The life the Lord gave according to me! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:18:00 -0500 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:18:00 -0500 Well Hello everyone! Sorry haven't blogged in sometime...I just prefer facebook at this moment as a way to share. Well anyways I have a question I would love to ask those that follow the Lord. You see in my enthusiasm to share on Facebook something I found in scripture , I found many friends who did not agree with me on the subject. While I was not shocked, what was and is shocking is that after much research I still can't see their side. So I want to ask you two questions. This is not to provoke, or start trouble or to bring anger. I really want to know your answers or even if you don't anwer me, I pray you seek the answers out yourself. First Question (two parts) Do you think the Lord created everything? And if so, do you think he created evil? Second Question: (three parts) Do you think the Devil is a fallen angel? Most give scriptures for Lucifer (a king), fallen Angels (who are all in everlasting chains) and Satan as all being the same person. Do you know the history of these three scriptures? Have you looked into what others belive that don't think he's a fallen angel, the history they give and the scriptures they also give? You may write me on here, in private, or not at all. I only post to (I pray) get everyone to look beyond what is taught, and look and seek the Lord in his truth. These questions may not be salvation type questions but they sure will make your love for the Lord grow when you have a better understanding of Him. Faith http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/735759/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:18:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/735759/ First HOMESCHOOL DEALS: (below that if you chose to skip is my organization mess) Okay a week or so ago I went to a used homeschool book fair to get me some good deals on some homeschool books. For the FIRST time in the 6 or so years that I have been going there I went there with a cut and dry list of what I wanted. I did not walk out with all that I wanted, but I walked out very happy, and $90.00 dollars poorer! Right up front let me start by saying that I am on a mission. You see I have found certain curriculum's, that to me, works for every type of child. They can be relaxed, or rigid, depending on what learning style they have. And so I have started buying every grade, to own the whole collection 3rd-12th grade. I have about 13 more subjects left and I am done! Oh and I love LOVE books made by the homeschooler for the homeschooler...my list shows it. The books I use are: Apologia science (need 2 more for high school, 4 for elementary) Math-U-See (need 5 more) The Mystery Of History (1-4) (need 2 more) All American History (done) Spelling Power (done) At the used sale I was able to get 3 apologia science years for a little over $20 each and a Math-U-See for $10 (still needs student workbook) and a Latin curriculum for $10. I also got a KONOS high school Medieval World set for FREE! Its a massive set with all kinds of stuff, she just gave it to me because someone gave it to her! New it would cost $60.00! It covers one History, Writing, and Art credit for high school each! is that not cool or what! And because my kids seem to love hands on projects, this will be up their alley! organization mess: (homeschool that is) Before you read below, what I am writing may sound like lots of extra work, it is not in my eyes. I love working on my kids school and so I enjoy the 'extra work'. Also please do not think that the extra work I am providing for my children below is something they must do during *that* subject time. My children get 1 hour a day of book reading or a school DVD to do each day (weekends included-don't worry my kids love it) and this *extra* fun work can be done then. I have been working on organizing my life little by little. You would not know it by my house as of yet, but I am. The other day at a friends home I was thumbing through her new version of the Mystery Of History book and was baffled that she had large post-it notes in each chapter with stuff I could not make out on it. When I questioned her she told me she finds books that she owns to correlate with that time frame and has her children read them. (insert open mouth shock) Of course this curriculum already lists a large number of read along books to do during private time, but she had her own collection and used hers instead. That is not the shocking part, the shocking part is by just taking a couple of hours to leave notes for her children, she now knows they will be reading those books at that time. LOVE IT! So instead of them just reading any old book during reading time, they read a books that go along with what they are studying at that time! Might sound boring to you, but it's actually really fun, I have seen my own children after reading or hearing about one subject, go to the library and get more on it. I tried to do roughly the same concept as my friend last year with my Mystery of History book but failed at it because I was trying to do it as we went along and was frustrated that the library either did not have the book we wanted or by the time I was able to pick it up we were