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Author Archives: Ginny
Ant Invasion
As we began to prepare for our little trip this weekend, one of my worst nightmares began to unfold before my eyes. If you are a regular reader you know about my feelings towards ants, but for those of you who don’t already know, I can’t stand them. I would rather deal with a ton of spiders than creepy, crawly ants. This morning we were very confident that we would be able to beat the … Continue reading
Visitor
After running several errands, I pulled up to our garage and was greeted by this: My son proceeded to give me a run down on this guy. Because of his past experiences, experiments, and studies of turtles he determined quite quickly that this was a male Eastern Box Turtle. If you’d like to learn a bit more about these critters, this site gives a basic run down.
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Work
I am having so much fun setting up Splish’s Scavenger Hunt for The Old Schoolhouse Store. Last week over 500 folks followed through with all the clues to get their prize. I would love it if we exceeded that number this week. We have such generous vendors at the Schoolhouse Store who bless homeschoolers all the time. Most of these folks are small, family businesses who have a heart for the homeschooler. If you missed … Continue reading
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Weekend Adventures
What a busy weekend we had! My Brownie Troop and I spent Friday night at Carowinds Camp Wilderness campground. We had a grand time. I personally would not recommend the campground if you are looking for a peaceful, spacious visit. The sites are quite small and the campground is in the flight path of Douglas International Airport. We were also subjected to the trains running on one side of the grounds and the sounds of … Continue reading
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My Daughter Bridges to Cadets
Last night, amidst torrential downpours outside, the sun was shining on us as our Girl Scout troops had their end of the year Bridging Ceremony. My daughter moved up to Cadets. They made special notice of her achievements. She was the first in her troop to achieve her Bronze Award, the highest award given to Juniors, earlier this year and earned the most Junior Badges, 32, The Sign of the Rainbow and the Sign of … Continue reading
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