So I won't be on the computer. I'll probably post again on Monday.
In case you are curious as to the nature of my temporary absence, the project is.....drum roll....hold your breath....
some things related to some stuff ....
and it should be fun. :-)
Later internet friends!
Labels: Family
Yesterday I went grocery shopping for birthday supper supplies...which will be eaten tonight with family. When I arrived home hubby was there and I thought...could it be? I asked "Do you still have a job?" He does!
He had come home to visit in between jobs and brought me a big bag of my favorite: Peanut M & M's in pastel colors and a card.
What a guy!
I've been sharing them with everyone and it's nice to let the celebrating linger...especially in chocolate form.
Labels: Family, Holidays and Celebrations
Today is my 39th...
We started the celebration out family style at about midnight last night.
Our sewer backed up so BuilderMan was outside wading and emptying the sewer clean-out. (Later we had to bleach clean the bath tubs and toilets and bathroom floors.) The 14 month old Ladybug and Doodlebug cried tag team until 6 am...4 year old Little Guy was running a low grade fever and couldn't get to sleep (better now).
I finally got the little sweeties settled in the living room. Little Guy on the couch and the girls on the floor surrounded by pillows. I tiptoed towards my room looking forward to hitting the pillow when I heard a noise...
the alarm was on! :-) Time to get up.
I crept into bed and snuggled by hubby and said good night. He chuckled and said goodnight. Then we both stared at the ceiling in silence for a few minutes. Apparently we were both remembering the same thing: the day he got fired on my birthday many years ago...so he broke the silence and said "I'll probably get fired today..."
We both laughed.
I love my man and I love that we have the same sense of humor and so many years of shared memories. I couldn't ask for a better birthday present than that.
Labels: Family, Holidays and Celebrations
Sorry about the little blogging absence. I've been very absorbed in something new. You may have read on my DD's blog that we have started a little business venture. (I'm very excited about it because it's something I already love to do! I will be 'unveiling' my new little store site soon.)
In the meantime, I thought I would share this little quiz with you. I took this along with my 2 oldest kiddoes. It was accurate (except for DD..interesting since she is our 2nd child...but there are large age gaps.)
| You Are Likely a First Born |
 At your darkest moments, you feel guilty. At work and school, you do best when you're researching. When you love someone, you tend to agree with them often. In friendship, you are considerate and compromising. Your ideal careers are: business, research, counseling, promotion, and speaking. You will leave your mark on the world with discoveries, new information, and teaching people to dream. |
Labels: Just for fun
"I've created something that may be of interest to you.It's a custom search engine powered by Google that searches select blogs on parenting, crafts, cooking, gardening and blogs by women. Normally when you search for a word or phrase Google returns millions of results, displaying the most popular based on their magic algorithms. For my custom search engine I have narrowed Google's parameters so that a search here will only return results from the blogs I've specified.What does this mean?Say you're writing a post on children watching television and would like to add to what others have written on the subject, by searching with this custom search engine you'd learn what Thrifty Mommy, Play Library, Rocks in My Dryer, Izzy Mom or the other thousand blogs on parenting have to say on the subject. If you're writing a post on sibling rivalry or how to deal with it and want to link to other posts on the subject, searching in my custom search engine searches your favorite blogs all at once and gives a more manageable number of results specific to your subject matter than Google could provide. Linking to other blogs just got easier. But it doesn't stop there, if you want to find ideas for encouraging family exercise, children's birthday parties, lunchbox tips or decorating cupcakes--my custom search engine will filter out more of the sites that don't match what you want and will give you more of what your fellow bloggers and their readers have to say on the subject.If you want to hear what other blogs are saying about Anna Nicole, Brittney, James Cameron, Lost or Grey's Anatomy or if you want to to connect with blogs that are on a specific subject matter--regional blogs, parenting blogs, book review blogs, product review blogs--this search engine will get you closer to what other blogs are saying than Google typically can.Go ahead and give it a try. Type in "sleep deprivation," "herb gardening," "picky eaters," "kid crafts," "celebrity moms," "breastfeeding," "expat," "kid crafts" or "homeschooling" and see the results that come up. Pretty slick, huh?I've added over 1500 blogs, mostly those registered with Crazy Hip Blog Mamas, Blogher, Blogging Chicks and Blogger Chicks. If you want to see if your blog is included, type in the name or URL and see if it comes up. If it isn't there drop me an email at scribbit at gmail .com and I'll make sure you're added.I've added this feature at the top of my sidebar--feel free to bookmark it and use it whenever you need to do a quick search through your favorite blogs. If you'd like to put a search bar on your blog please email me and I'll send you the code. Alternately, Lucy at An Ordinary Mom and her brother at MG Wallace Designs put together six buttons that I've made into links if you'd like to choose one to display as a graphic link back to the search engine."
