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Kirby’s Kids: Our 2018-2019 Homeschool Curriculum Reveal

Published on July 19, 2018August 14, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog5 Comments

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Ohhhh! I am so excited to be sharing this post with you. The kids are pretty excited about it too! My fingers are going faster than my brain as I am typing and somehow or another they are managing to put into words what I want to say. I did show a sneak peak of some of the items we’ve received in this post here but now I am going to show you everything we have right now.

If you haven’t seen my latest posts about homeschooling check out the links here but if you are only interested in what we have planned for this year, please keep scrolling.

I’ve been talking about how excited I am for our next homeschool year and I just can’t wait to get started. I have actually talked about this curriculum before but its been awhile. My kids are finally at the age that I think this will work out really well for everyone.

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Elephant Fuzz, Building Bugs, Poodle Skirts and Moon Day; A Week In Review

Published on July 16, 2018August 14, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

We have had quite the week again. Fun and crazy as usual. Keep reading to find out about some of our many adventures here in the little house on the pond. We have included affiliate links to some of the products mentioned in this post. These help to support our blog.

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Becoming Debt Free One Bill At A Time

Published on July 13, 2018July 11, 2018 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

As I’ve mentioned before I am working on paying off some of my hospital bills from February. I had been so sick with a kidney infection and had to go to the hospital a couple of times. Needless to say that without insurance these trips got very expensive.

However I am please to report that this week I have finally paid off the final bill that I’ve received. Yay! What a relief!I have also been looking at Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps and plan to start working on Step #1 which is to save $1,000 for an emergency fund. I did have this saved earlier this year but due to hospital bills and other unforeseen circumstances this has since been depleted.

There are so many different ways to save even when on a budget and if you check out my Pinterest Board Momma: Be Debt Free you can check out some different ideas there. I haven’t made a set plan yet but I’ve put $25.00 back in the pot as start towards that $1,000. I’m hoping to reach this goal by the end of the year.

I’ll be posting a new post about the second step soon!This post does contain affiliate links which help to support our blog.

Amazon Promo Codes: July 2018

Published on July 7, 2018July 6, 2018 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

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Here is an exclusive list of the latest and hottest deals I’ve found on Amazon. Be sure to check them out soon as they may not last long! (For a full list of coupons and deals click here.)

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Have a great weekend and Happy Savings!

The Little House On The Prairie Debate

Published on July 3, 2018June 29, 2018 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog4 Comments

I just couldn’t believe what I saw on Facebook the other day. It was quite a shock to read that the American Association for Library Services to Children announced that its prestigious Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, which has been around since 1954, will now be known as the Children’s Literature Legacy Award.

According to the Washington Post it says that they voted to remove her name from the award because of a passage in the opening chapter of ‘Little House on the Prairie’. Yes, times were different back then but I feel that we can use these as teaching moments. I mean we don’t have the power to go back and change history but we can use lessons from the past to better our futures. Or if we choose not to use these as important lessons we can always skip over the questionable parts and not even read them to the children.

I’m not saying anyone is wrong for feeling the way they do as we are all entitled to our own opinions. I also know that some more take offense to things more easily than others. I really do believe that none of this was written to intentionally cause harm to anyone though. It was just a different time and a different way of life. These were my favorite books as a child and I have them on my bookshelves right now. I have no plans to remove them or stop my kids from reading them either.

You can read more about this debate in these articles here:

If you don’t have these books but would like to get them you can find them here or you can get the DVDs here. We are currently reading Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography which my kids and I are really enjoying.

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