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Wordless Wednesday: Paintball Obessions 2008-07-23 17:38:19
My husband’s favorite sport now is playing paintball. And of course he had to share it with our oldest son who is 11. And then the 9 yr old son got started. And now this….
my 18 mos. baby. It all started when my hubby would hold Jeremiah on his lap and watch paintball videos online. [...] Read more:Wednesday
Tackle It Tuesday 2008-07-22 10:32:03
It really doesn’t matter what my to do list says today, it probably won’t get done. My baby is sick and all I can do is hold him. And feel completely helpless. I think it’s either an allergic reaction (which I posted about with pics here) or maybe something viral since he has been running [...] Read more:Tuesday
Win Free Tickets To A Virtual Homeschool Conference 2008-07-21 00:15:19 Heart of the Matter is hosting a contest where you can win free tickets to the Heart of the Matter Online Virtual Homeschool
Conference.
Homeschool conferences have always been the main encouragement push that I would receive every year to keep on going. When we used to live in NC I lived very close to where [...] Read more:Tickets
MSG or Strawberries Oh My! 2008-07-20 23:08:11 It’s midnight and I have a migraine coming on. Why? Nope the MSG (although the Chinese restaurant we ate at said there was none…) and the strawberries did not affect me. However they or something affected Jeremiah. Who by the way, just turned eighteen months old!!
This is what I’ve dealt with all day:
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In Case of Emergency…. 2008-07-19 16:11:13 In case of emergency, my kids are now prepared. Well, two of them. This morning my 15 yo daughter and 11 yo son attended a CPR/First Aid course.
The course was very informative (I sat in in the course). The kids even got to practice on the CPR dummies. And at the end they were both [...] Read more:Emergency
Thursday Thirteen #25 2008-07-17 15:55:23 It’s summertime which means a time when I get to enjoy one of my favorite things to do…read. For enjoyment. Not just all the stuff I have to read during the school year. (We homeschool and I try to read whatever my kids also have to read so we can discuss it.) So here’s some [...] Read more:Thursday
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My Nephew Is On a B.I.G. Growth Spurt!! 2008-07-17 15:30:52 I talked to my sister yesterday. Remember when I went to NC last month to visit my sister and was able to watch my newest nephew’s birth? Well, she took him to the doc and in four weeks he has grown 3 inches!! He only gained one pound be could you imagine how much energy [...] Read more:Growth
Tackle It Tuesday 2008-07-15 10:44:33
Today I have to go thru my boy’s bedroom!!! They have almost no place to put clothes and every time I get started on this task, I get so discouraged that I just walk out. But while trying to find my youngest son a particular pair of jeans, I discovered quite a few clothes that [...] Read more:Tuesday
My 3 Favorites 2008-07-14 22:17:30 First, I must apologize to all of my online fellow bloggers. I have been very, very bad about visiting others blogs. It all started about a month ago when we went on vacation and I fell into a slump. I got out of my schedule and rather, started a new schedule. I have replaced my [...]
Haiku Friday 2008-08-09 22:39:14
It is a day late.
I want to participate
In HaikuFriday
.
I saw this on someone’s blog that I happened across and had been wanting until Friday to participate. I have always loved writing haikus!! But we ended up going out of town and I just got home. Yeah, so anyway, the haiku says it all…
Cut Your Calories…Cook Your Bacon!!?? 2008-08-07 08:18:51 I was reading thru the newspaper yesterday and came across a little Q & A segment. The question was that the nutrition list on a package of bacon listed calories as 125 and was this for cooked or uncooked. Well, DUH, I thought, I mean who would even eat raw bacon!! Right??!! Nope, the answer [...] Read more:Calories
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Wanna Try the Best Fruit & Nut Bar? 2008-08-07 07:27:28
Your Healthiest Life is offering free Fruit
& Nut bars to some lucky winners. They have reviewed and found their top three choices for the best Fruit & Nut bars - all natural too. And of course, they have to tempt me with my favorite combination….chocolate and coconut!! ymmmm.
Thursday Thirteen #27 2008-08-07 06:50:15
Okay, I just gotta say that last week I was out running errands and had to grab some lunch. So I went to my favorite fast food - Chick-Fil-A. Boy, did I miss them while we lived in Michigan! While I was gushing to my daughter about all the reasons I loved this restaurant I [...] Read more:Thursday
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Summer Reminder - Please Boat Safely 2008-08-07 06:14:17
Did you know the legal limit for alcohol in your system is the same for driving a car and a boat? .08. Most people only think of enjoying the water sports and having a good time without a second thought of their actions. Having alcohol in your system will impair your judgement. Most of the [...] Read more:Summer
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High Caloric Yet Healthy Foods for Kids 2008-08-06 15:01:30 Monday I had to take Jeremiah in for a check up. He has lost weight and is now back to his weight on his first birthday - almost 8 months ago! I know his appetite decreased some but I figured it was due to his rapid growth spurt ending. And now he runs everywhere. Not [...] Read more:Foods
Getting In That Last Summer Vacation 2008-08-06 01:16:53 You know the urgency you feel when school is about to start? Yeah, the one to squeeze in just one more vacation for the summer.
