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Archive for the 'Friends' Category

I’m from

Posted: Thursday, September 27th, 2007 @ 7:50 am in Friends | No Comments »

A friend sent me this link, and I got such a laugh just had to share. Actually the boys and I laughed together. If you have ever visited my state or even if you’d like a taste of the state via a song then please listen up. I’m from.

Dirt Moving Job

Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 9:34 am in Friends, Food for Thought, Family Stuff | 1 Comment »

A neighbor called yesterday and asked if the boys would like to earn $15 each to backfill a 60′ water line trench. We really like this neighbor and they always make time to talk with our boys. Nice folks. I said yes and sent the boys over after school was done […]

New names for the 7 Dwarves

Posted: Thursday, September 28th, 2006 @ 7:33 am in Friends | 2 Comments »

My SIL sent this to me; cracked me up, but how will I ever HS when these 7 guys arrive?

How come you haven’t updated your blog?

Posted: Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 @ 6:47 pm in Friends | 1 Comment »

My friend, Anna Venger, sent me an email asking the question; “How come you haven’t updated your blog?”

Yes, I’ve been away for a week without updating my blog. Busy, busy week.
Well, let’s see. DH invited a couple from work to come over on Saturday. I never met them before so […]

Too much stress today

Posted: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006 @ 9:15 pm in Friends, Family Stuff, Homeschooling | No Comments »

Last day of IOWA testing today; tons of phone calls today; I’m tired and I want someone to come in and tell me that everything will be ok someday.
Yesterday I saw the squad go to a dear neighbor’s home; I went over to find ‘Father’ on the ground and being tended (or rather man-handled) by […]

Treasures

Posted: Thursday, April 27th, 2006 @ 7:27 am in Friends, Family Stuff | No Comments »

Remember the armilladilo birthday cake assembled on Sunday for the Monday Birthday? On Tuesday MilitaryKid suggested that we invite our neighbors to enjoy cake and ice cream with us. He was not referring to inviting neighborhood kids but our retired neighbors; Rich & Maria and Carl & Eileen. Yes, […]

Science Olympiad and how a child learns to make Lemonade

Posted: Sunday, March 19th, 2006 @ 4:54 am in Recipes, Friends, Science | No Comments »

ScienceKid is participating in Science Olympiad, for the first time. Last year our hs group went to the National competition at the U of Illionis, and asked ScienceKid to join the team as their only alternate. He would only get to participate if someone got sick or couldn’t go at the last minute. […]

Our New School Room

Posted: Sunday, March 5th, 2006 @ 4:40 am in Friends | 2 Comments »

Several weeks ago school was not going very well at all. MiltaryKid would float from room to room, trying desperatly to find a spot to do math, or spelling, or writing. When he would try to work at the same table as ScienceKid, ScienceKid would yell and complain, tell him to go […]