Arte y Pico Award
My dear friend Dawn at my4sweetums has honored me with Arte y Pico Award. The award is dedicated to "those who nourish and enrich the spirit of creativity". Now a lot of bloggers have opted to be “No Award” Blogs, but I, personally, appreciate them. I think it is a blessing to have your blog recognized by those who read it. So I graciously accept it and pass it on to the following blogs: (I … Continue reading
Last Kitten Update
I am happy to report that all of Willow’s kittens have found new homes. My oldest son took Garfield, the contractor who did our roof is loving on Boots and Whiner, and Socko went to his secretary. All within 12 hours. We are so blessed to have found homes for them so easily. While we will miss their mischievous antics and adorable faces, I have to say that I am glad this chapter of animal … Continue reading
Homeschool Kids Write-New Prompts
Just wanted to let everyone know that the Homeschool Kids Write blog is up and running again. This blog is set up with creative writing prompts for kids to use on their blogs. Once a week, usually on Sunday evening, a new prompt is posted. After the kids write their posts they come back and sign Mr. Linky. They are encouraged to check out the other posts listed and make new friends. There is no … Continue reading
Flashback Friday-My Brother
My only brother will be celebrating a birthday tomorrow. I wrote more specifically about him last year. It has been so many years since I’ve seen him. He lives what seems a whole world away and we have lived very different lives so that we hardly even know each other. One thing that I know for sure is that even with the miles and the limited conversations, I will always love him and I know … Continue reading
Bragging
I want to take a minute here to brag on my kids. They have been exceptional this week. We have had none of the typical moaning and groaning to get up out of bed, they are actually reading the instructions on their assignment sheets and following them, and, while I was on a particularly long conference call yesterday, they went ahead and worked on the next day’s assignments instead of fighting with each other and … Continue reading
A 1930's Wife
I can’t remember where I came across this one, but I found it to be quite entertaining. Apparently this was a test written by George W. Crane, MD, PhD, of Northwestern University in the 1930’s. He was a counselor who had a syndicated column called "The Worry Clinic" and began his own matchmaking service. The sort of traits one was measured by and the scale of ‘merits’ and ‘demerits’ that were applied to them amused … Continue reading
