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“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”― Martin Luther King Jr.That's a tough one, don't ya think? And yet I believe with all my heart that is what enabled Dr. King to pursue his peaceful path...starting today I will work on this myself. I have gotten very far from forgiveness and have felt such resentment and anger; it's time to find a way to release it and finally

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For today anyway, lol!Subjects covered today were regrouping addition, money math, algebra, distances, properties of matter, foreign language, reading, physical fitness, time management, responsibility--and all that in about 2 hours. :-D Yes some of it was just part of practical everyday life, but so much of our homeschooling does evolve from that.Zachary learned about regrouping, how to properly

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Can't all the kids like me at the same time?? Actually if that happened it would probably scare the youknowwhat out of me and I'd be in a straightjacket somewhere...I do really and truly love being a mom, with all my heart and soul, with all the UPS and downs, I wouldn't change a thing.

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Okay no, this is not my official "writing" but WOW, Eversave has a fantastic deal right now...pay $10 for $20 to spend at Overstock.com  . I'm loving all these deals like this that keep turning up :)  Just click on this LINK FOR EVERSAVE to purchase your deal.

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I couldn't think of a title for today's post. I'm drawing a complete blank. Give me a title--any title. I want to write today but am drawing a complete blank. I suppose that's a sad state of affairs when I can't even retrieve what it is my mind is trying to get out! I could sit here and torture myself, staring at the blank screen or I can ask for help. I'm a big proponent of asking for help ;)

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Thank you to Chris VanZant, of Thunder 106, for posting the Cameron quote in the title. I am thankful for this holiday; even with the overshadowing of the holidays preceding and proceeding this day, this day brings us to our core of humanity--to remember all the blessings in our lives and be thankful for those blessings. I am thankful for who I was, who I am now, and who I will be in the future.

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The real reason I had children: to have people to watch the Macy's parade with me, and if they get tired of my corny sappiness and make fun of me, I can threaten them with being grounded and then I still have people to watch the parade with. Amen. :)

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Black Friday-Small Business Saturday-Cyber Monday Are YOU Ready?!?! HOAC (Hands of a Child) is having a HUGE Black Friday  Sale with up to 45% discounts on Hands of a Child Products.* They will also be offering additional discounts up to 30% on ALL other products they carry during CYBER MONDAY.*  And NEW this year--HOAC will be participating in Small Business Saturday, which brings you even MORE

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Ah, the blissful sounds of children doing their schoolwork as mother prepares lunch. Youngest child espousing and demonstrating his newest international knowledge. Yea, whatever. M wants to know what's the big deal if she only missed by "a hundred cents." D decides to make that second sandwich, after the first one made up of a pound of fabulously processed deli turkey didn't fill him up, rather

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With a little help from my (internet) friends. Okay, a LOT of help from the internet lol. First up, replacing the power supply unit (PSU). I wish I had saved the site I found where one person gave some really great advice to buy an Antec PSU. The 350w would have been fine for my PC, but I ended up buying the 450d Green. I priced PSU's at my local Best Buy stores and the least expensive was a

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overheard while Zachary and Mallory were playing Monopoly: Mallory:"Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200, go directly to jail" Zachary:"We'll see what my lawyer has to say about that!"

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A beautiful, blazing light entered the world and, after 3 days with no name, came to be known as Mallory Faith. Ten pounds 3 ounces of energy, fun, mischief, determination, attitude, and love charged into our lives (once she finally decided she'd allow them to deliver her!). Vaseline head to toe and wall to wall, peanut butter and fluff body painting--jumbled in with one of the most loving and

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This is a new blog "game" I saw on Holly Bee's Blog and I like it! I hope those of you reading that are also bloggers play along, too. I especially like it cause I have a whole year to fulfill the pay-it-forward of the game. The procrastinator/perfectionist (yes I actually consider myself both, go figure) in my is already freaking out--only 365 days?? What if this happens or that happens or

