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How to make Homecoming mum braids – the best tutorials & videos

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October 2, 2020 by ES Ivy

Looking for ideas to make your Homecoming mum even fancier without it costing a ton? Add your own ribbon braids! I’ve rounded up the BEST ribbon braid tutorials and best tutorial videos so you can make your own ribbon braids for your Homecoming mum. These are the ones my daughters and I learned from when we maid spirit braids to add to the Homecoming mums we made for them. It’s so much fun!Homecoming mum ribbon braids - make your own. The BEST ribbon braid tutorials and best tutorial videos so you can make spirit braids for your Homecoming mum - the ones I learned from.

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Best Blogging Training, Website Courses, and Tools

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September 25, 2020 by ES Ivy

If you’re new to blogging and website building then you are certainly looking for information and blogging courses. Free website courses are a great place to start, but they will only get you so far. So then what are the best blogging and website courses that will actually be worth your money? Are there any inexpensive, cheap and free blogging courses, training and tools? Yes! These are the ones I have tried. The best inexpensive, cheap, discount, & free blogging courses, training and tools? Yes! These are the ones I have tried.…

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Genius Blogger’s Toolkit – the best blogging course bundle

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September 23, 2020 by ES Ivy

On limited time sale, right now – September 2020, the Genius Blogger’s Toolkit has courses on everything you need to know to get started on your blog or website now – at a HUGE discount.

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Elite Colleges, Education, & Success

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August 27, 2020 by ES Ivy

Regular readers may have noticed that a bunch of new posts about education, high school, college and success appeared on this website. The posts from my former site, High School, College Success!, about the influence of elite colleges have on our high schools, and how it is damaging our children – especially our brightest and most motivated – now appear here.Education and College - are they harming our children more than helping? Elite college requirements and how education relates to success

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Best books for kids during Covid pandemic – childhood illnesses & quarantines

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August 5, 2020 by ES Ivy

For kids who time time on their hands because of #shelterinplace or #stayathome quarantine due to Covid, what are the best books for them to read? Or maybe you need a list of books because your kid is doing virtual classes this fall. Of course any great kids’ book can be a great book to read anytime, including quarantine. But reading about quarantines and illness can help them put current events in perspective.Mother and kid read books during the Covid pandemic to help understand pandemics and historical childhood illnesses.

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College packing list in the time of coronavirus Covid 19

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July 29, 2020 by ES Ivy

If you’ve decided to send your kid off to college this fall, the risks of the coronavirus Covid pandemic may mean that there are some extra items that you want to add to your kid’s college packing list. I’ve put together a list of items I’m sending with my girls.…

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Is college worth the cost with COVID quarantine and remote classes?

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May 27, 2020 by ES Ivy

I keep trying to move on to things other than our broken college system and our broken education system in general, but the COVID situation and quarantine remote learning once again bring up the exorbitant cost of college.college food quality for health

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Shelter in place watch for free during quarantine – Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos

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April 17, 2020 by ES Ivy

Looking for something to do during quarantine? How about a great documentary! The Covid-19 pandemic has delayed the trial of Elizabeth Holmes, so shelter in place is a great time to catch yourself up on the story of Theranos. If you have read Bad Blood, I’m sure you want to know more! Shelter in place can bring good things – you can get more information by watchingĀ The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley for free during April on HBO.Bad Blood by Carreyrou makes a great book selection for book club if you have great questions to get the discussion started!…

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Making an 18th birthday special during Covid Quarantine

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April 8, 2020 by ES Ivy

Celebrating your 18th birthday under quarantine is a bummer. But my daughter went the extra mile to make it special for her sister!Ā  Here are some birthday decoration and cake ideas to help your birthday girl smile during this difficult time.Quarantine birthday party ideas - how to make your teen's day special in spite of quarantine, cake and decoration ideas

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Surviving the Pandemic – How my grandfather survived the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

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March 24, 2020 by ES Ivy

My grandfather passed away when I was five, but I grew up hearing the story about how he survived the 1918 Spanish flu during World War I, the Great War. During the Covid-D coronavirus pandemic, this story has taken on new meaning to me in a way I never thought it would.

1918 Spanish Flu pandemic during WWII, military hospital, how my grandfather survived the Spanish Flu pandemic.

Quarters in a Navy ship’s hold were certainly even more cramped than this hospital at Camp Funston, at Fort Riley, Kansas, during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic Source: Wikimedia Commons

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