Collage Friday - All About the Haircut

 Have you ever made a change that just pleased you for several days?  Well, I changed my haircut on Monday and I'm so glad I did!   

It's funny how something so little can make such a HUGE difference.    I've had long, curly hair for the past three years and decided it was time for a change.

Monday  several inches were taken off my hair ... I'm enjoying much less time being spent on my hair and just a bouncier feeling in general.   

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Learning to Set the Bar LOW - Collage Friday

 I am a classic over achiever.   Add to this the fact that I'm also Type A, and you can imagine that sometimes I can't keep up the pace of everything I WANT to do.   

This past week I've had several things happen that have all served to show me I need to lighten up on myself, others, and just set the bar much LOWER in general.

Writing this post is therapeutic and a bit painful, too.  

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Collage Friday - The Fantastic Field Trips

I cannot ask for more than my children to be active seekers of knowledge.  Self-education is the best form of education.

If you ever get a chance to see The Titanic exhibit, take advantage of the opportunity!

Our field trip was the perfect way for my daughter to wrap up a self-created unit study.

I took my daughter and a good friend of hers as a belated 11th birthday celebration.   Anna has had an obsession with all things Titanic for several months.  How perfect that her friend was also very interested in this very subject!  

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