GIVEAWAY: unPlanned by Abby Johnson
Quick, before my internet connection goes out yet again! This is the giveaway post; the contest is open until 10pm EST Thursday (later than planned because I couldn’t post this on Monday). The rules:...
View ArticleQuick note
My internet connection is down hard, so I am not approving comments as fast as usual. The contest will be up until tomorrow (Thursday) night at 10pm EST, by which time, hopefully, my internet will be...
View ArticleGiveaway winners!
Nothing has happened on time this week, so, in the “better late than never”, here’s the announcement. Randomly chosen from a pile of numbered blocks, the winners are: Courtney F. and Milehimama! Leave...
View ArticleLent
I didn’t give up blogging for Lent. I just gave up staying up past midnight, which has resulted in almost the same thing.
View ArticleThree years…
On July 19, 2008, I double-checked that nobody else was calling themselves or their blog “Political Housewyf” and registered with WordPress. My first post explained my hope that I could inspire people...
View ArticleReason #452 why I homeschool…
Latest addition to my “why I homeschool” list: Nobody will ever enter my house, throw out the lunch I chose to prepare for my children, then bill me for the privilege of force-feeding my child, without...
View ArticleLibrary updated!
At long, long last, I have updated the Library tab (look at the top, over the blog header) with the promised list of our favorite Chinese culture books, or at least all the children’s books and cook...
View ArticleAh, yes, the Virginian-Pilot…
I wrote a while back about why I was dumping my subscription to the paper, after decades of being a faithful newspaper subscriber. If I hadn’t before, this might’ve done it: apparently, a couple was...
View ArticleFamily Vacation
One of the benefits of homeschooling is that you don’t have to take vacations when everybody else does. Therefore, places that are wall-to-wall people in July are easily navigated and enjoyed in, say,...
View ArticleHonest, always honest…
WordPress started this thing a while back where, as soon as you hit “publish” on a post, you are automatically taken to a screen that shows you the post as it appears on your blog with a sidebar saying...
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