February 2010

Many Little Links: February 28, 2010

Ten Beauty Products In Your Kitchen – Simple Organic I haven’t tried any of these, but they look like some fabulous ideas! Make a Felt and Fabric Birthday Banner – Rosy ~ Posy This is super cute project, and I love all of the pictures so I could follow along step by step.  You know, [...]

Language of God Grammar Series from Catholic Heritage Curricula

Language arts covers such a dizzying array of subjects — from spelling to composition, from grammar to vocabulary, just to name a few.  While, for whatever reason, we have gone primarily with secular sources for much of our language arts materials, we happily use Language of God for Little Folks from Catholic Heritage Curricula for [...]

7 Quick Takes: February 26, 2010 (Vol. 31)

~ 1 ~ I’ve been a total Olympics junkie.  Since I’m always a fan of late night television anyway, I have had a fabulous time watching it.  Have you been watching the Olympics too? I have to admit to being emotional when I watch it though.  Eric would say, “When aren’t you emotional?”  But, I [...]

The Valentine’s Dance

Since Eric and I have been dating since high school, all of my memories of formals and semi-formals include him.  That’s kind of fun, I think.  I don’t have to say to people, “Oh yeah — do you remember when I went to prom with that guy?”  I can remember picking out the special dresses, [...]

How Do You Get Caught Up?

I don’t know if it’s the weather or so much sickness going around or just the time of year, but it seems like a lot of people that I have talked to lately report just feeling behind in just about everything.  I am feeling like that too.  So, of course, I know that none of [...]

Earn Money with Sponsored Tweets on Twitter

Before I give my Works for Me Wednesday tip this week, please let me say that I don’t want this to come off as saying, “Spam all of your friends and followers on Twitter.”  Please take this advice to an eye toward not filling your twitter statuses with advertisements. Okay, that said, let me continue… [...]

Where I Officially Revise My Lenten Sacrifice

Oh yeah — this is me.  I’m on the computer and this was going to be my day to shun the computer from when I woke up this morning until I wake up tomorrow morning.  But, still, here I am — on the computer. Did I give up and already break what I thought was [...]

Is The World Changing or Are We Raising Nerds?

My boys were pacing the house as they were busy pretending.  This is a favorite past time of theirs.  They walk around and come up with elaborate scenarios. On one recent walkabout the house, I overheard Jack coming up with an idea.    Noah then said, “Can we do some beta testing on that?” Beta [...]

Many Little Links: February 20, 2010

Catching Velcro Balls with our Heads and Edible Playdough You Will Want to Eat – Make and Takes Two fabulous and fun links that I think most kids would just love! Drink More Water – Organizing Your Way Great tips for getting some more water in your day. Under the Microscope – Curriculum Choice I [...]

7 Quick Takes: February 19, 2010 (Vol. 30)

~ 1 ~ The biggest event of the week around our house has been sickness.  Lots and lots of coughing and stuff noses.  Quite frankly, with three of the five of us on antibiotics, I’m getting really tired of it.   As I mused on Facebook the other night, “I think my lungs are trying [...]

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