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Thank you secret sister! You know me so well! You've definitely been reading my new blog!
It's a full sized recipe binder. Divider tabs, page covers, it even came with a notepad and magnets! I guess now I have no excuse for not getting my mess organized. Thank you dear secret sister. It's more 'me' than you could have guessed. I painted a checkerboard border in my kitchen some time ago. As well, my new living and dining room walls are the creamy colour of this binder,and if that weren't enough my kitchen is soon to be painted a rusty colour that's just a bit darker than the one on this binder. How do you know me so well? |
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Thank you secret sister for the lovely card and bookmark! What a nice surprise!
Please visit me at my new blog~ |
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Thank you dear sweet secret sister for the lovely card I received in the mail today! It means a lot to know you are thinking of me and praying for me! Come by for a visit at my new blog~ http://www.kateyz.blogspot.com |
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Have you ever noticed that people renovate their homes before they move? They put up the trim that's been sitting in the basement for two years, fix the cracks in the walls, replace broken windows and install new flooring. I've done the same thing. Not on my house, but on my blog. Moving is always full of emotion, even when it's a good thing. I'll miss my old home here at HSB, but I'll still be visiting my friends. I hope you'll all still visit me too. I won't be far away, come by and see my new place! |
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I often wonder why some people are more highly motivated than others. Why does one person persue their dreams while another simply dreams? I come from a family that was not big on follow through. Only four of my ten aunts and uncles finished high school. Three of those four went onto college. My three younger siblings, who were all raised by my dad and his wife, didn't finish high school either. I've been thinking a lot lately about my childhood dreams. What did I want to do? What were my goals? Have a accomplished any of them? I can remember wanting to live in a big city, in a high rise apartment looking out over all the lights. I thought I'd have very sophisticated black lacquer furniture. How early 80's is that? I also wanted to be a dancer. Long before I saw the movie adaptaions of A CHORUS LINE and ANNIE I wanted to dance. After the movies I felt the hunger and excitement of absolutely knowing what I wanted out of life. But for whatever reason, I never became a dancer. I've often wondered what stood in my way. I think that's where motivation comes in. I wanted to dance, but I wasn't motivated to take lessons. We also didn't have much money, I'm sure that came into play too. I hope I can encourage my children to follow their dreams. There is no reason they can't succeed in anything they want. I don't want them to look back on their lives and wonder what would have happened if they had given it their best shot instead of taking the easy road. I want them to reach for the stars and make it.
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Reuben and Harrison are both tired and sweaty after their floor hockey game. |
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Before Christmas I was the lucky winner of KAREN'S contest. I decided at that time that I would host my own contest. To enter, post a picture of your favourite room in your home. Yes, your back yard or garden qualifies as a room too. Leave me a comment so I know you've done it and that's it! The winner will be picked on Valentine's Day. These bags are made by me (in all my spare time!). The winner can choose whichever one she'd like. Good Luck!
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This is the job waiting for me tomorrow. I'm pretty excited to get it done.
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It is definitely not me needing to choose names for a baby. Definitely. I do however have a number of friends, both bloggy and "real life", who are on the hunt for suitable names. I have very strong ideas about how a child should be named. Partly I think due to a neat BOOK I read while pregnant with Billy. It got me thinking about names that work together, and names that don't. For instance, Alexandra, Danielle and Katherine sound good together, but Alexandra, Brenda and Poppy don't. I think the names should be a similar style and have a similar feeling, as well as being from a similar era. Years ago I knew someone who named her first daughter Jubilee. What a great name. Very celebratory, vibrant and fun. Her next daughter was named Casey. To me it seems all the creativity and thought was put into the first one and poor Casey took what was left over. Please don't misunderstand me, Casey is in itself a great name, it just doesn't work with Jubilee. I have another friend with four children. Joshua, Jasmine, Justin and Sarah. People kept teasing them about using all 'J' names. To prove that they weren't, their last child was named Sarah. They might as well have named the poor girl Black Sheep. Another friend picked three syllable names for each of her four children. I get that. It makes sense to me. Don't give one child a long name and another a short one. Unless you are planning to permanently shorten the long one. Anastasia and Jan is a no go, but Anastasia shortened to Stacy with Jan is a definite go. One of my BLOG FRIENDS seems to follow my naming philosophy. Her children are Clementine, Emmeline and Milo. They work together! Lots of 'm' and 'l' sounds. Though not so much that you'd forget who is named what. Like another family I know with triplets. You know it's coming! The triplets were named Paul, Paulette and Pauline!! So wrong!!! So, how did I name