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The Complete Zoo Adventure Review

Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews

The Complete Zoo Adventure: A Field Trip in a Book by Mary & Gary Parker Whether you are planning a trip to the zoo or you just want to have a fun zoo adventure at home, this book will help you plan a wonderful zoo field trip.  The Complete Zoo Adventure features, a before the zoo section to help get ready for the field trip, an at the zoo section for the actual zoo field trip, and an after the zoo section to help wrap up the learning experience. In the Before the Zoo section, there is a planning calendar…

Tropical Traditions Organic Palm Shortening Review and Giveaway

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Reviews

Going gluten free caused us to really have to change our eating habits.  While we were making the transition to being completely gluten free, we started to eat much healthier.  Because I had to pay close attention to all of the details on packaging, we started to realize how much junk we were really eating.  We started to make even more changes.  The one thing that I found difficult to replace was shortening.  I wanted a healthier alternative to regular shortening, but I couldn’t find anything. When I learned that I would be trying out the Tropical Traditions Palm Shortening,…

Ultimate Blog Party 2010 Wrap-Up

Posted in Announcements, and Commercial Break

I’m finally getting around to writing up my after party post for the UBP. I know that I’m way behind on getting this posted.  I’m also way behind on visiting blogs, but I’m starting to make my rounds.  I’m also working on getting caught up in my google reader.  It’s amazing how far behind you can get when you’re not on the computer very much for 2 weeks. I want to thank everyone that stopped by during the UBP.  Rest assured that I will continue to make my rounds to various blogs.  It just may take some time to get…

The Archaelogy Book Review

Posted in Reviews

The Archaeology Book by David Down The Archaeology Book is the latest book in the Wonders of Creation series put out by Master Books.  David Down puts over 40 years of archaeological knowledge into this book to provide the reader with unique insights into the field of archaeology. The book is set up in a multi-level format: level one – 5th to 6th grade, level two – 7th to 8th grade, and level three – 9th to 11th grade.  As the levels get higher, the topics and information go more in depth.  The first level covers the basics of who,…