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Miscellaneous

Help Me Repurpose or Refashion This Dress

December 20, 2011 Miscellaneous

  This is the dress I wore to my beautiful, wonderful, only little sister’s wedding!  Her wedding was gorgeous with this lavender and green apple – she did a great job. Needless to say, the dress is really special to me and I would like to wear it more often.  It’s just too much purple [...]

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7 Tips For A Great Garage Sale

July 28, 2010 Miscellaneous

Summer is the time for garage sales! But, so is spring and fall … and winter if you live in Florida! I just had a fabulous garage sale last weekend!  Here are some things that I learned through it: GET HELP!!!! I cannot stress this enough!  I didn’t actually plan on getting help.  One of [...]

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Refreshing News Spot on Homeschoolers

July 16, 2010 Miscellaneous

I was researching something else, but came across this very sweet news story about how homeschooling families deal with hard times – they DON’T quit homeschooling! Sometimes, it’s necessary, but this article focused on those families that have been able to make it work. Read it here. Times are tough for everyone these days. It’s [...]

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Vote For HomeGrownMommy As “Best New Blog”

November 10, 2009 Miscellaneous

We made it through the nomination stage and into the voting stage!!!!!  I cannot tell you how excited I am!  Even if I don’t win, just to think that I even made it to this point is wonderful.  I am honored to have my blog mentioned among 18 other fabulous bloggers. I’d love it if [...]

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Please Nominate HomeGrownMommy As “Best New Blog”!

October 20, 2009 Miscellaneous

When I first started blogging, I happened across the Homeschool Blog Awards website and I thought it would be such an important milestone to even be considered for one of those awards!  I have worked long and hard since then to develop a resource valuable enough to be in the running – how do you [...]

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How To Build A Better Blog

October 7, 2009 Miscellaneous

I recently attended my very first conference on blogging! IZEAfest 2009 was held in Orlando, FL at Sea World and I won a ticket!  Orlando is within driving distance for me, so I was very excited about the opportunity.  My wonderful husband watched the children all day Friday and Saturday – he even took them [...]

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Did You Know Your Computer Is A Time Machine – In The Wrong Direction!

July 13, 2009 Miscellaneous

It is absolutely crazy to me! One minute, I look at the clock and it might be 9:30 or 10:00 in the evening.  I get back to work. I am not kidding, I look 20 minutes later and it’s midnight or worse!! And, it hasn’t just happened one time!  It happens almost EVERY night!! I’m [...]

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Top 7 Reasons I Love to Blog

June 22, 2009 Miscellaneous

I never would have thought that I would enjoy blogging as much as I do! And, the reasons I love it are far from the reasons I started the blog in the first place!  I have been searching and groping and combing and hunting (yes, I love my thesaurus) to find SOME kind of legitimate [...]

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