Monthly Archives: January 2011

I’ve not lost my mind – YET!

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. ~Pauline R. Kezer I've been a busy girl. In fact I am starting to think I function better when my plate is full but I ...

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Let’s Talk About Sex…Education Homeschool Style

Today's post is written by Sara Padrusch who is author of two blogs Shiny Red Houses and a blog dedicated to secular homeschooling, The Secular Schoolhouse. Here at the Secular Schoolhouse we're upfront about sex. We've always called every body part by its correct name. No wee-wees or pee-pees or vague references to ...

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I approve this message – 3 rants for the price of 1

First Rant On Sunday I had to call 911. I was on the phone talking to a friend and inside of the foyer in my house I could hear loud hollering and banging. I went outside to talk, and it got louder and louder. There was cussing and threatening. So I walked down the side walk ...

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Rundown on the lowdown – a weeks worth of posts all in one!

Out of sight, out of mind right. Here is the rundown of the past week I have had. The good, the bad, and the ugly. The week started off well. For one, I started working for a state wide organization that promotes being outdoors and being healthy. No, I'm not joking. This is a great way ...

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My Budding Photographer

This is what I found on my camera tonight. Let me introduce you to unedited pictures by Kara, 3. Maybe she will be a fantastic photographer like Jessica Claire! "How does this thing work? O, press these buttons."

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Thank God For 3 Day Weekends

This was some kind of week. I was definitely ready for it to end. All this cold had my kids in a frenzy because they were tired of being cooped up inside. They were liked caged wild animals who had gotten into the stimulants! But there are things I am thankful for this week. That Mr. ...

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Swastikas and Vaginas

Today I left the house and my baby had a swastika on her forehead. Yeah. Evidently when I wasn't looking she and her sister got a hold of a pen (not uncommon) and decided to draw on her face. It looks like they were trying to put an X right between her eyes but then ...

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Random Tuesday Thoughts: You Are Next

Before 9 o'clock this morning I had managed to piss off football fans all across the state, educators that teach in our public school system, small children for making them do their morning chores, and a cat who wanted to claw my furniture. This makes me totally awesome and full of WIN just so you ...

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My Real Thoughts: What Alabamians Value Most

While everyone is saying Hooray!  after Auburn clinched the National Championship, giving the state of Alabama the championship two years in a row the thoughts that cross my mind are this: The people of this state value football over education and it is glaringly apparent. We are low ranking in education, have high maternal/fetal death ...

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Gratitude and Goal Roundup

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal.  It's a way to live.  ~Attributed to Jacqueline Winspear Gratitude.

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