Wanted to…

This guest post from Lenny Mcknight I knew I wanted to get TXU in Houston, but I had to wait until I actually moved to Texas. The good news is that I love it here and I was able to find an amazing little house right up the road from my work. I think it's a lot of fun...

Cheap Eyeglasses

I'm all about saving money. In difficult economic times, it's even more important to squeeze every penny out of your purchases. Sometimes that means selecting lower quality items. Not everything needs to last for centuries or provide professional quality results. If...

Spruce Up Your Mailbox

We recently finished our mailbox with the stones used as an accent on our house. It looks beautiful and blends nicely with the home design. Rather than use the tacky, plastic, glue on numbers you see everywhere, we added a more substantial set. The finishing...

Keeping Christ in Christmas

I always feel a little irked when Christmas is mentioned before Thanksgiving. But I wanted to share a fun Family Home Evening series that we do for Christmas in time for others who might want to do something similar. When my oldest was a baby, I decided that I wanted...

Principle-Centered Home Education

This is the third in a three-part homeschooling series. It was first published in 1996 in Super Learning Tools. Although my theories have morphed somewhat over the years, this series represents the beginning process of forming and implementing our homeschool and...

Blogging From the Bushes

First it was Transporter, a local bulletin board system in Provo in the late 1980's. Then it was America Online, where I was on staff in the Family Computing Forum and later in the Homeschooling Forum. Next, we upgraded to the World Wide Web, and email group lists and...

Why I Do Not School-at-Home

This is the second in a three-part homeschooling series. It was first published in 1996 in Super Learning Tools. Although my theories have morphed somewhat over the years, this series represents the beginning process of forming and implementing our homeschool and...

Why I’m Not Unschooling

This is the first in a three-part homeschooling series. It was first published in 1996 in Super Learning Tools. Although my theories have morphed somewhat over the years, this series represents the beginning process of forming and implementing our homeschool and...

Boy Scouts and the Uncanny Valley

There are some things that I just can't abide. I am incredibly susceptible to the uncanny valley, a phenomenon where things that look almost real—but not quite close enough—cause revulsion. With me, it's not just human replicas (and photoshops of Paula Deen), but any...