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Scrapbooking Today
My wonderful hubby will have the kids today, this evening and a tomorrow while I attempt a scrapbooking weekend to “catch up” on all the photos that are piling up. I only crop a couple times a year and I’m not much of a frufru cropper. I’m a power cropper with embellishments on special pages.…
Warning: Field Trip Gripe Fest
Why are the things meant to be fun, like a field trip to the zoo, always a struggle? The idea was simple. Go to the zoo. Bring our nature journals and write a few things about the different buildings. It’d be an easy school day. Right? Not with my kids. I can’t remember how it…
Homeschool MeMe
Home School Meme 1) One homeschooling book you have enjoyed. Haven’t really read one all the way through. Though I have a couple I should probably pick up again. 2) One resource you wouldn’t be without. My homeschool co-op, the internet, manipulatives, games, videos, the library (they know me by name, I don’t need a…
Word Power
My children and I have been studying the history of our English language. The many regional variations of speech in America alone is an amazing thing to study. In doing so, I found myself comparing these different dialects to the elusive “voice” we writers attempt to describe or try to pinpoint. Isn’t it funny, for…
Homeschool Writing Contest
Check out this great opportunity for homeschooling students. Not only do they have the chance to win $200, but the winners will be considered for publication. I’m going to try to get my boys exicted about this and maybe just maybe they’ll get published before me!
Chocolate Beach by Julie Carobini
Julie Carobini’s debut novel, Chocolate Beach, was released by Bethany House in February, 2007. She’s the writer of more than 100 articles and stories for magazines and books, such as Decision, Expecting, Focus on the Family, Key Magazine, and the God’s Abundance book series. Her work often spotlights her family, the sea and God’s timely…
A Small Prayer Answered … and a Story to Tell
Is it worth it? This is a question I ask myself at least once a week when it comes to writing. As I’m trying to balance family life with my call to the keyboard, I sometimes wonder if maybe I’m just a little bit selfish. Shouldn’t I be more fulfilled with my duties of caring…
I Bet I Can Get You To Yell At Me
Chapter Fourteen of Healing ADD by Dr. Daniel Amen is titled ‘The Games ADD People Play.’ If you know anyone with Attention Deficit Disorder, chances are you’ve seen at least some of these games played out before you. They are not limited to ADD’ers, but they certainly do seem to be part and parcel of…
My Little Author
Timmy was all excited about entering the Reading Rainbow writing contest until we had to sit down and write a story. I’m amazed at how wonderfully put together the writing guide is. It contains everything a kid and adult needs to know about writing a story. Some of the topics cover brainstorming, characterization, setting, problem…
Simple Science and Snow Ice Cream
Snow ice cream–one of the most fun of winter treats to make and enjoy as a family. My mom used to make it for us, sending me out to collect a big bowl of fresh white snow. And it couldn’t be the first snow of the year…subsequent snows were cleaner. It helped that we lived…