carol | July 19, 2008
I think we are going to go pretty much media-free for the next couple of weeks. That means generally no TV, no movies, no internet, no Facebook, no computer, and no video games for the children and me. I am not going to be too crazy about this. For example, if we have kids over, and it seems appropriate to play the Wii, than so be it. I also want to go to the theatre to see The X-Files when it comes out. I think I will check my email only once every couple of days, but not visit blogs, etc. I may use the computer to prepare the homeschool schedules for the coming year.
Summer is going too quickly. In the future, I doubt my children will ever say to me that I should have let them play more video games and watch more TV.
See you in a couple weeks!
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carol | July 19, 2008
Kindergarten 4 (K4)
Felt Uppercase Letters
Felt Lowercase Letters
Sandpaper Upper Lower Case
Sandpaper Numerals
Exploring Geometric Solids
Complete Geometric Solids
Grade 2
Einstein Math Tutor #2 DVD
Einstein Math Tutor #3 DVD
Math/Flash Flashcards Multiplication
Math/Flash Flashcards Division
Math War Multiplication Game
Saxon Student Kit/Fact Card Math 3
Daily Math Practice Grade 2
Daily Math Practice Grade 3
The Boxcar Children The Ghost in the First Row ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boxcar Children The Mystery in the Snow ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boxcar Children The Mystery on Blizzard Mountain ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boxcar Children The Mystery at Snowflake Inn ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boxcar Children The Mystery Cruise ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boxcar Children The Black Pearl Mystery ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boxcar Children The Mystery in the Mall ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boxcar Children The Box that Watch Found ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
Grade 5
Dragonlight ~ Donita K. Paul
Grade 10
Tuesdays with Morrie ~ Mitch Albom
The Subtle Knife ~ Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass ~ Philip Pullman
Family
Resurrection Eggs (for Easter)
Passion of the Christ DVD
Nativity Story DVD
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carol | July 17, 2008
Breastfeeding ‘trust’ link probed
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jN5yOl1aDk7GOKtVK6ysHhA1AS2g
“Babies who are breastfeeding trigger a surge of a “trust” hormone in their mothers’ brains, scientists have said.”
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carol | July 17, 2008
“I blanked out the emotions after each of my SEVEN abortions”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1035053/I-blanked-emotions-SEVEN-abortions.html
“The reason why I had so many abortions is that I didn’t want to bring a child into the world unless my situation was perfect – but it never was.”
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carol | July 15, 2008
Anyone else have boys who didn’t miss a word of the E3 conference this afternoon?
That’s what I thought.
Anybody know what I am talking about? Hey, you checked the category!
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carol | July 15, 2008
Almost finished
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carol | July 15, 2008
C6 reading Bible stories to L3
Sound Asleep
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carol | July 15, 2008
Wilson: Some Vaccines Still Contain Mercury
http://www.wxyz.com/news/story.aspx?content_id=599da2da-f75e-4844-952e-1241f33b57fd
“Mercury-based vaccine preservative called Thimerosal…and the truth is there’s still as much as ever in 11 vaccines including most flu vaccines injected into pregnant women and kids, and some of them younger than 9 get two doses in a season. And also high levels of mercury from Thimerosal in tetanus shots and the boosters routinely injected into 11-year-olds…and also in some meningitis and diphtheria-tetanus formulas, too.”
U.S. Vaccines that STILL contain mercury:
http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm
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carol | July 14, 2008
Baby’s smile gives mom a natural high
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL45515920080714?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
Gitchy Gitchy Gitchy Goo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1PbgAWdtTk
Bow chicha bow wow that’s what my baby said
Mow mow mow and my heart starts pumpn’
Chicky chicky chewop I’m not gonna stop
Gitchy gitchy goo means I love you
I said bow chicha bow wow that’s what my baby said
Mow mow mow and my heart starts pumpn’
Chicky chicky chewop I’m not gona stop
Gitchy gitchy goo means I love you
[repeat]
Gitchy gitchy goo means I love you
Gitchy gitchy goo means that I love you
Baba baba baba [Ferb]a baba baba baba baba
Gitchy gitchy goo means I love you
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carol | July 13, 2008
Oral Contraceptives May Be Linked to Atherosclerosis
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jul/08071202.html
“More and more evidence is showing the life-threatening consequences of the use of the Pill.”
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carol | July 13, 2008
Mothers told to breastfeed children until two
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/-Mothers-told-to-breastfeed.4283419.jp
“EXPECTANT mothers are to be told they should breastfeed children up to the age of two in a bid to boost the health and IQs of Scottish children.”
“Recent research suggests that women who breastfeed are at lower risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Their babies are at lower risk of a range of health problems than those fed on formula. Breast milk is believed to protect against the risk of cot death, childhood leukaemia, gastroenteritis, obesity, asthma, eczema, ear infections and diabetes.”
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carol | July 9, 2008
MY HOPE IS BUILT
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.
Refrain
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
Refrain
His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
Refrain
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
Edited to add: I have been singing this song all week, and I just realized where it came into my head. LOL I even copied her post without making the connection. I should just delete the post, but I like it, so I will just link to:
http://www.tulipgirl.com/index.php
By the way, she has a great discussion going on here:
http://www.tulipgirl.com/index.php/2008/07/welcome-ngj-readers/
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carol | July 9, 2008
“We are what we believe we are.”
C. S. Lewis
“Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith [but] they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.”
C. S. Lewis
anxiety
1. a. A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties.
b. A cause of anxiety: For some people, air travel is a real anxiety.
2. Psychiatry. A state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation, often impairing physical and psychological functioning.
3. Eager, often agitated desire: my anxiety to make a good impression.
affliction
1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress.
2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress.
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carol | July 7, 2008
C6 made a terrific croquet set out of K’Nex. I was playing with her in the middle of the living room floor and said, “This is just like the Wii!” I suspect a lot of people in the future will relate playing a ‘”real” sport with having played the Wii.
Earlier today, N14 and I laughed over this video clip (found at School@Home).
http://www.youtube.com/v/_iYBmAVuBns&hl=en&fs=1
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