Labels: Misc
Mar. 10, 2007
7:41 AM
Thinking of Public School?
It seems to me that any thinking individual would be able to clearly see the ridiculous bias in religion that public schools are soaking in, and in turn are confidently seeking to saturate your children in. It’s been long understood that districts seek to turn your children into devout secular humanists, but with multiculturalism added into the mix it becomes almost laughable if it weren’t downright tragic.
Imagine this. You’ve sent your tender children off on the yellow school bus, imagining a day full of learning to read, practicing math, and engaging in science experiments. This, in itself, is a figment of anyone’s imagination given the consistent rock-bottom test scores that continue to come out. No worries, however, because the NEA will fight any semblance of teacher/school accountability, and if tests won’t become easier to pass, then we’ll just forgo them altogether. Click here to watch a video on just what it is that is passing for math nowadays. Instead of moving forward building bigger and better ferraris, your children have to reinvent the wheels on which the vehicle sits.
So, if your children aren’t learning academics, what are they learning? How about the five pillars of Islam? How about being given the opportunity, for extra credit of course, to dress up like a Muslim? Even if you are unlikely to have a “really, great teacher” (as so many children seem to have in their parent’s eyes) who actually uses a textbook, you will find requirements such as the one “...in the Byron Union School District in California, where students were instructed to "become Muslims" was "cultural education.".
So, continuing our example, let’s just say that you’ve bought into the notion that lessons like this, expounded for the majority of your child’s waking hours every day, will still somehow foster a love for God, family, and country (after all, your sweet child does get an hour of Sunday School every week). As your baby graduates high school, you’d maybe like to buy an advertisement in his high school yearbook, wishing him well. This you will be allowed to do, as long as you don’t offend anyone by saying anything as humiliating as “May God bless your life.”
The ironic thing to me is, by this time your child will be so indoctrinated with the religion of pacificism and multiculturalism and feminism and hate-America-ism that he really won’t care a spit about what you put in his yearbook, as long as you are not in any way offering a “desecration of Allah." .
No Christian child belongs in a public school. That’s my opinion, and I’m sticking to it.
Blessings,
Keri Mae
Labels: Homeschool
Favorites MeMe
1 color: Pink
2 names: Sunydazy, Mama!Mama!Mama?Mommy! (I know I'm important)
3 foods: Reeses peanut-butter cups, brisket, mashed potatoes
4 books: Stepping Heavenward, Heidi, Worms in my Tea, Pride & Prejudice
5 bands: Peter,Paul and Mary; Wendy and Mary; Chicago; New York Philharmonic; Silverwind
6 movies: Enchanted April; Pride & Prejudice; Princess Bride; When Harry Met Sally; Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?; It's a Wonderful Life
7 hobbies: Blogging, sewing, reading, scrapping, photography, gardening, taking walks
8 places you want to visit: Alaska; England; Ireland; Australia; Disneyworld; Victoria,Canada(Butchart Gardens); Patagonia; Israel
9 things you want to do before you die: (TC,you almost put all my answers! :-D I only had to change a few here) Write a book; get it published; have grandbabies; have a sewing studio; lose 40 more pounds; take a walking vacation; figure out what LOST is all about; spend an entire week creating pretty things without having to put away the mess; have a maid.
10 fav. people on HSB: Loaded question! I choose to pass... I like TC's answer: whoever sends me chocolate moves up in rank!
Ten Weird, Unusual, Unique, Interesting Things About Me
1. I am very cheerful in the mornings (my kids think that is weird).
2. I like to read the dictionary.
3. I like to sip a cup of vinegar.
4. I think steamed broccolli makes a yummy meal.
5. I think the 80's were cool.
6. I wish we could wear clothes like Pride and Prejudice.
7. I don't like candlelit baths...I want all the lights on plus some (what if a germ sneaks up on me in the dark?).
8. When I straighten my arms out...they go past straight...they bend and look like wings or ? DS says "your elbows are on backwards".
9. I don't like and I don't watch American Idol.
10. I've traveled to Argentina.
There you have it...the only weird/interesting things I could come up with. I'm sure some of my family members or old friends could name a lot of others if given the chance. :-D But...this post is done!
I tag: You (if you are reading this), My Hubby (Grade8Nut), my DS (To Laugh at the World) my DD (Joyful Song) and Kristarella (Blog Cabin~if you haven't already done these).
Labels: Just for fun
I'm a few days late getting my party started but life keeps going when I stop to smell the flowers!I need to be flexible.
So, here I am anyway!
The house is not as clean as I would like but I'm a southern hostess...nothing shall deter me...
Come on in and make yourself at home!
We got started this morning before you came.
There's a couple slices left...would you like some?
Labels: Family
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