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Month: July 2007

August 1, 2007
Heather L
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Tackle It Tuesday

Posted in Family, Homemaking, and Homeschooling

Today’s tackle is a different sort of tackle for us. The tackle all stems from our studies today and some reading that Munchkin has been doing… Our first tackle was running to the grocery store to get the ingredients that she needed to make her new recipes from the Incredible Edible Gluten Free Food for Kids book that she’s reading. She wrote out a grocery list and figured out what all we needed to purchase and what we already had in the pantry/kitchen. At the grocery store, she had the list and pushed the cart through the store. Then she…

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July 31, 2007
Heather L
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Change in Plans

Posted in Homeschooling, and Thoughts

We use the Weaver curriculum in our homeschooling and LOVE it, but we’re taking a little break from it for a little bit. We started the Prairie Primer this week. The Prairie Primer is a unit study based on the Little House series. Grandma was kind enough to give munchkin the complete Little House series, so we have them available. We were also able to find the Little House cookbook, so that should be a fun addition. So, today, we started our new adventure into Laura’s life. The most interesting thing that we learned today was that they used the…

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July 29, 2007
Heather L
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Insignia 37" Flat-Panel LCD HGTV Giveaway

Posted in Commercial Break

Yes, you read that correctly 5 Minutes for Mom is giving away an Insignia® 37″ Flat-Panel LCD HDTV!!! This incredible prize is valued at $799.99 and is courtesy of Best Buy. So do you want to know more about your future TV? Well, this is one fabulous prize… The ultra slim, lightweight Insignia® 37″ Flat-Panel LCD HDTV (Model: NS-LCD37) features 1366×768 Resolution, with 16:9 widescreen ratio for cinema-quality viewing. You will be enjoying picture perfect quality from every angle and not missing any details with its built in high definition capabilities. The TV measures 5″ deep and will look fantastic…

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July 27, 2007
Heather L
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And the Winner Is…..

Posted in Announcements, and Commercial Break

Sgt and Mrs Hub!! Munchkin randomly picked the winner. She didn’t even realize what she was doing until after she had already picked the winner. lol! Thank you all for participating. With the 5 “missing” comments, the total number of entries came to 343 (after removing a few duplicates). Wow! I guess everyone loves their Tupperware!! If you haven’t seen Tupperware for a while, feel free to view the catalog online. If you want to earn some free Tupperware, you can host an online Tupperware party or book party. Just email me or leave a comment, and I’ll send you…

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July 27, 2007
Heather L
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You know you’re a homeschooler when…

Posted in Family, and Homeschooling

You receive a package in the mail that contains a new dictionary and your child responds: “OOOOOHHHHH COOOOOOOOL!!!” Yes, yesterday we received our brand new Webster’s 1828 Dictionary via UPS. We were both very excited. My daughter immediately had to show it to her cousin (they were doing a video chat) as she thought it was really cool. As soon as she was done chatting with her cousin, she took the dictionary to my room and started looking through it.