A Homeschool, Whole Grain Way of Life
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It's been a LONG time since I've written on this blog but I've got a GOOD excuse! We had a child get married this year! So, I was swamped but now we're in "recovery" mode! ha! ___________________________________________________ I've got some cute fellas - singing an Easter hymn – “He Arose” Check it out HERE! (* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3sdByw9uUc) ______________________________________________________________________ The woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family has died at 100 years old. Read the amazing story of how she risked her life to save others HERE! (* http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582841,00.html?test=latestnews) ______________________________________________________________________ Want to see a CAVE of crystals???? Enormous crystals that make a man look tiny???? Go HERE! (* http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8466493.stm?ls) to see this amazing thing! ______________________________________________________________________
Did you know that raisins, grapes, cocoa, chocolate and other foods are harmful – sometimes even deadly – for pets like dogs? Evidently it’s true! Check it out HERE! (* http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp) Want to make scrambled eggs that don’t stick to the pan so bad? Check this out HERE! (* http://www.*******.***/perfectscramble) ______________________________________________________________________
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There is a simply STUNNING photo essay of the amazing sites the Hubble telescope has beamed back down to earth! http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/15/slideshow.hubble.galaxies/index.html |
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It's been a while since I blogged, but I'm still "learning" the "art" of it so if anyone is "out there" in blog-land, please understand! Like many others, we've just finished little league softball and baseball season, plus it seems this "interesting" economy is causing us to work extra hard, just to survive! Hopefully, I'll get better at fitting this in as time goes on and I learn more! Wow - a lot has happened since I've written! Here's a few of the more interesting headlines I thought children and parents alike would enjoy! (*Parents, please supervise your children's time on the web with these sites!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Japan is be-seiged with GIANT jellyfish! I had no idea jellyfish could grow so large! Check it out at http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/japan.jellyfish/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
California is be-seiged with GIANT squid! Some are 5 feet long, I believe! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31964624#31964624 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31994069#31891535 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And one home had the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile crash through the side of it! Imagine having THAT come through the wall! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Until we meet again - be careful in the ocean! cindy |
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For the kids, and the kid in us! (*Parents…please monitor your child’s time online. I cannot vouch for the safety of any of these websites so supervise well, but they are fascinating sites!) I just wrote a newsletter (*It's free for the asking! Just email me and ask to be included, if you'd like!), and here were a few fun things from it! (*or use this address! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT7x3VnrqbA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dog dials 911~ · World’s smallest man that can actually WALK on his own! (*Evidently there’s a smaller one but he doesn’t walk.) · Woman with the longest legs! (*She doesn’t look that tall until you see her boyfriend who is of average height!) · And a really BIG snake in Idaho found in someone’s back YARD! It’s all HERE! on this weird and wacky video! (*or use this address! http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/09/19/take.a.look.at.this.fri.pm.cnn)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STRANGE, NEW Marine sea life in Australia! Go HERE! to see it! (*address is http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,5141,00.html#4_0) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And guess what’s in the RED Sea??? A fish that glows RED! Of course! Check it out HERE! (*address is http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424001,00.html) Next time you’re in Atlanta, visit NANDI, the Manta Ray!!! Her wings are 9 feet wide!!! The story is HERE! http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/25/manta.ray/index.html#cnnSTCText The video is HERE! http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/25/manta.ray/index.html#cnnSTCVideo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meet FAITH – a dog born withOUT her two front legs! With great “faith”, (*ok, pun was intentional!), she’s been taught to walk on her hind legs! AMAZING! A love one has a dog with a very similar situation named “Scooter”. Their dog was also born without fully formed front legs, but with the love and support from her great “people” family, she’s adapted quite well and “scoots” along! These creatures truly inspire me! To see these dogs RISE ABOVE insurmountable odds, forsaking all that threatens to hinder them, encourages me to do the same! I pray this humble dog inspires all to greatness! She is amazing! See Faith HERE! (*address is http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/faithdog.asp) |
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For the kids, and the kid in us! (*Parents…please monitor your child’s time online. I cannot vouch for the safety of any of these websites so supervise well, but they are fascinating sites!) Molly the Pony – Did you know there is a horse who has survived being an amputee??? I never knew it could work! I always wondered why because it can work for dogs and cats, but others told me horses put too much weight on their thin legs to be able to stand on 3 legs for any length of time. They say Molly has the right temperament for it to work, plus she’s small so she’s not putting as much weight on her legs as a standard horse. Molly can stand on 3 legs, but will tell her owners WHEN she wants the artificial leg! Amazing story!
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/molly.asp - a TRUE story of amazing survival against all odds! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25063046#25063046 - the best video of Molly’s story, by far! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lcg9rUZbbo&feature=related - photo diary set to music http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/2008/03/pony-romps-to-new-role-in-lifeon-three.html http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1612766250?bclid=348391191&bctid=1614766330 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeLgXocwas - *CAUTION – this is the LSU surgical unit and it has some graphic photos of Molly’s injured leg. I did fine with it, but this video may not be appropriate for small children to see.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/27/crawford.horse.leg.katv - Here’s another small rescue horse that’s been fitted with an artificial leg now! The veterinarian is hoping to use this horse as a “therapy” horse that could go to hospitals and encourage children who’ve lost a limb that they can overcome the loss. What a good “job” for this horse and Molly!
Wish they’d thought of this with Barbaro, but I guess he loved to run too much to be happy walking slowly!
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“Lilly”, the baby giraffe weighs 173 pounds at birth and is 6 feet tall - http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/07/norman.fl.baby.giraffe.wpbf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GIANT FRESHWATER STINGRAY! Go here – http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,4602,00.html#2_0 – to see a bigger photo of this GIANT FRESHWATER stingray! It was found in the MeKong River and it’s where they find GIANT catfish, too! Notice this is a FRESH water stingray – not one from the ocean, but rather from a river! Wow – I wouldn’t want to swim in that river! |
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