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Reviewing & Learning Facts on a Homemade Chalkboard

Filed under Foreign Language, Homeschooling, House & Home, Math, Projects by Kimberly on October 11, 2011 at 7:53 am {no comments}

Are you looking for a way to help your kids review the basic facts of a subject? This is what we’ve done for over 10 years now. All you need is a homemade chalkboard (instructions are here) or a dry erase board. Obviously, I feel hands-on learning is always best, but there are some things [...]

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Enjoying Fall

Filed under House & Home, Motherhood by Kimberly on October 8, 2011 at 10:19 am {one comment}

Autumn is my favorite time in Michigan. Right now, we’ve had warmer weather in addition to the beautiful colors, so we’ve really been enjoying the great outdoors. How do you celebrate fall? What is your favorite autumn activity?

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Is Your Computer Running Slow?

Filed under House & Home by Kimberly on October 6, 2011 at 2:57 pm {no comments}

You may not realize it, but just as we need to clean our houses regularly and maintain the different areas of our homes, we also need to regularly do some housekeeping on our computers. As I’m getting ready to put on my Big Blessing Sale next week (I have over $100 worth of products for [...]

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Making a Homemade Chalkboard

Filed under House & Home, Projects by Kimberly on September 7, 2011 at 10:18 pm {5 comments}

For a few years, we had a homemade whiteboard in our dining room for schoolwork. It worked well, but scratched up easily. After a friend gave me some leftover chalkboard paint she had used for a project, I made a small chalkboard for my shopping list in my kitchen. I painted it on the side [...]

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Storing Flatware in a Large Family

Filed under House & Home, Storage Ideas by Kimberly on October 17, 2009 at 10:42 pm {no comments}

Having an old house (114 or so years old), we have lots of space, but poorly organized from a structural standpoint. Our kitchen is large, but few drawers. It’s strange. So, sorting silverware became an issue, because we have a lot of silverware. Actually It’s more like flatware, since it’s not silver, and it really [...]

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