Mountaineer Country

Celestial Almanack Review

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:20:00 +0000

When we moved from New Jersey to West Virginia, I couldn’t believe how many stars there were in the sky. Without the light pollution from housing developments and strip malls, there were so...

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Hands On Homeschool Carnival for January 9th and January 23rd

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:55:00 +0000

Well, I totally messed this up! This month, we were supposed to have the carnival on the 2nd and 4th Monday. Instead, this month we’re having our carnival on the 4th Wednesday. I...

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Hands On Homeschool Carnival for January 9, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:39:00 +0000

The Hands On Homeschool Blog Carnival is posted and can be found HERE.

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Book Review: Definitely Not Mr. Darcy

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:03:00 +0000

Title: Definitely Not Mr. Darcy Author: Karen Doornebos Paperback or ebook : 384 pages Publisher: Berkley Trade ISBN-13: ...

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Z-Guides to the Movies: Kit Kittredge

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:55:00 +0000

Last year, Morgan and I had the opportunity to review Zeezok Publishing’s Z-Guides to the Movies. I reviewed the Z-Guide for Johnny Tremain. We loved it. It was a nice break from...

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Review: R.E.A.L. Homeschool Spanish

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:18:00 +0000

As a member of the TOS Homeschool Review Crew, I recently had the opportunity to use and review R.E.A.L. Homeschool Spanish. When I first heard about this company, I was intrigued by the...

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On the move

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:53:00 +0000

This picture is a collaboration between my hubby and myself. He snapped the pic on his phone and I touched it up a bit. The Acela is Amtrak’s high-speed, electric train for first class...

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New Year Ducks

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:15:00 +0000

I thought this picture was perfect to represent how we are all trying to organize and line up our ducks into orderly rows to start the new year. Theme: Organized (2/366)

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7 Goals for the New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:59:00 +0000

Theme: XFactor (1/366) I do not typically make New Year’s Resolution. This year, though I am still refusing to call them “resolutions,” I do have a list of goals that I would like...

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Happy New Year from the Birthday Club

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:39:00 +0000

My grandmother used to have a “birthday club.” It was a group of women, affectionately called “the girls”, that she used to work with and they would get together to celebrate each other’s...

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Hands On Homeschool Blog Carnival for Dec. 12, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:39:00 +0000

Welcome to the December edition of the Hands On Homeschool Carnival. Before we get into the meat of the carnival, I just wanted to inform you all of my decision to make the Hands On Homeschool...

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Christmas Caroling

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:35:00 +0000

Well, we just got home. Morgan and I went Christmas caroling with her 4-H group. We did it the old fashioned way … door-to-door. Of course, since we’re in very rural area, we had to...

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Friday’s Fave Five–12/9

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:31:00 +0000

This is the first time that I’m posting in Friday’s Fave Five from Susanne over at Living to Tell the Story. It’s a way to focus on the positives of the week. 1.) We brought the...

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The Best Hostess-Friendly Party Idea

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:28:00 +0000

Now that Christmas time is upon us, soon to be followed by New Year’s, I just wanted to mention a suggestion for The Best Hostess-Friendly Party Idea. Before I moved from New Jersey, I had...

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:58:00 +0000

It has been raining here in West Virginia since yesterday and it is a cold, muddy, mess outside. Thankfully, I don’t have anywhere to go today. Instead, I’m going to make the most of the...

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Review: Artistic Pursuits

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:02:00 +0000

Ever since I started homeschooling, I was looking for an art program that was complete. I knew exactly what I wanted, a how to book that included art history. I wanted it to be systematic...

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Clutter Free Christmas Gift Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:51:00 +0000

My mother recently called me and said, “Shannon, you’re father and I were talking … we don’t want anything for Christmas. We’re down-sizing and we don’t need anything.” I said ok...

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Perfect Corned Beef and Cabbage in the Slow Cooker

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:59:00 +0000

Yesterday, as a celebratory dinner I decided to make Jim’s favorite meal, corned beef and cabbage. Since we had some shopping to do after I picked him up from the airport, I knew that this...

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Homeschool Mother’s Journal for 12/3

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:50:00 +0000

In my life this week… This week was a little different than a “normal” week because Jim was in Atlanta for school. Morgan and I enjoyed a very relaxed week with our own schedules. We...

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Let’s Talk About Safety

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:29:00 +0000

Today, our local homeschool group met at the library with a police officer for a class on safety. I have to admit, when I said I would bring my daughter, I was expecting the class to be for the...

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Salads, Small Talk, and Fake Trees

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:21:00 +0000

I had a wonderful day with my daughter today. First, we went to local restaurant for lunch. We’ve never been to this particular place before, but it was really nice. There were...

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Homeschool Mother’s Journal-Black Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:20:00 +0000

In my life this week… We had a nice light week for pre-Thanksgiving. Money is keeping us close to home … extremely close to home. Jim’s last day working with the WV Dept. of Highways was...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Wishing you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!

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Wordless Wednesday almost-Scarf

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:32:00 +0000

As promised yesterday, here are some pictures from the scarf I started knitting. I’m knitting it on size 13 needles with a strand of charcoal acrylic yarn and a decorative silver, black, and...

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Miscellaneous Stuff ...

noreply@blogger.com (Shannon) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:58:00 +0000

I've been in an all-around funk lately. Can this be because of daylight savings time already? If I were back in New Jersey, I would definitely start tanning so I could suck up some UV...

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