about done with the chapter. So early on I gave up. But now I realize that if I just start a few weeks before school begins and write in each chapter what I need, then 2 chapters before time I can easily look it up and get the books or DVD's. A little planning ahead makes light work later on. I am also doing this for science, language arts and maybe Latin too if need be. It has been fun to get onto the libraries website and look up cool books and DVD's to go along with what Devin will be learning in science. I practically want to do school with him! It will probably take me from now until September 1 (when we normally start school) to finish doing this, but I am so excited to start! Let the homeschool games begin! So what do you think? Faith http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/716938/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:10:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/716938/ okay before I give you what this post is about, I am giving you fair warning, what is below is a guide line for my family, not a hard fast rule! Do not under any circumstance think that what is below is a daily *have* to. We probably won't do 75% of it each day. I just need guidance, and after much prayer and hard work this is my answer: My Daily Schedule Chore Chart and details P.S. It probably has a few things that will need to be adjusted as we find issues. OH AND YOU HAVE TO USE THE ARROW (that faces down) at the top of the chart to make the document larger. So what do you think??????? Daily Schedule and Chore Chart http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/716936/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/716936/ I just wanted to post our homeschool meanderings for everyone. We will be starting school September 1st, like we have for about 5 or 6 years now. We do school roughly 4 hours a day 4 days a week for roughly 45 weeks a year. Taking off Christmas and Vacation/life. Giving us a total of 720 hours of 'class room' school. The other 280+ hours (MO requires 1000 hours of school) will easily be made up in many other ways, mostly in reading, writing, and school video's. Tyrus our 4 year old will be doing miscellaneous school because I don't usually buy curriculum for a child before 3rd grade. However my friend Karen gave me plenty to keep him busy throughout the morning hours and he loves doing school with his brother. I will be rotating our school so it will look like this: Everyday: English, Math, Reading, Spelling Mon-Wed: Science, Music, Writing Tue-Thurs: History, Art, Biblical Latin For P.E. Devin will be volunteering at HOH every week on Tue or Wed from 2-4pm. He is also involved in Baseball, Basketball, and Bowling throughout the year. Our Homeschool Schedule for 2009/2010: 7-9am All are done as a family except dress and rooms -Dress -Pick up rooms -Cook/Eat/clean up Breakfast -Garden chores in summer House chores in winter or a mix if needed -Bible Time -Get school books out and ready 9am Reading-we read lots of classical books out loud for this class 9:30am Math-U-See Pre-Algebra 10am snack 10:15am Spelling with Spelling Power 10:30am English Intermediate Language Lessons 11am Science Apologia Physical or History MOH II Early Church and Middle ages 11:30am Music guitar lessons or Art 12pm Writing Faith Writers or Biblical Latin for beginners 12:30pm lunch 2-4pm volunteer at HOH once a week I also plan on having the children doing independent reading for at least 30min-to an hour a day or watch a school-ish video from time to time. So what do ya think? Faith http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/713874/ Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:38:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/713874/ Editor's note: Normally I would never post something that is inappropriate for a child, however this e-letter was meant to inform parents and I felt the need to pass it on so others will understand...no children please. Hello Everyone, I got this e-Letter yesterday and just finished reading it (yes it takes me days to go through one e-mail) and when I was done...I was so heartbroken! I was heartbroken for that child, and sad for the many other children that will endure such a life. This e-letter (below) is reason #2 why I don't send my children to public school...reason #1 includes reason #2...but I separate them for your understanding that reason #1 covers all the other reasons that follow it. I post this with a heavy heart because in our family most of the children that were abused (and there were many), were abused by family and not in the school, however some were abused in the school later in life. Protect your children from EVERYONE! Homeschool News 'n Views Issue 117, May 17, 2009 By Dan L. White Subscribe to this free e-newsletter. Last week we held our Monday Night Thing, as usual. The normal number of homeschool teens and grads were there, playing basketball and volleyball. However, on that Monday night, the church also held a service in the sanctuary. Generally, when they are going to hold a service on Monday, which happens perhaps a couple of times a year, we get word ahead of time and cancel our homeschool activities. Of course, we're all too busy, and sometimes we don't get done all that we would like to, so we didn't know that they were