our little homeschool cottage

Weaknesses and Dilemmas...

2012-01-24T17:09:00.000-05:00

Do you have weaknesses for certian items? You know, those items that every time you walk past them in the store, you just have to buy them. And if you can't buy them, it takes every bit of will power to walk away? I have a few of those: Yarn, all kinds of yarn, all colors, textures, especially bright colors (feel free to give me your unused yarn) Cereal, yes I am a closet cereal

ON STRIKE TODAY: Stop the PIPA & SOPA bills

2012-01-18T10:20:00.000-05:00

On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill - PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House - to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity. See this timeline of SOPA and PIPA events and the activist backlash. Please visit this site to learn more. Click HERE http://

SuperCharged Science Tele-Cast

2012-01-17T22:12:00.000-05:00

Reminding everyone of the Supercharged Science Video Tele-Cast for tomorrow, Wednessday. Please sign up at their website to join. We really enjoy them and learn a lot. You might also. Tomorrow's class is about Rocket Science. Sounds like a lot of fun. From their site: click this photo to go to the site to sign up. or HERE Free Live Video Tele-class! Relax While Your Kids Have Fun Learning

ReDesign!

2012-01-16T17:35:00.000-05:00

If you have come to this blog and see some things that just are not right, PLEASE FORGIVE US! We are under "design construction". So things may not look right for a bit. It really depends on how things go with my adventure of trying to make this blog look brighter, editing skills, putting things together, finding the right template (which I am having trouble doing), and blah blah blah. Please

Today's Funny!

2012-01-16T12:20:00.001-05:00

OMG is no longer what you think, it has a whole new meaning! How do you starve an Obama supporter?? It's really very simple, just hide their food stamps under their work shoes

Homemade Kindle Speaker and Flabbergasted: A Novel

2012-01-13T17:21:00.001-05:00

My very smart daughter showed me a cool way to get my kindle louder while playing audio books. I just wanted to share it. I think its really cool. All it involves is a BOWL! You put your kindle inside a bowl and its like adding a speaker. So I guess you can say the bowl is the speaker, a bigger speaker. So now I can listen to my favorite book louder. So Coool. and my girl is super cool, too!

Cuisinart Elite vs. Kitchenaid Food Processor

2011-12-25T14:57:00.000-05:00

My Christmas was plagued with "which one do I want"? This is gonna be short since I am writing it on Christmas Day! But HEY! I have nothing better to do since the "Annie Oakley's" of the family are out kicking some Coke cans butts. My sweety pie wasn't sure which food processor I would like, after weeks of us looking at them?, to get me for Christmas. (Thanks to Macy's employee discounts and

Funny Larry Rapchak Christmas Videos

2011-12-15T20:58:00.001-05:00

Ok, I won't take credit for finding these. They were posted on one of my favorite sites Homeschool Freebie I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. My girls aren't into things like this any more, they are too cool! But I think these are fun. And Larry in this first video as the "boy" reminds me of my dad, the way he acts.

Traffic Widgets

2011-12-14T14:14:00.000-05:00

Have you seen those cool little traffic widgets, like the one I have below? Well I have 3 right now. I enjoy seeing where in the world people come to see my blog, and what posts are they interested in. I have Feedjit which tells me when, where, and what post, the visitor is reading. Most the time its the main page, but some people come for a specific post. The other widget I have is a simple

Glass Armonica, What is it?

2011-12-13T12:56:00.000-05:00

Since this is suppose to be a homeschooling blog, here is a little lesson in the Glass Armonica. http://www.glassarmonica.com/ The Glass Armonica was invented by none-other-than: Benjamin Franklin! Franklin's new invention premiered in early 1762, played by Marianne Davies—a well known musician in London who learned to play Franklin's new invention. Initially Franklin named it the 'glassychord

Latest Teen Books Filled with what Spirit?

2011-12-12T17:42:00.000-05:00

Preface: I just started this post to talk about teen books and the direction they were headed, then I got off on a tangent. I don't apologize for my belief so happy reading! Galatians 5:19-21 (KJV) 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies

Dede doing her thang!

2011-12-04T16:37:00.001-05:00

Dede has been at it again. Taking photo's of her sister Kiki. Thought I would share. She really likes to do different angles and textures in her photos. I hope you enjoy. These are sooc. Not sure if you can really see what she was going for in her experiment with these smaller versions. I think she has great talent and if she puts her head to it, she can have a career in photography one day.

