Weekend Links - January 11, 2014

No time for chit-chat today - far too much house related stuff to be doing. Plus the rental house is in dire need of a tidy & clean. Usually people with two houses have money for staff.

Spiritual / Inner Life

• 7 Things You Need to Stop Saying if You're Over 30 by Jennifer Ball.
• Five Economic Reforms Every Rational Millennial Should Be Fighting For by Matt Walsh.
• The Ten Commandments of Twitter by Kevin DeYoung.
• The Millennial Mistake by James Emery White.
• Evangelicals and Hollywood Muck by Trevin Wax. I worked at the school Mr. Wax mentions and the library he describes is accurate. I used to laugh about the blacked out words. But I agree, some of our number have gone too far in the other direction.
• An Oh So Subtle Twist by Dr. Brian Mattson.
• Life Won't Begin at Your Next Milestone by Cara Joyner.

Marriage / Parenting

• 7 Things We Did Growing Up Our Children Will Never Understand from Scary Mommy. H/T: Jessie.
• What To Do With Your Child Who Just Doesn't Fit In...And Who Pushes All Your Buttons. Wisdom from Sally Clarkson.
• Six Reasons to Have Six Kids by Julie Cole at Modern Mom. No, I have no announcement to make at this time but I think this post could also apply to having five.
• Six Times Anything Equals A Lot by Megan Rice. Once again, substitute five for six and you have my life.
• Work at Home Mom and Work at Home Dad by Tricia Goyer.
• Five Things You Don't Say To a Woman Who Announces Her Fifth Pregnancy by Stacy Edwards. (Another H/T to Jessie!)
• Marriage, Pride and Prejudice. Eric Metaxas talks about Jane Austen - two of my favorite authors in one post!

Education / Homeschooling

• Inside the Box: People Don't Actually Like Creativity by Jessica Olien.
• 15 Ways Homeschooling is Like Living in a Fraternity House by Amy for Atlanta Homeschool. I, of course, have never lived in a frat house, but this sounds about right.
• The Normal, Drama-Free, Totally-Healthy Christian Homeschool Movement by Ruth Moon.

Everything Else

• World War II's Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together by Andrew Roberts.
• How Much Is An Original American Girl Doll Worth? Pretty interesting but my awesome collection of Felicity & her stuff is NOT FOR SALE. (Dear Pleasant T. Rowland, why did you sell out to Mattel? WHY?!)

What caught your eye this week?
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