my children? While pregnant with my first, my husband said he'd like to name him William, after his father. William also happens to be my husband's name. I wasn't too keen on naming my son William IV, but I agreed, as long as we named all our other children after someone special in our families as well. So he became William David. David is my Grandfather's name. Child number two is Sam Harrison. Sam is my husband's cousin as well as my childhood nickname. Harrison was Bill's Grandma's maiden name. Child number three is our only girl. It was a bit harder to pick her name. Using family names can really limit your choices! We named her Mackenzie Blaire, and call her Macy. Mackenzie is the last name of a lifelong family friend and Blair is my uncle's name. For a while we debated calling her Blaire Mackenzie, but since Billy already had a gender neutral name (Billy/Billie), we didn't want to go there again (Blair/Blair). I hope I've chosen well. I hope their names don't make them feel they have to live up to something. Much like being named Thurston or Brantford. I also hope their names don't make them feel they have to live something down. Like being named Bambi or Bunny. Oh boy, this naming game is hard work. So much to consider. I'm glad we're done, I don't think I could come up with another name that fits.
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I found this on MARSHA'S blog. Her's turned out pretty funny so I thought I'd give it a try.
Your real name Kathleen Your gangsta name (first three letters of name plus izzle) Katizzle Your fly girl name (first letter of first name plus first three of last) Kyou Your detective name (fav color and fav animal) Purple Hippo Your soap opera name (middle name plus street you live on) Ann Pratt Your Star Wars name (first three letters of last name, first two of your first name and first three of your mom’s maiden name Youkagar Your superhero name (fav color and fav drink) Purple Water - maybe I should change my favourite drink to Pepsi! Your witness protection program name (mother’s middle name and father’s middle name) Lynn Glenn
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For years I wanted a large rock with our numbers, for the end of our driveway. Last summer I finally got one. It came from a friend who was building a house on a very rocky slope. It's a piece of granite about 4 feet high and VERY heavy. We had to put it in place with a crane!
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Since I cleaned out the fridge earlier this week, I will jump on the "show the inside of your fridge" bandwagon. |
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Today was Billy's first day at his drawing class. He'll go every Thursday this month. Billy really enjoys drawing, most days he will spend an hour or two with a giant sheet of paper and his pencils. Mostly he draws trucks, semis, dumps, lowriders, monsters. You name a truck, he can draw it. I thought the drawing class would help him expand his repertoire and maybe give him more of the technical skills he'll need. But - does he want to go? NO - of course not. Since I had prepaid for the classes, he goes. 90 minutes later I pick up a smiling, happy boy. He shows me his drawings. A dinosaur, some snails, a saw?, only one truck. I look through them, amazed at his skill. Then he drops the bomb. The actually had fun. He's glad I signed him up. it was the best part of his day. Oh really - what a surprise. Maybe I know him better than he thinks.
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We went for a walk along the seawall today. KAREN would say that today the sun had teeth. A most appropriate description!
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I missed last week due to being offline for home renovations, but I am back! Our assignment this week is a show and tell. I took this picture in late September when the nights were beginning to turn cooler. We'd wake up every morning to a light mist on the ground. One day we saw dew covered spider webs all over the fences and in the tall grass of the field. It was the most beautiful thing. The dew was sparkling like diamonds on the fragile webs. The picture is great, but really does not do justice to what we saw. |
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Renovations on my home are ongoing, but renovations on my blog are complete! If you've been visiting me through your Bloglines feeds, please come check out the real thing. SUSIE has done such a beautiful job! I have neither the time nor the patience to learn how to do this stuff. Everyone should have their own Susie! thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
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Rollin' rollin' rollin' the fog just keeps on rollin'. Which isn't entirely unusual, living on the coast we get a lot of fog. Today I decided we'd take the opportunity to learn about this ground level cloud. This picture is our back yard at 5:30 this evening. Spooky.  We also memorized a poem called Fog, writted by Carl Sandburg. The fog comes
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I suppose the goal of parenthood isn't to raise children, but to raise adults. I know one day my sons will be men and my daughter a lady. Really what we're trying to do is help form these impressionable young minds into the responsible, hard working people they will become. I've recently picked up a book called BOYHOOD AND BEYOND. Surprisingly enough, the author, Bob Schultz, has only daughters. His wisdom comes from his own upbringing. Mr.Schultz takes several ordinary situations and in an anecdotal style shows how a boy of honor, courage, and faith would handle himself. There are questions after each chapter, which are a great starting point for discussion. In the times we live in, it's more important than ever to have a solid foundation. I've found this book to be a great help in our parenting goals.