With the soaring gas prices, I am very fortunate that some of the best vacation spots are only an hour or so away from where we live. One of my favorite [...] Read more:Summer
, Vacation
Spreading Love in Blogville 2008-08-06 00:57:13 I just wanted to say that even though I didn’t win a single thing, I had soooo much fun participating in the quarterly Bloggy Giveaway!! I was just overwhelmed with the nice comments. You know, much more than “oh, i hope i win.” kind of copy and paste response. So, here’s to all of you…
I [...]
Does Your Blog Need A Home? 2008-08-05 08:56:38 So many people are moving their blogs from hosting communities to their own little place in the internet world. Which means you need a web host. If you are looking for a hosting site, I would recommend Web Hosting Geeks.
Did you know that Web Hosting Geeks is rated in the Top 10 for 2008? You [...]
Bloggy Giveaway Winner 2008-08-04 10:18:31 I promised to do this drawing as soon as I woke up this morning. “Hopefully by 10am.” Well, I woke up at 11:10 am and I would’ve kept on sleeping except that’s when the baby woke up. Yeah, he slept that long, thank God. Of course, he only had a 15 minute nap yesterday. So [...]
Blogger Friend School is BAAACCKKK 2008-08-25 01:41:50 Last year I started participating in a wonderful online class designed for homeschool moms to connect and encourage each other while growing in our faith. I met some wonderful moms and learned some wonderful tips (and recipes!) and look forward to more this “school year”.
The “school” has open enrollment and you can do assignments as [...] Read more:Blogger
, School
Good Customer Service: Lost in Action 2008-08-24 15:54:14 First, I will be the first to admit it - I am cheap. Well, maybe frugal is a better word. I hate to pay for anything full price. But even more than I hate paying full price for something, I hate rude people. Especially when they are getting paid to be nice, well not to [...] Read more:Customer
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Haiku Friday 2008-08-22 17:58:44
It has rained all week
Fay has now left Florida
She took long enough
She hovered over
off of the coastline forever
And took her sweet time.
After all week long
of our lives being on hold
we can now resume
I am renaming
our state to the Not Sunshine
State of Florida.
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, Friday
Friday5: Stupidity 2008-08-22 17:51:40
What’s something really, really stupid you’ve done that could easily have resulted in your own death? Not paying attention and running a stop sign.
What makes you feel stupid? When I get absent minded and lose my purse in the store like I did this past week.
What’s something that’s stupid in a very smart way? gummyvites, [...] Read more:Friday
Thursday Thirteen #28 2008-08-21 17:05:16 I am sitting in my house and waiting and waiting for Fay to just leave already!! This is the first storm system that’s come thru since we’ve lived in Florida. The radar said it supposed to actually come thru where we live tomorrow noonish. But until then we sit. And wait. And wait. Everything has [...] Read more:Thursday
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Alzheimer’s Memory Walk Needs You 2008-08-20 17:31:22 The Alzheimer
’s Memory
Walk is the nation’s largest event of this sort to raise awareness of this disease. The funds raised help with research so that hopefully a cure can be found. They need volunteers of all ages to assist with the walk and with over 600 walks in communities across the nation, I am [...] Read more:Needs
Homeschool Memoirs #1 2008-08-20 09:34:09
Hello everyone. My name is Adena. I have been married to my best friend for 20 years and we have five wonderful children together. The oldest two are girls ages 19 and 16 and then there are three boys ages 11.5, 9 and 19 mos. We have homeschooled from the beginning and just graduated our [...] Read more:Homeschool
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A Frugal Giveaway 2008-08-19 11:14:13 While signing the Mr Linky for my Tackle It Tuesday post, something jumped out and caught my eye “coupon“. Actually, two words because right behind that was my other favorite word “giveaway“. So of course I had to hop on over and see what was going on. And sure enough, Saving with the Modest Momma [...] Read more:Frugal
Tackle It Tuesday 2008-08-19 10:52:48
oh, I have so much to tackle. Today we are supposed to start school. But I don’t even have all of our curriculum yet. And we are preparing for Fay?? I went to the grocery store last night to get a flashlight just in case. All they had left were a few kerosene lanterns (which [...] Read more:Tuesday
Photo Hunter Theme: Colorful 2008-08-16 21:33:40
I didn’t even participate last week because I couldn’t find anything “dark”. unless it was an underexposed picture and I usually don’t even keep those on my computer. But this week, “colorful”, oh yeah baby, I love that one. The hardest was narrowing down to one picture. Which I couldn’t do but I did narrow [...] Read more:Photo
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, Colorful
To Vote or Not To Vote 2008-09-16 09:06:34 To vote or not to vote. Should there even be a question?
Yet, I know people personally who are not planning on voting this year. It is a real pity because they are shirking their privilege as an American citizen. Some believe that they vote will not count. And yet others do not feel that they [...]
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