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Back to routine
We started back with our home-schooling today and it went reasonably well. I was looking forward to showing Dearest Son what I had planned but he didn’t seem too impressed (reason for this will be explained in a bit). I don’t buy in a certain curriculum, preferring to take bits from various sources as needed.…
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It’s the Blog Anniversary!!
Do you say ‘Happy Anniversary’ to a blog? I knew the date was fast approaching so I checked the blog list and sure enough, it was exactly one year ago today that I started this ole blog and put up my first post. Doesn’t time fly? At first, I put up a lot of older…
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How do you measure success?
As we go about our daily lives we will encounter obstacles, achieve goals and frustratingly make little progress in other areas. Some days it seems like we’ve been going round in circles getting nowhere and other days there is nothing we can’t accomplish. But how do you measure success? As a home-schooling mum, some days…
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Dealing with the mundane
There are times when keeping a home just feels plain old monotonous – and there is no getting round it. Day after day, week after week, it can be all too easy to feel like you are going in circles, chasing your tail, heading back to square one and starting it all over again. And…
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S3 Ep 6 Routines – heres why you need ’em (whether you like it or not!)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ssbp5-153e128 Its the start of a new year and more than likely your routines have gone out the window…but we need to get them back! Why? Tune in and find out. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and use the links below. ‘Putting The Joy Back Into Being Prepared’ PDF now available to download…
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Christmas Limbo
Does everyone else experience this – the Christmas Limbo? All the excitement and build up has come and gone. New Year isn’t here yet and doesn’t have the same feeling it did when I was younger. Don’t get me wrong, I still appreciate the ‘clean slate’ feel but nothing really changes, or does it? There…
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