From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Redeeming the Wii

February 25, 2010

Welcome back to DaisyChain Daily Carnival!”. Thanks for visiting! In general I can’t stand video games but somehow a wii made it into our house this year. We have some pretty strict limitations on use… only after school AND chores are done can the wii be used, and ONLY for the time alloted.  Only fairly [...]

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Read Alouds

February 22, 2010

This week I’m making a focused effort to get back into the habit of daily read-alouds.  Somehow we let read-alouds fall by the wayside as the kids started getting older and our oldest graduated last year.  I sure miss our daily reading time and so do the kids – yes, our teenage kids! Where did [...]

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Ugly Frog Contest

February 18, 2010

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” – Mark Twain Check out Mom’s No Chaos Zone’s Ugly Frog Contest.  The rules are simple.  Look over your to-do list and pick out the worst item on there – the one that you’ve [...]

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You know you’re a homeschooler when… 1

February 13, 2010

You know you’re a homeschooler when you ponder whether or not planning your daughter’s high school course of study is considered “work” and should be done on Sunday or not…

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More Celebration!

February 11, 2010

Wow – even more reason to celebrate this week!  My oldest daughter is now certified to teach piano through Simply Music, which she is thrilled about.  This week is also the A Year That Counts women’s expo and I have my first ever workshop!  Whoohoo! We’re back to school after a week’s break.  I love [...]

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Celebrations and Green Hair!

February 8, 2010

What a Sunday.  Church, business meeting, boys’ chess tournament, our family’s version of the Super Bowl (Dad vs The Kids on the wii) and pizza.  Fun! What wasn’t quite as amusing is my hair story… to celebrate finishing the recording of my workshop for Cindy Rushton’s upcoming women’s expo, I decided to do my hair.  [...]

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Defining Terms

February 7, 2010

This week at Mom’s No Chaos Zone I’m going to be defining some terms – like what in the world I mean when I throw around words like “time management”, “manager of the home”, “priorities”, and “balance.”   These words are used so often and in so many different ways they start to lose their meaning.  [...]

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