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The Motivating Power of Encouragement
A few weeks ago, a woman I had exchanged a couple of emails with, wrote that despite having hours of work to do, she had gotten caught up in reading a sample of my book, So You're Not Wonder Woman, instead. She told me everything she loved about what she had read thus...
Atelier Art Review
I've mentioned previously that I'm not a big fan of doing art. Between gathering supplies and the mess it makes, art was frequently put on the back burner. But perhaps the biggest hindrance to doing a formal art program was that I had the kids working at their own...
15 Minutes Outside: Week 1
This week I've learned how much I will suffer for the sake of this challenge--and enjoy, too. I tried to get away with hanging outside at the kids' PE class and gabbing with girlfriends while the kids played. The photo below was going to be my 15 Minutes shot. My 12yo...
Contentment 101: Introduction
In Philippians 4:11, the Apostle Paul says:I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.I recently discovered that I haven't learned that. Oh, I don't pine away for material possessions, but that's no credit to my character. I have everything I need and so...
The 15 Minute Outside Challenge
My husband and I recently admitted that screens were once again taking up too much of our family's time. As I looked for...
The 15 Minute Outside Challenge
My husband and I recently admitted that screens were once again taking up too much of our family's time. As I looked for substitute activities, I found the book, 15 Minutes Outside. One of the weird things about me, having grown up camping, gardening, and working on a...
The Fundamental Habits of the Super Fit
This week, our friend Gari sent out this great list that he lives by. Not only does Gari live it, but he inspires others to live likewise. He challenged his friends to do 3000 pushups this month (100 a day for 30 days). My husband in turn challenged our kids to...
Help for the Unmotivated Homeschooler
I received an email from an unmotivated homeschooler this week and with her permission, I am posting it here in the desire to encourage other home educators who are in the same place and to solicit even more great feedback from you veterans. I came across your website...
Hope for Homeschool Laziness
My math lazy boy six years ago I discovered today that I have been logging in to comment on blogs for a long time with a profile that connects people to blogs I haven't updated in years. While I was dismayed by this discovery, I was delighted by another. I...
How I Got Out of Debt Fast
In So You're Not Wonder Woman, I describe my financial free fall while I was in graduate school. I was living on $600 a month, so putting $400 in car repairs on my credit card was trouble. I didn't live extravagantly, but I did have cable and insisted on...
Keep ‘Em Hungry So They Can Learn
I think I learned more about changing behavior in my undergraduate psych lab training rats than I did in graduate school. We had the daunting task of teaching an animal that can't speak (besides a squeak!) how to play basketball with a marble. As you look to...
How to Keep Up With Your Blog Reading
If you love to read blogs like I do, you have probably subscribed to a lot of them. I have my family's and friends' blogs in my Google reader as well as blogs in areas of interest to me. Subscribing is easy; reading them all is hard! But I've found a solution that...