(Remember when we used to do stuff together? Before you got all big-headed?)
Dear Homeschooling,
You’ve been good to us. So accommodating and thought provoking and full of surprises. Remember the fire ants in the kitchen? Or the water wheel we made that one time? Ooh, ooh, how about when we hatched praying mantis babies, [...]

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About a year ago I used this same adorable picture to offset the tale of woe about a giant public meltdown. So, yesterday apparently we had our annual rehash. Only this time I have some more insight.
Anoif was at her gymnastics class and the rest of us decided to stroll around a local, picturesque [...]

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(Gammie’s elves don’t have time for text messaging.)
Happy new year, America. We rang it in screaming in the snow with a bunch of kids having a snowball fight and our bellies full of fondue. Not half bad.
Okay, now I need your help with a problem. This should be easy enough. How can I diplomatically inform [...]

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It has been a helluva a week or two here in Candyland, Illinois. As you can see, the snow and ice(ing) are just clinging to the eaves. That shiny silver stuff on the ground is actually black ice, so watch it Erlene the mail carrier! Salt is not to be found this time of year [...]

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(Alphawolf at the zoo, sleeping secure in the knowledge that although he is also visible on several webcams, no one is going to mess with his territory.)
Perhaps you’ve been wondering why I haven’t been blogging so much, or commenting on your blogs so often? Was it that 2nd cold of October that slowed me [...]

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(I is sleepin’ on yer daughter while she readz me stuff about the enviromint.)
Lori gave me a heads up about BLOG ACTION DAY…I wish I could have provided a bit of dramatic echo there. Anywho, the idea is that on October 15th, which is Blog Action Day, everybody blogs about the environment in a way [...]

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A few weeks ago I was in a public park with about 4 or 5 moms and dads, and about 10-15 kids, ages ranged from 2 to 16. The kids were mostly playing color tag. I was chatting with various parents about our upcoming year of girl scouts/boys club when suddenly a mom said “Look! [...]

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One of my girlfriends and I have a joke. We say we’re members of volunteers anonymous. We are trying to recover, and so one way in which we help each other is if we happen to be together in the presence of other women, and one woman asks if anyone would like to volunteer [...]

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(Try to get a good picture of these little buggers flying! I dare you.)
Okay, I’ve been wanting to do one of these “Here’s my schedule” posts for ages now. I know, in my heart, that it would be of interest to absolutely no one. Probably not even the grandparents really want to know the details [...]

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(We call him ‘Leather Pants Poi Guy’)
The back-to-homeschool flutter is starting again. Each year it manifests itself around the back-to-school flutter, which isn’t strictly necessary. Every year I try to resist the angst, the excitement, the promise of new adventures, the fear of untold car mileage, but I am helpless to the general hubbub and [...]

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