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		<title>~ Weeds ~</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 18:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend one of the topics I will be speaking on at the MTHEA Expo is 10 Things I Wish I had Known as a Young Mother. I&#8217;ve got more to add to that presentation now since this morning when I took a break from office work and took a foray outside to get some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=861&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Says who?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three of my girls take piano lessons. I am thankful to their Calderwood grandparents for funding the outsourcing of these lessons. I am a pianist myself, but I do not enjoy teaching piano. In the busyness of my life, I&#8217;ve found that it is very hard to find time to do things about which you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=846&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>~ Amazing Insight from a High School Valedictorian ~</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>urthemom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And this is from a public school valedictorian. Love her insight! http://americaviaerica.blogspot.com/2010/07/coxsackie-athens-valedictorian-speech.html Here is one of my favorite parts: &#8220;And now here I am in a world guided by fear, a world suppressing the uniqueness that lies inside each of us, a world where we can either acquiesce to the inhuman nonsense of corporatism and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=839&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>~ Slight Change to Teleconference on Monday ~</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/slight-change-to-teleconference-on-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>urthemom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I goofed. I&#8217;m sorry. I had two different topics listed on two different places for our upcoming teleconference Monday night at 7 PM Central Time. Here is the correct information, and I promise not to change it on you. March 28th topic: 12 Strategies for College Board Exam Prep NOW! While attaining high scores on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=833&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>~ Upcoming Teleconferences ~</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/upcoming-teleconferences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcing two new teleconferences from URtheMOM.com coming up in March! Each call will be on a Monday night, and each will begin at 8PM Eastern/7PM Central. Each call will be about an hour, depending on how many live questions there are to answer. The dates to scribble on your calendar: March 14th &#38; March 28th. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=827&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>~ Why don&#8217;t more parents homeschool? ~</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/why-dont-more-parents-homeschool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>urthemom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it is kind of silly to ask my 5 loyal readers this question because you all homeschool. However, I am wondering what the major reasons are for parents NOT to homeschool their kids? Now this is a very serious question, and I am hoping to glean a lot of insight should I get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=819&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>~ Motivation Happens ~</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, my resident high school senior, Franklin, asked me which Physics book I thought he should work through. We have Saxon Physics, a challenging text which contains tons of math along with physics, and another physics text that is not so heavy on the math side of things but is still a very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=805&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>~ Extraordinary Happens ~</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>urthemom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when my first child was three, my husband and I contemplated the idea of homeschooling. As a former classroom teacher, I knew exactly what life would be like for my perky little red-haired boy who would soon be expected to be present in a classroom from, say, 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. five [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=790&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>~ Self-Teaching Saves the Day(s)! ~</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/self-teaching-saves-the-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Recently it became my turn to enter the land of fever, dizziness, aches, and general malaise commonly known as the flu. I spent one entire day in bed, and I was able to sleep peacefully due to the fact that life continued on in my absence. While my husband was at work and I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=777&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>~ Each New Day ~</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/each-new-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most everyone does at this time of year, I&#8217;ve been pondering the New Year stuff. What change do I want to see in my life? How can I determine which goals are most important and deserve my energy and attention? How can I even set goals when I don&#8217;t know what each day may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=homeschoolcoach.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3996993&amp;post=755&amp;subd=homeschoolcoach&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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