Episode 82: Stocking Stuffer

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Episode 82: Stocking Stuffer

Merry, merry Christmas to our listeners, both new and old! We're very thankful for the gift you've given us of your listening ears for over two years of Homeschooling in Real Life. 

We're having a bit of fun with this one - HIRLers Treasure Chest, Q and A with K and A, our least favorite Christmas carols (and yours, too!) and a bit more Christmas fluff.

Put on your earbuds and pour yourself a glass of egg nog. We're having some fun stuffing your Christmas stocking!

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Episode 77: Surviving the Holidays: Spread Too Thin

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Episode 77: Surviving the Holidays: Spread Too Thin

Are the upcoming holidays already getting you down? Do you feel like the holiday months are just one long race to the finish line, and you're spread way too thin?

For certain, homeschooling kids who are home all day adds another dimension to preparing for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and on this episode of Homeschooling in Real Life, Fletch and Kendra talk about how to keep from feeling like all the Christmas spirit has been trampeled under schedules and to-do lists.

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Episode 76: Surviving the Holidays: Family Feud

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Episode 76: Surviving the Holidays: Family Feud

Oh, how the holidays can bring out the best and the worst in families. Let's get real together and talk about how to deal with the negative comments that fly our way, the tension that arises from differing opinions, and the hurt that biting words can cause in our hearts. 

But let's not just leave it there. Let's bring the gospel in to shine a spotlight and create healing where it's needed most: right in the middle of our family feud.

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Episode 75: Surviving the Holidays: Financial Strain

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Episode 75: Surviving the Holidays: Financial Strain

In this first of our series on surviving the holidays, we're talking all about the financial strain that occurs from November through January every year. When you're already struggling to make ends meet, how do you celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas without killing your budget and making life far more stressful than it has to be? 

Join us and financial planner Bill Kenoyer for Surviving the Holidays: Financial Strain.

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Episode 7 - Christmas Party

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Episode 7 - Christmas Party

This is our first ever Christmas episode and we kick it off with style. Contests, Quizzes and a great discussion about how to avoid the wackiness during the holidays.

Are you playing along?

$100 Amazon gift card - Go to our blog and read this post about how to participate and win the contest.

Fletch's Christmas Movie Quiz -To win the free pound of Kéan Coffee from Fletch - don't forget to listen to this episode and listen for the five movie clips included. Tweet us your guess of all five movies: @HomeschoolIRL #HIRLquiz by midnight on Christmas Eve.

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