What was your favorite poetry when you were younger? Maybe I should say who was your favorite poet? I remember when I was younger that I loved poetry. Such a huge love that I attempted to write my own. I don’t think I was the best at it but trying is always the first step [...]
Grave Expectations {Book Tour}
August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Grave Expectations Heaven knows, we need never be ashamed of our wolfish cravings. . . . Bristly, sensitive, and meat-hungry Pip is a robust young whelp, an orphan born under a full moon. Between hunting escaped convicts alongside zombified soldiers, trying not to become one of the hunted himself, and hiding his hairy hands from [...]
Night Secrets Book Tour Review & Giveaway
August 31, 2011 By 11 Comments
Night Secrets Keara Crosby had the perfect life. Her family was not hurting for anything. When her parents are suddenly killed, Keara must learn to live without them. After mourning their death for two months, Keara starts to live again. She follows her favorite band, hangs with her best friend Jared, and falls for the [...]
Double Peanut Butter Bars
August 31, 2011 By 2 Comments
School started last week here. My son went for the first 2 days, and then was home sick. Somehow he managed to get Strep in the first 2 days of school, really? It was a long weekend of trying to get him better. His fever has been impossible to get rid of, so he wasn’t [...]
Saving Money on Children’s Clothing
August 30, 2011 By 6 Comments
My children grow like weeds. Every time I turn around I have to buy them new clothes and shoes. You don’t have to spend a lot of children’s clothing. Here are a few other options instead of paying retail. Consignment Shops – We have great consignment shops locally. Everything in there is great quality and [...]
Review of New Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt – #CleverOikos #CleverYogurt #Spon
August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I wrote this post while participating in a blog tour conducted by Clever Girls on behalf of Dannon. I have been compensated for my time commitment to the program but my opinions are my own. For more information and recipe ideas, visit www.oikosyogurt.com or www.Facebook.com/oikos. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls [...]
Big Bang Theory Season 4 – Awkward!
August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I spent much of my high school years being socially awkward. I was NO Penny. I was more of a ‘girl version’ of Leonard but not quite so smart. I loved Star Trek, I was on the debate team, and JROTC. Yep, it should have been social suicide but I still dated. My husband didn’t [...]
Snapped {Book Review}
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Snapped by Laura Griffin SOPHIE BARRETT THINKS SHE’S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. SHE MAY BE DEAD WRONG. On a sweltering summer afternoon, Sophie Barrett walks into a nightmare. A sniper has opened fire on a college campus. When the carnage is over, three people—plus the shooter—are dead, and dozens more injured. Sophie escapes virtually unscathed. [...]
Blog Hop Tuesday 8/30
August 29, 2011 By 5 Comments
What #Homeschool Curriculum do you use?
August 29, 2011 By 4 Comments
Fringe – Two Worlds Colliding
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Season 3 of Fringe is set within two distinctive worlds where one world is affected by the actions that occur in the other. I’ve been thinking about how people are different online via offline. I think I’m the same. I’ve met some wonderful people who were my friends online first then we became friends IRL, [...]
$40 for Paper Coterie
August 29, 2011 By 1 Comment
Paper Coterie is allowing my readers $40 to spend at Paper Coterie but you must do it in the next couple of days for August. Paper Coterie has amazing photo books, calendars, and home decor. Very reasonable priced too!! Make Sure you use code – BeginAnywhere for $40 to spend at Papercoterie.com before [...]
The Montessori Approach at Home
August 29, 2011 By 6 Comments
When I first started homeschooling I was like a little sponge. I read everything and anything that the local library and anyone I met would give me. My natural curiosity and my desire to provide a positive learning experience for my children drove me to learn more about Maria Montessori and her approach. Right away [...]
The End of Molasses Classes {Book Review}
August 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The End of Molasses Classes: Getting Our Kids Unstuck–101 Extraordinary Solutions for Parents and Teachers Practical, innovative, and powerful methods to enliven classrooms and ignite a passion for learning in each and every child. It is time to “GET ON THE DESK” and make every school in America the absolute best it can be. I [...]
Stumblin’ Weekly link up 8/29
August 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
You may wonder what is Stumblin’ Mondays. Well it’s where we use Stumble Upon to Discover and stumble each others posts. StumbleUpon is a discovery engine (a form of web search engine) that finds and recommends web content to its users. I’ve had posts receive upward of 20,o00 hits because of Stumble upon. So every [...]
