Valerie on August 30th, 2010

Having a husband who is tech- savvy is great. He often will show me ways I can better use my time and energy doing things on the computer instead of writing them down, such as my weekly grocery lists and school planning. These technological advances have been great for the most part, but still have [...]

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Valerie on August 21st, 2010

Get a new refrigerator, and place old one in corner of room, until it can be moved to garage. Thank husband warmly for graciously emptying contents of old fridge into new fridge. Note that he left two bags of celery in old fridge for some reason. Promptly forget about old fridge. Three weeks later, hear [...]

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Valerie on May 27th, 2010

a·ro·ma : A pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food This week, for the first time since I knew I was pregnant with the twins, I donned my running shoes and miserably plodded jogged to the river, about a half mile down the road. (My next goal will be to run all [...]

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Valerie on March 19th, 2010

“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” –Ronald Reagan (Saw this on Humble Amy’s blog and had to pass it along.)

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Valerie on August 29th, 2009

We are homeschooling our four eldest this year, and I am very excited to begin. I was telling a friend this week that this is the golden time of the school year, when anything is possible. Plans, goals, dreams for each child’s growth and success are laid out in great detail, and we sit hunched [...]

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Valerie on May 24th, 2009

Maybe it is in the water. Leigh Ann has been posting lately about what she is calling The Respect Dare, taking inspiration from the popular Love Dare book. I wrote a while ago about how I would love to reverse some of the same sinful habits that I had as a child and that I [...]

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Valerie on March 23rd, 2009

Kings and kingdoms will all pass away This week our history lessons will center around how daily life has changed over time. The main point to learn is that “while basic human needs remain the same, they are met in different ways in different times and places” (taken from our State Standards). Food acquisition, shelter, [...]

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Valerie on March 10th, 2009

We’ve got some onions. The Early Girl tomatoes left us early, as little C found their green sprouts fun to pluck. Luke got some lights at Lowe’s and installed them in some shelving we had, and I’m feeling so good at the progress we’re making. I have to remind myself what ‘progress’ really means, to [...]

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Valerie on February 27th, 2009

I was reading an article in No Greater Joy this week, about balanced and dysfunctional patriarchal families. Michael Pearl’s quoting a mom in this part of it really startled me: The only evil influence left in the lives of our children is our church. First, this doesn’t shock me because of its truthfulness; I know [...]

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Valerie on January 5th, 2009

I’ve been paying closer attention to how much my groceries cost, and was astounded to realize that the trash bags I buy at Aldi were $6.29 for 36! That’s a lot of money to be ‘throwing away’. I am stepping up my recycling efforts, including the reuse of the bags themselves as much as possible. [...]

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