Daze of Adventure

A weekend at BEECH

jenn p. — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0000

When a groups of women who write about homeschooling get together, a lot happens. Conversations. Laughs. Cries. More laughs. Lots of coffee. And chocolate. And when a question is asked of one’s children, you may receive the response, “I just want to talk about blogging” <— true story In a conversation Maggie Hogan and I [...]

The Lincoln Memorial

jenn p. — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:34:00 +0000

Commemorating the 16th President of the United States, The Lincoln Memorial is located on the Western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. "IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER." Designed by Henry Bacon, construction of the [...]

The Washington Monument

jenn p. — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:18:45 +0000

Following George Washington’s death in 1797, the building of a memorial was discussed, only to be delayed by much controversy. Official construction of The Washington Monument finally began in 1848 and was finished in 1884. The monument, a classic obelisk, is made of stone and covered with white marble. This great Monument is capped with [...]

What encourages you?

jenn p. — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000

Remember the twitter party I told y’all about last week? Check out the wonderful sponsors… Hearts at Home Honeycomb Design Studio Home Educating Family Founder’s Academy Bright Ideas Press MomComm Notebooking Fairy Homeschool Creations Borsa Bella Quaver Music Is that list not fabulous?! We are all very grateful to these great companies for being so [...]

BEECH Twitter Party

jenn p. — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:06:31 +0000

Fun things are in store for you homeschool friends! Want a hint? Check this out! BEECH is an event happening next week in Florida, paving the way for bigger things in 2013 for the homeschool community – and we are kicking it off with a twitter party just for you! Join us Thursday, February 16 [...]

Romney Wins Florida

jenn p. — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:46:00 +0000

In the midst of our political adventures this week, we landed four tickets to the election night party for Mitt Romney last night at the Tampa Convention Center. We were leaving just as Bryan got home {early} from his trip this week. He rode with me to our precinct to show the kids around. One [...]

Newt Gingrich in Florida

jenn p. — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:17:00 +0000

As I mentioned, we had tickets to see good ole’ Newt last week, and unfortunately we didn’t make it. The kids have been watching his schedule closely, with hopes he would be back close to us before voting tomorrow. We ‘heard’ through the grapevine he would probably be back in Sarasota today, but nothing was [...]

Santorum rally

jenn p. — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:09:00 +0000

There was a rally scheduled in Sarasota for Santorum today. Bryan was scheduled to go out of town early, so the kids and I loaded up and headed North to attend our first rally of this political season. Our primary is set for Tuesday, January 31 – so three of the four top contenders are [...]

Gluten Free Veggie Lasagna

jenn p. — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:32:00 +0000

I dread the nights we get home late from sports and look at each other wondering what’s for dinner? Kim at Write Shop mentioned the other day that her family had become a huge fan of Pioneer Woman’s vegetable lasagna. Uh, yeah … who wouldn’t, right? We will be gone all day tomorrow, have sports [...]

Mini donut maker

jenn p. — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:52:26 +0000

Nicholas has been asking for a mini-donut maker. I almost bought one a month or so ago, but I didn’t thinking ‘they are just trendy. we’ll use it for a while and it will end up at Goodwill.’ MawMaw thought differently and mailed him one last week. (thanks, MawMaw) I posted this picture on Instagram [...]