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Homeschool Closet Giveaway Winner Is…. 2008-09-16 08:33:40 With the help of Random.org, we have selected one lucky winner for the HomeschoolCloset
Giveaway.
And the winner is….
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Here are your random numbers:
4
Timestamp: 2008-09-16 13:29:35 UTC
So, who was #4?
Homeschooling6 shares:
September 10th, 2008 at 2:21 pm eWow! How perfect!!! I have a 5th grader. Can you please enter me in all off them.
Thnaks,,
Linda
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I. Can’t. Sleep. 2008-09-16 00:38:59 It’s almost 1:30 am and I am *wide* awake. My mind has been racing a thousand miles per hour. Everytime I try to go back to bed, I just going over and over this long to do list in my head. And I have been battling a severe headache all day.
Today we took our first [...] Read more:Sleep
BFS Assignment #101 2008-09-12 11:36:36 Assignment
: This would be a good week to tell about your worst struggles with a lifestyle of homeschooling. Tell about something you’ve struggled with and how God’s mercies gave us the strength to get past it. Also, share any curriculum/homeschool methods that have been a relief to you, i.e., a particular Teacher’s Manual or Homeschooling method that’s [...]
Homeschool Memoirs: Something New 2008-09-10 11:29:26
This week we are to share any new curriculum that we are using this year. I am very excited to share what we are doing this year because we are having so much fun. My kids are really enjoying everything that we are doing.
First, my boys are doing their History together. We are using Story [...] Read more:Homeschool
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Homeschool Closet Giveaway!!! 2008-09-10 09:42:49 I am participating in the HomeschoolCloset
Giveaway. No, I do not have a closet to give away but I do have some homeschool stuff that you can use in your own homeschool!! All you have to do is leave a comment for one entry. If you have a blog, please post about my giveaway [...]
I. Hate. Yard. Sales. 2008-09-09 11:45:43 Just figured I would explain my recent absence. We decided last week to have a yard sale on Saturday. So I ended up spending all last week going thru stuff and trying to decide if it was worth the trouble of even having a yard sale. But we were trying to help my daughter’s friend [...] Read more:Sales
Homeschool Memoirs: Routines 2008-09-03 10:56:36
Oh my, this week’s theme is to share our homeschool routine. I have more like a daily checklist. I did start off with a schedule but quickly abandoned it when I realized how difficult it is to schedule a nineteen month old curious and very active little boy!! Even though we are VERY flexible here’s [...] Read more:Homeschool
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Wordless Wednesday 2008-09-03 10:24:14
This past weekend our church’s youth group held an annual event called Battle of the Air Bands. Groups of teens put on performances where they lipsync to popular Christian rock songs. They get all involved with costumes and props. For the first time, they had an adult band that played at intermission. My hubby was [...] Read more:Wednesday
BFS Assignment #100 2008-09-02 10:25:52
Yea, I have always loved the first day of school!! I am terrible about keeping in touch with people (always have been!) and so the first day of school was always a reunion with friends I hadn’t seen over the summer break. I always loved school - I loved to learn new things and challenge [...] Read more:Assignment
BFS Assignment #103 - It Keeps Going, and Going, and Going 2008-10-01 07:49:01 Assignment: How do you keep energized so you can get it all done? bouncy music? treat it like a workout? Do you use a schedule?, a housekeeping binder system? luck of the draw system?.. or is this an area where you need encouragement? Do you need God’s help to keep order and beauty in [...] Read more:Assignment
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Homeschool Memoirs #6: Summer Photo Essay 2008-09-29 09:28:04 This week’s assignment is to post a photo essay depicting our summer. I used a flash badge from Flickr and not sure how it will rotate pics so hopefully you will be able to match some pics with the descriptions.
Okay, so that didn’t work out so you get to view each picture individually.** On my [...] Read more:Homeschool
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Haiku Friday 2008-09-26 11:24:11
Crazy, busy week.
Actually I should say month
Looking for a home
Pre-qualifying
FHA or Rural loan?
When to lock in rate?
I found an error-
Mistake on credit report
Hate stupid people.
Cannot find a home
big enough for family
and at a good price.
Getting ready to
take trip to see family
Need to get away.
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Friday5: Hacked! 2008-09-26 11:14:08
When did someone last break something of yours? My daughter broke my old digital camera about two weeks ago. This of course is the camera she has been using for a year and was planning to buy from me but conveniently has never purchased.
When did you last play hackysack, if ever? I’ve never *really* played [...] Read more:Friday
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BFS Assignment #102 - Try It, You’ll Like It 2008-09-25 10:05:09 Assignment
: This week I want you to do something for someone else. Do you have a neighbor that needs you? Do you know an elderly person or single mom that could use you? What about the homeless? Pack even one single sack lunch and give it to someone in need. Do you know someone in [...]
Homeschool Memoirs: #5 My Favourite Things - Er - Sites! 2008-09-24 09:48:44
This week’s assignment is to share some of our favorite things. So here I go:
Magazines/Carnivals - Seasonal Delights (online), Growing in Grace (which I just found when this meme started!! Online.), Family Fun, Taste of Home, All You (great for tons of coupons!), Cottage Home (I think that’s the name, it’s a decorating magazine that [...] Read more:Homeschool
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Update on My Life 2008-09-24 09:09:52 Wow, it seems time is flying by. I have had so much going on lately that I have had barely any time at all to get online, much less blog about it.
We are in the process of getting a mortgage approval and have been looking at homes. My head is spinning. So far, I haven’t [...] Read more:Update
Want Turbo Speed? 2008-10-20 10:02:16 I am a mom with five kids. And two vans. But I have always longed for a non-mom car. Something like a classic Mustang. Or a little red convertible. Something that I would never put a car seat in. Something that I could get in and just go. Escape on the interstate going either direction [...] Read more:Turbo
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Homeschool Memoirs #7: Snack Foods 2008-10-09 20:51:04
We have been asked to share some of our favorite snack foods, so here goes:
tortilla chips and salsa
tortilla chips and guacamole dip (we make our own)
tortilla chips and Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip
apple slices
almost any fruit, especially frozen green grapes
my favorite fruit - Bing cherries
fruit with fruit dip (mix cream cheese and marshmallow cream)
yogurt (add fruit [...] Read more:Homeschool
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Vacation is Over 2008-10-08 07:23:49 Well, I got back from NC yesterday afternoon. I didn’t get much of a chance to get on the computer while we were away and when I did, it definitely wasn’t enough time to do any blogging.
We had a great time visiting with family and friends. My baby who is now twenty months old is [...] Read more:Vacation
Answered Prayer 2008-10-28 22:09:11 Wow, I have been so consumed with things going on in my life that my blog has fallen to the side. I am now even considering dropping my other blog so maybe I could handle getting this one back as active as it once was. I love blogging; writing is a great release for me. [...] Read more:Prayer
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