Making marriage work
So apparently, a reddit user recently asked what makes a successful marriage. I thought that was easy. Stubborness. It’s why every year, something takes out my garden, be it weather or weeds or my...
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Livestock will keep you humble
There’s nothing quite like livestock to keep you humble. I say that because we have these two steer. Calves, really. I mean, they’re almost a year old, but even their mothers get mistaken for calves by...
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Thank you, Donald Trump
Dear Mr. Trump (because Dear The Donald just sounds awkward), I must thank you for being the first candidate to tackle one of the biggest issues of our time. It may, in fact, be the only one that...
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How I almost set my house on fire. And then walked out the door.
So, I guess it was just one of those nights. I mean, it’s not every night you set your house on fire on your way out the door. And almost don’t even notice. It started with a toddler temper tantrum....
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Road trips with boys
So, over the weekend our 4H group went out to Kearney, Nebraska to see the sandhill crane migration. Somehow, I ended up with all the boys. ALL the boys. Just let that sink in for a moment. One hundred...
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A day in the life of a wannabe farmer
Recently, leaving the city for a more “sustainable” life on a hobby farm seems to be all the rage. Now, I love our life out here, but I thought I’d provide a little snapshot of life with animals. Both...
View ArticleHow to Prepare Your Homeschool for the Zombie Apocalypse
Ok, so even the Centers for Disease Control has a plan for the Zombie Apocalypse. And while it has been demonstrated that homeschoolers have an advantage over the general population in such an event,...
View ArticleThis is how well I keep it all together
Asa climbed in my lap with a book for me to read: Blossom Possom, a uniquely Australian twist on Chicken Little. He snuggled down and I began to read. Fortunately for him, I was newly back from the...
View Article20 Questions You Should Ask When Choosing a Homeschool Program
At least Bridgeway Academy thinks so. (This is neither an endorsement nor a criticism of their program. I know nothing about them. I just thought it would be fun to answer their top 20 questions about...
View Article5 obsolete skills homeschoolers love to teach
As homeschoolers, we want to give our children the best of everything. That includes the best of skills they will never need. These are some of the most popular obsolete skills we still cling to in our...
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