Today is my hunney’s birthday. Since he didn’t tell my age in his birthday post for me, we’ll do him the same courtesy. Those of you who are curious will just have to guess. I wonder if there’s any significance that the kids and I are sharing exactly 36 reasons we love him?
Just a few [...]
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So how come nobody told me that this image in my sidebar…
…looked like this all weekend?
Didn’t anybody find that just a bit odd? Really, people. Tsk, tsk. Incidentally, the sale ends tomorrow. I’m just saying.
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We did a few things last week that I didn’t mention at the time:
Said goodbye to my honey and my four big girls early Wednesday morning as they headed out for the Vision Forum Father & Daughter Retreat at Callaway Gardens in Georgia. Usually he gets to take one daughter, and has been making his [...]
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I can’t believe it’s been 4 weeks since I shampooed. The change has been very gradual, but either my hair is getting better or I’m getting used to this. I’ve decided to wash with a mixutre of 1 egg and a bit of lemon juice once each week, and use baking soda with apple cider [...]
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Well, sort of. It’s not quite that easy. Don’t grimace, because everyone loves this deal!
For five days only — March 28-April 1, 2009 — receive a free $50 gift certificate (passport) for every $95 of Vision Forum merchandise you order! There’s no limit, and you don’t have to split up your orders into neat [...]
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We should never let circumstances – even difficult ones – determine our standard of right and wrong. God’s standard is perfect and eternal.
Fellow members of the congregation where we attend were told that their unborn grandchild had no brain. The parents were urged to abort. They were assured there was no brain, and this child [...]
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Hearing:
Kids playing Monopoly.
Baby cooing on the floor, as she scoots around with a bare bottom. I love uncarpeted floors!
A soft breeze. The calm after the storm.
Sleepy groans from little ones napping.
The washer as it finishes its cycle.
The hum of the computer fan.
Tasting:
Stale chocolate. Sigh.
Kettle chips, left behind by a kind guest.
Seeing:
Curtains rustling in the breeze
Ceiling [...]
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At most of the baby showers I get to attend, we don’t do games. It seems like most people scoff at baby shower games, or openly dread them. Maybe they secretly enjoy them but they’re too ashamed to say so.
Not me. I like them. Except the one where you microwave candy bars, squish them in [...]
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Posted by: Deanna
The assignment this week on Homeschool Kids Write is acrostic poetry about spring.
Acrostic poetry is where you take a word and use each letter as the starting letter of the lines, so you can read it going down, It doesn’t have to rhyme, so it’s pretty easy. I really enjoyed this because poetry [...]
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Our older girls spend a bit of time nearly every day doing certain school subjects on the computer: html lessons, PhotoShop tutorials, typing, even Bible reading. We have also found some highly educational and entertaining games along the way. You can find links at the bottom left sidebar under Fun & Games.
But I haven’t found [...]
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Here are some acrostic poems I wrote:
See the flowers blooming,
Peeping from their buds.
Rising from their winter graves,
Into the warm spring air.
Now they can show their splendor,
God is good, he gave us spring.
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Feel the breeze a blowing,
Little flowers blooming,
Out in the sunlight,
Where the puppies romp.
Every day a new flower blooms.
Raising its head heavenward.
Spring, the prettiest time [...]
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…Decided that he was going to walk to Aunt Stephanie’s house, half a mile away. 4yo Rachael was with him when he headed down the driveway. She tried to talk him out of the idea but when he hit the end of the long driveway and turned up the road, she knew what to do. [...]
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Who’s with me on this crazy little trip?
It’s been 3 weeks since I used shampoo – unless you count the egg shampoo – and I’m really wondering if there’s going to be a happy ending to this tale. I did try a shampoo bar, using just a touch of suds right at my scalp, but [...]
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by natalie, 9yo
Well last night I took pictures of Bess.
I think she looks tired in this one.
In this one she looks she is thinking, “What are you doing?”
In this one she looks like she is thinking, “Are you done yet?”
Those are my favorite ones.
And I learned how to use photoshop to make the pictures smaller [...]
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It seems like I’ve been a bit scarce around here. That’s largely because I’ve been working more in the real world than the virtual one – painting, clearing the woods near our house, gardening, and general mothering. But it’s also partly because I’ve been posting a bit more on my other blog, Frugal Hacks.
If you [...]
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