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Seven Quick Takes on Discounted Lipstick, Cataloging the Family Library, New Books, and More!

:: 1 :: I highly recommend checking Amazon to see if they carry stuff you usually buy at places like Target. I was frustrated recently when Target was out of stock of my standard lipstick color. I have worn the same color of the same type of lipstick every single day for the past seven years with very few exceptions. I like it. And Target is where I buy it, only someone else bought my color out! Boo hiss. It dawned Continue Reading…
June 5, 2015
Home Education
The Burgess Animal Book for Children Coloring Page Collection

I made you a present. Actually, I made it for Q-Age-Seven, and then thought wouldn’t-this-be-fun-to-share? And I think it would be. So I’m sharing. Basically, I made a chart. This year, Q-Age-Seven is reading through The Burgess Animal Book for Children. For various reasons, A-Age-Nine never formally did this book. When E-Age-Twelve did this book, he was Officially Against Coloring. So I never did the coloring pages thing. But Q-Age-Seven adores coloring and thinks that makes the book more fun. Continue Reading…
August 21, 2014
Pianophonics Special Combined Edition

I wasn’t going to post anything today because we are drowning in piles of laundry {I began the Great Spring Clothing Switch yesterday}. It is supposed to be eighty on Saturday, and some of the children are already complaining that they are hot playing outside in their long sleeves and pants. All of this aside, I have something worth posting today, so here we are. I have reviewed PianoPhonics before. I still love it, and it’s been two years now that we’ve Continue Reading…
February 28, 2013
Random GAPS Diet Hint #3: Share Salt with Your Livestock

I don’t know if you have livestock or not. Maybe you should get some, just so you have an excuse to buy fifty pound bags of salt from Redmond’s. Just kidding. Well, sort of. If you are on the GAPS Diet, you probably know that using real, unrefined salt {and please note: if your salt is white, it has been refined, no matter what the label says–salt in its natural form is not uniform in color} is imperative. So here’s Continue Reading…
October 11, 2012