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Video school

Today the kids are having a “hands-on” school day.  They finished their Bible and chores with very little prodding this morning.  As they worked, they were excitedly discussing plots, characters, costumes, etc.  As soon as they had the go-ahead from me everyone down to the 2yo dashed out the door, dressed in their version [...]

Today’s projects

Greet the internet repair technician.  Kiss his shoes as he leaves.  If we have real working internet throughout the house, that is.
Set up a puppy blog to help sell the Yorkie pups.  We’ll put an ad in the local paper later this week with the url and post plenty of pics and videos.  Theoretically.  Take [...]

The nobility of the commonplace

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I planned to write about each of the 10 types of victories that Doug Phillips mentions in his message, Victories: Moments Large and Small Which Define Christian Parenthood and the first is the nobility of the commonplace.  It seemed simple enough and I can think of a hundred different photos that would [...]

My outdoor non-electric clothes dryer

We’re back to drying the old-fashioned way this week.  I have to admit that I like it.  I know it’s crazy, but I love the motivation to get up and go outside for a few brief minutes of physical activity.  I despise exercise, but I’m finding that I enjoy hanging laundry.  The chore officially belongs [...]

Victories: Moments Large and Small Which Define Christian Parenthood

Although my husband works at Vision Forum and we have access to most or all of the messages published in-house, I rarely hear Doug Phillips give a message live.  Over the weekend, at hubby’s urging, I slipped out of the booth at the Plano homeschool convention to listen to his session on Victories.
I was wowed.  [...]

Quick go congratulate them!

We are Praising the Lord tonight for His tender MErcies to our Friends in Real Life the Seargeants over at Plymouth Rock Ranch.
Jehovah Jirah - The Lord heard their prayers and gave them the well they asked for! So head on over and wish them well. - No Pun Intended.

Bits and pieces

Recent news that didn’t make the headlines:

The Yorkie had pups.  They’re cute and tiny but my capitalist children see only little dollar signs - 3 of them, to be specific.  They pooled their savings over a year ago to buy the mama Yorkie.  Since then they waited many long months, walked her thousands of times, [...]

Ah, the simple horrors in life…

Like when you forget to shake out your bath towel, and find daddy longlegs stuck to your damp bare skin.  Then you try to peel them off and they leave their still-kicking legs behind.
Coffee is a much easier way to wake up in the morning, but dismembered bugs work faster.

For sale…

Note to buyers: All items are new and all prices include shipping
I (Lydia) am selling a copy of A.D. History of the World for $50ppd including shipping and handling. The price at Vision Forum is $125 for a brand new set. It has 20 lectures and the reason I am selling it $50 is because [...]

Guess what I have…

A new pet!!
Today Becca (my 6yo sister) came inside and said
“Hey Lydia, do you want a new lizard ?”
I said “Yes! where is it?” and she said “Over here.”
She walked outside and over next to the stairs and then she pointed and said:
“There it is, in that box.” I looked in the box and a [...]

A Rabbit And A Turtle

Posted by: Lydia mae
This is Blue.
Kaitlyn and I bought him Wednesday (18th), and he is four months old and he will be ready to breed soon.
We named him Blue (obviously) because he is blue.
He is a Holland lop rabbit, and he is still adjusting to his new home.
After I breed him I will post a [...]

Pets…

Posted by: Lydia (Liddybug)
We have 2 dogs, 1 cat, 2 rabbits, and 1 gerbil.
One of our dogs is a Yorkshire terrier named Precious (the one in the picture). She is ridding on Deanna’s rocking horse. I put the ‘Pony on top’ in her hair, we took about 15 pictures of her before we got [...]

Snake update

Texas Rat Snakes are nonvenomous but very aggressive. At nearly 4 feet long, this guy was big enough to do real damage to little feet and legs, yet just small enough to find several convenient ways into our unfinished house in search of fragrant gerbils, so we decided to knock him off the side of [...]

…and so it begins….

one Dad

seven daughters

one son

two dogs

one cat

one hamster

two rabbits

1200 square feet

nine days

 
 
NO MOTHER!!!!…(to be continued)

One more picture

I had to add this picture, it’s one of my favorites from yesterday.
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