Bible Review: The Names of God Bible by Ann Spangler

2011-11-27T01:00:00.284-05:00

The Names of God Bible published by Revell Publishers Ann Spangler, General Editor LaVonne Neff, Contributing Editor This bible is written in the God's Word Translation. Click HERE to learn more about GW and click HERE for a sample reading. It is easy to read and understand, and that makes studying God's Word much easier. Be sure to look at the sample pages through out the post and watch

WIN a $25 Kroger Gift Card

2011-11-21T16:05:00.002-05:00

What to do: Leave a Comment on Why you want to win this $25 gift card Earn and Extra entry: Share this giveaway on other sites, follow me, or share by email. leave a comment on each way! Deadline is: Thanksgiving Day at 8PM. I will pick the winner using a random generator. I will post the winner by Friday. Please leave a contact email so I can let you know. Make sure you check with your

Book Review: A Marriage Carol

2011-11-15T12:59:00.001-05:00

A Marriage Carol Christ Fabry & Gary Chapman Moody Publishers ISBN: 978-0-8024-0264-6 Publish date: September, 2011 Page Count: 128 Dimensions: 5 x 7 Format: Hardback On Christmas Eve twenty years earlier, Marlee and Jacob were married in a snowstorm. This Christmas Eve, they are ready to quit, divorce is imminent. Their relationship is as icy as the road they’re traveling and as blocked

Workin Hard!

2011-11-15T12:45:00.000-05:00

We are working hard this week. Packing up things for donating, listing all the items. We use Its Deductible to price the items so we know how much for a write off. It helps a lot. We hope to have things done by next Tuesday as that is when Mamal Cathi will be arriving for the week. Then we have our goal of getting the house on the market by January 1st so we must make sure all our things are

Are you waiting?

2011-11-08T10:23:00.000-05:00

for me to post something new? Sorry, we are out of commission right now. We have a house full of sick people. Stuffy runny noses, sore throats, coughs, aches, you know all that stuff. So I won't be posting this week I don't think. Last week we spent days cleaning, packing up stuff for the thrift store and for storage, preparing to put our house up for sale. We even tore up the old yucky carpet

Book Review: A Most Unsuitable Match

2011-10-25T23:38:00.000-04:00

Most Unsuitable Match, AStephanie Grace Whitson Price:$14.99 ISBN:978-0-7642-0881-2 ISBN-10:0-7642-0881-0 Dimensions:5.5 x 8.5 Number of pages:336 Carton Quantity:32 Publication Date:Aug. 11 Formats:Paperback History Brought to Life through a Surprising Romance Miss Fannie Rousseau is a young woman of privilege traveling west to uncover the truth behind a family secret. Mr. Samuel

Sharing

2011-10-25T16:49:00.002-04:00

I thought I would share this. This is disturbing and I am glad I don't send my kids to a public school were someone else can teach my children about sex. They get to learn about it from a parent in a loving environment and a bible. Not is a classroom around other children, co-ed classes, with no love behind it, just self gratifying worldly way. My Soapbox: I am not saying all "sex ed" classes

Giveaway Totino’s Fun Friday Night Prize Pack

2011-10-19T13:22:00.001-04:00

WINNER: #5 Marci J This contest runs until October 23rd and ends at 8:00pm I will chose a winner using random.org Please leave contact info so I can send you an email. To claim your prize myblogspark.com will need your address and phone number for shipping (they will not contact you for any other reason) Leave a comment answering the following question and earn extra entries by: (one comment/

Giveaway: Yoplait Light Do the Swap

2011-10-19T13:15:00.001-04:00

WINNER: Marci J Giveaway Extended! This contest runs until October 23rd and ends at 8:00pm I will chose a winner using random.org Please leave contact info so I can send you an email. If you don't respond with in 3 days of my email I will pick another winner. To claim your prize myblogspark.com will need your address and phone number for shipping (they will not contact you for any other reason)

Free Stuff at Currclick: Trunk or Treat Freebies!

2011-10-19T11:06:00.000-04:00

I LOVE Currclick. And right now they are having some fun and Freebies. Click on the information below to get your FREE stuff and shop around at all their fun stuff to do with your kids (even if you don't homeschool)

Our 30 Day Challenge and the new Indoctrination DVD

2011-10-17T16:30:00.000-04:00

I was going to write this post all about our 30 Day Challenge we are starting today. But then I recieved my newsletter from Vision Forum about the new video they are offering called Indoctrination: Public Schools and the Decline of Christianity in America. See Video below! First the Challenge: I have always wanted to be the family that doesn't include "worldly" thing in the home. Things like

Book Giveaway: Surprised by Oxford by: Carolyn Weber

2011-10-15T18:07:00.000-04:00

I received this book for review a while back. I am cleaning out and I want to give it to one lucky reader. (Keep checking back, I have other books lined up to give a way over the next few weeks. All the books will be in brand new condition (because they are brand new) so they could make a nice Christmas gift to someone you love.) Details: Win: Surprised By Oxford A Memoir by Carolyn Weber

Happy Sweetest Day!

2011-10-15T16:40:00.000-04:00

Welcome to another post for the series: Did you know: While growing up and living in Ohio, we always did/celebrated Sweetest Day. present do something nice for someone dinner out a card (I don't buy cards hardly ever, and never on this day either) Most people have never heard of this day. When we moved to AZ, no one celebrated it and there were no cards in the stores. I found it strange.Now