Month: April 2012
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The Empty Room
Our home has four bedrooms. My husband and I share one. Our oldest has one. Our youngest has one. They say they want to share a room. I shared a room for awhile with my sister. I refuse to let them share a room. We have an empty room. When we moved into our house…
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Poetry, my son, a cow and the moon
I was supposed to teach my son about poetry. The lesson plan had the poems to use. I glanced at them and thought they looked boring. If you are new to my blog, you may have missed an earlier blog post of mine. Basically, I don’t like poetry, much. I’m getting better at that though. Instead…
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Magazines
I adore magazines, especially free ones. Right now here is what is in my stack of magazines to read: Cooking Light is one of the few magazines I actually buy through a subscription. If a recipe’s ingredients list isn’t too long, doesn’t have completely unfamiliar ingredients, and doesn’t call for dry yeast, I might be tempted…
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The places they will go
“Mommy, you go to so many cool places. More than I do.” “No, Kory, I didn’t travel to most of those places until I was much older. You have been many more places than I had at your age. You will get there.” I wonder why he says this to me during our history lesson.…
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Easter – Spring Break Recap Part2
Easter egg hunts and ham. We had the traditional Easter fare in an untraditional way – on the beach and at a resort. Easter morning started with an egg hunt for the boys in the resort lobby. When we called the front desk the day before, we were told the hunt was at 10 am.…
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Dog Poop and Salt & Pepper Shakers – Spring Break Recap – Part 1
We had our spring break this past week! Our destination was Ormond Beach, Florida near Daytona Beach. We were so looking forward to a break from our reality! What made it even better was knowing we would meet my parents in Florida as they would be joining us for our vacation! Our vacation didn’t quite…
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Spring break
Today my slice is short and simple. We are on spring break this week, and we are spending time together as a family. Less interruptions. Less facebook and twitter. Less scheduled activities. No formal school work, just learning through life this week. A week of fun and family. And I will fill you in on…
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She had to go for the ketchup
She had to go after the ketchup, didn’t she. I’ve joined a bunch of ladies from our church in reading the book 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker. The whole premise of the book is that as there is less of me and my stuff, there is more room for God and…
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My Inbox
I can always tell how busy I am based on my email inbox. Over Christmas break, I had my inbox down to 30 emails. Yippee I thought. Now, let’s not forget that this doesn’t include my folders I have set up. Just my inbox. If you look at the folder for my sister’s emails, I…
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The Waiting Room
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time in waiting rooms as my son has his ongoing vision therapy sessions. I’ve always liked to people watch, but somehow this hour of sitting causes me to watch even more. Today this is what I saw while I waited and watched news coverage on the sole television…