Reflections of a Face is a place to share what God has placed on my heart. Glorifying God through photography, writing, family are my passions. The coffee is fresh and the tea is hot. I would love to sit down at chat with you! Come on in! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:54:00 -0500 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:54:00 -0500 If you are my friend on Facebook you might know that I am moving my blog. I am really excited about it and the changes to come, but at the same time I am somewhat sad that I am leaving HSB. You see, I have been blogging here at HomeSchool Blogger since 2006 and it is the place I started this very blog. Can you believe it? I can't. But anyways, it's like a home to me, so I'm sort of sad to be leaving. All drama and sadness aside, I am very excited to introduce to you... hannahbraboy.com It's not finished, but I wanted to tell you all anyway. I still have to finish transferring posts and content and the like. There's some design work to be done in a major way, too. So hop on over there, browse through some of my previous posts, leave me some feed back, subscribe to it, email me about it, bookmark it - whatever you like. Blessings, Hannah http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/721197/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:54:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/721197/ Guest who? 01charger aka: Ashley. Here's the winning comment, number 27: ____________________________________________ I love the blue/blackberry chicbuds, the best on the site. ~Ashley ____________________________________________ Congrats Ashley! If you will email me your home address I can get those shipped out to you. :) If you don't email me within the next 48 hours I will pick a new winner. Thanks for participating everyone! I had a blast! Oh, and don't forget to visit ChicBuds, our wonderful sponsors. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/719516/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:05:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/719516/ I’m a 13 year-old homeschool high school student. I live at home with my family of seven. I have two sisters, Allison (12) and Zoe(9),  and twin brothers, Elias and Josiah, who are currently 2. We are all homeschooled and have been almost all of our lives; we have been homeschooling since 2003. Jesus Christ is my role model and I strive to please Him only. Some of my hobbies include: •    Photography •    Digital scrapbooking •    Sewing •    Crocheting •    Reading •    Blogging •    Creating •    Graphic design •    Web designing Some of the topics you will find here include: •    Photography •    Frugality •    Homemaking •    Web design •    Blog design and tips •    Giveaways •    Large Families •    Things pertaining to young ladies It is my prayer that this blog glorifies the Lord and brings praise to Him. Thanks for stopping by! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/719138/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:06:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/719138/ I thought I would post our menu plan for this coming week. Some people post their menu plans by doing the Menu Plan Monday meme and some don't. We go grocery shopping usually at the end of the week, so we make our menu plans then. So I don't really get to participate in Menu Plan Monday, but I thought I would post it anyway for those of you who are interested. It also gives meal ideas for your own use. If you would like a recipe for something that's on here, I would be glad to give it to you! Just email me at misshannah5 AT gmail DOT com and I will email it to you. :) Just a note: we only make a menu plan for dinner, so that is why you will only see one meal for each day. Just in case you are curious. :) Friday fajitas & rice Saturday salmon patties, baked potatoes, green beans Sunday fried chicken, cauliflower salad, corn on the cob, & cake (note: The cake is in celebration of a birthday. Normally we don't have it. -well, regularly anyway.) Monday pot roast, potatoes, carrots, peas,  & rolls Tuesday grilled chicken salads & rolls Wednesday crock pot lasagna & bread sticks Thursday breakfast potato skillet & biscuits Friday Tacos/Taco Salad Blessings~ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/719112/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:29:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/719112/ Just a heads-up here: the next post will be a ‘about me’ post. I’m publishing it in attempt to organize my blog a bit better and give my new readers some more info about me. So it’s totally up to you whether you want to ignore it or read it. But I just wanted to give you a bit of a warning that I won’t be a regular post. :) http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/719022/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:58:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/719022/ A few days ago I guest posted over at MandyMom.com about the Life Remodel Challenge. In case you don't follow that blog, here's the link to my guest post. Her blog will be the main place for the Life Remodel Challenge stuff. I will be posting some updates here for me personally, too. So bookmark our blogs, subscribe to them, whatever- but keep track of them some way if you are interested in doing the challenge and/or our experience through it. :) Have a great day! Blessings~ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/718826/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:20:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/718826/ Birthdays are great, aren't they? And today is A Dusty Frame's birthday! So if you go on over there you can enter to win GORGEOUS bracelet. It's simply gorgeous, y'all! I so love the way the fuchsia seed beads 'pop'! Oh, and the green... I love the green! So go over and enter before it ends Friday. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/718063/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:35:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/718063/ I have had good and bad experiences with ear buds. Some hurt, some don’t have very good sound quality, some fall out of my ears, and some are just down right ugly. Ugliness is one of the least of my worries, but the others matter to me. I use ear buds more for school because it’s a lot of computer work. (BJU DVDS) They are about an hour long each, so it is important that I have good ear buds to listen to them with. It’s really annoying to keep putting ear buds back in your ears because they are falling out. I wasn’t really sure how the ChicBuds would work, since most all of the ear buds I have tried have at least one of the problems I mentioned. But guess what? When I got those little gems in the mail and tried them for myself they were awesome! ‘ Chicbuds aren’t like any other ear bud. They are comfy, they have good sound quality, fit right, and PLUS, they are beautiful. Who could ask for a more perfect ear bud? No one, I tell you!  They have this rubbery sort of stuff on the ear bud that gives it a snug and comfortable fit. I’m not just saying that, either.  This is the truth. :D But you know what? That’s not all that Chic Buds have! They also have this cool little retractable cord that eliminates tangled ear buds. And everyone knows that tangled ear buds are so not cool , right? Wanna know a secret? Shhhh…. Come a little closer. Okay. Good. I have one pair of White/Watermelon ChicBuds for one of you lucky ducks! How cool is THAT? Very cool. To enter you must 1) go to chicbuds.com and take a look around and 2) come back here and tell me what you favorite product is and why. For extra entries you may: *subscribe *follow me on Twitter and tweet this giveaway and leave me a comment with a link to the tweet telling me about it *Facebook the link to this giveaway *Stumble this giveaway and post a comment telling me you did so and include your username *Technorati this giveaway and leave me a comment telling me you did *email 5 friends about the giveaway including a link to this post and my blog and put me in the CC *post about it on your blog including a link back to this post and my home page You must put each different thing you did to enter in a separate comment. Each entry must have it’s own comment. The giveaway ends on the 21st of August and the winner will be chosen using Random.org number generator. *This giveaway has ended.* http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/717262/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:05:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/717262/ I’m coconut oil crazy. I love that stuff! There. I said it. But come on! Who doesn’t? The smell alone could win anyone over. Plus there are a bazillion things you can do with the stuff. You can cook with it, bake with it, and use it for skin care, to name a few. You can also get different kinds- expeller-pressed (that’s the fancy name for no coconut sent or flavor- best for cooking.) and regular ol’ coconut oil. Those are the two main kinds. We get our coconut oil from Tropical Traditions and they not only have coconut oil, but…. Skin care products Organic food Supplements Household goods Books Healthy oils Pet products Heath appliances They have a boat load of stuff on their site! My favorite way to use coconut oil is for conditioner on my hair and on my face. My hair is wavy and sort of frizzy and doesn’t do well with any store bought conditioners. Be careful if you try this though, because if you use too much it makes your hair greasy. I like to put mine in a jar and use about the size of a nickel. It is also the only stuff I have had work to clear up my face. It works WONDERFULLY! So if you are interested in looking into coconut oil or any other natural/organic products go and take a look at their site! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/716994/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:35:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/716994/ (graphic credit to Mrs. Mandy at MandyMom.com) So Mrs. Mandy from over at MandyMom.com and I are sort of doing this little challenge together….  Care to join us? I can’t wait to see what the Lord does through this! I will be guest posting a few times over at her blog, too. I truly cannot wait to see what God convicts me of. Can. Not. Wait. I have a feeling this will be life changing for me. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/716893/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:28:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HANNAHb95/716893/