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Free Harvest Word Search Printable

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 (Updated: Saturday, April 11, 2026)
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Celebrate the abundance of fall with this free printable Harvest word search. This is a fun activity to add to your homeschool learning time. The worksheet features an overflowing cornucopia.  The word search includes twelve relevant words:  combine …

Category: Free Word Search PrintablesTag: Fall | Farm

Our Homeschooling Story in “The Epoch Times”

Saturday, July 13, 2024
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In late March, I was contacted by The Epoch Times regarding our family’s homeschooling experience. They were interested in writing a story about the fact that I am a former teacher who is now homeschooling her gifted daughter. To be honest, The …

Category: Gifted & 2e Christian Parenting | Gifted & 2e Homeschooling | Our Family Life | Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices | Relaxed Homeschooling | Twice-Exceptional (2e)

Simplify Email | Cozy Life Reset – Day 11

Friday, July 12, 2024 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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A few weeks ago I started working on a simplify email goal. I have five main email addresses for a variety of reasons including our business and my websites (both past and present). It will shortly go down to four when I eliminate one permanently. I …

Category: Cozy Life Reset

So I Finally Joined Mensa

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (Updated: Thursday, June 4, 2026)
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I don’t remember how I ended up on the Mensa website in recent years, but I’ve thought about joining off and on since then. As I continue to make changes in my life this summer that align better with who I am, I decided now was the time …

Category: Our Family Life

AAA BBB CCC | Cozy Life Reset – Day 10

Thursday, June 20, 2024 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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As I continue to reset my cozy life, I’m returning to something I learned a number of years ago that serves me well. When tempted to feel overwhelmed by how many things I need (or want) to do, focusing on one item at a time and completing that …

Category: Cozy Life Reset | HomemakingTag: Making Wise Choices
Acts 3

Acts 3

Thursday, June 20, 2024 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Acts 3 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Acts (Bible)

Quitting Tyrannical Facebook (Again)

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2026)
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I quit Facebook in April 2018 after debating it for a few months. I never really looked back. In December 2022, God clearly impressed upon me that I was supposed to go back on Facebook. I did so only because I felt thoroughly and repeatedly convicted …

Category: Digital SimplicityTag: Facebook & Instagram

Tidy Your Spot | Cozy Life Reset – Day 9

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Today I spent time tidying my office/homeschool room. I have been working on decluttering and removing excess things off and on for the past few months. Today I made a few tweaks such as changing up what is on the wall in front of me when I’m …

Category: Cozy Life Reset | Homemaking
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Crawling Into My Introvert Summer Cave

Sunday, June 16, 2024 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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I told David and Caroline I am crawling into my introvert cave now for the summer. I intend to hide out here, interacting with people in the in-person world only when absolutely necessary. All I want to do is read, deep clean my house, cook good …

Category: Margin | Our Family LifeTag: INFJ

Even Homeschooling Can Hinder Creativity

Monday, June 10, 2024 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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And so we begin our last week of homeschooling. This year has been very difficult which has come through in various posts. It started to come through in things I wrote last school year. I can’t even fully articulate everything that has been …

Category: Creative & Visual-Spatial Learners | Gifted & 2e Homeschooling | Homeschooling High SchoolTag: Recommended Videos
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Sallie Schaaf Borrink

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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