Teaching History through the Women in History
I have two daughters. I want them to know they can do or be anything they set their minds to. We have tried many ways in which to teach history in our homeschool. I suddenly realized it might be cool (and relevant) to teach history via Women in History. This offers me the chance to […]
Summer Boredom Busters – 15 Rockin Backyard Games
It’s summer time! Kids everywhere are excited to be out of school and look forward to their freedom. The first part of the season is exciting. They may get to go to summer camp and maybe you are planning a family vacation. But when those activities are finished, they are faced with a lot of […]
It’s the Little Things Thursday
I remember the “Little Thing” post that I forgot from last week! Chloe does not like to write. It is the one thing that I have left a little by the wayside, trusting that she will come around to it in her own time. A few months ago I gave her a rhyming dictionary and […]
The Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ May 25th, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: May 25, 2010… Outside my window…the sun is shining brightly and the temperature on the thermometer is rising! I am thinking…about Chloe’s good friend Shannon who spent all night in the ER last night. It seems as though she has broken her toe/foot and will see an orthopedic for treatment. […]
I ♥ Faces ~ Yellow
Over at I ♥ Faces the theme for the week is the color yellow. So the challenge is to have the color yellow and a human face somewhere in your photo. Not sure what I am going to find for this one. I have a series of photos that I took of Chloe on slide […]
Book Review- Bel Canto
. Title: Bel Canto . Author: Ann Patchett . Copyright Date: 2002 – Paperback, 336 pages . Publisher: Harper Perennial . ISBN: 978-0060934415 . Brief Character List: Mr. Hosokowa a Japanese Businessman, Roxanne Coss an American soprano opera singer, Reuben Iglesias the vice – president, Gen Wantanabe – Hosokowa’s interpreter, Carmen – a young terrorist, […]
The Buried Life ~ A Poem by Matthew Arnold
Light flows our war of mocking words, and yet, Behold, with tears mine eyes are wet! I feel a nameless sadness o’er me roll. Yes, yes, we know that we can jest, We know, we know that we can smile! But there’s a something in this breast, To which thy light words bring no rest, […]
It’s the Little Things Thursday
As you all know I have not posted since my “It’s the Little Things” post last week. I have been consumed with sore teeth from getting braces as an adult, and the endless hours of landscaping that has to be done in our yard. I seem to remember having a great idea for my Little […]
It’s the Little Things Thursday
This week I was so touched to receive a poem, two actually, that were written by Chloe for me. I had no idea she had done this for me! She has been working on a book of poetry for months now, but it is mostly about the changing of the seasons. She also wrote a […]
The Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ May 11, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: Tuesday May 11th, 2010… Outside my window…it is sunny for the moment, but I know the rain is coming…again. I am thinking…that being gone for 2 1/2 weeks has left me feeling as though life has passed me by. I have been home just over a week and I still […]
I ♥ Faces ~ Celebrating Mom
In searching for a photo that celebrates “Mom”, many ideas went through my head, from pregnancy, to the 3 smiling faces of my children, to the exhausted not so fantastically flattering moments in my photo history and back again. Since I am not for the not so flattering ones of me, I decided to skip […]
It’s the Little Things Thursday
Coming back from 2 1/2 weeks of vacation has been VERY hard. We are weeks behind all our neighbors in yard and landscaping care, the house needs to be cleaned, the kids are having a hard time settling back in to a routine, there is a camper to prep and all the regular activities to […]