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7 Quick Takes: December 10, 2010 (Vol. 63)

~ 1 ~ Today, my kids had two families worth of friends over for a total of 12 kids for the afternoon.  We had lunch, everyone played nicely, we did Shrinky Dinks (which none of the kids had ever used before), a couple of the older girls worked on some beading projects, we watched Olive [...]

7 Quick Takes: October 1, 2010 (Vol. 55)

~ 1 ~ Apparently this is the year of the U-Pick Farms in our house.  We had never taken the kids to any U-Pick farms prior to this year.  However, in the early summer, we went to the strawberry patch (where they kids were less than helpful).  Then, this week, we went an apple orchard [...]

7 Quick Takes: August 6, 2010 (Vol. 48)

~ 1 ~ From the “You’ve Got to Be Kidding, Right?” Department: My Mom had follow up appointments this week with the surgeon from her emergency open heart surgery on July 1st, and then with her cardiologist.  There was some discussion of recent chest pain she has been having, and so she is having a [...]

7 Quick Takes: June 11, 2010 (Vol. 42)

~ 1 ~ This week, Eric and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. My parents were very generous and offered to watch the kids as Eric and I drove out of town to go to The Melting Pot for dinner.  I had been there once (with family on a girls weekend away), and Eric had [...]

Why Noah Had Difficulty with Ode to Joy

One of the first real songs (other than “Hot Cross Buns”) that we all recognized that both of the boys played was “Ode to Joy.”  It’s a song that I have loved for a long time, so it was fun for everyone. Now that Noah is in the next set of piano books, he has [...]

How to Use Your iPod Touch as a PDA

I recently shared that I had declared that I “needed” a PDA (personal digital assistant — like a Palm Pilot or the like).  I also shared in that same Quick Takes that I realized that my iPod Touch (that I already own) would do just about everything that I wanted a PDA for anyway. When [...]

7 Quick Takes: March 12, 2010 (Vol. 33)

~ 1 ~ I got to have the loveliest experience this week.  I sat for two hours in the waiting room of an occupational therapy/physical therapy clinic while Jack had two different appointments. That may sound like I’m being sarcastic, but, the beauty in it was that Eric had taken the afternoon off of work.  [...]

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 [...]

7 Quick Takes: January 8, 2010 (Vol. 26)

~ 1 ~ As I already mentioned earlier this week, Brenda and I have been busy the last few months working on two sites that launched earlier this week — The Homeschool Classroom (which is not new, of course, but moved to WordPress) and then Homeschool Lifestyle Media. If you haven’t stopped by the big [...]

7 Quick Takes: December 18, 2009 (Volume 25)

~ 1 ~ Today I was so excited to finish up school with the kids before starting our Christmas Break.  The kids were excited too, but I think I might have been even more excited. The house was kind of messy, and so when we finished school I told them we all had to clean [...]

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