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The First Field Trip, Part 1
I took the children on their first field trip Thursday. The coordinator for this trip called it, “Come to the Country.” She had a big day planned for all of us and a few surprises up her sleeve. She invited us to visit Fayette, AL. Pronounced “fyet,” for those of you who are saying “fayit”…
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Something down
I got up this morning and punched out an awesome post about how the White House is putting cookies into all of our computers every time we visit a .gov site. (And I visited several in the last couple of weeks.) These cookies keep tabs on all the sites we visit, our user names and…
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Status Update: August
Sitting…at the computer desk. Drinking…nothing. I’m waiting on my coffee to finish brewing. Moving…rather slowly this morning. We stayed up too late last night reading Lord of the Rings. I hear the kids are just now beginning to stir. Recovering…from a wedding. Karl’s cousin Mary-Elizabeth married her high school sweetheart this past Saturday. We had…
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Calculating the hours
Creating a schedule is kind of overwhelming me right now. I have 168 hours to work with in one week. I feel like I need my own cap and trade time scheme or Hermione’s time-turner. Here are the steps I took to create my schedule:Step 1: Begin with the end in mind.I start by considering…
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Whirlwind Weekend
whirl-wind – adj. – like a whirlwind, as in speed or force: a whirlwind weekend for Leslie’s family. What follows is a whirlwind of a post, a vortex of random. FridayThe CHEF of Alabama Homeschool Convention was this weekend. After three hours by the pool Friday morning, we cleaned ourselves up, ate a quick lunch,…
Leslie Wiggins 