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After we've had a spell of rainy weather, we try to get outside into the sunshine. Toady we headed to a local beach, as we so often do, for a walk. Harrison was amazed at how clear the water is. A stream running across the beach to the ocean.
One of the many gigantic houses being built on the beach here. Several of the older summer homes are being torn down and replaced by these. Notice the little deck over the rocks? What a great place it would be to do our schoolwork!!  |
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Can you spot the house? I've walked past this beach shack hundreds of times and never noticed it until today. How could I miss it?
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We read yesterday about Rome's war with Carthage. As we expected it was a series of sea battles called the Punic Wars. Billy and Harrison were quite surprised that cities would go to war over trading rights. Why couldn't they just work together? Hmmmm, maybe we could all learn a thing or two from our children. The part we found most interesting was the Carthagenians surprise overland attack. A Carthagenian general named Hannibal brought 40 elephants into Italy through the alps, not at all where the Roman's expected to be attacked from. Can you imagine sleeping soundly in your village or camp, only to be woken by the sound of thundering, trumpeting elephants? Hannibal and his elephants killed 10000 Roman soldiers and burned countless villages. Only one elephant survived to the end of the battle. One would think this battle would be a huge win for Carthage, but it was not to be. Ultimately Rome won and took control. General Hannibal killed himself by drinking poison. Not a fitting end for a once great general. We read this in "The Story of the World" which we all enjoy immensely. We don't often do many of the accompanying activities, rather, the boys will draw a scene as I'm reading. We've complied quite a notebook of their drawings. Next we're onto China and a brief introduction into calligraphy. Should be fun!
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I've always wondered why we sometimes see the moon during daylight. I've never found an explanation for it either.  |
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STACY listed this snack in her list for "7 weird things about me". It sounds really awful at first, and I admit I was a bit leery. I decided that if Stacy could eat this and enjoy it, I could at least give it a try.
Yes, it IS peanut butter toast with tomato, salt, and pepper! The tomato cuts the sticky sweetness of the peanut butter, making it go down so much easier! The pepper gives a bit of spark, with the salt bringing out the tomato flavour. It's really good! Try it! What have you got to lose??!! |
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I was offline for most of the week due to renovations. I was still taking my pictures though! This is how we've had to live the past two weeks.
Our mudder, doing his thing.
We managed some beach time too.
We also had time to ride Cheyenne.
And clean up after him.
Almost there.
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KATE asked for my beef stew recipe. It is always well received, even by Harrison, my picky eater.
Peel carrots, rutabaga and parsnips. Cut into 2" chunks. Remove all fat from meat, cut into 1-1/2" chunks. Heat oil in large heavy oven proof pan. Cook onions about 5 minutes, add garlic, thyme and marjoram. Cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add beef, carrots, rutabaga, celery and parsnips; sprinkle with flour and stir until flour is moistened. Add beef stock and tomatoes, then bring to a boil. Cover and place in a 325F oven for 1-1/2 hours. Remove from oven, add potatoes. Return to oven for 50 minutes more. Stir in peas, then top with dumplings. Cover and return to oven for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley before serving. My favourite dumpling recipe is from "The Joy of Cooking" written by Irma S Rombauer.
Mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Bring milk and butter just to a simmer in a small saucepan, add to dry ingredients. Stir with a fork or knead by hand (warning - it's hot!!) 2 or 3 times until mixture comes together. Divide the dough into 18 pieces. Roll each piece into a rough ball. Gently place each ball on top of stew, cover and simmer for final 10 minutes. Serve immediately.
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I've been tagged by STACY. I wonder what weird things aren't too weird to reveal about myself? I don't want everyone thinking I'm some wacko!
