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10 Tips for Getting Through Those Wretched TSA Lines

5/30/2016

Summer is here, and the TSA is having family problems, so lines are long and tempers are short. Read my handy tips to get to your flight cool as a cucumber!

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Homeschooling the Gap Year Between Middle and High School

5/26/2016

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Let’s not call it a gap year. That sounds like you fell in a crevasse for a year. Let’s call it The Ferris Bueller Year. Kid 3 will get some fresh air and sunshine, see the sights, and gear up for high school.

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Life Lessons Learned from Downton Abbey

5/24/2016

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Now that Downton Abbey is over, my Sunday evenings (or Monday mornings, thank you DVR) are now a lot less interesting. I felt the loss keenly, so I decided to rewatch the whole series (thank you, iTunes). Here are some life lessons I learned from DA.

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Downsizing: How Low Can You Go

5/20/2016

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When we hatched our big plan a few years ago (traveling around the world for a year and then moving to Paris, all in one fell swoop) we knew we would have to downsize. Now, it’s time for the rubber to meet the road.

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