His Abiding Love
• Nov. 21, 2008 - Christmas Survey!
Posted By Susie-Q
I'm not good at forwarding, so I'll blog this one instead. That way,anybody who wants to can participate!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both
2. Real tree or Artificial? Real tree, complete with sap and needle showers.
3. When do you put up the tree? Whenever we can afford to, usually one to two weeks before Christmas. I wouldn't mind going as late as Christmas Eve.
4. When do you take the tree down? Varies. I'm not sayin'. Heh.
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes! Without "spirits."
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Microscope, or maybe Chronicles of Narnia? Or the year I got a bike!
7. Hardest person to buy for? Hubby; he knows just what he wants, but it's all expensive.
8. Easiest person to buy for? The children, but it's hard to make it all come out even sometimes.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, we finally got a kid-friendly one last year!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, if I get around to it. Which is not most years.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I like everything. I'm easy to please
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It's so hard to choose. I like them all. White Christmas, The Bells of St. Mary's, It's a Wonderful Life
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I often start early (November), but hardly ever finish early.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Probably, but I can't remember.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Chocolate cheese pie
16. Lights on the tree? White! But I give in to the kids most years and put colorful lights on.
17. Favorite Christmas song? The First Noel
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Let's see: Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen...and I also recall the most famous reindeer of all...
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star. The Star of Bethlehem, of course, with the nativity underneath.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Christmas morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? "Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Birds.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Turkey and trimmings.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? My wedding rings re-sized.
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Let me know in the comments! |
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• Nov. 19, 2008 - Fill the Air With Christmas
Posted By Susie-Q
| Okay, so it's not even Thanksgiving yet. But I got an email about CBN Radio, and guess what? You can listen to pretty, easy listenin' style Christmas music over the 'net if you go here. The player's decorated with falling snowflakes, to evoke that holiday mood. |
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• Nov. 19, 2008 - From Box Mix to Birthday Beauty
Posted By Susie-Q
• Nov. 18, 2008 - So, What Would Call Doing School From the White House?
Posted By Gena Suarez, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
If you can stand the inane chatter, you can watch a recent program of The View on YouTube video over at Extraordinarily Ordinary. Comments on Joy Behar's contradictory thought processess are being discussed there as well.
Joy comments that homeschoolers are, "demented," and don't get enough socialization. A fascinating thing for her to say in my mind, seeing as she is pitching for the Obama family to teach their daughters from the White House. When called on to state how the Obama girls would get their socialization, Joy says that they can invite their friends over.
Sounds vaguely familiar, I can't quite put my finger on it. . .oh yeah, homeschooling!
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB |
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• Nov. 18, 2008 - German Homeschoolers Seeking Political Asylum
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• Nov. 17, 2008 - Political Asylum in Order to Homeschool
Posted By Gena Suarez, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
World Net Daily has the story on how a homeschooling family from Germany has requested political asylum in order to homeschool their children here in the U.S.
Germany's laws against homeschooling were set in place by Hitler. He fully understood that the best way to bring the children of a nation under his authority and to train them to his way of thinking was to place them in the schools his government controlled.
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB |
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• Nov. 16, 2008 - I think we've found a church
Posted By Susie-Q
The good news is that it's just what we've been looking for.
The not-as-good news is that it's a 45-minute drive east. However, in this part of the country (D.C. and environs) that is not considered an unusual commute. We've also done this before, when we were just a couple living in the Chicago area. We tried very hard to look close at hand, but were having trouble finding just the right fit.
I have not attended this church yet, myself, but hubby scoped it out this morning. I was running a bit too late to rally the troops in time. We're all going together next Sunday, and I'm so happy! This is a church-planting sort of group, so who knows what may come of it. :) |
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• Nov. 18, 2008 - Birthdays and Blessings
Posted By Susie-Q
Happy Birthday, Scrub! You're one terrific fellow!
I can't believe he's been in my life for seven whole years. Seems like just yesterday he was a chubby-cheeked cherub. (I do like a little alliteration.)
He was my little pal. He used to wrap his tiny hand around my finger as I walked him up the stairs at bedtime. What a sweetheart.
And now he's a bright, imaginative, playful second-grader! Hubby and I call him our "otter."
We've all been spoiled rotten this weekend. More about that later. But right now, here are a few pictures of our little party.
I went theme-less for Scrub this year, and he was thrilled with it. Well, if there was a theme, it was "best birthday, ever," in his words. Just a Betty Crocker sheet cake and a few homemade cards from the children. And presents. Here's where the "spoiled" part comes in. It began modestly enough....
But then, more presents arrived in the mail!
Thank you so much Aunt J.! This has been the main source of amusement for the last two days!
And yet more. Sunday, we found a HUGE box in the garage, and this was in it..
So, now he has the "pet" of his dreams--a robo-raptor. Can you imagine anything more thrilling for a seven-year-old boy? He's been playing with it non-stop. Thank you very much for the amazing gift, Auntie C.!
And as if that weren't enough, a very kind friend has provided funds for the big girls to begin riding lessons! They are breathless with anticipation. Thank you so much, Sal! We were bowled over by your generous gift! Pictures of this new adventure will be forthcoming, just as soon as we get our equipment together and schedule the first lesson. Yippee-ky-yi-yay! |
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• Nov. 14, 2008 - Haven Fiasco
Posted By Susie-Q
Okay, we did not have "fun" yesterday, in the fullest sense of the word. I yelled at my toddler, the boys tried scraping the wallpaper leavings but left gouges in the walls instead, and I wound up having to run out for party supplies with the fussy baby.
On the brighter side, I repented, the party supplies only cost $13 (it seems Dollar Tree is the place to buy them), and I came home with a few groceries we needed.
Unfortunately, I forgot the cat food, and kitty is not letting me forget about it. I've got to run out as soon as hubby gets home and fetch her some food.
Today, we have already decorated the sun room for the party, and the toddler has already had several tantrums (but I haven't yelled), and I've shoveled out my bedroom a bit, and moved the laundry infintesimally closer to "done."
I'm not even sure what today's challenge is. Let me go check:
Oh, it's Inviting and Giving. I guess giving birthday presents to my own kid doesn't count toward that. However, maybe I can plan some inviting and giving, if I can catch a breath this evening.
Right now, I have two littles to bathe, a cake to bake, kitchen to clean, laundry to finish up, and some general straightening to do in the main areas.
Later! |
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• Nov. 14, 2008 - How Do You Define What's Good?
Posted By Gena Suarez, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
D.C. buses will soon be sporting a new ad letting people know that there's no need to believe in God, all you have to do is be good. So how would they define what is good? Some cultures believe it's good to take the life of others. Some people believe there is nothing wrong with an adult having sex with a child.
In Florida, one student took the life of another, right in the school hall, because she felt it would be good for her friend to feel pain just like herself.
Supporters for the ad could argue that the laws of our country set up boundaries for what is good. They would be missing the obvious, those laws were set up by men who got their definition of what is good from the Bible. They also forget that in order to just be good you have to know what is evil. How would you define evil?
History has proven that man can't be good. It's why Jesus had to die on the cross.
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB
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