The Gift of Slow

by Jamie

Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom A note from Jamie: It’s Boxing Day, which in our home means another day of leisurely doing…not much. I love the pace, and it brought to mind this post from last year, which originally published on December 13, 2010. Recently I spent [...]

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Wishing You and Yours a Merry Christmas

by Jamie

Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom Recent weeks in our home have been filled with a lot of creating a little math (of the edible sort)

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Merriment’s Agenda: Setting Expectations for Christmas Day

by Cari

The following is a guest post written by Cari Stone of Thoughts Interrupted. I finally had enough. Somewhere between untangling the brand new battery operated car out of my daughter’s hair and consuming one too many cookies baked by my diabetic second cousin, I knew much of what I’d come to accept about Christmas Day [...]

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3 Attitudes to Make Your Christmas Week Better

by Jamie

Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom With less than one week left until Christmas, it’s crunch time. You may have items on your Christmas bucket list that you need to let go of. Across the blogosphere writers now remind us that the time has come to stop the [...]

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