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This child of mine, this gift of pure joy has nothing that needs to be fixed. He is a work in progress, a light that shines into dark recesses that, without him, would have gone unnoticed. His world is simple and sensible and when it begins to get complicated, he finds his way to a soothing, simple, and sensible place. I am his rock, yet he is a rock for so many. Joy and laughter and love emanate

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This came out so good! There really is bread-making-life after the bread machine.  ;-P  Heavy and cakey and stringy and sweet...with just enough bread texture to keep it out of official cake status. While you certainly don't have to use wheat flour (otherwise known as "that disgusting brown flour" by one 17 year old boy...), I have come to realize that using at least a 70/30 ratio of regular

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Someone needs to tell Mother Nature it's time for her son Heat Miser to go down for his nap. Took a walk this morning and rather than crisp air and crunch leaves, and, although the sun was shining (yay! there's my positive attitude for the day), it was as soggy outside as a bowl of Cheerios prepared by Zach 2 hours before you wake up. Best of intentions but not so delicious in both situations.

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I have without a doubt come to realize that my internal clock wakes me up at 5am. Obviously by stating that I believe there is such a thing as an "internal clock." A few years ago I'd have guffawed at anyone talking about it--okay, okay, I don't guffaw but it sure seemed like a good word to use; I'll use "scoffed" instead: a few years ago I'd have scoffed at anyone saying we have internal clocks.

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Seventeen years ago, I was just a few short hours from meeting you. Thirty hours had passed since I arrived at the hospital and still you weren't in my arms. As I look back on that time now, it dawns on me that those hours in labor were calm and steady, but oh so slow--yet strong forward progress all along. You're arrival was easy: no surprises, no prolonged hard pushing, no pulling or prodding

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I stepped outside this morning for my usual walk with my dog. The crispness in the air filled me with a wistfulness for...oh now seriously, come on--truth is, I got pulled outside by the dog and yanked along the walk, freezing my butt off telling her to hurry up and POOP, getting strange looks for having conversations with my dog, and couldn't get back home fast enough! I did notice the crispness

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http://www.refresheverything.com/connectionstofreedomHelp me help others

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I admit it, I am a sappy, get-goosebumps-in-any-given-corny-moment, lover of all things passionate and beautiful. Hearing "The Sound of Music" surprisingly played by the Army Band--goosebumps. Birds cast in shadow flying across a twilight blue sky? Goosebumps. The closing scene of a musical production? You guessed it, goosebumps! (and often a tear or two, I just can't help myself!) But today, as

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Excited doesn't begin to describe how I feel! As some of you know, last year I tried to get my idea--to provide no-contract, prepaid, wireless internet modems plus 2 netbooks to Providence House--approved for the Pepsi Refresh project. I tried for months; each first of the month I'd wait until midnight and start submitting, and each next day I'd find out I wasn't one of the first 1000. Eventually

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I asked for help with some lapbooking ideas that were listed as part of our Story of the World lesson plans on Homeschool Tracker ... I didn't get the exact one I was looking for, but thanks to Patty at Shiver Academy , I now have some terrific activities to go along with our SOTW Ancient History Volume 1, and wanted to be sure to share them with you, too. Run of the Mill Family Blogspot -----

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I should have known better, I really should have known. Actually I'll let myself off the hook just a bit because I had not imagined how very crowded it would be at the carnival. For everything else-did I mention yet that I should have known better? M and her friend had a good time. Two twelve year olds walking around a carnival with a pocket full of tickets--yep, that works for them!  And D was

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That was the Facebook status post of Hallmark earlier today. In the moments after I read the status, those words told me to embrace every moment and the people that flitter in and out of those moments. Nothing is permanent--allow me to rephrase that: no thing is permanent. Love is truly forever, it is the one essence of ourselves we possess that can be felt forever. To love big is not about

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Saltines without the salt are just tines(read as "teens" or my joke's no good). And we all know how yucky those can be, blech!