having a service in the other part of the building until well into the evening. I don't think that we were a problem for them. The sanctuary is in the same complex but about fifty feet away from the gym, so I doubt that we disturbed them. We hope not. My wife Margie played a game of full court basketball with us, then went into the nursery to watch the grandkids so that one of our daughters could play basketball. The nursery is beside the sanctuary, so on her way to the church service, a lady saw Margie in the nursery with little kids and assumed she was running the nursery for the church service. She talked about how glad she was that the nursery was open, and then left her little girl with her. A little boy also popped in for a short while. A little later our daughter took her kids and went home, so Margie was left with just the one little girl. The girl did not know Margie, but since Margie was apparently in charge of the nursery, the little girl trusted her and talked a lot with her. She attends public school. This is what Margie said about her conversation with the little girl in the nursery. “The little girl told me she was 6 yrs. old and would be 7 in Aug. She was like any other little girl of her age - full of life, giggly, her bright eyes full of expectation as she played in the church nursery while her mother attended the revival. What I didn't know until later was that those same bright eyes had been exposed to events that compromised her little girl innocence. Later, after all the other children were gone, she began to tell me about the "bad boys" who rode her bus to school every day. I asked her how did she know they were bad. She responded by making squishy movements with both her hands, imitating what these bad boys had done. "And they even do this," she said, pointing between her legs. "How old are these boys", I asked masking my shocked soul, thinking this must be high school or junior high boys, at least. "Five", she said. Her story telling began to gain momentum as she excitedly showed me numerous lewd hand gestures she had learned. Some I was familiar with; others were new to me. One in particular was like the "hook 'em horns" University of Texas Longhorns football fans hand signal but with the lapping of a dog included. She went on to tell me about her two older sisters, 12 and 14, the older one thinking that she was "so hot". "Some of their friends," she said as she leaned over to whisper into my ear, "have sex with boys". I wondered if she even knew what she was talking about. She was so young and seemingly tender. Yet the thoughts and ideas coming out of her mouth were just filth. This little girl was so thankful that her mother knew and had taught her right from wrong, as some of the kids she was talking about had not been taught that. She hadn't been physically abused by these bad boys. She said they had left her alone, so far. But she had been forever changed. Her innocence was gone. When the mother came back to get her daughter, I mentioned that I was with the homeschool group and not with the church. She said that she had been thinking about homeschooling her children. I wondered if she would if she knew what her little girl had just told me.” We have said over and over again that the biggest education of the public schools comes from the culture and not the classroom. This is that education. This is what permeates the public school culture, and this is what kids learn there. As I have often said, we live in one of the best places in America to live, because it is one of the most Christian areas of the country. Yet when a little girl, who is regularly taken to church, goes to public school, this is what she is exposed to. Consider that. From the age of five or six, almost all young people in America, for five days a week, about forty weeks a year, for twelve to fourteen years, are inundated by sex. Even the best of these young people are damaged by this. Many have their lives ruined. God help us all to rescue as many young people as possible from this education. - - - - - - Homeschool Helpers In association with Pass It On Ministries 5017 McDaris Drive Hartville, MO. 65667 417-741-7641 www.homeschool-helpers.info http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/690498/ Tue, 19 May 2009 22:56:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/690498/ A few weeks ago my BFF sent me a questioner and one of the questions was 5 places you would like to visit. My dear girlfriend put on there some great vacation spots, but when I erased them to add mine (cuz you have to fill it out and send it back and then to others) I could not think of ONE place I would rather be other than with friends and family. It's not that I don't want to see this amazing world God made, it's just that to me, I need vacation to 'be' friends and family. Because after those vacations are long gone all I can remember are the great times I had with family. I don't remember a sunset, I don't remember a bright blue ocean; I remember my mom and I laughing and having a good time with me, making brownies. I remember my dad and our family laughing at the dinner table while eating my mom's yummy dinner! I remember meeting my sister for the first time at age 31. I remember standing in line at an amusement park talking to my BFF, or I remember laying