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Homeschooling Grade 8 and High School We are into our second, third (fourth! I can’t seem to get this post finished!) official week of homeschooling for the new academic year.  My youngest daughter is in 8th grade and my two older are in high school.  Most every year, I write about our current plans and I’m going to share some of the topics, units and resources we are using this year. Down at the bottom I will link to the (MANY!) posts I’ve written in previous years so you can check out what they were doing in 1st or 5th...

I never thought about death much, other than as a concept, until my husband was diagnosed with cancer in 2010. Then it made its entrance with a bang. Even though he was 65, it felt far too young to be contemplating death. We learnt a lot about each other, about life, and about death in what turned out to be his last year. Now, solidly in my 60s, I’m very aware of the juxtaposition of life and death. It is simply impossible to have one without the other – just a walk out in nature will show us that. Facing...

Before heading towards our main content, consider what high blood pressure is and how it continuously affects our lifestyle. An essential topic, isn’t it? Many signs illustrate high blood pressure levels, such as lack of concentration for prolonged periods of shortness of breath as the most prominent one. YES! Do you have the same conditions? Over 30% population throughout the world is suffering from high blood pressure that’s a modifiable risk for cardiovascular disease, mainly heart failure or chest pain. But wait! Unfortunately, many strategies are beneficial for controlling blood pressure, with the most prominent ones are blood pressure supplements....

Excel's ability to group spreadsheets together is one of its best features. This is because it allows you to perform your desired tasks on multiple worksheets simultaneously! In this article, we'll outline all the things you can do with grouped spreadsheets and show you step-by-step how to group and ungroup your workbook for seamless editing. How Grouping Works in Excel By grouping spreadsheets together, any change that you effect on one spreadsheet will automatically affect all the other spreadsheets in the grouped workbook. As an example, if you intend to create the same data structures and records in a vast...

I’m so excited to share my autumn capsule wardrobe with you today! Creating a capsule wardrobe has saved me time and money, simplified my closet (so every single item in my closet fits me and is something I am excited to wear) and, best of all, now that I have completed my capsule for the season I am ready to focus on other goals. How I Define a Capsule Wardrobe I define a capsule wardrobe as preparing your closet for the coming season, and then wearing those items for the full season. A lot of people do it by creating...