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Free stuff- homeschool and otherwise

Ok. In recent years, free stuff has become very important to our family. One such area that I discovered was Amazon.com’s kindle store. There you can download a free pc app to read kindle books and can select from a bunch of free e-books to download to it. Yes there are reading books as well [...]

Alice in Wonderland—-

We are sitting here watching Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I do think this is one of my favorite versions of it. I found a website with information about the story and thought it would make a good unit study. Some days I feel like Alice. I am often amused that people make assumptions about [...]

Break or no break?

As homeschoolers I often debate on whether to take a full break from doing “school” or to do a little bit. Most of the time I think all the stuff that we end up doing forces us to take time off if for no other reason than we rarely have any time leftover. We finally [...]

Lily and the City of Light: children’s book

I was recently given an e-book, Lily and the City of Light, by the author in order to provide a review of it for my blog readers.  I will start by providing you with a few details about the book itself. Title: Lily and the City of Light Author: Lindsay Bonilla Publisher: Guardian Angel Publishing [...]

TOS Crew Review: North Star Games (Wits and Wagers Family)

Being a part of the TOS Crew is always a blessing and this time was no exception. North Star Games provided me with a free copy of Family Wits and Wagers in order to tell you what I think of this game. The game contents include: 300 family-friendly trivia card questions ( all answers are [...]

Our Christmas tree

We recently put up our Christmas tree a week ago. It has about 800 lights and tons of ornaments. Some the ornaments date back before the 70s to the present. Not sure which one is the oldest. May even have some from the 50s. Sara recently made one in Brownies and added it to or [...]

A Walk in My Shoes: Tonight on NBC ( December 3rd 8/7c )

I had the opportunity to preview this movie before it airs tonight and I wanted to share my thoughts with you. In this movie 3 different people’s lives collide and none of them are left unchanged. A schoolteacher, a widowed waitress and her kids, and a Marine who is trying to cope with life outside [...]