Author: Mia
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Schoolhouse Rock
In my mind, the greatest perks of home-education are the flexibility and freedom. I’m the boss of this here homeschool! And in the spirit of the new year, we are invoking those claims with a mid-school-year adjustment… Frankly, we’ve been so busy driving “to town” three days a week to activities that we lack the free, unscripted time…
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52 Weeks With My Bestie
Do you remember your best friend from when you were ten years old? Of course you do, everyone does… Incredibly, mine is still a Bestie today– though we live a state apart, her faithful friendship is a true treasure. We got into heaps of mischief together as youngsters, but came to faith in Christ as young…
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Merry Merry
This is how much God loved the world: He gave His son, His one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble to send His Son merely to point an…
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Apparently we jumped the gun in procuring a live Christmas tree, this year. With five days remaining until Jesus’ birthday, ours was dead as a highly combustible doornail. Ebeneezer Handsome Husband insisted we remove the fire hazard, replacing it with our faux fir and relocating the dehydrated skeleton to the back porch. O tannenbaum! Piano Teacher’s…
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Gingerbread Merriment, version 8.0
I know, I know– you’re all,“Not another thing! We want a simple holiday– no more things!” I get it. Our Christmas used to be crazy-busy, too. (…and then we moved a thousand miles away from extended family.) But, if your family is like mine, with the compatible combo of socially ravenous home-school kids, a window of time for a quick…
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Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World, part II
So I just finished reviewing Kristen Welch‘s new book, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World, and thought it warranted another mention. (read part I here) In a nutshell– this book is worth your time. As a member of her official launch team, I’ve had the blessing of being a part of a like-minded community of readers passionate about her…
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Warm Holiday Greetings! {sponsored by Minted}
Am I the only one who has yet to get her Christmas cards in the mail? Yikers! I recently shared a trip down our Christmas card photo memory lane, but neglected to snap this year’s shot until just today. Frankly, I’ve been waiting for snow. What’s a Montana greeting without a wintery-white backdrop? The snow arrived,…
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Sleigh Ride
Just hear those sleigh bells ring-a-ling, ring ting ting-a-ling too, C’mon it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. Today I fell in love with Montana all over again, on a 4-H field trip with my girls. So technically it wasn’t a sleigh ride, but a wagon ride– due to insufficient snow*. (*sentence…
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Easiest Christmas Treats in the History of Ever
My much older sister is the undisputed baker of the family… people pay her actual money to bake cakes! Me? Not so much. To our mother’s chagrin, I’ve never once made a pie crust. I’m a cook, not a baker. Though the kids and I did recently bake Great Grandma Schafer’s famous Green Tree Cookies, the process was merely a means…