on the beach watching our boys play and my friend and I just talking about good old times. I remember the wonderful times with my grandparents Doris...who sat with me one day and told me so many wonderful stories about our families history. I remember my Grandmother Ray, my cousin Kitzi, my mom, and my new to me sister Karrie all sitting at the table looking at old photos, some of us even crying. Oh and my grandma was a hottie! And my dad looked great in a dress! For me, God put my vacation spot, right in the heart of another human. I just find it hard to see any 'physical place' as a vacation. Though it would surly be a bonus if I have a friend or family member at that vacation spot~ Faith http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/686213/ Wed, 6 May 2009 10:21:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/686213/ My husband thought it would be nice to take a day off this weekend to give us a four day weekend of fun family time. I am ever so thankful for it! We had a blast. On Thursday we all went fishing at Pomme De Tarre Lake. It was too windy to catch anything really but we so enjoyed the relaxed family time. -did I mention I have a 12 year old that eats like MORE than his dad does. It was like they we in an eating contest at lunch! I think they had 5 hot dogs each, plus chips, plus fruit! -A nice moment came up to teach my youngest about patients while fishing it was a great time to speak to him about how the Lord desires patients. Ty is a good kid, he kept looking at me, "has that been long enough?"...lol it was funny he had no patients to be patient. Then Friday I went to the SHEM homeschool conference in Springfield MO. I absolutely LOVE going to the conferences! I hung out with a close girlfriend of mine and we had a blast being our goofy selves...and spent loads too much on yummy homeschool books and stuff! -I got Devin (and all 10 future children) These Great CD's on American History...I so wish I had these CD's growing up, I would have easily been a history buff! -I also got him Math-U-See. I am just bored with Saxon and because of it's public school tendencies I just wanted it out of my house. Saturday was a day to go to some 'tag sales' (that is Martha Stewart for 'yard sales') and get us some booty to help prepare for 'change' (That is obama for 'change'). If things get bad enough and people get homeless we want enough provisions for them to stay with us, if God so desires. -I got a fabulous Cuisinart ice cream machine that I have been wanting for like EVER! Then on Sunday it was Ty's Birthday. It was such a wonderful day! Ty got all he asked for (thanks to great yard sale deals!) He was so happy to get these items. Now I will help him pick out just as many items (if not many more) to donate to those in need, he loves giving to the kids 'who don't have any toys' as he likes to say. Then on Monday I sat my fat butt in my office chair and did nothing like ALL DAY-except facebook!!~ A four day weekend is fun but tiring! Love, Faith http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/683678/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/683678/ "I feel like I'm standing in the middle of a crowded room, screaming at the top of my lungs and no one even looks up!" Ya'll know what movie that is quoted from?-sad to say before I was married I could quote that whole movie (probably still could ;-) So do you ever feel like that quote? Especially when you are speaking to someone concerning your faith, or scripture, or anything to do with the Lord? I know I have felt that way more times than I care to count. But through my frustration (at those unwilling to listen) I learned so much. I learned that my frustration was not seen as frustration for truth it was seen as anger, resentment, and even arrogance! I have never ever wanted anyone to see it that way and yet...that is what they saw. So where did I go wrong, where in my search for truth and my desire to share with others what the Lord has shown our family did I go from sharing/questioning to what they saw in me? My answer is; I personally don't think we did one simple thing before we began each conversation, and that is pray. For our family to pray before we started talking, for to the Lord to lead us in our talks with others. Maybe they would still see what we said as wrong, but I would rather be wrong (to them or whatever) and have them still feel like I respected them than to be wrong and have see this family as arrogant. Don't get me wrong I know we can't make everyone happy, but I just think we (especially me) need to come at it with a better heart. Less bitter about the fact that no matter how loud I yell, few will hear what our family has to say. I am okay with that (well not really I want everyone to feel the Lords love the way I do or better!) So while few will ever hear what Thor and I have to say, we pray we always have the mind of Christ (and the meekness of Paul) when speaking...This is my apology to you. Love, Faith http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/680366/ Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:48:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/680366/ I want to thank everyone for there questions and concerns regarding my health. I know many of you are concerned and have many questions still unanswered. I pray I can bring better understanding to you today. But before we being I wanted to share a song with you that I pray will help you understand how I see my new found sickness.  