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There is truly good out there-EVERYWHERE. I believe that with all my heart. It is so very easy for us to find things to be mad-hurt-disgusted-sad about...why is that? Why does it seem to take such effort to make ourselves see all the good? It is everywhere. I have been moved to such deep emotion by unconditional acts of generosity over the past couple years that I find myself having no choice but

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While my head is still spinning with the madness that is taking your kids out for ice cream, I thought I should write quickly about it. Except that my head is still spinning from taking my kids out for ice cream. Was it the kids fighting for their bite of one of my onion rings that A took the first bite of and couldn't bite through but kept trying and ended up drooling all over the table? Was it

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I downloaded the Chrysler "Text U L8R". Well LET ME TELL YOU sumpin, it is dangerOUS! I thought it was a great idea, thinking it was something that would not alert the person receiving the text and would simply send an automatic text to the sender that the receiver is driving. I hadn't tried it yet, so on the way home from a grueling shopping trip to Wegman's (a trip just for milk that resulted

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Zachary is drawing a wonderful picture of our dentist. In one hand is the mirror, the other is the "hooky thing he checks your teeth with."  My jaw clenched. Mallory, my sweet, innocent little pink bunny, keeps thinking she should remind me I should start getting ready for my dentist appointment. Shoulders up to my ears, jaw still clenched. Then comes Dylan. "Oh yea, you have a dentist

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This is my latest knitting project. Alexis wants a spiral scarf and I of course insisted I WILL MAKE IT! Oy, the echo keeps playing over and over in my head, and I am cursing my stubbornness. My mom originally gave me the pattern, I tried it but, when only seeing the triangular shapes forming and not a hint of spiral, I pulled it out and started over. And tried again. And pulled it out again.

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I'm not sure what is more heartbreaking for me: when Zachary is having a (more and more rare) meltdown, or how he recovers from the meltdown. I am so sad for him when he is having a meltdown because I know there is such an intense level of frustration going on and he just can't sort it out anymore. Yes, I know that's the root of anyone's meltdown; with spectrum kids it is just unavoidable once

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I know I've typed before about safety concerns with Zachary, particularly about crossing the street and parking lots. We've worked through that. Not as a parent would work through street and parking lot safety with a "neuro-typical" child--reminders and timeouts just did not work. The solution really was (is) quite simple, Zachary holds my hand or arm. We still practice all the time, I still have

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I'm thankful. I'm thankful I had all of my kids in synagogue with me tonight. I'm thankful for the sarcasm they throw at me when they are together, because usually that means at least 2 of them are in on it which means they are bonding, lol! I'm thankful for the congregation at our synagogue, a group of people that never ever stop making us (and everyone) feel welcome and part of the TS family.

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This is a full lapbook project from Hands of a Child, based around the book "The Big Snow," the grade recommendations are K-2.  Go to Hands of A Child online Enjoy!

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Now I bet you thought this was going to be a post about the kids and struggles with getting them to write. Well nope! Its all about me, how 'bout that! I'm challenging myself (yes, the voices in my head are at it again....) to blog much more. I guess if I'm measuring against my more recent track record for blogging I'm not up for too much of a challenge but I'm actually going to set--dare I say

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Really, seriously, I am working on changing our eating habits. Stop laughing. I bought wheat bread instead of the usual paste--uh, I mean white bread. I've gotten the kids used to it before and figured it was high time we started again, especially since homemade has consisted of ripping open the resealable freezer bag of whatever frozen delicacy was available for dinner. At least there was some

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Why in the world do I ever doubt the idea of natural learning? "Doubt it", heck I go through times when I rail against it, running wildly through the house "WE HAVE TO GET THE BOOKS OUT!" in my panicked state. Yet time and time again I see the kids all learn more, about everything every day, then they learn about specific things when bogged down by bookwork. Don't get me wrong, I am not a

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....I have ADD! Okay this is not a new revelation here, I've known it for a couple years. I firmly believe I've had it my entire life. Yes I did great in school but only until I got to college. It all came so easily for me, tests, homework, in school writing assignments, no problem. For the very few occasions that I had to write papers, I did it last minute and, on 2 separate occasions, not at