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She might not look too happy, but Macy really does like her new haircut.  |
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The assignment this week is to post our family menu. I still struggle with meal planning, but I've been trying very hard. Here's our week. Breakfasts are usually cereal, toast, waffles or pancakes. We always have fruit and milk with breakfast. Lunches are usually sandwiches or soup. Dinners are what I try to plan. I don't know why it's so difficult for me! Sunday - beef stew with homemade rolls, Monday - crock pot sweet & sour chicken with rice and stir fried veggies, Tuesday - meatloaf with roasted potatoes salad and green beans, Wednesday - tacos with Mexican rice, Thrusday - spaghetti with meat sauce salad and garlic bread, Friday - chicken strips with salad and fries, Saturday - make your own pizza night.
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Looking across Georgia Strait to where Vancouver Island should be.
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My picture today stems from an idea I got from SARAH. She is one creative lady, I love her ideas!
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Even through renovations, I still need to blog! |
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Hello, my name is Kathleen and I have a participle problem. I feel I should be starting this post with a guilty admission. Sure I know perfectly well how to use irregular verbs in their present, past, present participle and past participle forms, but I have no idea how to teach this particular skill. Until now, I didn't even know these peculiar parts of speech had names. I'm sure somewhere along the way, I must have been taught how to use these funny and very irregular words. Just like I must have been taught how and when to use who and whom. Trouble is, I all I know is how to use them. Not how to explain them! Perhaps I'll skip over this section in our WORKBOOK for now. Neither boy has a problem using participles properly. Maybe at this point it's not important to give a label to these. I like that idea!
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Today Macy helped me make some yummy brownies.
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One of my daughter's many challenges is that at five years old, she can not speak. It's becomming increasingly frustrating for her and for us. While we are very good at reading her, there are many things we just don't get. We've tried different methods of communication with her. When she was about two, we began sign language, using a PROGRAM designed for young babies. I had seen remarkable video of babies as young as six months talking with their hands! For a time, Macy did really well. She learned many signs and used them. Suddenly though, she didn't want to anymore, so we stopped. We learned of another communication program. This SYSTEM was based on using pictures to talk. The idea is for Macy to learn that she can hand us a picture of what she wants. I took a two day workshop on how to teach the program to her, but so far haven't been very successful with it. So, I keep heading back to signing. We have a wonderful SIGNING DICTIONARY that has taught us a lot. There are also many online sites where we can view the signs being done. It's been very helpful to see the signs in action. Macy will go to kindergarten this fall, with a full time Special Education Teaching Assistant. I'm a bit nervous to send her to school, but she will never be alone, her SETA will always be with her - on the playground, at lunch, during class - always. If only I could get the SETA to come to my house!! That would be the perfect arrangement. Macy could be at home with us, but we'd have the extra help we need with her! I'll have to do some research on the subject, to see if anything like that has ever been done. I guess there's a first time for everything.
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My latest read.
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For me beginning a new unit is always exciting. I enjoy picking the books we'll use. I could spend hours browsing bookstores, catalogues, and libraries. I could, but I don't often get to. Who has the time? We've just completed a unit on the Vikings. Now it's time to move on to the fur traders. I've collected a number of books to help us. First is THE FUR TRADERS written by Robert Livesey and A.G. Smith. It's a fun book with craft ideas, games and stories. We also have CANADIAN EXPLORERS written by Maxine Trottier. This book contains 7 - 9 page biographies of five explorers. Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Pierre de la Verendrye, Samuel Hearne and David Thompson. As well we found THE KIDS BOOK OF CANADIAN HISTORY by Carlotta Hacker. This is not my favourite book. It's very much a text book. Full of dates and facts, but little to hold our interest. The drawings though, done by John Mantha, are very good, giving us a very accurate picture of early Canadian life. The gem of our collection is definitely "Man From St Malo" by Robert D Ferguson. This is a long out of print Jacques Cartier biography from a series called "Great Stories of Canada". No one seems to write books like this anymore. It's a look at 16th century life in both France and Canada. Like Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "There is no history, only biography." The people behind the textbook dates and names are what make history interesting and memorable. Following this unit we'll move on to the Revolutionary War. I've started compiling my resources already. I hope I can find just as many great ones.
