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Quarantine, one week in

Posted on March 20, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

It seems that everyone has more time due to the quarantine and forced social distancing. It’s not that way for me. My life goes on. Still the same, but now complicated by the fact that my three older children are home. One is in high school and has been in contact with his teachers, one…

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How’s Your Quarantine?

Posted on March 19, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

I’m not going to lie. I’m frazzled. As I alluded to in the previous post, I am a person who makes rules for myself. I don’t make a lot, because I want to keep them all. But, I make them. And, the thing is, to make rules is to assume a certain order. Order has…

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Breaking Free

Posted on March 16, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

Last week, seems like ages ago now, I was thinking about rules. My rules. The rules I make for myself. The rules I live by. I always imaged that everyone did this. But, my husband doesn’t. Why would anyone else? On Gretchen Rubin’s personality quiz, I’m a questioner, which makes sense. It also makes sense…

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My Favorite Books of 2019

Posted on March 2, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

Better Late Than Never…. The last time I wrote about books, I gave a broad overview of what my reading life has looked like since 2015, the year that I began keeping track of what I was reading. In that time, 2019 was the best year for fiction that I think I have had in…

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Book Lists – Do you keep track of your reading?

Posted on January 20, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

A while ago a friend lamented that my son had not started a “Life List” to keep track of the books he read. This friend sighed and left me with the impression that all was lost. What was the point of keeping track of anything if you hadn’t kept track of everything? For a few…

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Kindergarten Reading – The Reluctant Homeschooler Edition

Posted on January 16, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

For the moment we’ve taken our house off the market. That means that instead of using homeschooling as a stop-gap for my Kindergartner we will be finishing out the year. This alters my plans a little bit. I don’t really think there is too much that should be required of Kindergartners besides letter knowledge and…

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The pain continued

Posted on October 24, 2019February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

If I thought that having my precious girl in my arms would settle my mind and rid me of the anxiety I felt during my pregnancy. I was wrong. Babies die. Sometimes for no reason. And, I was convinced that she was going to die. Weeks turned into months turned into years. When she was…

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A Tale of 3 Miscarriages

Posted on October 23, 2019February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. And, October 15 is World Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I meant to write on that day. To write something. Anything. But, I mostly avoided the computer for the whole week. It seemed that anything I could write would be… not enough. Ten years ago, I…

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I have words

Posted on October 22, 2019February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

You know how some days you have something to say. Something to say, desperately. You plan it. You dwell on it. You think about it. Nonstop. Do you say it? No. It’s too big. It’s too scary. It is too important to mess up. You need time. Lots of time. Times is something that you…

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The Best Plants for the Neglectful (And Why You Should Have Them)

Posted on October 10, 2019February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

I come by my plant lady status honestly. I grew up in a house of plants. My mom is a great gardener and has always had tons of plants crowding out all of the windows. Even when I was in college, she would frequently bring a potted plant for me to take care of. I…

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Welcome to my little place in the internet. I write about my family and what it’s like to suddenly find myself homeschooling my four children – including a high schooler and two middle schoolers during COVID-19. I also spend some time writing about writing and how I am trying to get more of it in my life.

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Apparently I am a vanilla sock knitter. This one i Apparently I am a vanilla sock knitter. This one is flying off the needles. At this rate I might get a pair a month out of our homeschool time

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Making Sweet and Sour Eggplant Caponata (a surpris Making Sweet and Sour Eggplant Caponata (a surprise hit last month for all 4 kids!) from the amazing @tanseyclaire I just love the colors and the taste is amazing 🤩 #sweetandsourcaponata #clairetansey #dinneruncomplicated
Twinning! New sock cast on matches my mug and our Twinning! New sock cast on matches my mug and our lesson on “The Lungs”. This colorway seems very spring to me, a welcome relief this year. 

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Sexy man modeling my seamless raglan sweater that Sexy man modeling my seamless raglan sweater that I finished back in November. Thanks @markshaneck for being such a good sport and bringing that smolder 🥰

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Ready to hike in my #alfmæli in #lettlopi and my Ready to hike in my #alfmæli in #lettlopi and my #rikkehat 

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From our chilly hike today. Turkey tail #turkeytai From our chilly hike today. Turkey tail #turkeytailmushroom #mycology #mushroomhunting #mushroomsofinstagram #mushroomsofinstagram #turkeytailfungus #fungusamongus #fungusphotography #fungiphotography #fungi #fungilove #winterhikes #winterinvirginia #nature #naturephotography #getoutsideandexplore
After months of sloggy knitting I finally finished After months of sloggy knitting I finally finished two things in one day! I saw someone’s socks on ig years ago and was inspired to make my own version which is these windowpane socks. (I finished the first sock in 2018!) I made myself a sockhead cowl (designed by @bohoknits ) using @blueskinyarns and some minis from @unplannedpeacock just in time for some more icy weather. The socks were made with #westyorkshirespinners and #huntingtonyarn 

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