This is an important part of what I am blogging about so please download it and listen/watch it first...then read on. "Jesus Bring the Rain" This is my way of doing a Q and A. Well I am on a diet. Not a diet to lose weight (though I pray that is something that will happen:-) I am on a diet to rid my body of toxins. What toxins you may ask? Well first Candida. Candida? Candida is a yeast that everyone has. But for some reason- more than likely all the junk I ate my whole life-my body has allowed the candida to get out of hand. And what would be a normal amount of yeast in my body...is now wreaking havoc on me. How do you know you have candida? Well this is gross but I have thrush in my mouth, I have pleurisy (for almost a year now), I get yeast infections with EVERY period, serious brain fog, just to name a few. How do you get rid of this? Well unfortunately once candida has left your gut and is everywhere the only real way to get rid of it is to starve it to death. What does Candida eat? Sugar, gluten, and anything like sugar...such as fruit, starchy veggies, etc. I am also doing this diet because my body is possibly killing itself! I have not been truly diagnosed yet (doctor's visit is not until July) but it looks like I have some sort of auto immune disorder where my body is attacking itself and causing my muscles to twitch, vibrate, and stiffen. That and the endless brain fog, and exhaustion. What disorder is that? Well I am totally speculating here but it looks like Multiple Sclerosis. Just for the record M.S. is where the body attacks two things, #1 it attacks the coating (this is like black electrical tape) of your central nervous system (this is like the wires of your electrical system). When the black tape is gone the electrical system starts to short circuit. and #2 it also allows cells (the cells that normally fight infection) into the brain where they attack the brain. This can be pretty bad especially later in the disorder. From all I have read, it looks like this disorder could also be linked to my poor food choices, i.e. huge amounts cola, sugared coffee, fast food, preservatives, etc. Lots of people eat those things why doesn't everyone have this disorder? Well that is a good question, it seems that some people have gene pools that make them more susceptible to disorders than others. There are more factors than I like to speculate on but genetics is probably a big answer to that. Also many people probably have issues that are caused by poor diet...they just don't know it. But M.S. is not curable right? Well that is what the medical community says, but I think it's at least naturally treatable...I won't say curable...but from all I have read if caught early enough it can be treated enough so that you don't ever see symptoms again. What treatment would that be? Well for one the diet I am on(for the record I am not on the full diet yet I get to that later) This diet mostly consists of eating all natural foods. NO sugar, NO gluten, NO milk, NO preservatives, etc. Eating organic as well will help. To read more on the diet go here. I also had a hair analysis. You see my blood work, urine, and x-rays were all coming back normal even though my body was saying...YOUR NOT NORMAL! But I found with a hair analysis it sees what those test can't see. Those results helped me to see what herbs and supplements I should take to help regulate myself. It also helped me see that certain foods that I thought were on my 'can have' part of my diet are now 'can't have' due to my metabolism type and what my body is not ridding itself of (calcium and magnesium) or is ridding too much of(phosphorus). It's a long story so lets just say it helped me see how to best use my diet/supplements for the best benefits. Soon I will see a doctor and he will help me determine if it is indeed what I think it is, M.S. He will also help get me on some supplements, and see me on my way to living a normal life again. Why are you sharing this with us? Because I think God wants me to share with others that what you put into your mouth, does matter. Don't get me wrong a diet soda here, and a piece of cake there...is not so much my concern. What I think God wants me to show others is that when we eat we should always be thoughtful to what it is, how much, and how often. He also want's me to share that food can make you sick and eating foods he made are so much better. If you look at history (a great book to get on what cultures have eaten is Nourishing Traditions) their diets tell us a lot about health and nutrition. It is amazing that cultures with no understanding of the science behind it eat so much better than our culture where we know the science. I want to emphasize I am not saying nor advocating a strict diet of any particular food. I am only wanting to stress that you pray and weigh in your prayers to the Lord your desire to take care of the temple He gave you. He will guide you. Love, Faith P.S. if you want to continue on I will tell you how this all got started...in short form *Seriously odd behavior at the end of my last pregnancy(now 4 years ago) mild depression *mild postpartum