May Milestone

This is going to be more of a reflection than anything else. But since my children are quickly growing past my reach, and what better way than putting the 12 year old twins next to the 2 year old short legs to see this, I will take this time to really savor the moment. [...]

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Oh, This Is Too Cool!

My son and I have been reading The Various trilogy by Steve Augarde , and I have been ruminating over a possible Midsummer Night’s Dream, fairy plays, Christian/Catholic/Jewish feasts/festivals kind of curriculum or co-op for next year (yes, one school year is not even over and I begin ~ nay, get giddy ~ thinking about [...]

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Monday Milestone ~ Maybe, Sort-of and We’ll See

Maybe Milestone… NOT!!
Weeeelllll… the milestone I thought would occur, did not. We started out this morning with my son begging his sister to ride bikes with him to the library. It would have been an accomplishment had they done it, because the library is about a mile or a little more away, down [...]

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Fun Brought To You By the Number 5 and the Letter…

Well, 5 Minutes For Mom, that is! Several fun chances to win going on. Sign up at their site for a chance to win a book called Chocolatherapy, a video set called Meet the Letters or 45 boxes of bandaids from Nexcare. Good luck!
If you’re here for a Monday Milestone, I’m expecting [...]

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Feast 144

{Featured Flickr Feast by no_surprises}
Appetizer
List 3 emotions you experienced this week.
frustration, relief and joy.

Soup
Name a car you’d love to have.
Classic Ford Mustang. Yeah, I’m predictable.
Salad
Describe your typical morning routine.
One of two: 1: I get out of bed when I hear one of my twins come downstairs, I drink some coffee, do my [...]

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Traditional Parenting

I’ve found a new columnist that I like to read ~ John Rosemond.  I’ve added his site to my blogroll under sites I like.  You should take a look, but only if you consider yourself a parent who leans toward the traditional parenting styles, otherwise you will just be mad.  He doesn’t advocate spanking, but [...]

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A Different Tack

Now that mom in the previous post who wasn’t at the picnic table ~ I can’t tell you how many times I counseled her on when to step in with other people’s children and when to just let it go. See what I mean? Sometimes my close up vision needs work but I [...]

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I Guess We Did Have One!

These memes can be a bit annoying if you serve them instead of the other way around! So, who said milestones happen on a scheduled basis? They don’t! Monday morning came and went and it wasn’t until that late afternoon that I remembered M was to go to her first storytime! [...]

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Claiming Responsibility ~ Brain Tickler

Some have asked why I read and liked the book “Atlas Shrugged”. This has a lot to do with why claiming personal responsibility has been on my mind a lot lately. In the book, lines are drawn between characters we are supposed to like and those we are not supposed to like. [...]

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Monday Milestone

I’m at a loss.  Life seems to be going along without much change from day to day.  No new words, no big accomplishments to speak of.  No little accomplishments to speak of.  The new homeschool group had it’s first “get-together”, and it was a success.  So I guess we’ll go with that.  We had an [...]

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Ya’Know ?..!..?

Living life is difficult. Or maybe I mean that it’s just not as easy as some people seem to think it is. And there’s so many different ways it can be difficult. Some have physical difficulties, by which I mean either they are physically infirmed or disabled or their circumstances lead to [...]

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Friday’s Feast

{Featured Flickr Feast by kagey_b}
Appetizer
Tell about a time when you had to be brave.
Twelve years ago this May 24 my twins decided to be born 6 1/2 weeks early.  I would have been a wreck had my husband not been there with calming words and smiles and anticipation of everything going smoothly.  I was only [...]

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More Contest Fun!

5 Minutes For Mom is at it again! I didn’t win a dagone thing during the big party in Feb (or was that March), so maybe I’m due one! I’ve entered for the book and the iPod. Keeping my fingers crossed! Even though I said in a recent feast that I’m [...]

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The Tweeners said…

Sometimes it’s the olders that say things that make me grin.  They say stuff and I just have to think, “wow, they are maturing!”.  This morning S came to me with a book that he has been reading (he’s taking forever with it ~ I told him that I’m going to start reading it in [...]

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Monday Milestone

Today is a milestone for me, so, understandably, it won’t be at all very interesting.  I have just started my second vial of allergy serum.  Still doing the shots myself, still no reactions, still congested in my nose.  235 more weeks to go.  Oh, how can I ever contain myself?

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