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Freeze Mizer Attacks!
My area was hit hard with an ice storm Sunday. We lost power middle of the night Sunday as did MANY people in our area. It’s Tuesday. There’s still now power. No school and I managed to find a very crowded coffee shop that still has power. We have three downed trees, but everywhere there…
Christmas Wrapping Made Easy
In the past I had just wrapped my four kids’ presents and put the name tags on them, then I’d separate them into piles for each child. It made opening presents with four kids less chaotic on Christmas morning. Then a couple of years ago I started selecting different wrapping paper for each child. No…
Do You Believe?
During the month of December I’m going to be reflecting on Christmas past, our past! January 8, 2005 Timmy, Grace and I were home alone tonight while the big boys went to see the Harlem Globtrotters. So Timmy wouldn’t feel left out, I told him we could watch a movie after I put Grace to…
I’m Getting Back to the Heart of Writing
The worship song “I’m getting back to the heart of Worship” keeps playing through my mind, but with different words. “I’m getting back to the heart of writing and it’s all about You all about You Jesus. I’m sorry for the thing I’ve made it. “Cause it’s all about you. All about you, Jesus.” I…
Ding, Dong, DELL
Momma’s feeling swell! My new DELL Laptop arrived. The one we bought on line on Black Friday for 1/2 price at $399! When my kid’s laptop died (after my husband resurrected it several times,) we knew it wasn’t worth resuscitating another time. So we bought a new one and it’s mine, all mine! The old…
Review: Crimson Eve by Brandilyn Collins
WARNING! Do not pick up this book unless you have time to read it straight through. Brandilyn’s books have never disappointed me, but this one was simply impossible to put down. Even when I figured out one of the plot points with 100 pages left I…COULD…NOT…PUT…THIS…BOOK…DOWN. Crimson Eve is a classic woman in jeopardy story…
Fall into Reading Update
Yeah, I’m way ahead of schedule. I’m using the five star rating and giving a short review of each book I’ve read so far. ****Canteen Dreams by Cara Putman (Historical Romance) Great historical romance by my crit partner and I don’t even like romances. This had just the right amount of everything and you would…
GROWING GRAMMAR:
“Help Stamp Out, Eliminate and Abolish Redundancy!” –Unknown, Unknown, Unknown My students are fond of writing, “I was thinking in my mind. . .” or “I was thinking in my head….” This concerns me as I wonder in what other parts of their bodies thinking may (or may not) be happening. These repeated or unnecessary…
Real or Fake?
Reposted from Nov. 2003 I grew up having a real Christmas tree. I loved to go to the tree lots and spend almost an hour trying to pick out the perfect tree. Yet, I hated setting it up. Since I grew up without a father in the home and I was the oldest, many of…
Jumpstart Blog Tour
With the holiday season fast approaching, we are starting to look for the perfect gifts for our kids, and since JumpStart World was heralded as “an educational theme park” by the New York Times and “a masterpiece of children’s technology” by USA Today, we felt compelled to check it out. Knowing that our kids often…