Julie Lyles Carr

Almost two decades of motherhood. And yet here we are. I’ve been able to successfully avoid purchasing a particular item in all my years of mothering…but now, that item has been procured. I have been defeated in my quest to run a fairly open house. We are now in lock-down. And all because 8 of 8 has chosen to take…
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So 6 of 8, our resident five year old diva, is kicked back on the sectional the other day, legs crossed, bobbed hair tucked behind her ears, nonchalantly thumbing through the latest American Girl catalog. I look over at her, taking in all the posture. She looks as poised as Grace Kelly in the scene from Rear Window, where Grace’s…
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“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” Charles F. Kettering “Anger always comes from frustrated expectations”  Elliott Larson  “The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.” Eli Khamarov So we’re entering Day 6 of the First 100 Days…and I’m already hearing the rumblings.  The commentary on MSNBC questioning a key appointment…
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If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.  If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,  even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.  If I say, “Surely the darkness…
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~Warning!~ ~A Posse of Unsocialized Homeschoolers~ Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:59:00 +0000julielylescarr