depression for 8 months after birth of baby *brain fog-way more than usual *lack of caring about anything-not depressed *came home from binging trip 2 years after birth of baby from GA with lump in throat...thought cancer...found out just reflux *muscle cramps in legs a few weeks later-thought calcium/magnesium issues took supplements got worse plus now I had weird vibrations in chest *went to doctor took x-rays tested my cal/mag...said nada and sent me on my way *did this again a few days later...said nada and sent me on my way * few weeks later sharp pain in my chest when I would breath, urgent care visit later (plus another e-ray diagnosis: pleurisy * Got sick had to take antibiotics (because of my husbands chemo treatments) started to get yeast infections and thrush in mouth *vibrations getting stronger plus other issues got online and realized my symptoms were from candida * Did not due much to find out what the vibrations were because of my husband health issues...put it on the back burner for a long time *finally had enough went to doctor with a list of my issues he put me on a heart monitor *lady did not put monitor on right and before I was able to go back and do it again the vibrations moved to my right arm and leg also * doctor did lupus test-normal *doctor sent me to neurologist...but I wanted to see someone who worked naturally to fix this issue so I asked a friend to give me the name of her doctor *He said must wait until July but a hair analysis and supplements recommended from that analysis would be a great start *muscles went from vibrating to also twitching all muscles even large ones * Started my diet * Got hair analysis test back and realized a lot of the foods I was eating while healthy were not good for some of my problems. *currently waiting for doctors visit. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/677412/ Thu, 9 Apr 2009 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/677412/ I have been 'sick' for a long time now. For some reason my body is just revolting against me. I know that more than likely it is the toxic crap I shove in my face day in and day out. I realize this is not what God wants me to do or to feed my family with. I have ordered new food for my family (14She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.Proverbs 31:14) and plan on doing away with many of our glutinous behaviors when it comes to food. Some items (listed below) we will not be eating for at least 6 months (a detox if you will) the list below sounds horrific to not have...but if you keep reading you will see we will not suffer. In our culture we think a delectable dish must contain the list below...but we are missing so much of God's yummy foods. sugar-we however will be substituting with xylitol (a natural sweetener) here and there gluten-instead we will be using nut flours, tapioca flours, rice flours, etc. dairy-this is just apart of the detox-the human body is not meant for milk after about 3 years old These foods in moderation are not bad, however I have eaten so much of them that my body is full of toxic waste and candida. It just won't absorb good stuff anymore. So until I am totally better these items will not touch my mouth. Okay now for some of the yummy items I will be eating.  Your not going to believe what we will be eating...lets just say your going to wish you were on this diet too;-). I wish I could say I was a culinary person who could make sugar free (sf) gluten free (gf) and dairy free-also called casein free (cf) foods like no ones business...but I can't. So instead I will be providing links to another blog that has yummy dishes that follow our families new diet. almost all recipes provided by The Spunky Coconut Breakfast: Flourless brownies -these look beyond yummy! I can not have honey for the first 6 months so we will be substituting with xylitol. Fruit and Nut Cereal w/ Almond milk -Just looking at the picture makes me hungry! I promise you I will probably eat this every day for a while! Pancakes w/xylitol syrup-for the syrup go here Coconut Chocolate Chip Cake-enough said! Snacks/Smoothies/Lattes: yep your reading that right I said latte! Nutcracker Latte This just looks beyond yummy! Frozen vanilla tea Latte Blueberry Cream Smoothie Blueberry Almond Banana Muffins - these just make my mouth water! Lunches: as always leftovers from dinner Dinners: Salads/Appetizers: Caesar Salad Japanese Salad dressing for: Raw corn salad Spinach salad Main Dishes: Stew Broccoli Quiche I can come up with many normal dishes that are gf/sf/cf free. My biggest problem is finding gf products because so many condiments contain gluten. Also learning how to thicken items without milk and flour! and learning how to make tortilla wraps.  I will list my own recipe finds/experiments later. Deserts: Chocolate Pie spiced almond brittle vanilla cookies pecan pie-you have no idea how cool it is to have this on my diet Ice cream-scroll down to see the huge lists of ice creams! This is just a small list of some of the items I will be serving our family on the new diet. what do you think? I would love to answer any questions you have. Latte http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/670198/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:15:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/thornfaith/670198/