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From the monthly archives:

January 2008

January 31, 2008

Picture this…

My husband is (generally) not one to respond to memes, but he was tapped for a Picture this… meme and he actually did it. The idea is to answer all the questions using only GOOGLE IMAGES. It looked like fun to me, so I thought I'd do one of my own.
Here goes. Can you figure [...]

January 31, 2008

Challenging word puzzle

Our pastor gave this interesting puzzle to us last night at our prayer meeting. I love word puzzles and games, and this one was satisfyingly challenging. The goal is to find thirty (30) books of the Bible in the following paragraph.
This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found in an airplane seat pocket [...]

January 29, 2008

You are a failure…(?)

Carlos at Ragamuffin Soul posted this unique physical challenge (which, I am proud to say, I accomplished successfully! Maybe it's the pianist is me?).

Try it and tell me how you did!

January 26, 2008

Joely's "makeover"

I cut off eleven inches of Joely's hair last night, which she is donating to Locks of Love.
The whole idea started a couple days ago when I was talking to an acquaintance who mentioned her six-year-old had just donated her ponytail to Locks of Love. This wasn't the first time I've heard of Locks of [...]

January 25, 2008

Change, change, it's always about change!

I'm sure getting tired of hearing candidates talk about change! Like "change" in and of itself is always good.
I agree that there are things about our nation that could be much better (like taxes and immigration for instance), but can't anyone come up with a better slogan? Change, change, change, it's always about change!
There is [...]

January 25, 2008

FREE Charlotte Mason e-book

Mrs. Hannigan posted a link to a FREE Charlotte Mason method e-book: Education is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, a Life. Our homeschool incorporates some of Charlotte's methods, and we appreciate her work so much. Check it out and enjoy!

January 24, 2008

"Go Fish"…with an educational twist!

How can a 5-year-old learn to identify Chopin, Magellan, Pasteur, Watt, and 48 other notable people?
By playing the simple game of Go Fish.
But let me start at the beginning.
Over 10 years ago my husband and I purchased a deck of Composer playing cards from a music store in Anchorage, Alaska. We didn't really use them, [...]

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