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Planning a Homeschool Year That Survives February

Build 36 weeks of calendar around 32 weeks of work, and the flu, the funeral and the bad math week stop wrecking your whole plan.

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Get The Phones Out Of Your Bedroom And Off Your Table

A cheap alarm clock, a charger in the kitchen, and a rule you both agreed to. That's most of it. The hard part is the first two weeks.

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Fix a Sticking Door Before You Reach for the Plane

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The Teenager Who Stops Talking Is Still Listening

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How to Know You Need a Marriage Counselor and How to Find One

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Your Dishwasher Won't Drain. Do This Before You Call Anyone

Four inches of gray water in the tub is almost never a dead machine. Work the blockage points in order and most of these fix themselves in an hour.

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Put the Kids to Bed at 7:30 and Keep Your Marriage

Small kids eat every hour you don't defend. A practical plan for protecting the marriage underneath them, starting tonight.

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Book Premarital Counseling Before You Book the Venue

Six sessions with a pastor or counselor will tell you more about your marriage than any wedding website ever will. What it covers, what it costs, what goes wrong.

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Fix a Dryer That Runs But Never Gets Hot

Three parts cause almost every no-heat dryer, and one of them costs twelve bucks. Diagnose in the right order and you'll be dry by dinner.

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When to Hire a Sitter, a Cleaner or Call Grandma

The math that settles the argument, the mistake that wastes the money, and the one job you should never hand to your mother.

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Anniversary Traditions Worth Keeping Every Single Year

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A Dripping Faucet Tells You Which Part Failed

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