Tag: money
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More About the Tadpoles (May 17, 2011)
So third-born S queried, “Dad, why are there tadpoles swimming in the dishwasher?” Let’s back up. We were given the tadpoles by the Mr. P, an amazingly bright friend of ours, also homeschooled, extremely bright parents and sisters. I know, I just used the word bright twice in the same sentence. But this family is…
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Dad, why are there tadpoles in the… (May 12, 2011)
(Estimated reading time 5 minutes] You know we have five children. You know four of them are boys. You know the end of that question will make you pee on yourself. Go pee now. Just empty your bladder and come back. Okay…I realize you didn’t pee, but you must live with your incontinence, not me.…
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Click Here to Redeem the Time (April 20, 2011)
{Reading time: 1 minute} My email went bezerk. Short version is that one software program blew up and I’ve had to redirect my email to a different account. That account goes to my phone and that means that ALL of my notification and coupon-like email is coming through my phone! So, I’ve purposed today that…
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Paralyzed from Prayer (March 11, 2011)
Pray for Japan and the surrounding areas, please. Now this should go without saying, but apparently, it must be said. Please pray for Japan, the decision-making authorities, the medical professionals, the children, the …everybody. On various phone calls today several folks have told me that they got no sleep because they were up all night…
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One Week (February 26, 2011)
{Reading time: approximatley 1-2 minutes.} What can you do in one week? Sometimes I can clean the whole house in a week. Sometimes I can complete all my lesson planning for a year in a week. Some weeks are spent in brain-melt mode. You know, like the week between Christmas and New Year. It’s all…
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Mad Dash to the End (January 27, 2011)
There are 4 days remaining in my blog challenge. I can still finish. They talked about someone who joined with 4 days and finished all 31. I have a list of topics, but haven’t had time to write them. So my goal is to go ahead and finish. For those who have tried to follow…
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Court Crochet (January 24, 2011)
Reading time 1-2 minutes. It’s a new sport: Court Crochet. You crochet while you son or daughter dribbles a basketball up and down the court with their peers. Quite a few dishcloths, afghans, lap blankets, and baby blankets can be produced with this sport. All you need it a small water-resistant bag that fits snuggly…
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A Briden All Forlorn (January 19, 2011)
Reading time: 1-2 minutes. Mr. S is AMAZING!!! Seriously, this kid is just a gifted speaker. We have speech club in a couple of days and I decided that he should recite a poem since he gets so frustrated with the current stage of his reading skills (has the heart to read War and Peace,…
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The Ultimate Search Engine (January 16, 2011)
Over the Christmas holiday we watched a few episodes of The Bloomberg Game Changers. (Yes, we’re nerds.) Anyway, pretty good biographies about business folks who have impacted the flow of business, social culture, and economics in recent history. The stories of Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft were featured, of course. I was impressed with the story…
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No Red (January 14, 2011)
Let’s start off with I do NOT like to shop for clothes. Add to the equation that I have four boys. Factor in that I had a baby girl AFTER the four boys. The result? I am VERY blessed and my daughter won’t look like a ragamuffin. When clothes started pouring in for her from…
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The Inner Circle: Boundaries (January 13, 2011)
Estimated Reading Time: 3-4 minutes. Do you ever feel like you’re losing control of your life? As if you don’t know how you got to where you are? And it seems like every time anyone does or says anything to you, there’s a major conversation going on in your brain. Your husband says or does…
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Ma-muh-maaaa (January 11, 2011)
That’s my new name. Also known in first baby words as “Mama.” Yes, my little princess said Mama. And then she fussed. She was in the exersaucer at the time, so I looked over at her and said, “It’s okay sweetie, mommy’s right here.” And she settled and gave me the smile of the year.…