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My picture today isn't pretty, but it shows how we're living right now. It's no fun!  |
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Blogger Friend School - Assignment #13
CAPTURE Your Uniqueness
Another thing would be our conservative parenting style. It seems that many people are very permissive. They allow their children to watch tv and movies that aren't age appropriate. Too much violence and wayyyy to much sex. Many children the same age as mine are allowed to go 'hang out' at the mall. No thanks. One more would be cooking real food. From scratch. I use minimal amounts of pre packaged/prepared/frozen foods. Since I'm at home all day (ya right) I figure that I should have a healthy homecooked meal ready when my hardworking husband gets home. Earning money is his job. Homemaking is my job. I put my best effort into it everyday. No cutting corners. Mostly.
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Yep, Billy is part of a gang. A scooter gang. Both boys got gas powered scooters for Christmas. They sure have had fun tearing up my lawn! |
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In our area we are only allowed to put out one garbage can per week. The size of the can is strictly regulated, there is NO going over the limit. This was started a number of years ago to encourage people to recycle. Sounds like a good idea, yes, no? Maybe. In addition to recycling everything possible, we also compost all of our kitchen scraps and yard waste. The only thing going out in our weekly garbage is real garbage. The thing is, we can't make the one can limit! No matter how hard we try. Appartently we aren't the only ones suffering with this. There is a local company that, for a monthly fee will provide us with a giant can and pick it up every week. Our first pick up is today. For comparisons sake, here is a regular can and "the gigantor" I hope I can manage with one of these a week! 
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Yesterday my Mom flushed her glasses down the toilet. How one manages to do that has got me a little confused, but I always knew my Mom could do anything. She can't function well without glasses, so I dug out all my old ones for her try. It was a real trip down memory lane. I still have every pair I've ever owned. Approximate years of purchase are; 1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004. June 2005 I got Lasik, so that's where the glasses end.
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At last, the beautiful table runner I won in KAREN'S super easy contest has arrived! Thank you Karen!!!  |
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After a two week break, it's more than time to get back to our studies. The break was longer than we needed, but with all our public school friends available in the daytime, we took advantage of the situation. Yesterday we went to BODY WORLDS. We had all been looking forward to this and it was a perfect tie in to our unit on the human body. After we toured the exhibit we spent some time at the regular exhibits. We all had a great day! Harrison and Billy learning about pulleys.
The funshouse mirror - oops I caught myself too!
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Harrison and Billy on the ferry going into Vancouver to see BODY WORLDS.
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Billy, Harrison and their friend Levi help with removing the old floor from the living room. What a job it was! |
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Our back deck tree and railing, still lit for Christmas.  |
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Our assignment this week is to list our homeschool hits and misses. I'm hope my hit list will turn out longer than my miss list. HITS
MISSES
I've never looked at our schooling this way before, I'm happy to see that most of our picks have been ok!
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365 Days in Pictures is being hosted by BCHSMAMAOF3. I hope I can come up with a picture for every day! Harrison playing CARCASSONNE with Mom and Grandma.  |
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Why is it that some people seem to be luckier than others? You know those people who win everything? Door prizes, contests, draws, raffles? Well, for the first time ever, I will admit I am one of those people. Sounds goofy to hide that fact, but when you're a repeat winner, very few people are happy for you. In my life I've won small prizes like, blenders, concert tickets, t shirts, cds, gift cards, hotel stays and TABLE RUNNERS. I've also won a large prize. In 2003, my husband and I won an SUV. The DONUT SHOP up the road is part of a large chain that holds a ROLL UP THE RIM TO WIN contest every year. Most of the prizes are donuts, muffins and coffee, but they also give away 30 vehicles. Bill and I were thrilled to win one! Which, by the way we didn't keep - we had only recently purchased a new van, which suited our family much better than the SUV. My point here is, why am I lucky? Is there a luck gene? It can't be because I'm such a good person that I deserve to win. There are so many people out there far more deserving than I am. Am I in the right place at the right time? I'd like to know if any studies have been done in this area. Is there actually a "science" to being lucky?
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I recently received a very timely ARTICLE from RAISING SMALL SOULS . It was about snooping on our children. Going through their drawers, email log, phone book etc.
