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********I AM EDITING THIS ENTRY BECAUSE I TOOK THE SLIDESHOW OFF MY BLOG FOR NOW****

I just can't seem to figure out how to put the slideshow UNDER my "Heartfelt Homeschool" title.  It's too late in the evening for me to spend anymore time on it, so it will have to wait until later.  Neat that I can do this.  It's through Photobucket and it's a free service.  :)  I love pictures, so I'm sure I will be playing around with this some more in the future.  :) 

Have a great week everyone!

Oh, this was just too funny to me... found this through the HK board and it's so fun to see how others are turning out.  Here's mine.  I am quite flattered, really!  LOL

Now, who do YOU look like?  I made that question a link if you want to try it out.  Be sure to let me know if you post it on your blog!

:)

~LISA

My daughter *loves* doing jigsaw puzzles with me.  I'm not talking about little kid puzzle, but real jigsaw puzzles.  Today, she and I finished a 520-piece puzzle.  It took us three days. 

As we sat yesterday working on it, she suddenly said, "The smaller the piece, the bigger you think." 

  I just thought that was so adorable! 

~LISA

Yes, I have a hundred other things I could... or should be doing right now - like laundry, but it's so much more fun to play around on here and change the graphics now and then.  I thought I'd change my blog look for the month of March.  I liked how the three-leaf clovers looked like hearts joined together!  What do you think? 

Blessings,

~LISA

Oh my word!  I wish I had seen this clip this morning (see Monday Monday entry)... this is absolutely HILARIOUS!!!  

~LISA

Just wanted to share a few photos - I *love* pictures (hence, why I scrapbook and have framed pictures all over our home).  Thought I'd share a few on here today.

This is of Sarah at her ballet class yesterday morning.  She is loving this class!  She's the one in second from the left in the pink tutu

And here is a picture of Nathan the day after his 7th birthday with the gift his Grandma gave him - a guitar! 

And... if you needed a laugh today, here ya go... it's Sarah at the dinner table with a lime in her mouth (she eats them like they're an orange!)

Normally, we don't allow playing around at the dinner table, but this was just too funny - I had to get up and get my camera!

If you have pictures to share, be sure to leave me a comment so I can visit your blog.

Blessings,

~LISA

I'm staying up way too late messing around with my template trying to figure out how to put a layered border around my blog.  What do you think?  Do ya like this?  Or shall I just go back to how it was?

~LISA

I received this in an email a while back and thought it was hilarious... it's just how I feel today! 

If you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.

Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that too.

If you're a bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you are sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.

If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.

If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.

Yup......I want to be a bear!

~LISA

I've been tagged by 5solasmom.  I think it's fun to read these particular tags, as it helps me to know my friends here on HSB a little better.  So, here are some things you might not (or might) know about me:

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1.  Cashier and Customer Service at Target

2.  Varioius job positions for Bank of America (worked there 10 years)

3.  Summer job in ticket sales at a local performing arts center

4.  Medical transcriptionist

Four movies you could (or do) watch over and over:
This is pathetic... I can't think of a specific movie.  I really don't watch movies over and over... uh............ I'll come back to this one

Okay... I came back to this... don't laugh, but these are all I could think of at the moment:

1.  Grease (where's the blushing emoticon?  I'm a bit embarrassed, but I've loved this movie since it first came out)

2.  Finding Nemo (yes!  I know it's a kid's movie, but that's pretty much all I get to watch these days, and this movie cracks me up)

3.  Steel Magnolias (makes me laugh and cry everytime)

4.  That's it... that's all I can think of!  Maybe when my mom reads my blog, she will remind me of something I've forgotten!

Four places you have lived:
1.  Southern California

2.  Oregon

3.  Washington

4.  That's it

Four TV shows you love to watch:
1.  Extreme Makeover Home Edition

2.  American Idol

3.  The Amazing Race

4.  Can't think of another one....

Four places you have been on vacation:
1.  Caribbean (honeymoon cruise) 

2.  Catalina Island (10-year anniversary cruise) 

3.  Disneyland! 

4.  Road trip up the California coast

Four websites you visit (almost) daily:

1.  Homeschool blogger - my blog and a few of my friends' blogs

2.  Hearthkeepers

3.  My eBay

4.  Weight Watchers

Four of your favorite foods:
1.  Chocolate - cookies, brownies, ice cream...

2.  Mexican

3.  Chinese

4.  Salmon

Four bloggers you are tagging:

1.  Kleo30

2.  KelloggHomeschool

3.  Devonbunny

4.  Hiplvmom2

Now, you get to mosey on over to their blogs and get to know them! 

Blessings,

~LISA

Deleted this post!  Although this particular post only had the results of what I should major in, I no longer want to support their website - please do not visit quizfarm.com; they have many vulgar and inappropriate "quizzes."  I'm sorry I did not know this before originally posting!

Blessings,

~LISA

Try this Christmas Quiz!  I got 15 out of 20 correct.  Try out the quiz and let me know how you did! 

After finding Christian Home School Teachers' Lounge blog, I discovered .  Each week there is a theme and you submit a photo that is related to that theme.  Since I love taking pictures, this sounded like a fun challenge for me.  This week's challenge was patterns.

Can you guess what this is?

