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7 Quick Takes: August 27, 2010 (Vol. 50)

~ 1 ~ This week, Molly started in the religious education program at our parish, since she’s in kindergarten now.  She was so excited, especially since she is in class with her two BFFs. Yes, my five year old does call her best girlfriends her “BFFs.” ~ 2 ~ Because I don’t spend enough time [...]

7 Quick Takes: July 23, 2010 (Vol. 46)

~ 1 ~ Very soon, we will be having a Chuck E. Cheese birthday party (for Jack and Noah) where there will be right around 20 children.  Yes, that’s a two and a zero.  So much for homeschool kids being unsocialized. On a funny note, I think it’s a sign that they’re homeschooled as none [...]

7 Quick Takes: June 25, 2010 (Vol. 44)

~ 1 ~ This is now the third month in a row where I have spent a week (or more) out of state.  Quite frankly, I’m pretty exhausted now.  I have been admonishing myself for getting so far behind in many things in my life (online and offline).  But, I guess when I have spent [...]

7 Quick Takes: June 18, 2010 (Vol. 43)

~ 1 ~ This week, my kids attended Vacation Bible School.  They had such a good time!  Can I just admit that I am such a softie that I get choked up watching all of the kids at VBS dancing and singing about things like God being their hero? It’s just so wonderful to see. [...]

My Legs May Be Tired, But We Have a Lot of Strawberries

Earlier this week, the kids and I went strawberry picking at a U-Pick Farm.  I was so excited prior to the picking day!  Not only were the strawberries just $1.25 per pound, but I can still remember going strawberry picking with my Mom, so I was pleased to be able to start forming those same [...]

7 Quick Takes: May 28, 2010 (Vol. 40)

~ 1 ~ Quite a while ago, Eric suggested to me that I might like a cordless mouse.  I’m a creature of habit and told him it wasn’t a big deal, and I preferred my wired mouse.  I came around to the idea recently though, and he surprised me with a great Logitech optical wireless [...]

Buying Garden Plants Before Planting Season

I have been gardening for a few years now.  Each year, as our official planting day gets very near (or sometimes right on the official planting day), we head out to the locally owned greenhouse, as well as some of the larger chains, and we pick out our plants for that year’s garden. This usually [...]

Flash Freezing Fruit to Save Money and the Environment

Forgive me, but I should have posted about flash freezing before our weather went to flash freezing in the blink of an eye.  However, I got to think about it while cleaning out my freezer and coming across cherries and blueberries.  So, I decided to go ahead and post about it right now anyway. Why [...]

7 Quick Takes: August 14th (Vol. 11)

~ 1 ~ Okay, so fight the urge to hit me. But, I actually have already bought a Christmas gift. Sure, some of you may have already bought all of your gifts. In that case, I’ll have to fight the urge to hit you. Not only did I already buy a gift, but I already [...]

7 Quick Takes – July 17th (Volume 8)

~ 1 ~ I have been thrilled to be harvesting from our garden quite a bit lately! On Thursday while I was making a cake for Jack’s birthday, Eric went out and picked a mixing bowl worth of lettuce, three or four cucumbers, one zucchini (we’ve had quite a few), and about three yellow squash. [...]

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