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....and when placed on top of bacon to prevent grease splatter in oven, it may become engulfed in fire in the oven. I kinda said "oh no" (no caps on purpose), then did a little bit of a "UHHHHHHH....", and thought I should maybe think about gettin' the fire extinguisher cause the flames were shooting up over the edge of the stove even, but then guess what? The wax paper was all gone, no more

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To quote Dylan: "3, 15, and 60" when discussing the broad range of levels of expressions that come from Zachary. About an hour ago I was continuing the search for the final missing piece of Zach's costume (could that be the same costume I kept saying "don't play with it, you'll lose pieces of it??? lol), and Zachary said "Mommy, come here....", hugged me and continued "don't worry Mommy, I have

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 A Family Friendly Halloween Adventure A fun day of crafts, games, food, hayride and a campfire with stories. at Camp Sun 'N Fun 1036 N. Tuckahoe Rd Williamstown, NJ 08094 Saturday AfternoonsOctober 16th & 23rd from 4-8pmRaindates: Sunday, October 17th & 24th Armbands are $10 per child and include all activities. (Only 1 of each activity per child

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"Women are Angels. And when someone breaks our wings... We simply continue to fly .... on a broomstick... We are flexible..." Thanks Kim  :)

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Click on this link Chuck E. Cheese's Ticket Blaster online to get free CEC's tickets; you can only redeem one reward per child per visit.

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We finished this lapbook in...well, several months ago but never got pix taken. This is another one of Zachary's: Front cover Inside front cover Umiak vs Kayak (Zachary verbalized, I wrote lol) Inside "Jacks notebook" (Magic Treehouse) and Venn diagram (Zachary came up with that one himself!) Inuit family minibook, How to build an igloo, and a picture of Zach and the igloo they built out back

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WOW. Mallory just presented me with an astounding lightbulb moment. Now it may not be a lightbulb moment to you, it may well seem like a fizzing out bulb or even a cracked bulb; well that makes sense cause we all know I'm a bit crazy. :-D She came to me to tell me something and I was about to roll my eyes and say "Mallory stop getting distracted, Zachary and I need you to finish your lapbook NOW

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While I suspected this before and had stopped giving Zachary claritin off and on, I am now completely positive that it affected his mood and behavior. He had been back on it for the past few weeks because his allergies were getting bad. When Zachary's allergies are bad, not only does he have to typical allergic symptoms but he wakes up overnight with night terrors (which I've begun to wonder if

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Click on the Pepsi "widget" in the sidebar to vote to fund research for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. A good friend of mine has a beautiful baby girl with SMA. Susan is an amazing woman and mother, there are no words to describe her strength, perseverance, and beauty (inside and out); she and her children deserve the hope this kind of funding can provide. Please Vote! If the link doesn't work, use the

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I was typing a reply to an email and the thoughts on Zachary and autism are swirling. I just had to get it out and always welcome your input.For me, what I mean by not wanting to "fix" him goes to the core of who he is that I don't want to change. Yes I absolutely want to help him through the anxieties, the melt-downs/rages, the flapping or humming, recognizing pain, etc. I homeschool my son and

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I always thought when I heard "I HATE You!!" come from the mouths of my babes I'd be reduced to tears, utterly and completely hurt beyond any verbal or written description. Uh, enter the joys of parenting! How else to explain that when I hear "I HATE YOU!!!" I smile and think, "oh I love you too!" Yea yea, you could explain it by reason of insanity and as I have often espoused here, that would be

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Its soooo hard. I mean I am getting really, extremely, very dizzy doing this job, its making me insane! Okay, well, if I'm being honest (please read with a British accent ie: a certain judge on a certain singing reality show), I'm dizzy cause I'm trying to count snowflakes to answer a question the youngest once posed. Hey--trying to be a good mom here, I'm just sayin'! And making me insane? HA ha

