Let’s Recycle Our Money!

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Shredded Money
Shredded Money (Photo credit: Jim Larson)
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia lobby...
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia lobby featuring a 25-foot tower of shredded money. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Fed Shreds at the Money Museum at the Federal ...
Fed Shreds at the Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Photo credit: Steve Rhodes)
money pills 2
money pills 2 (Photo credit: klynslis)
money to burn
money to burn (Photo credit: klynslis)
The money house
The money house (Photo credit: dougward) [insulated with shredded money…]

Well, well, well!

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eye. copyrighted
Okay, friends and family: Today my eye doctor pronounced my left eye “PERFECT!”, according to the ultrasound they did.
I am excited, as was he. I think he felt pretty proud of himself for being part of returning health to my left eye.
He also said, “IF we can get it to HOLD…” meaning if it stays this way and doesn’t revert to it’s old habit of leakage.
I had non-diabetic macular edema. (nDME)
So we know how to pray, right?
Thanks!
Posted in Home School, Inspiring

How Homeschool Kids Measure Up

Fascinating stuff, here, although I’m not too crazy about the wording in spots. Great graphics!

Tiff Miller's avatarThe Faery Inn

I saw this graphic shared, and expected it to make me feel a bit worthless, because none of my children are prodigies or geniuses. I feel like there is this stereotype that all homeschool kids have to blow their public school counterparts out of the water, academically speaking.

Well, it turns out that homeschooled kids do very, very well. I wouldn’t expect less of my children, no matter where they receive their education (and that may change from year to year). Still, it’s encouraging to see that most homeschooled kids tend to do much better than the average bear.

Honestly, I didn’t choose homeschool for my children because of the academics. I didn’t choose to homeschool them to protect them from the peer pressure and perceived dangers of public school. I didn’t choose homeschool because my religion demands it (it doesn’t, by the way). I didn’t choose it so I…

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Posted in Guest Post, Home School, Inspiring

Check It Out!

An orange check mark.

I’m rather excited, here . . .

A lovely home schooling mom has invited me to guest post at her place, A Homeschool Mom and will published my work, today.

The topic?

“The one thing I did not know, and wish someone had told me, about home schooling.”

I had fun with it and wish you all would run on over to Cristina’s, check it out, leave a nice comment, look around and leave another nice comment, too!

Thanks!

And thanks to Cristina, too!

Check mark photo credit: Wikipedia