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@jolly-homestead

Homeschooling Mother of 6. Blogs about learning-at-home, homesteading and family life.

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jolly-homestead
@jolly-homestead Sep 15, 2021, 6:21 PM UTC

Waiting to find out whether I still have a job

This afternoon is going to be the tell all tell all of how my life is going to stay the same or change forever. I'm hoping that somehow with the power to Be's they will find a way for us anti Covid v…

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@jolly-homestead Jul 15, 2019, 10:12 PM UTC

Dandelion salve

https://i.imgur.com/dGjz1QV.jpg?2 They were everywhere so I might as well use them. When I first started my new venture back in 2015 I had decided I was going to become more self reliant. I wanted to…

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@jolly-homestead Jul 6, 2019, 12:15 AM UTC

Only God himself knew what he had in store for us......

God has away of putting ideas into our lives before they even make sense to us. About a year ago I got up one morning to find my husband drawing out what our future property would look like. He was s…

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jolly-homestead
@jolly-homestead Oct 17, 2018, 5:56 PM UTC

Living with an addiction is an illness not a choice

https://i.imgur.com/MlHc0vb.jpg?2 Until an addiction affected a family member that I love very much I always thought that addiction was something you chose to live. A lifestyle that you were happy to…

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@jolly-homestead Oct 8, 2018, 6:27 PM UTC

Thanskgiving its origin and what it means to me

https://i.imgur.com/Ves5yC6.jpg?1 Hello again. Since its the spirit of Thanksgiving I wanted to say thank you to all of you who has supported me through the last year. I honestly couldn't have done i…

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@jolly-homestead Oct 2, 2018, 7:29 AM UTC

Whew what a summer

https://i.imgur.com/x562VEj.jpg?1 I'm finally back. This summer has been a long, hard, extremely tiring one but also a very gratifying one. As you have read in my previous posts we have been waiting…

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@jolly-homestead Jun 25, 2018, 6:11 PM UTC

A childs innocence can remind you how great life really is

https://i.imgur.com/qslXpFS.jpg?1 The other day I was watching my grandson play with his toys happy as can be. The concentration as he tried to manipulate the toys to do what they were supposed to do…

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@jolly-homestead Jun 4, 2018, 9:55 PM UTC

Gratitude challenge 2 : Family makes it all worth it

https://i.imgur.com/wTNnr61.jpg?1 On Friday I was called by my son Joey to ask if we could meet me in the city Sunday for a visit. Now this is a rare occurrence unfortunately because My son lives on…

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@jolly-homestead Jun 1, 2018, 11:31 PM UTC

Gratitude Challenge One:Glad my kids keep me young

I've just been nominated for the gratitude challenge. This should be very easy for me because I am usually an extremely upbeat happy go lucky person who counts her blessings daily. So what I am going…

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@jolly-homestead Jun 1, 2018, 10:55 PM UTC

When homeschooling you always need to remember the social aspect of it all

Many times throughout the year the school I home school through school learning days. This consists sometimes of educational learning in groups, field trips to neat places that through funding is way…

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