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Medieval History Lapbook 2008-03-25 11:38:26 In January I posted an overview of the 10-week Medieval History
class I was teaching for our homeschool co-op, thinking someone might benefit from my outline. Boy, was I right! Obviously lots of people are interested in information on this topic, based on the consistent number of hits that post receives. One [...]
Spring has sprung! 2008-03-27 22:40:07 My six-year-old son presented me with a two-flower bouquet today. As soon as I saw those beauties, I knew that he had filched them from someone’s garden. My initial dismay turned to surprise when I discovered that they were in fact from my own yard! My husband was kind enough to [...] Read more:Spring
, sprung
The Nose Knows 2008-03-27 22:15:15 Overheard in my kitchen: “Man, it smells like yesterday!”
I don’t think my six-year-old son wanted the same thing for lunch two days in a row.
Medieval History Lapbook 2008-03-26 22:51:21 In January I posted an overview of the 10-week Medieval History
class I was teaching for our homeschool co-op, thinking someone might benefit from my outline. Boy, was I right! Obviously lots of people are interested in information on this topic, based on the consistent number of hits that post receives. One commenter asked if [...]
Lessons from Mansfield Park 2008-04-07 00:36:33 I recently read Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, which was filled with commentaries on character and its formation. As a parent, I found the following observations by a father in the story quite thought-provoking:
He feared that principle, active principle, had been wanting, that they had never been properly taught to govern their inclinations and tempers, [...] Read more:Lessons
Wordless Wednesday: Pansies 2008-04-08 23:00:54 How did a flower this hardy get the name pansy…?
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What a quote! 2008-04-09 23:00:14 “The Bible is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. A single line in the Bible has consoled me more than all the books I ever read besides.” ~Immanuel Kant
Changes at the HSBA! 2008-04-13 22:19:26 A big factor in my lack of recent blog activity has been the site design I’ve been working on for the Homeschool Blog Awards. This is an exciting time for us, as we’ve added 5 new authors, too! Please stop by and visit, and grab the code for this button out of our [...]
Construct with K’NEX! 2008-04-13 20:28:35 I was contacted recently by a representative of Child’s Play Communications to see if I was interested in receiving samples of K’NEX Brands’ new spring product line to review. My answer was a resounding “YES!”
I love the story of how K’NEX were invented:
Joel Glickman, a veteran entrepreneur with extensive experience in the plastics industry, [...]
Can You Duet? 2008-04-14 15:51:03 Tonight a new reality TV show premiers on Country Music Television after the CMT Awards. It’s by the folks who do American Idol and it’s called Can You Duet; the goal is to find a hot new country music duo.
My cousin is a makeup artist for the show. I am so proud of [...]
Lemonade Stand 2008-04-14 15:30:47 I found another photo for this round of Project Yellow. This is a Yankee Candle tart burner that I received in a Christmas party gift exchange. We swapped nice gifts, but with white elephant rules; I was afraid that someone would try to nab my cute little lemonade stand.
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My Little Chickadee 2008-04-14 14:23:47 I just read about something cool called Project Yellow on Pensieve’s site. As any regular reader here knows, I’ve been bombarding this blog with photos since I got my new camera recently. Unfortunately, a new yellow pic doesn’t readily come to mind, so here’s one from Halloween of my favorite little chick.
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photoblog 2008-04-16 22:12:11 Have you noticed that this is in serious danger of becoming a photoblog
now that I have my new digital SLR? I just can’t stop taking pictures, and then I want to do something with them. With that in mind, I’ve started a new blog where I can post my photos bigger and [...]
Project Yellow: Take Eleven Three 2008-04-16 10:18:23 Today is the final day of ProjectYellow
. Since I was a late starter, this is only my third of the eleven installments, so I’ll make good use of it and display three splashes of this lovely color (some shots more lovely than others).
These flowers caught my eye yesterday since I was on the [...] Read more:Eleven
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beating the lunchtime blahs 2008-04-18 13:41:47 Yesterday we had one of those exhausting school mornings: toddlers keep interrupting; no one can concentrate; mental meltdown. I think this picture says it all:
You can’t just hand out PB & Js after a morning like that, right? We needed something different. Opening the refrigerator, I spied the Queso Fresco…
I had purchased [...] Read more:beating
Project Looking Through 2008-04-19 21:18:07 Project Looking Through is a neat photo meme hosted by Regular Life. Here’s the scoop: “The only requirement is the sensation of looking through something. That keeps it specific enough to keep us focused, but vague enough to free up everybody’s creativity.”
This is a shot I took recently from inside my church. My [...] Read more:Project
Project Green: Moss 2008-04-20 23:02:59 Is it just me, or is moss fascinating? This shot is from our favorite local park.
I don’t think you can get much greener than moss for the start of ProjectGreen
at Anna Carson Photography:
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The Crux of the Matter 2008-04-23 12:46:36 Isn’t is amazing that the essence of human relations can be so thoroughly explained and condensed in 11 little verses? To live it is the challenge!
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
And [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Aim for Watch for Children 2008-04-22 23:00:39 Should I be alarmed (see the target practice on the head of the child)? This is on my street!
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A Penny for Your Thoughts 2008-04-24 08:57:07 Okay, I’m going to clear my conscience right off the bat here: there’s no money involved in this unless you want me to PayPal you a penny. Just let me know.
Last summer, two of my sons and I started working for a vendor at our big state homeschool conferences. The cool thing is [...] Read more:Penny
Project Green: Test your horticultural knowledge! 2008-04-25 23:03:13 My aunt and I saw this tree while walking through a park today. Neither of us remembered ever seeing a flowering tree with blooms this color (although I confess mine have been intensified by The Pioneer Woman’s Photoshop action “Fresh & Colorful”).
Can you identify it?
Check out even more green on my new photoblog.
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She’s #1 at #2 2008-04-27 18:17:21 I have been quoted as saying, “Potty-training is an effective method of birth control.” The end product is a beautiful thing, just not the mishaps along the way. Lily, my youngest, began this adventure last weekend.
I have three primary rules when I start to potty-train a child, all of which were broken:
Start on [...]
Works for Me Wednesday: Photoshop Watermark 2008-04-29 23:01:51 [Please note: This post involves a Photoshop
tutorial and I don't know if it will translate well to other programs. If you aren't a Photoshop user, it might make your eyes roll back in your head, and I wouldn't want to be responsible for that. Proceed at your own risk: you have been [...] Read more:Works
, Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday: Mischief Personified 2008-04-29 23:00:04 Those two missing side teeth seem to complete the effect.
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You, too, can be as popular as I am 2008-04-30 23:00:07 Three of my boys and I will be working at the GHEA conference this week, and my little guys will be hangin’ with Daddy. In an effort to boost my popular
ity and assure that I will be missed, I served Pioneer Woman’s Apple Dumplings for lunch Wednesday. Did I say for dessert? [...]
Photographer Spotlight 2008-05-01 23:00:29 Please join me at the Homeschool Blog Awards site today for an amazing interview with Donna Boucher aka Miz Booshay of www.booshay.blogspot.com and Pioneer Woman Photography.
If you want to join me in real life, I’ll be at the GHEA conference this weekend. Read more:Photographer
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GHEA Conference Memories 2008-05-04 23:03:10 This weekend two of my sons and I attended our first homeschool conference of the season. This was our second conference working with our state rep at the Math-U-See booth. A last-minute surprise was that Steve Demme, author of Math-U-See, was attending this conference with us. I have met Steve more than [...]
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