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Now I Have a Name For It: Dwelling

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Call it cocooning, hunkering down, being a homebody, or whatever. It is me. And it especially describes my life over the past ten years or so. Now I’ve discovered it has yet another name: dwelling. From What consumers do in a downturn: Roughly …

Category: Contentment
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This Year, I’m Prepared for the Sickies

Friday, October 17, 2008 (Updated: Sunday, February 26, 2023)
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If you’ve read my blog for a bit, you might remember that we were sick a lot last winter. I was sick more in a few months than I was in multiple years prior. Having an infant/toddler will do that to you. This year.. I. AM. READY. Ginger ale? …

Category: Homemaking

Caroline Is Two!

Monday, October 13, 2008 (Updated: Wednesday, May 4, 2022)
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Caroline turned two a couple of weeks ago. We don’t have any good pictures to share from that day. (We really are not very talented picture takers, unfortunately.) However, this morning we went to the Meijer Gardens and did get a few good …

Category: Our Family Life
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What We’ve Done Well So Far In Parenting

Monday, September 1, 2008 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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It is my natural bent to be very aware of my faults and failings. So it is good for me to step back at times and remind myself of what I have done well. I was recently thinking about our first two years with Caroline and reflecting on what …

Category: Gifted & 2e Christian Parenting | Homeschooling & Family Relationships
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Great Post About Having An Only Child

Thursday, August 28, 2008 (Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2024)
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In my never-ending quest to find reasons to tick people off in the blogosphere, I’ve actually contemplated putting up a blogroll in my sidebar entitled something like “A Quiverfull of One – Bloggers With An Only Child”. I did …

Category: Only Child
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Surprised By Toddlerhood

Monday, August 25, 2008 (Updated: Saturday, February 25, 2023)
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I’ve always been a lover of babies and babies have almost always loved me. I don’t know if it is something about my face or my voice, but it is a very rare baby that doesn’t respond to me with a lot of joy. So when I was expecting …

Category: Our Family Life

Is Reverse Psychology With Children The Same As Lying?

Sunday, August 17, 2008 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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Someone was recently explaining to me how she got a child to do something she wanted. It was classic reverse psychology. Telling the child, “Don’t eat that item” in an attempt to make it enticing so he will do it. I was thinking …

Category: Homeschooling & Family Relationships

Contentment in Fully Embracing Our Choices

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Over the past couple of years, there have been times I’ve been frustrated because circumstances were not what I wanted them to be, especially as it relates to our business and finances. One of the things that is challenging for me about having …

Category: ContentmentTag: Making Wise Choices

Living Simply By Only Buying What You Truly Need in a House

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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I have a fever. It is the “I really want to move and have more space” fever. Have you ever had it? Fortunately, there is no way on earth we are going to move right now so I can look at houses online all I want and there is no temptation …

Category: Family Economy | Margin
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Less Is More: Downsizing Through Attrition and Carefully Defining Necessities

Sunday, June 22, 2008 (Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2024)
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One way we have continued to downsize is simply through attrition. By that I mean that as things have worn out or run out, we simply have not replaced them. We’ve done this with clothes and shoes. Rather than just giving things away, …

Category: Simple Living
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I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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