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A New Morning Routine – Organizing Our Life

I mentioned earlier today that on the back of a bout of sickness I’m determined to make family life more peaceful and approach how to create an environment which fosters this, by looking at both of my...

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2013 Goals: The Year We Begin Home Educating!

I’ve written about 2012, though didn’t specifically update on the goals for the year (with monthly goals often being accomplished, but not blogged about). This was partly because my focus was on...

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Minimizing The Amount Of Stuff In Our Home

Last night I tackled the porch area of our new home and I continued this morning, with the help of two lovely children. The porch had a few a lot of boxes {about 6} filled with stuff. CD’s, DVD’s,...

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Day Nine: Month Of Nothing

We had a tough night here. My daughter was needing to talk about her life experiences, and I was coughing up a storm {btw thanks to all of you who left recipes for homemade drinks and remedies – I’ve...

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Welcoming April: Dusting The Cobwebs

“Dusting the cobwebs” is a lovely UK saying, often said when in need of a long walk by the beach when feeling blah! I’m sure there are many other ways it is said, but I think generally speaking it...

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Visiting The High Park Cherry Blossoms

One day last week we had an early morning jaunt to see the Cherry Blossoms at High Park. They only last about a week and I was wary of visiting over a weekend because of the drones of people who...

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At Home

More and more I find comfort in just being home. The more time I spend at home the more energy I gather and the more I get done, which means home becomes even more of a haven. Today, freshly topped up...

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Frugal Summer Plans

We are gearing up for a much-needed summer, we will continue to home school and I’ve vaguely planned for the following: One hour of math/day {or work that should take one hour, how long it actually...

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What Community Looks Like And Why I’m No Supermom

Lately I’ve been speaking more and more about some of the challenges navigating life has when you have adopted children with special needs, particularly related to mental health. My children bring me...

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Much Needed Breathing Time

Thank you for the outpouring of support in the last post. It is an odd sort of time at the minute – on the one hand life is completely on hold, on the other hand, life must go on.  I’m no use to my...

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On Becoming More Organized In The Kitchen

I’m a big believer in both changing things when new needs arise, and in looking inwards to see how your choices/decisions/style has an effect on those around you. In thinking a lot about how we are...

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Special Needs Mothering and Mental Health (+ The Caregiving Piece)

Up until a few years ago, I didn’t really understand how we all need to care for our mental health and that it is, by all accounts, greatly affected by life as well as other things outside of our...

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My Summering Plans

It is the eve of my final day at work for a while, to be more accurate it is the morning of. After an early night I’m up with allergies, and perhaps a racing mind – partly focused on wee … Continue...

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Savings Saturday: How We Saved Money This Week

Thanks for chiming in on the last savings post, reading your comments always inspires me. Thank you! This week we saved by: Asking my mum to baby-sit when I had to work instead of paying a day’s...

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Goals For The New School Year: Easier Mornings

Over the next week or so I’ll be sharing some of my goals for our family over this next school year, everything from easier mornings to working towards some future goals. Updated, after thinking about...

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Goals For The New School Year: Housekeeping

Over the last year I’ve come to see a lot of merit in how home management used to happen. I remember during my first job after University meeting several women in their 50’s and 60’s who had certain...

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These Quiet Mornings, Special Needs Parenting

One thing I try very hard to do, is rise before my children. It isn’t always possible as wee boy is an early riser (though I have learned the answer is not to put him to bed later, that actually …...

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Frugal Friday: Buying Used Clothing For Kids

I get compliments on my children’s clothing almost daily – their peers, teachers, people on the street, other parents, grandparents. I always laugh (mostly quietly to myself) because I spend very very...

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Goals For The New School Year: Housekeeping

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