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Isn't that supposed to be a simple thing to figure out? This system of checks and balances, of separation of powers...our country has deviated so very far from the original purposes of the constitution. When I have to call 20 different people, and leave 20 different voice mail messages, and get not one call back--all within one county system, I see that as clear evidence our system is FLAWED

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So I have to post an entry in my blog for my school assignment. Which is a good thing, because it got me looking back at my blog, and now Dylan is looking at my blog asking if I ever use it, which leads me to believe my children don't appreciate my writings. School is fantastic. I actually have no words to describe the feeling I get from being in a classroom and learning. And no I'm not just

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PACT--Parents of Autistic Children Together. I've been part of the yahoo group for several months, read posts, watched as activities were listed. Today Zachary and I headed out to our first get together with the group, a luncheon at Old Country Buffet.When I presented the news to Zachary, I told him we were going to go out to lunch with a group of parents and their kids, and a lot of the kids "

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I entered another blogging contest, Its the French's Cook-Off 2009!. I love broccoli and cheddar bites, or spinach and artichoke bites (frozen foods, vegetarian of course, lol!) the dip suggestions on the back were too mayonnaise'y (yes, its a word in my own personal dictionary thankyouverymuch) so I improvised my own. Adjust for your own little tastebuds preferences, and enjoy!2 tbsp horseradish

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh I crack myself up! Hey, calm usually goes hand in hand with normal, right? And normal is soooo completely overrated, so calm must be like totally beyond good. And I'll stick with that belief cause then I can continue to remain in the chaotic pandemonium that is our lives and be completely ignorant to any other way of life. This week brings change-more metaphoric than anything.

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First is the pizza dough recipe, from http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes/article/46/28295 The website has loads of tips and hints. It really is incredible and just as described: sweet and chewy inside and slightly crispy outside. I didn't use semolina flour but plan on using it next time--I can't imagine it tasting even better! Also, I used my bread machine. If you do, just put ingredients into

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As a homeschool mom I've always loved that little saying. We don't ever really stop homeschooling; our crazy schedule just keeps us going as the wind blows, lol! But I must admit I can't help myself when all the back-to-school-sales start raging around. Seriously, who can resist a brand new pack of Ticondaroga's, the pencils that

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How do you pronounce SAHM?Is it SAM?Is it SAHuM?The end. YEs, that's all. I was typing it into yet another profile application page and thought, for the umpteenbillionth time, really now, how do you "say" that.

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This is a wonderful read for anyone, at any time. The timing of it, for me, was perfect.***************************************************************************** My Declaration of Self-Esteem by Virginia Satir (1975)I AM MEIn all the world, there is no one else like me.There are persons who have parts like me, but no one adds up exactly like me.Therefore, everything that comes from me is

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I hesitated blogging yesterday because I was waiting for some profound words to come to me. Well, here I am...on Wednesday cause nuttin profound has hit but I still wanted to blog anyway. I'm so glad I don't do that to myself as much anymore--the whole perfectionism/shut down stuff. Pointless, dumb, gobbledegook! Oh man I just love that word, don't you love that word "gobbledegook"? It was in my

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For the time being, I've set this to private. Sorry if anyone gets duplicate "invites", it was complicated and its early in the morning. ;) And by the way Mr. Weatherman, where is the sun??

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To start this off, I have to say that I am supposed to be doing my final weekly assignment for class. I stumbled across a reading that relates to Zachary; perhaps stumbled is a poor word choice. It does seem that when given the choice of a topic to research, I have tended to favor all things autism. I want to understand, I want to feel, I want to grab hold of it and KNOW the ins and outs

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This is Mallory's much anticipated, long awaited, oh-my-LORD-Mommy's-getting-irritated Art Appreciation Lapbook. A full 4 months in the making. Without further ado:This is the front cover...its one of her favorite paintings, by Renoir; we happen to have a copy of it made by a friend of my Aunt Martha's. For years I thought it was supposed to be Aunt Martha and a couple of her sisters. One day at

