Old School – Self Reliance 101

The Damsel is guest posting over at Mormon Mommy Blogs today. See ya there!

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The Damsel would like to apologize for not announcing ahead of time about spring break at the Old School. She kept hoping a miracle would happen and a spontaneous clone would form of herself. This did not happen. Sprog #3 got married. It happened! No one died! First we had this: Which became this: Weddings [...]

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Remember the field trip we took about Chopin’s 200th birthday? Click to review your class notes. The Damsel found out today you can buy practically everything the man ever composed for $4.99. UNBELIEVABLE. This is an mp3 download from Amazon, ready to put on your favorite Listening Addiction Assistance Device. $4.99!! The Damsel is in [...]

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Ever get cranking on a screw and find out it’s stuck tight? And you’re scared if you keep working on it, you’ll end up messing up the screw? Put down the screwdriver and walk away. It’s not gonna be good to keep grinding at the thing. The Damsel understands you want to get this over [...]

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The Damsel has a love-hate relationship with caffeine. She does love to be able to think straight, er, straighter. A little caffeine makes her feel awake, able, smarter. But at the same time, that awake/smarter feeling seems fake–like it’s cheating somehow–life from a bottle instead of naturally. It’s interesting to know that the stuff has [...]

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The Damsel is a little annoyed at granola bars. They’re posers. They act like healthy food, but under that seeming innocence, calories lurk. Plenty of the ones you buy at the market are really candy bars, if you really want to be honest with yourself. These granola bars are not guaranteed to be low-cal, but [...]

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The Damsel wants to make good attendance at class as simple as possible. To get that all-important “present” mark, there are several alternatives. You can subscribe by email, and Feedburner will deliver your Old School lessons to your email box. Just click the button on the sidebar. You can add this site to Google Reader. [...]

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The Damsel has added a community widget to the Old School. What? Talking in class? heh. This is the place to go if you have questions about any of the Old School lessons. You’re free to comment, ask questions, or answer them. Of course, you can always leave comments on individual posts as usual. The [...]

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The Damsel had hoped to create an Old School post about how to fix a leaky faucet. But once the Knight got into the guts of the faucet in question, it was clear this faucet was beyond saving. Corrosion had dealt a death blow, and even the Knight’s magic wouldn’t be enough. Removal became necessary. [...]

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Back here, the Old School discussed what happens when you use liquid dish soap in your dishwasher, and what to do to temporarily tide you over until your next trip to the market. But is it possible to make your OWN dishwasher detergent? To use on a regular basis, not as an emergency substitute? Can [...]

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