Outdoor Hour - July 8, 2008

I’ve found this wonderful blog by Barb (aka Harmony Art Mom). How many of us purchase The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock after perusing the CBD catalog, yet don’t have any idea how to implement it in our homeschool? I know I did, and it sat on the shelf for [...]

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Habits Update

So Barbie, you ask, how is that walking going? Have you been keeping up on your habit-forming? Have you, indeed, stayed away from your beloved message board???? The answers are: okay, sorta, and YES.
I didn’t walk for awhile, because of one useless excuse after another, but I’m back on board [...]

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Some Pictures of the Yard and Garden

The apple tree in the side yard. If the number of blossoms is any indication of the amount of apples, the tree may well collapse under its own weight. It didn’t bloom like this last year.
May 14, 2008

The garden plot. It is about 12×16. Really too small, but I [...]

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Bird Notebook

I spent some time last night while nursing F7 making notebook pages to go with our current unit on birds. I had planned to use Apologia’s elementary science curriculum: Zoology 1, Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day, but Mr. Nutt’s unemployment put a screeching halt to buying any new curriculum. So, I [...]

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BC Comic Revisited

Yesterday’s Post
Okay. This was really bugging me, so I Googled and Googled yesterday. I came across two different theories. As well as an extra one that Wayne posted in my comments section.
The first cliche is about sticking one’s head in the sand. Obviously, this caveman stuck his head in the wrong [...]

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BC comic for today…I don’t get it

Sorry. I needed to tell someone. I just don’t understand. What cliche?
BC - April 8
Can you help me out, here?
The answer, I think.

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Merry Christmas

A day late, but heartfelt, nonetheless.

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8 Things Continued

I’ve realized that I don’t read 8 blogs that people know I read. I’m a bad blog commenter. So, I’ll tag the couple who know that I read them and maybe tag a couple more who might suspect that I read them…but I’m not sure I can get 8 tags in.
Anyway, tag…you’re it!
T’Mahk [...]

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One of my favorite designers…

is having a contest to win her new collection. Since I love her stuff, I’ll play! Click on this blinkie and it’ll take you to her store at Scrapbook-Bytes.

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Fun Name Game

This is fun! I found this at Gina’s blog.
YOUR REAL NAME:
Barbara
YOUR GANGSTA NAME (1st 4 letters plus izzle):
Barbizzle
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME (fave color + fave animal):
Purple Koala
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name + childhood street):
Nina Eastport
YOUR STAR WARS NAME (last 3 letters of your last name + first 2 letters of your first name + [...]

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