Archive for June, 2008
Works For Me Wednesday – Yahoo Groups
There are Yahoo Groups for just about anything. Seriously.
Are you a giraffe lover?
Perhaps your a Hugh Jackman fan.
Or maybe what you want is to learn how to knit.
And if there’s not one that fits your fancy, you can create one. I haven’t done that yet, but I have joined up to about half a dozen [...]
My Imperfect Husband
My husband is far from perfect.
That may seem a bit harsh of a statement considering this is Father’s Day and all! Today you’ll find all sort of tributes to amazing husbands everywhere. But humor me for a moment..
It is true that my husband isn’t much for romantic gestures. He doesn’t really care for going out [...]
Why Did God Create Poison Ivy?
There are a ton of things we will never understand about God’s plan, like “Why did God create black widows or scorpions?” or “Why did God create the terrible twos?” My question for today is: “Why, oh why, did God create poison ivy?!” As far as I can tell it serves no purpose. If I’m [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Another Summer Giveaway
Yes, another great summer giveaway! (Must be in the air…)
5 Minutes for Mom is hosting the Creative Summer Days Giveaway with a different giveaway each day this week. All you have to do is stop by the post for each item and enter. Easy as pie, right?
So, would you like a Super Fort for your [...]
Shannon’s Summer Giveaway to End All Giveaways
Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer is hosting a giveaway that surpasses all her previous giveaways. She has compiled a prize pack worth over three hundred dollars for one lucky winner, and all you have to do is leave a comment before June 14th telling her what your favorite thing is about summer.
Sounds easy enough [...]
Free School Books Always Work For Me!
Sound good to you? I thought it might.
I recently learned about a non-profit organization called Book Samaritan that supplies curriculum to home schoolers who need the extra help.
How marvelous!
They work entirely on a donation basis – which means they rely on the donations of others to make it work. So if you’re not interested or [...]
Tackling the Bookshelves in the School Area
The tall bookshelf in the school room has been through a lot of transformations over the last year and a half. It has pretty much been some variation of having school books on the top two shelves and small toys and books for Little Prince on the bottom two shelves. All of the girls reading [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Dress Rehearsal Day – Some Stats
Just a quick post with some stats.
The Day of the Dress Rehearsal:
2 Little girls
2 Leotards, 2 Pair of Tights, 4 Tap Shoes, 4 Ballet Slippers
2 Tutus, 1 Fringe Skirt, 4 Feathery Attachments
7 Safety Pins
2 baths
3 ponytail holders, 2 bobby pins, 1 can of mousse, 1 can of hairspray, 1 brush, 1 comb
30 minutes of French [...]
WFMW – 10 Things To Do This Summer
It’s another themed Works for Me Wednesday – apparently Shannon is concerned her children are going to get bored over the summer and we’ve been invited to throw our ideas for summer entertainment into the mix. Well, here goes!!
Make your own craft and art supplies. Make chalk, paint, facepaint, goop, slime, you name it. Not [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Organizing the Kids Closets
May is over. June is here. It’s time again for Laura’s Monthly Organizing Round-Up. This month’s challenge was the kids room – in part, in whole, or whatever! My chosen task was to organize the kids’ closets.
I mean, yeah, we organized them when we originally organized the kids’ rooms for the first challenge. At that [...]
