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How to get your kids to listen – THE GOLDEN RULE
“Say what you mean and mean what you say.”
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The secret to feeding an army on $392 a month – Zip Ties
Since I am all about solutions, I use zip ties to save money on my food budget. They go on when I finish packing lunches and I hide the rest and take them with me to work in the morning. (This way they cannot cut them off and then replace it so I would never know.) If I find the zip ties were cut without my permission, their phones and devices mysteriously disappear for a week.
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COVID 19: How I am able to juggle work and school from home
My scenario: 4th grade teacher. 18 students and live zoom classes. Single mother, 5 school age children in the house, 4 different schools and 21 different teachers. How in the world is one person supposed to juggle this? Very, very calmly.
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Catholic Sacrament Mass at bedtime + ALL the children + no cry room = survival mode
Another spiritual milestone in the lives of my children. Baby #2, my beautiful, creative, amazing 14-year-old, Loralei, has survived years of CCD and…
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