I know a family whose oldest child, a 17 year old daughter (I’ll call her Lisa) ran off with her 17 year old girl friend. The two girls are living with a known drug dealer in a very undesirable part of town. The area is known for its high crime and violence rates. Lisa's parents are looking at how they’ve been raising their kids. How could this happen to them? Their kids have always been allowed to party as long as the parents knew where they were. They trusted her daughter and “knew” she’d never do drugs. Lisa was too smart, too responsible. They thought the way to stay close to Lisa and on top of things was to be her friend. We all know kids have enough friends. Kids need parents. Kids need guidelines, values and morals. They aren’t going to get those from their friends. I feel awful for this family, having to go through this, but at the same time, I'm not surprised. I just hope they can get their boys on the right track before it's too late. This family needs our prayers. Please remember them.
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Since I POSTED earlier this month about getting back to more game playing, we've done just that. Right now most of our games and puzzles are on our air hockey table. We're trying to play a board game every other day. Once we're back to our schoolwork next week, we'll have a weekly game day. I can't imagine anything better than a morning spent with my children playing laughing and learning. That is after all, why I homeschool.
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I think I've missed an assignment along the way, but during the Christmas ruch, who can blame me? This weeks Blogger Friend School Assignment: Post your goals for 2007 on your blog this week. You will have a nice reference for the upcoming year. As you accomplish them, you can cross them off or add a star. Give yourself praise throughout the year for completing each task. #1 Finish reading the BIBLE in a year. #2 Continue using my MOTIVATED MOMS chore planner. Since beginning with this, my house has been less cluttered and easier to keep clean. #3 Help my children appreciate a cleaned by them room. #4 Get back to MEAL PLANNING. #5 Exercise more. #6 Have more fun.
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Renovations on my house, not my blog. Which reminds me, I'll have to send an email to Susie the blog lady to find out about my new look. I wonder if things are being held up by the changes around here...likely to cost more money I'm sure!! Anyway back to the house. Ours is an older home, maybe 60 years or so. None of the previous owners had ever put much work into it. Since we've been here we've re-roofed, completely landscaped, new driveway, all new windows, all new wiring, two bathrooms, new deck, sump pump and new septic field. Wow, I understand the term money pit completely! Our current project is living room and dining room walls, ceilings and floors. Right now they are old sagging acoustic tile ceilings, painted over panelling and very old worn 12" stick on vinyl tile floors.
Yes that IS tape holding my ceiling together. Feel free to laugh, everyone does! In a few weeks it will be much better. Real gyproc/sheetrock/drywall whatever you call it, those will be my walls! Ceilings too! Laminate floors! Real fake wood I call it *lol*.
Maybe I should have swept the floor before I took this picture!! I don't think I've mentioned the carpet in the hallway. Here for your viewing pleasure, is the offending article! The carpet has been freshly vacuumed, so anything you see on it is permanent. EEEEWWWWW!
When we're done, I'll post the happy results.
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2 cups flour 1-1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 2 eggs 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled 1-1/2 tsp grated orange zest 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp almond extract 1 cup coarsley chopped pistachios 1/2 cup dried cranberries In mixer bowl combine sugar and eggs. Beat on medium speed until light in colour and thick, about 3 minutes. Beat in melted butter, orange zest, vanilla and almond extracts on low speed until blended. Add dry ingredients and beat until fully mixed. Mix in pistachios and cranberries. The dough will be very soft. Scoop out half of dough onto parchment lined rimless baking sheet. Form into a 10" x 3" log. Smooth out with fingertips. Repeat with second half of dough, placing about 3" away from first. Bake at 350F for 20 - 25 minutes until crisp and golden on the outside. The centers will still be quite soft. Reduce oven temperature to 300F. Let the logs cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Transfer cookie logs to a cutting board. Cut diagonally into 3/4" slices. Arrange in baking sheet, cut side down, about 1/2 apart. Return to oven until cookies are crisp and brown, about 20 minutes. Cook on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack. Cookies will finish crisping as they cool. Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks. Recipe from WILLIAMS SONOMA.
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The 14 Days of Homeschool
by – a homeschooling mom and her kids
On the ninth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "They'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?" On the tenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "What about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"omeschool legally?" On the twelfth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Can they go to College, I could never do that, what about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?" On the thirteenth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied: "They Can go to college, yes you can do this, they can have graduation, we don't like the prom, we do it cuz we like it, they are missing nothing, we'll homeschool forever, WE A |