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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Canopic Jars
Thought I’d show our most recent history activity. Canopic jars! These have been “aged” with coffee. LOL! Here is a picture before the aging. We followed the directions found here… sort of. Instead of using paper and plaster wraps for the bottom, we used Crayola’s Model Magic clay (in white) around a 4-oz plastic squeeze [...]
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Fall is Coming!
I heard the first bluejays a few days ago and we’ve had a flock of grackels (or starlings perhaps) hanging out in the yard for a bit in the mornings and afternoons. It is also tending to be cooler at night (at least this week anyway). We find walkingsticks just about every day now. Jessie [...]
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My First Blog Award
“This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world. Once you’ve been awarded please pass it on to others who you feel are deserving of this award.” Barb at Heart of [...]
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Here and Gone!
Lookee who was here this weekend! Dayle and Ken made a stop over at our place this weekend. They were between many other points on their amazing motorcycle trip. It was soooooo good to see them! Ken took Sam on a couple rides on the motorcycle. To say Sam was excited would be an understatement. [...]
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Japanese Podcasts
On a whim, I searched the iTunes store for Japanese podcasts. (from within the iTunes application) I found lots; many of which are free! (my favorite price) The best so far (really wish I’d found these guys sooner) is JapanesePod101.com podcast. Their premium yearly price a lot less than Rosetta Stone. If their free podcasts [...]
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First Harvest
Picked these beauties from the lemon cucumber vine the other day. Yummmmmyyyyy!!! There are lots more little ones on the vine and they are taking their time. Not as slow as the tomatoes though. Hosting issues are resolved, for now. Email came today that the old place had cancelled my subscription with them. Huzzah! Only [...]
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7th Week Assessment: Math
Since we’re still live…. I started with the 5th Grade Math Mammoth worksheet pack this year and I am thinking I should have used 4th or the operation specific packs. At this point, I am not going to switch though. As we progress though the 5th grade materials and find a subject he has trouble [...]
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Moving again
No, not a new house but possibly a new host. Viux was great for awhile until they restructured pricing and systems and now they can’t get me a proper invoice or respond to billing questions in a timely manner. I’ve been waiting for a response for nearly a week. My “subscription” ends tomorrow. I’m a [...]
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Learned Something New
I’m really starting to feel that either I paid no attention in math classes or fun math stuff was never available to me growing up. For example, today I learned about Napier’s Bones. Even learned two ways to use them. Before you go “Ewwww, gross!” click here to learn a bit about it and one [...]
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7th Week Assessment: Spelling
We’ve covered eight spelling rules so far. According to my Year-By-Week list, we are a week behind. ?? Not sure how that happened but I don’t think it is a big issue. My goal for spelling with Sam this year is to promote a greater understanding of spelling rules and where we got them. I [...]
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