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Month: November 2010

Review: Cause & Effect

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Adventures in Odyssey: Cause & Effect Audio Cd Description: “It’s all-new Adventures in Odyssey episodes in volume 52, Cause & Effect. Join Eugene and Matthew as they investigate why the clock tower at City Hall seems to be counting down to a mysterious deadline. Could it have something to do with the anniversary of a lost love from twenty years ago? Barrett couldn’t be more excited about getting the lead role in the school play. But when his first practice is interrupted by a mysterious booming voice, Emily Jones must investigate the ‘phantom of the school play.’ Also, perfect for…

…Featuring Norah Jones

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…Featuring Norah Jones Norah Jones’ new album, …Featuring, is a compilation album featuring cameos, duets, and collaborations with artists across a vast array of music genre.  The recording of these songs span the decade from 2001 to 2010 and show the wide range of Norah Jones’ vocal talent. As with pretty much any compilation album, I didn’t care for all of the songs just because they weren’t my preferred style of music. That being said, I was extremely impressed that Norah Jones sounded great on every song, all 18 songs, no matter what style of music she was singing or…

The Write Foundation Review

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Munchkin is great in many different areas of academics, but writing is not one of those areas.  She’s very creative and has no problem coming up with very imaginative stories.  She can tell quite the tale verbally, but when it comes to the mechanics of writing everything down properly, she falters.  She wants to be able to adequately write down her creative writings, so she gets frustrated with her lack of natural ability in this area. I looked forward to receiving Level 2 – Paragraph Writing from The Write Foundation.  After looking at the website, I thought that this would…

Trip to Sea World Part 2

Posted in Family, Homeschooling, and Outdoor Adventures

I am so grateful for companies who offer special discounts for military members and their families.  We were able to go to Sea World San Diego for free.  Yes, we still had to pay $12 for parking, but that was our only cost.  We just had to show our military ids at the gate, and we received complimentary tickets for the day. At the different shows, they had the military members stand up to be recognized and thanked for their service.  Since I’m proud of our men and women in uniform, I enjoy seeing all the service members being recognized…