Quote For The Week: “It’s SO OK for your child to know more than you do! You don’t HAVE to know all the stuff they are learning – that’s their job, not yours. Remember that you want your children to become self-learners, so that they can succeed in college or in their career. Knowing how […]
A Simple Woman’s Daybook A FOR TODAY: Tuesday March 1st, 2011… A Outside my window… The sun is shining, the snow is melting, the “pond” is forming in our backyard. A I am thinking… that if I hear one more child speak I am going to explode! Not half a second goes by and one […]
Today I am thankful for Alicia. She is one of Chloe’s coaches, as well as our neighbor. I am thankful for her for more than the obvious reason she would first mention…..she is Chloe’s personal taxi to and from the gym, a lot! I am thankful for her because she is a support, and a […]
When preparing to start these posts, my dear friend Shana was concerned about doing them “right”. I told her there was no “right” way to do this and that “you could be thankful for paperclips for all I care!”. This has led to a myriad of other things for us. Now I will never look […]
Seeing as my friend Shana keeps beating me to my own posts, I decided that I should mention her here! For whatever reason she gets her “Little Things” post up WAY before I seem to even start mine, let alone get it posted! I usually use my “Little Things” post as a reminder to […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: August 17th, 2010… Outside my window…the sun is shining (again)! It must be a record for NY to have had so much wonderful weather this summer! I am thankful for…the wonderful weekend we had camping/boating with our friends Shana and Dave and their 2 boys. I managed to drive the […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: August 3rd, 2010… Outside my window…the sun peaks through the cloud cover that is slowly creeping in. It is 90 plus degrees today and we are expecting rain. I am thinking…that I am feeling a little disconnected from a couple of my close friends. I know life gets busy, mine […]
. . As many of you know, Chloe and I have spent a good amount of the last 6 months or so knitting 5 x 5in. squares for a community lap robe project. One of our fellow homeschooling friends rallied a bunch of us together to make these lap robes that were to be collected […]
This past week we had friends over to play. It just so happens that Bryn and Jayden get along very well together. Bryn’s mom, Kelly, and I were laughing about how Bryn had asked to have a sleepover with Jayden a couple of weeks ago. Then this past week she had a dream about kissing […]
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