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Weekend reading

I come across so much good stuff over the course of every week -- more than I can properly cover. So, for your weekend reading pleasure...

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Weekend tour: How to get Parent Hacks updates

Each weekend I'll choose one feature to highlight. Up first: how to get Parent Hacks updates.

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 7/25/11

This week was ONEWeek, and I couldn't take my eyes or heart away from the ONEMoms' dispatches from Kenya. Right now, I'm on a solo retreat in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. A little alone time to unwind and make plans for the Fall. As I look onto the...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 7/18/11

Summer has finally kicked in around here, and we're having fun hosting my 16 year-old cousin for a week (cousins are the most magical of relatives, don't you agree?). A second watching of Harry Potter 7, berry picking, beach play, a free concert in the park, a local college tour,...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 7/11/11

In some ways, this feels like my first week of summer because we left for a long road trip right after school let out. Home re-entry after vacation is never easy for me, and it was made slightly more grumbly by the cool, cloudy weather (which, I'm sure, sounds like...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 6/27/11

A look back at this week's posts.

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 6/6/11

UGH. I'm in the second 12 hours of what I hope is a 24-hour flu. SELF-PITY! But enough about me! Let's have a look at the last week at Parent Hacks: How to make sure nothing gets left behind after vacation stays A simple, effective system for packing up at...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 5/30/11

My attention these last couple of weeks has been on my kids' school choices, learning styles, "whole kid" needs...so many variables to consider as we decide what their schooling will look like next year. The separation between a kid's "learning needs" and "general needs" is quite false, so making school...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 5/16/11

Posting was light while my family and I attended #UORfamily, a press event for parenting bloggers at Universal Orlando Resort. We're now home and settled, and I'm busy going through all of the entries for the Universal ticket giveaway. I'll post a trip recap and announce the winners on Monday!...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 5/9/11

It was a rather quiet week around here, but it ended with a bang! Insulated alligator clips make better bib clips: Smart Radio Shack-type hack, but there were concerns about lead in the wire insulation. Radmama suggested clothespins as an alternative. Other suggestions via Twitter: binder clips and big, plastic...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 5/2/11

It has been a remarkable week. I'm still processing the amazing response to my interview at The Pioneer Woman: Homeschooling about why I homeschool my son. This is the first time I've written in detail about homeschooling, our school experience, and my son's Asperger's, so it feels like new territory....

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 4/25/11

We've been sitting around here in Portland, waiting for Spring to spring, complaining about the cold, damp, gray that doesn't realize it has overstayed its welcome. But then the tornadoes hit the Southern United States, and it gave me pause. About what, exactly, am I complaining? There are parallels to...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 4/11/11

Our Weekend Catchup saunters in on Sunday morning this week. It, and I, are moving at a relaxed pace, soaking in the energy of beautiful New Orleans while attending the Mom 2.0 Summit. I'm on a plane today, pondering everything I've learned (or should I say digesting, given how much...

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Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 4/4/11

Busy, busy, busy! Spring is buzzing (even though it still feels like winter around here), lots of home details to take care of, getting a start on summer planning...and polishing my talk for Mom 2.0 in New Orleans next week! I hope to see some of you there. In the...

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Parent Hacks Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 3/28/11

We were emerging from our Spring Break in Disneyland this week. Back to school, back to work, back to reality! The escape was lovely, and as always I'm happy to be back at Parent Hacks. Highlights from last week (plus two posts from the previous quiet week while I was...

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