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And the next winner…

The winner of the random drawing among those who blogged about the contest……winning a fabulous prize package of Vision Forum merchandise worth over $700 in retail value……drumroll………mom2chris
for this post on her blog Homeschool in the Pines
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Brotherly love

A couple of years back, my 7yo brother William found our 5yo brother Patrick Henry hiding behind the house. The cuffs of his pants were gone and a slow flame was smoldering up the legs of his brand-new train-conductor style overalls.Patrick Henry was scared of the creeping flame, but he was even more afraid [...]

An open letter to Shannon

Dear Shannon,You say that Texas is flat and curve-less.You have obviously never been to the Texas Hill Country.We live on a virtual rollercoaster. An 18 wheeler once came to our house and decided the road was too curvy for him to turn into our driveway from the proper direction, so he came from the [...]

*Now* we have a winner

hmmm…Shall we prolong the suspense?The winners of the 2 $50 gift certificates, randomly drawn out of a 4 quart stock pot from among hundreds of guesses:
Cameron from TexasThe H family from Tuscon, AZ

And the winner is…

Sorry. We don’t know yet.Was that really mean of me?We’re working hard on this, I promise. It’s just taking a little longer than I expected.We’re hoping to have an announcement for you by tonight!
Don’t be mad at me - I have an idea for another fun contest with Vision Forum prizes. Not [...]

Would this WFM?

We have an inverter that plugs into the cigarette lighter in our van and turns it into a regular, household type outlet. Our van doesn’t have a CD player, so we used our boombox on our last roadtrip to listen to History of the World CDs while we drove.It worked beautifully - except that when [...]

Africam

Thanks to Lora for the incredible link to this live webcam at a South African watering hole! I knew such things existed, but who knew?Like Lora, I’m afraid we may have a new addiction on our hands.