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Fern Study (& learning how much I still don’t know)
I’ve always loved coming upon a field of ferns while walking in the woods. Something about the cool, damp places that they usually grow is very inviting to me. I was excited to begin this fern...
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Monday Meanderings: Summer routine + Burritt on the Mountain
A beautiful view (overlooking Huntsville) for a family portrait How are you, my friends? Was your weekend lovely? I hope so. I can’t believe we’ve been officially finished with school for almost two...
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What I’ve been up to
Fall Creek Falls Breaks go by in a hurry, don’t they? I feel like I took a break with relatively little to show for it, but we have been extremely busy. Such is life in the summer with three...
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Harrison Brothers Hardware, Huntsville, Alabama
Steady Eddie and I spent a bit of time enjoying this quaint and interesting little museum/gift shop in downtown Huntsville on our anniversary. Harrison Brothers Hardware was opened at another...
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The next-to-penultimate week of summer school
Five things from this week that have made me happy: 1. Although this was technically last week, I’m still thankful for it, so I’m including it this week. Last Thursday we got away for a little family...
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Feeling a bit better
This is what happens when the DLM is left to his own devices I felt a bit better this week, as in I didn’t just want to lie on the couch or in the bed every moment of every day. In that way it was an...
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Week in Review: September 24-28, 2012
It was a short week in terms of school, and it really didn’t feel very productive. It seems like we’ve slipped into the “just get it done” mode without a whole lot of creativity, but given the extreme...
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This week in bullet points
I really should be using my blogging time this weekend to catch up on a couple of Armchair Cybils reviews, but I’ve gotten into such a habit of wrapping up our school week here that it doesn’t feel...
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12.12.12
We celebrated with a late breakfast of dougnuts (because 12=dozen=doughnuts, right?) at Krispy Kreme this morning. Did you do anything special for this once-in-a-lifetime date?
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Our Christmas Vacation
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve done any sort of wrap-up here on my blog, so I thought it high time to catch y’all up on what we’ve been up to. :-) Since a whole lot can happen (and has!) in...
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Friday is National Public Gardens Day!
For the past several years my children, my mother, and I have spent a lovely day at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens on National Public Gardens Day for free. Go here to find out more about this...
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a marvelous Monday
We ended up not going to the Huntsville Botanical Garden this year on National Public Gardens Day despite the lure of free admission because the weather was not very amenable to taking Benny–it...
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Memorial Day weekend–Huntsville Botanical Gardens
Since Steady Eddie had a long weekend last weekend, we took a little road trip on Saturday to the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. (Y’all know I love that place, right?) Here are a few shots from our...
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Little House, big trip
Steady Eddie and I have a grand scheme, an overarching plan to expose our children to as much of this great country of ours as we can before they leave our home. However, it’s something of an...
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The Hidden Art of Homemaking: Chapter 13–“Integration”
Edith surprised me with this chapter title, but that’s been the way of it with this book, hasn’t it? I expected this chapter to be about integrating the various hidden arts into a whole, balanced...
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Mobile, Alabama
Last week Steady Eddie had to attend a conference in Mobile, Alabama, and Benny and I went along for the ride. Mobile is about an eight hour drive from here (once you figure in stops which are...
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Dauphin Island
We visited Dauphin Island, a barrier island just outside of Mobile Bay in the Gulf of Mexico, a couple of weeks ago while Steady Eddie was in Mobile for a conference. We drove over on a Wednesday...
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Friday’s Fave Five
Susanne‘s taking a break this week, but I thought I’d go ahead and share my FFF anyway. 1. I returned to Weight Watchers on Monday and learned that I had indeed lost 3.4 pounds. Yippee! I little...
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After giving up sometime last year on doing a weekly wrap-up of our school week, I’ve decided to give it yet another shot. Doing this consistently is very beneficial for me, and I especially want to...
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1. My girls and I finished reading George Müller: The Guardian of Bristol’s Orphans by Geoff and Janet Benge this week, and my heart was so touched by the story of this faithful man’s life. I hope to...
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