recent web surfing and rabbit trails

1.  why is every church not like this? - http://www.alanknox.net/2010/10/why-is-every-church-not-like-this/

2.  steel cut oatmeal for the crockpot - http://www.food.com/recipe/steel-cut-oatmeal-for-the-crock-pot-101101

3.  own your own beauty - http://www.blogher.com/authentic-mothers-body?from=nethed

Own Your Beauty is a groundbreaking, year-long movement bringing women together to change the conversation about what beauty means. Our mission: to encourage and remind grown women that it is never too late to learn to love one's self and influence the lives of those around us - our mothers, friends, children, neighbors. We can shift our minds and hearts and change the path we follow in the pursuit of authentic beauty.

 

4.  Lee Valley catalogs - https://www.leevalley.com/en/home/OnlineCatalogs.aspx

5.  blood ph?  - http://healthtip.hacres.com/index.php/2010/10/19/acid-or-alkaline-your-life-hangs-in-the-balance

6.  momentary troubles, eternal reward - http://www.incourage.me/2010/10/momentary-troubles-eternal-reward.html

7.  resources for young writers - http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/resources

8.  young novelist workbooks - http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/workbooks

9.  free spelling course - http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling/courseoutline.htm

10.  in praise of slow - http://www.carlhonore.com/?page_id=6

11.  church life series (read from the bottom up to read in order) - http://www.alanknox.net/category/church-life/page/3/

12.  what happened to biblical holidays? - http://heartofwisdom.com/biblicalholidays/?p=367

13.  Stephanie’s home school plans - http://livinglifeonhisterms.blogspot.com/2010/09/homeschool-2010-2011.html

Vocabulary - Tom will continue in the Wordly Wise website, on level 5. Once that is complete he will move up to the next level. I really like using this site, as it has the audio, which helps him pronounce words he has never seen before. I require each of the boys to keep a Growing Dictionary of words from this site, and our other subjects. Each card has to have the word at the top, the definitions, and parts of speech.

14.  kids and internet safety - http://thrivinginthe21stcentury.blogspot.com/2010/10/kids-and-internet-safety.html

okay… now back to work.

:o)

Sad News

Deanna’s little pig Charlie Brown died yesterday.  :o(

  

Together :o)

I love this blog post:  http://lisanotes.blogspot.com/2008/12/together.html

Together

More from Ann in What Now?:
You learn to be helpful and you learn to ask for help. It turns out that most positions in life, even the big ones, aren’t really so much about leadership. Being successful, and certainly being happy, comes from honing your skills in working with other people. For the most part we travel in groups—you’re ahead of somebody for awhile, then somebody’s ahead of you, a lot of people are beside you all the way. It’s what the nuns had always taught us: sing together, eat together, pray together.
Together. That’s how God designed the body of Christ. While we can do many things solo, we only get that beautiful harmony effect when we do them together. We serve together; worship together; love together.
Where would I be without you? Alone. No thanks. I choose together.