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February 25, 2020

From One Homeschool Dad to Another: Why Homeschool Conventions Are So Important

Well, it's almost that time of year again... No, not March Madness. Not tax time, either. It's hard to believe, but the annual homeschool convention season is here! That hallowed time when twelve passenger vans fill convention-center parking lots. When the sweet aroma of crock-pot meals wafts down hotel corridors. Not to mention the sea of ...

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February 11, 2020

Creating a Laundry System

I know, I know. I’m weird. I like doing laundry. More like, love doing laundry. I have a laundry system that works so great for us and I think it (or something like it) will work great for you, too. Maybe by creating a laundry system, you’ll learn to love it too. Better yet, let's work together to create a laundry system for you and then ...

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January 30, 2020

The Ultimate Disney Vacation – a Stone Vacation Services Review

Disney vacation & planning. It's something that can be both fun & stressful - all at the same time. This year, our kids seemed to be at the perfect age to visit Disney, so that was their Christmas gift. They opened their gift on Christmas morning and the planning began. After going back and forth on if we should stay on Disney ...

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January 6, 2020

Twenty Books in 2020

A new year calls for new books and new reading goals. I'm not much of a reader, but I want to become one. Twenty books in 2020. Yes, you read that right. I'm going to try to read twenty books this year. I may not make it all the way to twenty, but I'm at least going to try. I'm going to break up the 20 books into smaller groups over several months. ...

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December 2, 2019

25 Days of Christmas Books

December is here and we've already begun a few of our annual Christmas traditions. I love family traditions and the 25 Days of Christmas Books is one of them. Starting in mid November, I thumb through our Christmas books (somewhere where the kids won't see or get into them just yet) and choose which books I want to include in our 25 Days of ...

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