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The One Thing that Changed Our Homeschool FOREVER

26 Dec

I did it!  I sat down with coffee in hand. I sat and planned my school for weeks!  I had it written down.  I had it perfected.  I was proud and nothing could rock my homeschool.  I was on top of the world….until…   School started.  Day 1….great…day 2……well life happened.  The phone rang (and I don’t normally answer this during school time), the UPS man showed up, dinner blew up…..life happened.  Then the next day we had a dentist appointment, which I had actually planned for, however due to the happening of Day 2, we were already behind.  Then the guilt and doubt sets in. This is when I learned Routine vs Schedule!  Lifesaver…game changer!  What is the difference… View Post

in Encouragement· Homeschool

The Day I Quit

8 Dec

It started way too early in the morning.  It was day of all days.  I rolled out of bed…it was a gloomy day so waking up was a challenge.  I walked out of my room into a house that was not straightened up the night before.  I proceeded to walk to the restroom where, lets be real, a week of use was showing its love.  I then decided to get dressed and to my surprise, I had no clean underwear.  I threw in the towel and the kids weren’t even up yet.  This was the day I QUIT. I had just read, a few days before, an open letter to the, “Mom who wanted to quit.”  It encouraged me to… View Post

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Free Reading Eggs Trial

26 May

For just a couple more days…May 28 to be exact, Reading Eggs is offering 4 weeks free to try out their products!  Reading Eggs and Reading Express are one price and then Mathseeds is extra.  We have used both of them in our Homeschool and LOVE IT!!!! You can find out more HERE!!!  Use the Promo Code TEL002US to receive a 4 week trial instead of just a week!!!!! Comment below and let me know what you think!!!

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I’M CATHY

Thanks so much for stopping in. I am a homeschoolin’ mama of 4 who lives on Jesus and coffee! We are not perfect nor have all the answers, but we do have lots of fun…lots of tears….and a bunch of “I apologize”!! We have chosen to homeschool our children and are loving every minute of it…good and bad! Our mission is to share our adventures with other moms. Welcome to our crazy, beautiful mess!

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