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I love these, and should use others more often! I haven't bought bisquick in a long time, this recipe for pancake mix is fantastic. If you let it sit about 10 minutes after you make the batter, you get extra fluffy, light pancakes! Make sure you use really fresh baking powder.FOR THE MIX:12 cups flour4 cups dry instant powdered milk3/4 cup baking powder3/4 cup sugar2 Tbsp. saltI use a huge

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I'm writing about this HUGE issue looming in the very near future, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). It was quietly passed into law this past summer, and will go into effect February 10, 2009, a date dubbed "National Bankruptcy Day". This law, as written, is as vague as can be, and has the potential to take down hundreds and thousands of small and home-based businesses all over

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM IN THE HANDS OF A CHILDJanuary 12, 2009Dear Valued Customers,Due to the new CPSIA law In the Hands of a Child, for the time being, is discounting our Kit Pack inventory in order to lessen our possible loss in the event that an exemption is not granted.While we are still praying for this situation to work out for all small businesses we feel that it is in our best interest

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So the S word has been coming up as a topic on some loops again. Its the dreaded....dare I say it...socialization topic. !GASP! How is it that I can hear how good the kids are, what wonderful conversationalists they can be, how smart they are, and then "but are they socialized?". Excuuuuuuuuse me? Sounds like a question about a pet. What a cute puppy, so calm, and so well behaved--but is he

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Okay, can I just say, YUUUUUUUUUK! So obviously I'm saying it and not really asking if I can say it. Starting the day after Christmas, this house has had so much bodily fluid expulsion we might could be able to market out to Nickelodeon for slime at a reeeeeeeeeeeeeeal cheap rate. Go ahead, say it--EW. Before I get any more disgusting, I'll stop. I guess we'll be seeing people again around,

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I got this in my email, we all loved it!"THE FOURTEEN DAYS OF HOMESCHOOLING"written by a homeschool mom and her kids(Sing this to the tune of "THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS")On the first day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Can you home school legally?"♪♪♪On the second day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Are they socialized, can you home school legally?"♪♪♪On the third day of home

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Its done its done! Wow, we hadn't realized quite how much info we had amassed. This took longer than expected, there were the ruts of "I don't wanna work on it agaaaaaiiiinnnn." I think the best part was just how proud Z is of it! He decided early this week that it was time to finish it, and, of course, Mommy was "but don't you want to add this...." and "but we need to finish that.....". He said

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I saw the little poem thingy that I added on the side, over there ------>and then got this video of #4, its all perfect together! It got started by the usual "Mommy, can I have some stuff out of the craft stuff?" Things like this help me, for the umpteenth time, remember all that I love about homeschooling. :D

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Kelley presented me with the Honest Blogger award, asking me to play along and I gladly accept. :D Hmmmm, ten honest things about myself, that's tough! I am creative, honest, passionate, loyal, loving, giving, affectionate, caring, funny, and of course a little bit crazy!

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GOOD LORD. Joy Behar has been spouting her *un*education yet again, with her very classy, intellectual blanket statement that all homeschoolers and their parents are demented and afraid of other children. Here is the clip, you can fast forward to about 7 minutes in for the fabulous words...I need not defend our choices, I am quite confident in what we do, and am positive its the right thing for

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Thanks to Kelley for the correction in address:Here's a tinyurl for the page with the info.:http://tinyurl.com/5e38g5From their website:"Holiday cards should be mailed to:Holiday Mail for HeroesP.O. Box 5456Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456All cards must be postmarked no later than Dec. 10. Cards should not bemailed or delivered to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. "Kelley

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The main thing I've noticed, is Zach's "bumps" are smoothing out. He has had, since he was a baby, "bumpy" skin. Its been called psoriasis, eczema--but as with many things with Zachary, what he has didn't quite fit either diagnosis. Without a doubt, there is a calming of sorts after taking his Omega 3 supplement. I'll keep you posted! ha ha ha, get it, "posted"?? You know, like I'm posting

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I'm going to start altering Z's diet, and thought I might as well keep a diary of it, here online, where you all can watch and either give input or be helped, or neither, whatever floats ya' boat. ;) So today, I've removed milk. Yes, that's all, and only the liquid, not all dairy yet. I really would like to get to where I eliminate all dairy if necessary, or get to gluten/cassein free, but

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Go to http://www.cmt.com/interact/music_city_madness/vote/ to vote for this talented NJ homeschooled teen! Her post most recently:PLEASE take a few min. vote for me (CHELSEA MUSICK ).. I'm on the right hand side of the pageYou can submit as many votes as you want they don't have a limit.This guy I'm up against is ahead by a lot.The voting link is _www.cmt.com/interact/

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I was shopping at BJ's the other day, and of course I found myself browsing the books, as I always do. Most of you that read this and know me know that I do have an addiction--to books. The smell, the sounds of pages rustling, the crackling of a brand new book being opened for the first time, the feelings stirred (or not depending on the book lol) upon reading the first few words shared by

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In our hearts, on our minds--where the memories of the events of 9/11/2001 should be. Time does heal all wounds, but still, we MUST remember, so that it doesn't happen again. As the time of the morning approaches the point when the first plane struck, all of my being is taken back. My heart rate is quickening, hands are sweating, as if it is all about to happen again. I think of Sondra, who

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For the full list of 25 things, go to:http://www.secular-homeschooling.com/index.htmlEnjoy!The Bitter Homeschooler's Wish List By Deborah Markus, from Secular Homeschooling, Issue #1, Fall 2007*posted with permission*1 Please stop asking us if it's legal. If it is — and it is — it's insulting to imply that we're criminals. And if we were criminals, would we admit it?2 Learn what the words "

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Ahhhhhhhh...that's a sigh of relief. Rodney has a new job, a good one! Its incredibly local, only a mile from where we live, which is TERRIFIC (ya know, I still remember how to spell that by thinking of the goose in Charlotte's Web!), and he likes it, he really likes it! Yes, there's a big hole to dig out of, but we can certainly at least see the sky again. Thanks to everyone who kept us in

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I just saw the US Womens' rowing team win gold, and cried, again, as our national anthem was played while our glorious flag rose highest in the air. Each and every gold ceremony I've seen, I feel such deep, passionate patriotism. Its the same feeling I get when, on the 4th of July as the fireworks are blazing in the sky, I think about how amazing that hundreds of thousands of other Americans

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When they say they feel like they're going crazy...."Of course you're crazy--its genetic!! Embrace it, don't fight it!!"--Linda Osmun, proud to be the author of that one ;)

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So, to shorten the story, I hate ironing, don't do it, and everyone knows it.Okay, there's more. Rodney had an interview and asked if I'd iron his "interview" uniform, as I call it. Otherwise known as shirt, tie, dress slacks (otherwise known as pants). Why are dress pants called slacks? Why don't we use that word anymore? My kids don't know what slacks are, they looked at me like I had two

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The sign is gone! I'm happy. Because I know it was all cause of my blog. Yep, uh huh, all cause of my 304 person visited website. LOLLOL. Okay, maybe not; okay, totally not, but still, the sign is gone. Yes, I know, rough times call for rougher measures and all, but that just did not seem right to me. Hopefully its not just moved to another street.

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Our youngest has been getting vision therapy, today was the 4th session, although the first session was mainly evaluating. We're seeing Dr. Steve Gallop (http://www.gallopintovision.com/ ), and are really seeing progress! I definitely went into this with a good, positive attitude, and I think you'd need that for any type of therapy, whether alternative or traditional, so that you and your child

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that can actually make you money! The official launch is August, so get in before then to begin generating revenue. I was skeptical and held off for a bit, but have researched and checked and double checked and so far, have found nothing but positives. Let me know if you find anything out yourself--but it appears to be what it says it is, and if so, hey a few extra dollars would be good!

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This first one is all too familiar to everyone...crazy rising gas prices. This one was $3.29 in April....then one short month later, $4.09************************************************************************Next, you just won't believe:cause I know I didn't believe it, its a foreclosure tour bus! Sorry, but this just made me sick to my stomach. Yea, I know, desparate times call for desparate

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Yo, what the heck??? Why is it you can give them not only a list, not just the exact name, not only the aisle number, but even an exact photographic image of the store with the exact location of the product you want, and STILL he'll get it wrong? How does "if you can, before you leave work (which is the mall), will you go to BATH AND BODY WORKS and get me "warm vanilla sugar bubble bath, and we

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Mallory finished her lapbook, she is very very proud. There is so much we both learned that isn't in the lapbook, mommy could have gone on for a while but since it isn't my lapbook (yes, I'm accepting that fact), I let go of control. I'm all "oh honey, don't you want to put that sticker here to balance the page?" "maybe that mini book should go at the bottom ever so slightly, like 1/16 of an inch

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Home-schoolers threaten our cultural comfort Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:50 pm (PDT)*SONNY SCOTT*6/8/2008 9:39:01 AMDaily JournalYou see them at the grocery, or in a discount store.It's a big family by today's standards - "just like stair steps," as the old folks say. Freshly scrubbed boys with neatly trimmed hair if you've met us, you know our version of neatly trimmed hair is of a different perception

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For those of you unschoolers out there--now I'm not what I'd call an unschooler, quite yet, LOL, but the more I head towards that path, the more I see it working! We've not done official "book learning" in quite a while, but Mallory is on the write on/wipe off board doing multiplication! We've talked about real life multiplication, this morning it came up when we were talking about how Koala's

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We actually completed something, whoa, I'm feeling a little dizzy, hold on. Okay, so, we finished a whole lapbook! Zachary did his on dinosaurs, it started small and sure got big, he kept wanting to add things, it wasn't me I swear! ;) Okay, maybe some things were me, but mostly it was him. He is so proud, and me too! Here we go..... (more pictures to come, having some technical difficulties) Oh,

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I just couldn't sleep this morning, too much on my mind that even medicine couldn't quiet, and finally got up at 4:25am. Its such an inspiring time of day to be awake. There's a quiet and stillness in the house. Outside, the world around has just awoken, too, but is so busy already. I love the sounds of the birds, beginning their day, chirping their hello's and warnings to each other, sounds of

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baby steps baby steps...but its happening more and more. Actually have a tablecloth on the table, woo hoo, coming along. Now its timeto get off the computer and do some more flying. Okay, how funny is that, I'm so not flying, I'm fluttering--nah, I'm sputtering. and now I'll go empty the full of dirty dishes sink. Yea, I'm doing, reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal goooooooooooood.

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The kids were watching "Meet the Robinsons", and there was a scene where the kid told Louis to fix the time machine. Zachary said "Dylan, do you think I could make something like that?", and Dylan said "yea, actually, I do!" (Dylan is convinced that Zach is going to invent amazing things and be like Ben Franklin or Einstein), so Zachary went over to the Legos, went to work and built his version

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Now that is funny!!! Like, we actually thought we'd have a date nite, rotflmao! We had a movie to watch ("Dan In Real Life"--more on that in a bit...), some beer, and even a teensy tiny bit of Bailey's for Mommy. Approximately, oh, I don't know, ummmmmmmm--2.7 minutes we had a knock at the door, it was #3, needing a brush. A marathon of about 8 minutes passed, and #4 was at the door, why

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Yesterday, Zachary asked me "What do you think is better, life or going to school?" I asked him what he thought (I wasn't really following him at that point....), he said "Life is much better--you get to eat in life, you get to sleep, you get to play, you get to design a space ship, you get to have breakfast, you get to do homeschool...."; so I said, "do you mean life is homeschooling?", and he

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