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    Meals for a Year: Recipe Request

    The meal planning club is officially on! I am very grateful to be connected to so many wonderful kindred spirits. We had more than 11 people express interest, so I looked at the submission time and the preference for a particular month to whittle it down. I also split my month with Paige, so that we could have one more person in the group and I would have a little more time for the coordination and administration of this process.

    Our deadline is to have everything completed and organized in a user-friendly way by December 1. That way, we’ll be ready to start cooking “fast and fresh” vegetarian meals once

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    Sponsor Introduction & Celebration

    Photo courtesy of Ben Becker

    It’s the first Friday of the month, which means I get to give major shout outs to some really awesome businesses. I personally recommend every single sponsor. For real.

    First, there’s Sebrina of Mismikado Creations. She designed the header for this blog, so I know from first-hand experience that she is super-fun and easy to work with, very accommodating, positive, responsive, and creative–just what you want in a graphic designer. Need a blog header? A logo? An invitation? Sebrina is your woman!

    Then there’s Carrie and Shane of Beginning Montessori. They are a husband and wife team that hand makes Montessori materials to

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    RV Road Trip

    Image courtesy Volume Twenty Five

    As I work on the charter application to start a public Montessori school in the fall of 2014, I want to observe at excellent schools all across the United States.

    Initially, I figured I would have to wait until Henry was completely weaned before starting my journey. Even then, however, I wasn’t quite sure who would take care of Henry. The trip itself would be very expensive with flights and rental cars, plus we would have to pay for childcare.

    Then I had the idea that we could take a road trip as a family to look at schools, since Matt will be keeping his

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