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Katy And The Mystical Creatures

By: Lydia. M.C.Once upon a time,There was a little girl named Katy, she is about ten. Her little sister Emily is seven and her little brother Eric is seven. Emily and Eric are twins!And her mom her little sister and her little brother were very poor they only had enough for two small meals’ a [...]

Another mystery of life solved

Deanna and I picked up the yard today - well, the inhabited and highly visible parts of our 5 acres.We filled 5 WalMart bags with popsicle wrappers, fallen bottle rockets, the rings and lids from milk jugs, etc.But here’s the exciting part:We found, under the trampoline, 14 socks. I feel sure there were many [...]

Once Upon a Time…

Once upon a time, there lived a girl who was captured by Indians but she wanted to escape so she killed the Indians with a gun and knife and ran and got an apple. She ate it and threw the core down on the ground then an apple tree grew and she lived happily ever [...]

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Hop over to CBD (or use the search box in my sidebar) and order, quick! On July 31 you can use the code below to get free shipping on any order over $35. I know, it’s not their best coupon ever, but these deals have been scarce lately.Besides, I’ll get a 10% kickback if you [...]

Happy Birthday, Rachael

Today was our youngest daughter’s birthday. Rachael was born exactly 14 years after the day that hubby and I were engaged, 2 days before our 12th wedding anniversary.
A few things about Rachael:

She is our first redhead
She loves the camera
She loves babies
She looks just like a redheaded version of her sister Megan. Hubby figured this [...]

New Testament update

Who else is still doing this? Would anyone like to start now?The girls and I are still going strong! Today we read through I Corinthians 7. We all read together at the table, and even the slow readers finished before I did because I was fielding so many questions.But you know what? I didn’t [...]

the end

She asked herself sadly. Hmmm, she thought. Maybe, if I tell her that I must to go back to fairyland… but wait how will I get back to fairylandwonderd. She had been there for a very long before she had learned how to fly, and after awhile she did not really want to leave. Then [...]

Carnival of Kid Comedy #19

OK, people. Make me proud. Let’s flood these contributors with comments. After all, the lady who thinks her kids are boring got 89 comments, and we all think our kids are anything but boring, right? So prove it.

Sprittibee: Admissions of an 8 Year OldSprittibee’s son shares his future video game plans (complete with parental super-powers) [...]

Last call - Carnival of Kid Comedy

The deadline for carnival submissions is midnight tonight, so send ‘em if you’ve got ‘em. But never fear - Loni will be hosting next weekend’s edition.Thank you to the Headmistress and Nerdmom for volunteering to host soon too. Anyone else?

Book Report: Daniel Boone

I read a book called Childhood of Famous Americans Daniel Boone Young Hunter and Tracker. It is by Augusta Stevenson.Daniel Boone was a famous hunter and a war hero. He moved around a lot. He lived in places like Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Mississippi. He didn’t like staying in one place for a long time.He went [...]

Book Review: The Best of Father Brown

Hooray for me! I finished a book!Actually, I’ve been finding more time lately to read the 15 or 20 books that live next to my bed. But narrowing it down enough to finish one is an event worthy of trumpets and a parade. And I’ve finished several in recent months!Thanks to Sherry’s great and timely [...]

Part two…

Moreover, she was always very helpful. However, one -day she heard someone cry for help! She rushed to the edge of fairyland, and saw one of her little friends holding on to the edge the cloud!After she pulled her up, she was so close to the edge that she fell off! She fluttered down like [...]

Bored by her children?

I’m not the first to jump on the bandwagon, but read this at your own risk. This poor mum finds her children painfully boring and is not ashamed to proclaim it to all who will listen.I tried to resist clicking on the article when I first heard about it. I wanted to maintain [...]

A book

We have a hilarious book called The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales . On the title page Jack (Jack and the bean stock) the narrator says “I know. I know.The page is upside down.I meant to do that.Who ever looks at thatdedication stuff anyhow?If you really want to readit you can [...]

Proverbs 26

Proverbs 26 has a lot of my favorite verses in it. One thing I like is that it tells how bad and worthless a fool is an then it says “Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” and then it says “The [...]