Blogging blunders…

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Or…how I switched to a WordPress self-hosted blogging platform—making every mistake possible! So…I thought I’d go “professional” with my blogging! I have enjoyed blogging off and on (mostly off recently), and I wanted to spiff up my WordPress.com blog and get more serious about blogging! I’d let my homeschool blog go dormant for awhile with…

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Monday in January.

Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Homeschool, Homespun Education--Lessons and Lessons, Lessons of Life

It’s the first Monday of the year! It’s the first day back to school after two and a half weeks off. It’s Daddy’s first day back to work also!   Let’s just say we had a few adjustments to make and some links to work out in our homeschool day today. Without going into any…

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sabbath

Two Sabbaths, Two Meals

Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Family, Homespun Education--Lessons and Lessons, Lessons of Life, Mission Focus

What sharing a Sabbath meal means… I am pulling this post out of the archives, because I think it deserves to be told.  A short account of our two Sabbaths in two different strange locations, and what it meant to us. Five years ago, our family was on a work/road trip combined.  We stayed in…

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Fired! No girls allowed!

Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Character development, Lessons of Life, Practical skills

Today I was fired.  Just like that.  Told I should not come back to this job, and that if I did, I’d be chased right away! That’s some pretty rough treatment, isn’t it?  But, I will have to say that I showed up at the jobsite without the supervisor’s approval, and so was never hired…

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Surprise Lunch

Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Lessons of Life

We studied this week some about the stars, and how God garnished the heavens (Job 26:13).  This naturally led us to a discussion of what a garnish is and how it is normally used, like in decorating food.   Our lesson suggested that when you use a garnish, it can make the person receiving the food…

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