Knowledge Quest is offering a free download of their 80-page “Star-Spangled State Book.”
Enclosed is a coupon for $5 off the printed edition, and they also offer a workbook which can allow you to use the set as a full-year US Geography curriculum.
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It’s been a while since I posted - there’s been a lot going on in the Nowak household.
Three months after we arrived at our new home, we’ve unpacked everything. The last remaining boxes have been the kid’s clothes to grow into. In fact, most of our storage is full of plastic tubs that have the [...]

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Interesting front-page news story in the Grand Rapids Press the other day about Maria Gajewski who is living on a food budget of $30 this month.  She’s donating the savings to a local nature center.
In part she’s foraging for food from the wild - so there’s plenty of resources on her blog for natural ways [...]

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After reading a biography of John Michael Talbot (the singing monk) I have searched for years to find recordings from his old band, Mason Proffit.
Not only did I find one of the band’s CDs as a MP3 Album, but you can get it FREE with eMusic’s trial offer - and no, you won’t need a [...]

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There have been times when we’ve had to live on very little - as little as $800 a month (with fewer kids, though.)
One of the ways we do this - one of our secrets, you might say - is a grocery store chain called Aldi’s.
Not including produce, we are able to shop for our family [...]

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