Author: Ashley B.
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Creating a Morning Routine
We’re currently on the third year of homeschooling our three children and also on the second full year of all of us being home together all the time. It is important to provide some background on this as it influences what I am going to explain to you. For the previous 15 years I was…
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Book Review: Welcome to the Hamilton by Tanya E. Williams
Welcome to the Hamilton surprised me in more ways than I expected. As a lover of historical fiction, I always get excited when Tanya E. Williams is releasing a new book. She is one of my favorite authors in this genre and her works are always self-reflective with the way in which she writes her…
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Choosing a Homeschool Curriculum
Whether you’ve been homeschooling for many years or are just now thinking about it, choosing a curriculum is something that seems to be a shifting target. When we first started homeschooling in 2019, we searched Amazon and found a core curriculum that really suited our family. It allowed us to focus on the main subjects…
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Top 5 Reasons to Homeschool
This will be our third full year homeschooling our kids and I can tell you right now that it has gotten easier each year. We learn from our experiences, implement new processes and ideas, and ultimately move forward with new things that work for us. But it wasn’t easy when we first started. I will…
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Top 5 Usborne Books In Our Homeschool
This summer so far has been a time for me to really sit down and focus on what is most important for me and my family. I’ve made a lot of changes around my routine and ultimately the flow of our days and our house. I work full time at home, homeschool our children and…
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Cleopatra’s Dagger by Carole Lawrence a Book Review
A historical journey back in time and a period that I adore reading about. Taking place in the 1880’s during a time when New York City was still taking in new populations, struggling immensely with poverty and classism, we get a peek into the life of Elizabeth van den Broek. She comes from a well-to-do…
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St. Paddy’s Day Short Story – Part I
An Old Friend Calls in a Favor Sean was on his way home from school and ready to watch his favorite TV show. School was his least favorite place to be, but lately it had gotten even worse for him. He barely had any friends and most of the kids ignored him in a way…
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The Last by Hanna Jameson a Book Review
Have you ever wondered what life is like after a nuclear war? The Last will provide you with a glimpse of one those perspectives. But we all have our own expectations, I believe, of what things would look like. However, I enjoyed the questions this book made me ask about myself. Comparing my own values…
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Back to Basics
I always enjoy trying to come up with witty headers for my posts, even when I’m not writing the most interesting of things. It’s a reflection of my creativity and appreciation for the simple sake of writing in and of itself. Honestly, I’m not sure how many of my followers noticed, but I haven’t been…
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Doctor Mistake by J. Saman
Romance fans listen up! The main man of this one is a middle brother in a billionaire family of elite doctors. While Carter is a bit of an alphahole *SWOON* he’s also one amazing man sitting in the background loving Grace from afar because she’s a taken woman. Well, that is until her fiance shows…
Adventures in Literature 