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I homeschool. Please don't ask me why. Some days I can't remember! Today I thought I'd confess my creative locationing, when it comes to homeschool...because I like home, but sometimes I just have to get out of here. Here are the places we've 'home'schooled. Krispy Kreme (Answer the ? of the day for a free doughnut, okay coffee) Flying Star restaurant (Best coffee, with refills, the hummus

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This is a great recipe for homemade playclay. It's good for little hands as it is nice and soft and easy to manipulate. 1 cup water 1/2 cup salt 1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar 1/2 tsp food coloring Mix the above over low heat. As it heats, add: 2 Tbsp vegetable oil 1 cup flour Stir over low heat until the mixture starts to ball up, dry out, and pull away from the sides. When it's not sticky

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TIME FOR SLIME! This recipe makes a real fun and interesting 'slime' for your kids to play with. 1/2 cup Elmer's glue (this is a 4 oz. school sized bottle) 1 cup water Mix. In a separate bowl, mix: 1/4 tsp Borax 1/2 cup water (The Borax won't dissolve but do the best you can.) Add the borax mixture to the glue mixture and stir. It will thicken quickly at first, and then gradually. Flop the

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A friend of mine had a great idea for her hallway. STAGE AN ART SHOW She took a piece of artwork from each of her (little!) kids and placed them in simple frames. Then she wrote up a 'bio' and printed them out along with a photo of each kiddo. She displayed these next to the artwork of each child - just like in a real art gallery! So cute. (You could even add prices and sell the pieces to

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A couple of weeks ago I shared my favorite homemade playclay recipe. I thought I'd share my idea for making playdough even more fun! I've collected a box of various and sundry things we use when playing with playdough. Here are some essentials: rolling pins (a cut and sanded dowel rod) cookie cutters (happen to be Pampered Chef, only because I never use them when really baking) little

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Photo Archive Prolific KidArt My son loves drawing planes. There are planes all over the place - dozens and dozens. How do I encourage the time and creativity without turning our home into a library archive of 100 versions of the same plane? Today's idea: Photo Archive Prolific KidArt! In other words, take a picture of your kiddo WITH their piece of art. By taking a photo of my child

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The Invention Box My kids love to make things. And I love to recycle! We've combined both of these loves in today's art idea: The Invention Box. A friend of mine, who used to teach kindergarten, said this idea was one of the things her students really loved. All you do is collect - things like paper towel tubes, old yarn, stickers, interesting plastic pots & jars, buttons, the innards from

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One thing that keeps us from letting our kids explore art is ... well ... the art supplies! They are crazy colors and they do tend to get um, how do I say this - ALL OVER THE PLACE. I've found that an old short sleeved t-shirt, preferably adult sized, makes a great smock. It's nice and long and if the shoulders are too wide, you can cinch it up in the back with a clothespin. Easy Breezy.

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We've talked about taping down the paper as your kids are painting or drawing to make the whole experience easier for little hands. I've used masking tape loops on the back of paper, but there's another tricky thing you can do. If you use thick paper (like watercolor paper or card stock), tape down the paper all the way around the edge by using masking tape on the front. Try to get these

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Marble Painting! My kids love this and whipped out six amazing pieces yesterday. The finished project! Reminds me of Jackson Pollock's work. Supplies: A pan for each child. (I used foil baking pans but cookie sheets with sides also work.) Cardstock, cut to fit inside pan. I taped these down with masking tape loops on the back. Paint : lots of colors! (We used acrylic craft paints but tempura

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As your little button sits down to draw, color or paint - a simple thing you can do is tape down the paper. This helps little ones gain confidence - they don't have to be able to hold the paper with one hand AND draw with the other. They can just concentrate on the fun part. Also, it's surprising how well it helps to contain the paint/crayon/pen marks! (My three year-old is much less likely

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So, I didn't really come up with any New Year's Resolutions this year. I mean, I thought about it, but really, I never, ever keep them! But, I have been thinking about ways I'd like to change - things I'd like to do more of because they seem good & right. The main one I've been thinking about is engaging with my kids. I'm kind of a list person. I can get overwhelmed with all the things I'm

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Did you know that bees are responsible for approximately every 3rd bite of food? Here's a neat project you can do this Spring! It's called The Great Sunflower Project. Basically, you obtain a specific species of sunflower, plant 'em, and then take observations every so often after the flowers bloom. How many bees visit your flowers in a 15 minute period? The biologists are trying to learn about

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This is especially for Briggie. We know how much you wish you could be here for this!

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You can find it here. Enjoyed the daily office this morning. It's good to start the day focusing on the Lord.

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3/21/2010 ink & colored pencil tenants in the vineyard 3/28/2010 ink & colored pencil John 12:20-26 are you willing to die to yourself? 4/18/2010 ink & colored pencil matthew 25:14-30 the talents

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black ink & colored pencilscene from the Rancho Manzana B&BChimayo, NM We had a delightful stay. The hostess was great, the food was extra yummy, and the room & view were very relaxing. Hubby enjoyed the hot tub for his aching back. Not a whole lot happening in Chimayo... a perfect getaway.

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My husband is so great. I dropped my new cell phone in the kiddo pool today and in characteristically understanding fashion, my great hubby responded like this to my confession email: In a few weeks. We’ll be like “remember that time when you dropped the phone in the swimming pool?” And you were all “totally worried about it.” And I was all “don’t worry about it, it’s kinda silly”. And then we

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My journey to a simpler life. Here are some of the things I've tried and/or am doing to simplify my life. Only, they don't really make life more 'simple' (I think to myself as I walk out to investigate why the chickens are squawking up a storm at 5:30 am). But, I do think that doing many of these things give me a lot of satisfaction. They seem to slow down life a little bit... I think about Life

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February 28th, 2010Matthew 13:31-33a story about influence March 14th, 2010Matthew 20:1-16a story about selfishness

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I'm finally posting pictures of the Quiet Book I'm making for Sissy. She really likes it! