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Chief had an appointment with the orthodontist this afternoon. A SUV pulled in the parking lot beside me. I looked over and saw a man in the driver’s seat. I thought “hey that looks like Tell Tom from Channel 5″. Tell Tom is a consumer segment on the local NBC station. Tom goes around […]

Yesterday marked six years of homeschooling craziness…oh I mean excellence at our little Academy. Although Chief acted as though he was going to the gallows, he found he does enjoy Switched on Schoolhouse. We had some technical difficulties but we called in Academy Tech Support and got it straightened out. At the end of yesterday’s […]

I realized there were some pictures I forgot to put up.
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This was our first harvest of tomatoes earlier in the month.
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Princess models her birthday outfit from the Costa’s.

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There should be a special punishment reserved for homeschool mothers who sell five million mixed up flashcards. I bought these flashcards from two different sellers. All were in the same condition. Upside down in the box and in no particular order. I’m even missing some of the dividers so I […]

I have tried and sold two different reading programs for Princess. I hated the books as much as she did. Early in the summer I sold the latest book to some other sucker and decided to do nothing about reading until this fall.
Each night at bedtime she asks “can I read for a little […]

We saw KP at lunch and he told me the news. For those who don’t know, Ikea is a Swedish furniture company. This article from the Dayton Daily explains it well.
We heard about Ikea several years ago but obviously haven’t had an opportunity to visit one. We finally got the chance while in Houston this […]

Princess has a freakish ability to memorize commercial jingles. My theory is adults have learned to tune out commercials. Advertisers have to pitch to kids to get their point across.
Yesterday at Meijer I was pondering which type of Tide I wanted to get. There are so many varieties anymore, its not something you can grab […]

Bombs? Rocket Strike? Artillery Shell?
Nope, just our neighbor clearing out brush on the treeline to build a new house back in the woods. At least we think that’s what he’s doing. There’s been a whole lot of construction machinery knocking down trees and putting it in one big pile to burn. […]

Lori asks the question:
How could there be that much junk in the closet when you just cleared it out last year? That’s crazy!
Ah! Good question! My theory is people think the church can use literally everything. The other day I pitched a Walmart sack full of toilet paper rolls. Sure many a Sunday school craft […]

The children’s ministry supply closets are a mess again after VBS. The children’s minister asked if I would help her clean them up. We worked together one day and filled two 30 gallon trashcans full of junk. The children’s minister was on vacation this last week and asked if I would start on the upstairs […]