PARENTING FREEDOM

carol | September 30, 2008

I find it a tad odd how so many people find my website after searching for PICTURES of certain Biblical characters. No, I don’t have any photos of Deborah or Sarah from the Bible, etc. LOL

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carol | September 30, 2008

6 Food Mistakes Parents Make
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/health/healthspecial2/15eat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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carol | September 29, 2008

I am reposting this without the quote from the first song, because you couldn’t tell it was a “quote” in my site feed. LOL Anyway, this is a great video about the financial crisis in the U.S.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6fuFrdCJY

Hat Tip: http://mommylife.net/

More here: http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/index/weblog/9428/

Edited to add: VIDEO HERE
“Burning Down The House” video yanked repeatedly; now at LiveLeak.com
http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/index/weblog/9436/

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carol | September 28, 2008

There. This makes fifteen new posts (including private ones.) That reminds me, several new people have registered in September, but I have not approved any of them because they were among spam registrations. If you would like to view my private posts that include many photos of the chidren, then send me an email about yourself and register in the sidebar. Just because you might have previously registered does not mean you can actually see the private posts. I have to approve the registration. And, even if I have approved your registration, and you NEVER leave a comment, then I will eventually delete you. ACK!

THANKS for reading my blog. Hope you all have a great week!!

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carol | September 28, 2008

Q. What would I do for Sarah Palin?
A. Set aside my contacts and pose for a rare picture in my glasses!!

(A while ago, I actually ordered a pair
of rimless glasses, but they made me dizzy.
I need a distinct border for focusing I guess.)

My New “Sarah Palin” Red Shoes

Okay, I know… LOL…

She is glamorous… And my shoes only cost $29.
(and I can’t stand my toes showing).

Edited to add another picture of Sarah in red high heels.

Edited on October 3rd:

Sarah wearing another pair of red shoes for the VP debate

For many more Sarah Palin Family Pictures, click here and scroll down.

http://parentingfreedom.com/category/politics-sarah-palin/

Pictures Courtesy of Yahoo News.

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carol | September 28, 2008

Grammy’s School Days Recitation

Last night I stole into the study,
And nobody knew I was there.
I saw a magnificent dolly
In a box on my Daddy’s arm chair.
Now Sister’s too old for a dolly,
And Baby, she’s just three,
I’m going to be seven tomorrow,
And I know that that Dolly’s for me.
(Author Unknown) 

Two Dollies
(C7 and Baby G)

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carol | September 28, 2008

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carol | September 28, 2008

My grandmother had been dealing with health problems during the last couple of years before she recently passed away. In addition to a narrative, I read the following true story at her funeral yesterday.

For many months, my aunt Carol would crawl into bed with Grammy at night to comfort her as she was going to sleep. They would sing old hymns, recite Scripture, and pray together. One such night, my aunt noticed Grammy staring at the wall, high up near the ceiling. My aunt asked her, “What are you looking at, Mom?” Grammy replied, “I see Jesus.” After an emotional pause, my aunt asked, “Mom, did Jesus say anything to you?” Grammy answered without hesitating, “Yes, He said, ‘Keep hanging in there.’” Then she turned and looked directly in my aunt’s eyes and said, “I am hanging in there, Carol, aren’t I?” Carol answered, “You sure are Mom, you sure are.”

Grammy’s last years were hard, but now she doesn’t need to hang in there any longer. “Her pain is past, her work is done. She has been fully blessed. She fought the fight, the victory won, and has entered into rest.”

God has called her home. And now, WE must keep hanging in there. We must live each of our remaining days for His glory until we, too, are called home.

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carol | September 28, 2008

Pictures of My Grandmother, Me, and My Children
AKA Grammy G. or Grammy in New York

Grammy 1923

Grammy 1924

Grammy 1940′s

Grammy 1940′s

Grammy 1940′s

Grammy 1950′s

Grammy and Me in 1970

Grammy and Me in 1971

Grammy and Me in 1972
Leaving… On a Jet Plane…
There were many sad good-byes and happy reunions.

Grammy and Me in 1972

Grammy and Me in 1973

Grammy and Me in 1973

Grammy and Me in 1975

Grammy and Me in 1978

Grammy was the Matron of Honour in My Wedding in 1991

Grammy with N14 in 1993

Grammy and B10 and Me in 2000

Grammy and Me and C7 in 2001

Grammy and Me and C7 in Long Island in 2002

Grammy with My Children in 2004

Both My Grandmothers with My Children and Me in 2004
(I was expecting L4)

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carol | September 28, 2008

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carol | September 26, 2008

Palin draws crowd of 60,000 in The Villages
http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022

We love Sarah!!

Piper Palin for President 2044!

Don’t you just love Piper Palin?

Palin Family Working as a Team

I love how Piper Palin shows love and affection to her baby brother Trig.
You learn this by example. 

Todd Palin, Future First Dude, Example of Teamwork

For many more Sarah Palin Family Pictures, click here and scroll down.

http://parentingfreedom.com/category/politics-sarah-palin/

Pictures Courtesy of Yahoo News.

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carol | September 26, 2008

There are many jaw-dropping quotes at this interesting website.  Spend some time reading about the charming, yet disturbing Barack Hussein Obama.

