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Artistic Pursuits (coming soon)

The Madsen Method (in process)

Sue Gregg High School Cooking Curriculum (in process)

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October 8th, 2009

‘Cause I Know You Wanted to Know

If you search “olives” on Baidu, (a Chinese search engine that ranks 9th in Alexa’s overall internet rankings ) “Raising Olives” is the first website that comes up.

How do I know you wonder?  No, I don’t read Chinese, so I’ve not been spending my free time surfing Baidu. I just realized that Raising Olives has [...]

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October 4th, 2009

When I Goof

I generally try to compose multiple posts as I have time and then post one each day so there is something here on Raising Olives for you to read every day, rather than 5 posts on one day and none for the rest of the week.

When I finish working on my post there are several [...]

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September 24th, 2009

You Asked: Cloth Diapers, Potty Training and Cross Country

Ready for some more Q &A?

If not, I apologize, it’s the only thing I have enough brain power to post.  Today we bought 170 pounds of chicken, 100 pounds of ground beef and 30 pounds of roast in addition to a hundred cans of tomato sauce, dozens of pounds of cheese and much more, over [...]

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July 20th, 2009

Let’s Talk

I know, I know you’re coming to read today’s Not Me Monday.  It’s coming, but first a little blog business.

I love it when people leave comments on my blog, sometimes they make me laugh, sometimes they help me to pray for you, often I learn something new or think about something from a different perspective.  [...]

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July 9th, 2009

100 Best Blogs for Christian Homeschoolers

I recently received an email telling me that Raising Olives made it onto the list of 100 Best Blogs for Christian Homeschoolers.   I didn’t realize that there was such a list, but what a great idea.

I’m not much of a blog reader, I know, sorry.  I actually spent more time reading blogs (which still wasn’t [...]

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