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Free Thanksgiving Word Search Printable

Saturday, March 8, 2025 (Updated: Saturday, April 11, 2026)
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Thanksgiving is a special American holiday to celebrate with your children. Use this free Thanksgiving word search as part of your homeschool activities in November. The printable features a slice of pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream.   The word …

Category: Free Word Search PrintablesTag: Thanksgiving

Acts 2:14-36

Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Acts 2:14-36 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Acts (Bible)

How Christians Gathered in the 1st Century | Dr. Tom Wadsworth

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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The video below popped up in my YouTube feed right after David and I were discussing some of these same topics in October. “How Christians Gathered in the 1st Century” with Dr. Tom Wadsworth is eye-opening. If you are familiar with the …

Category: Christian Living

Simplifying for Retirement | Cozy Life Reset – Day 14

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 (Updated: Saturday, June 27, 2026)
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Over the past year, David and I have been diligently looking for ways to prepare for retirement. There’s a lot to unpack in that one sentence, but today I thought I would share a bit about what we are doing. Full retirement (as in David not …

Category: Cozy Life Reset | Family EconomyTag: Making Wise Choices | Social Security
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LibreOffice | Free Alternative to Microsoft Office 365

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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LibreOffice is a free office suite alternative to Microsoft Office 365. All three of us have made the switch to LibreOffice over the past couple of years. I started using it on Linux Mint when I left Windows behind for good. David uses it on his …

Category: Digital Simplicity | Family EconomyTag: Linux

Download Your Kindle Books Now (or Permanently Lose the Option)

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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I wrote at length a few months ago about my decision to leave the Kindle ecosystem and move to Kobo in Switching To Kobo Libra Colour From Kindle. Part of this choice was driven by changes Amazon has been making related to Kindle. Well, things in the …

Category: Digital SimplicityTag: Kobo | Recommended Videos

My 20th Blogging Anniversary – A Visual Retrospective

Monday, February 17, 2025 (Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2026)
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My 20th blogging anniversary was earlier this month. In honor of this milestone, I’ve assembled a visual retrospective post I’ve long wanted to do. I realize this is probably more of interest to me than some of my readers, but I want to …

Category: Our Family Life | Writing & Online Life

Take Up His Cross

Friday, February 14, 2025 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Matthew 16:24-28 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. What …

Category: Bible Theme CollectionsTag: Luke (Bible) | Mark (Bible) | Matthew (Bible)

Free Pool Party Word Search Printable

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (Updated: Saturday, April 11, 2026)
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Have fun this summer with a free printable pool party word search. This is a great learning activity to add to your summer learning time. The worksheet features a happy, smiling sun. The pool party themed word search includes: chlorine deck deep …

Category: Free Word Search PrintablesTag: Summer

Free Camping Word Search Printable

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 (Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2026)
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Welcome the arrival of summer with this free printable Camping word search. This is a fun activity to add to your homeschool learning time.  The worksheet features a boy with his tent and sleeping bag.  The camping word search includes twelve …

Category: Free Word Search PrintablesTag: Camping | Summer
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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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