The Obama File: Barack Hussein Obama
http://www.theobamafile.com/

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carol | September 26, 2008

Pro-Life Apostle Still Saving Babies Behind Bars
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08092516.html

“Talking to Show the Truth leader Rosemary Connell from prison on Sunday, Gibbons noted that a piece of pro-life literature sent to her in a letter saved a baby’s life. ‘Linda said women will often sit down with her as she opens her mail,” Connell told LifeSiteNews.com. ‘A woman watching her one day last week saw the pamphlet and told Linda that she was pregnant and planning an abortion because ‘the CAS would take the child anyway’.'”

“Connell concluded, ‘Linda talked to her and gave her the pamphlet. The next morning she told Linda that she had changed her mind and is letting the baby live.’”

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carol | September 25, 2008

I could write post after post of personal stuff, but I hesitate to do that these days. I owe three people detailed emails (sorry), and I must get around to posting a ton of pictures. I will write what comes to mind right now.

~ Tonight at Tae Kwon Do, I overheard a mother discussing bullies at her child’s school. She said, “School isn’t for feeling terrified, school is for learning.”

~ We TRIED to drive past, but we just had to get fish ‘n’ chips after Tae Kwon Do tonight. We had Chinese food the other day with chicken balls that tasted exactly the same. I still have to do the dishes that are in the sink.

~ Tonight, I found out that tomorrow is parent/teacher day. I was surprised the other mothers didn’t ask me why I didn’t know that. (The Tae Kwon Do mothers have yet to find out we homeschool.) I will have a good long talk with myself tomorrow while the children are doing their schoolwork.

~ It was such a warm afternoon that C7 and L4 played outside in the water sprinkler. We also walked to the river where they and B10 “fished” with long reeds/seaweed.

~ N14 mowed the lawn until he ran out of gas today, and B10 washed the van as high as he could reach. He couldn’t get the windshield.

~ I got a new red leather jacket in Montreal the other day. Ooooh.

~ Derek finished all his exams for the course he has been taking. He is much smarter now.

~ I am almost caught up in laundry, and most things are put away.

~ L4 got very little schoolin’ this week. He loves to play by himself or with his imaginary friends or with his sister.

~ I went yesterday to get much needed new make-up. The sales lady told me I needed a moisturizer to prevent more wrinkles. She gave me a “hypo-allergenic” sample to put on my face. I told her I don’t use them because they always give me a rash, but she insisted, and I became a guinea pig yet again. A few hours later, my face was red, blotchy, swollen, and itchy. Fortunately, every time this happens, the reaction is a little less.

~ I had a hard time choosing mascara, so the sales lady pointed to the brand she was wearing. I looked at her eyes, and said “Sure, that would be great” which was sort of a lie, but I couldn’t tell her I didn’t like it, so I went out the door with her mascara. It isn’t too bad, I guess.

~ While shopping yesterday (in the middle of the day), I had an interesting conversation about homeschooling. I like to shock and awe.

~ I bought C7 two lovely dresses in NY, and I can’t believe I left the store with one in the wrong size. Argh!

~ Most importantly, I bought a new pair of Sarah Palin RED SHOES!!!!! Go Sarah!!!

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carol | September 25, 2008

YouTube Yanks Video Exposing Obama’s Abortion Extremism
Operation Rescue posts the video that YouTube does not want the public to see
http://www.operationrescue.org/archives/youtube-yanks-video-exposing-obama’s-abortion-extremism/

Tale of the Tape: Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama
Don’t forget, by the way, that they’re running for different positions
http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/aug/30/tale-of-the-tape-sarah-palin-vs-barack-obam/

Compassionate conservatism
http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/index/writergroup/compassionate_conservatism/

40 Days for Life Ottawa
http://www.40daysforlife.com/ottawa/

Silent No More Campaign
http://www.bvafoundation.org/silentnomore.html

Global slavery at a high, but reasons for hope
Modern-day abolitionists cite rising public attention to the problem, honor quiet heroes working to eradicate human bondage.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0916/p01s01-usgn.html

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carol | September 24, 2008

A Video Portrait Of Barack Hussein Obama
http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2036

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carol | September 24, 2008

Christopher Paolini on tour
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/09/24/christopher-paolini-on-tour/

“Paolini who was homeschooled by his mother, wrote ‘Eragon,’ the first book in the series when he was only 15. Today, he still lives and writes at his parents’ home in Montana and is intensely private about the details of his life although he has told interviewers that he loves to hike in the mountains, practice woodworking, and make the chain mail used in medieval armor out of interlocking metal rings.”

“The things he likes to do, he acknowledged to CNN in an interview, ‘are not the things everybody in this country is doing.’”

“And yet that may well be the secret to his success. Paolini himself gives the credit to homeschooling. ‘A lot of kids get traumatized in school and get beat down for being different,’ Paolini says. ‘When I went out in public, I was not afraid. I was never afraid to pursue my interests because of what other people would think.’”

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carol | September 17, 2008

Britain Adopts Islamic Law, Gives Sharia Courts Full Power to Rule on Civil Cases
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,422661,00.html

As a woman and mother, this concerns me very much. If we continue down this slippery slope, we will find out more and more how important it is for a country’s laws to be based on Judeo-Christian values.

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