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What I love

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What I love about my man
I love that he never gets morning breathI love that he likes to snuggle in bedI love the smell of his neckand his shirt at the end of the dayI love that he tickles his daughters but not meI love that he believes I am beautifuland [...]

Kid Comedy

Were your kids funny this week? Mine were much too wiped out from last week, so we’re running a little low on laughter. Please, share your laughs with us!When you add your link below, please remember to link to your specific post rather than to the front page of your blog. That way we [...]

An important post…

Please take the time to read the THIS POST on my wife’s blog.
Please consider linking to it to help us get the truth out.
Thanks
Pc3
From her blog:NEW:For those seeking further clarification, Vision Forum has now provided an official response, along with an email address that will provide additional information on a need-to-basis. This includes a strong [...]

Baby boy updates

Our little man made 3 exciting discoveries yesterday:

He can now scoot about rather efficiently on his bottom, getting from room to room in an upright sitting position. This works nicely with his talent for spinning.
He can pull himself to his feet.
He…well…he leaned over his fat little belly in the bath tub and saw something [...]

Timing, tact, and a call to repentance

My line about making sad eyes at each other has been quoted more than once. Here is a more complete context of the line:
“Don’t go to these links expecting to read soft words of sorrow and sympathy. We all mourn the victims and the wickedness that was done, but standing about making sad eyes [...]

Botkin girls’ workshop for young ladies

I’m in the Vision Forum warehouse, near the back row (oh, how I love wireless internet!) looking out over a small sea of heads. Some of them belong to my own children in the row ahead of me, but many are strangers who have come to listen and learn from these wise young ladies, [...]

Vision Forum Open House LIVE

After a fast and furious morning, I’m finally here and planted at my favorite place, right in front of the warm friendly glow of a computer. I ate my Breakfast of Lactating Supermoms in the car: a 24 oz. homemade frappuccino and a ziplock baggie of almonds and chocolate chips. That’s all 4 [...]

Kid Comedy

Last week’s Kid Comedy had 20 links - what a great response!This week the mood is a bit more somber. Our nation is mourning the loss of 32 lives this week. Each victim and the shooter himself was somebody’s daughter or son. In light of this, let us remember to thank God [...]

The problem of evil and Viriginia Tech

read HomemakerAng’s comment on a previous post here.
My reply:
God brings judgment upon the nations in many forms. One way is in the depravity of the people.

Psa 81:11-12 “But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to [...]

On Virginia Tech

I wasn’t going to post on the subject, but my young friend Cara has a few wise words that I really had to pass along for others to see. Please take 90 seconds and go read No Window Jumping.
Much longer but also well worth the time: Doug Phillips’ post On The Horror At Virginia [...]

In other news today…

Carmon explains far better than I ever could why we don’t go to the library any more. We are so thankful for the library book sales that have allowed us to build a family library of books worth owning and reading so that we don’t have to go sort through tripe and filth.
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I finished [...]

Open House at Vision Forum!

Open House at Vision Forum this Saturday!

Book signings by participating authors
20% off everything in the catalog
40-60% off newly discontinued clearance items
Clearance bins of books, toys, etc. received as samples or left over from long ago. We have peeked into the bins and there is definitely something for everyone. We saw some of our [...]

Homeschool awards and Heather

2006 Homeschool Blog Award winners have been announced. Go congratulate the winners and check out the list of prizes cuz Vision Forum contributed, and you know I love them!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Heather, who helped organize the awards, was diagnosed in the midst of it with an inoperable brain tumor. BooMama is spearheading a fundraiser to help [...]

WFMW: one’s a bun…

We found this technique in a book of science experiments, Real Live Science.Memorize the grand piece of poetic genius below, and you’ll never again forget the to-do list that pops into your head while you’re in the shower. Try to picture each item as you say it.
1 is a bun2 is a shoe3 is [...]

New chore list

In an effort to mix things up a bit, we’re starting a new chore system this week. I would love to take credit but I’m pretty sure I didn’t make this up myself. Tell me if this looks like your idea, because I would love to give credit where it’s due but my [...]