Any guesses?   Okay... I'll tell you! 

It's the inside of a hat!  Did you guess right? 

I've been playing around on here trying to figure out how to add graphics and links and today I figured out  how to change the background and the picture on my blog!  What do you think!!??!!  Can you tell I'm excited?!  LOL 

Okay... after you post your thoughts, please be sure to read the next entry titled "Brothers Heart to Heart."  :) 

So I was visiting MarinesWife's blog and saw this little quiz:

Take it yourself and see what you are.  I am:

Wow!  I feel like this explains me EXACTLY!!  :)

I've been tagged by Miss Sprite.  She wrote on her comment that she loves being tagged, so remember her when you have something fun to pass along.

Please answer all of these questions, then if you want to, send it to 5-20 other bloggers. Please title the post "Sprite's Silly Tag Questions", so that I can serch for them and see all who have been tagged! Thank you! What is your favorite kind of gum?   I don't chew gum. What is your favorite kind of jewelry? (bracelet, necklace, ring, etc.) My wedding ring. What is your favorite girls name?  Sarah - it means princess, which has a sentimental value attached to it since growing up my wonderful Grandpa used to call me his princess; and now that I am a Christian, it reminds me that we are daughters (or a princess) of the High and Mighty King!  What is your favorite boys name?  I have two of course!  Ryan (means little king) & Nathan (means gift of God). Who is your favorite Sesame Street character?  Elmo... and oh, those honkers!  They crack me up! Do you like to paint your fingernails? I like to have someone else paint my fingernails! If you could go to one place in the whole entire world, for 1 year, where would you go?  For one year?  Wow!  I don't know... maybe Australia?  Maybe Europe?  I really don't know. Would you rather have curly hair or straight hair?  Depends on my mood.  Would you rather have long hair or short hair?  Long hair. If you had to have a big picture painted on your bedroom door, would you rather have a picture of a smiley face, or a flower?  Most definitely a flower.  I love looking at God's creation. If you shared a bunk bed with someone, would you rather have the top bunk, or the bottom bunk?  The top for sure! I love getting tagged. So please, if you ever feel like tagging someone, my blog can be your first stop.

I saw this on the blog To God be the Glory and wanted to add it to mine.  If you add it to your blog, please leave me a comment.  I'd love to visit your blog and read yours. 

What you do is finish each sentence and it turns out to be a great poem about yourself.

Here's ME:

I've been tagged by FLHSMOM.   

"You have to tell what your day TODAY was like...really! Not what you wish it'd been like or what you'd planned for it to be like, but how it really turned out. Be sure to title it "Fly on the Wall" so we can look for those blogs. Tag about five or so friends and we can all have fun being a fly on the wall of someone else's homeschool for a day.   Well, we didn't have school today since my husband was off.  It was so nice not to have to set our alarm and sleep in a bit.  The boys and my husband got up before Sarah and I did.  They made pancakes, bacon, and eggs for breakfast.  What a treat!   After breakfast, I watched some more of the news and spent time in prayer.  Oh, how my heart just aches for these people.    It was hot here - low 90s and humid, so my husband got out the wading pool and pump-up waterslide we have and put it out in the backyard for the kids to play in.  While they were outside, I did laundry and worked on cleaning up this office of mine.  I've still got some areas to clean out, but it looks a LOT better than it did when I started.    A few hours later, my Mom, her husband, and my grandma came over for hamburgers & hotdogs.  We played the game "Apples to Apples" which is fun and just visited.    It's 8:36pm, and I just got our oldest to bed.  I need to see what needs to be done before school tomorrow now... *and* Answer these questions yourself and then send this to five other people. Are you following any special diet right now? If so, what? No special diet... just trying to make wise choices and eat only when I feel hungry (aka no snacking!)  What food do you love that others usually think is gross? I can't think of anything!  How many magazines do you personally subscribe to?  Only one at this time:  The Old Schoolhouse. What is your most favorite article of clothing, and how often do you wear it?  My favorite article of clothing is anything that is COMFORTABLE.  I try to wear comfortable clothes everyday!  LOL Do either you or your husband still have clothes from High School or college hanging in your closet? If yes- do they still fit?  Oh no!  Not hanging in my closet and no way would they fit now!  I wish!  I probably do still have some clothes from high school packed away in a box somewhere that I should find and give away. What book are you reading right now? That's listed on the right sidebar here on my blog.  :)  Name an odd thing you have on your kitchen or bathroom counter. I must be boring... :)  There isn't anything odd on my counters.

Okay... I found this and had to try it.  Scrapbooking is one of my favorite ways to spend my "spare time."  If you also have this hobby, check this out:  What Scrapbooking Item Are You?

It turns out I would be glue!  LOL  :)  I originally had a picture of a glue stick on here; however, it seemed that it was difficult for my page to download with it on, so I took it off.  Those of you who scrapbook know what a glue stick looks like, right?  :)

Anyway... here is my description:

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You are GLUE! You are the adhesive that keeps things together.  You go through life helping others. You stick to people and try to keep people together. You like it best when you are surrounded by people and able to help them. But Glue Beware - in your efforts to keep everyone together and with you, you sometimes overlook yourself and find it hard to keep yourself together. Don't neglect personal time in your overwhelming need to socialize and help others.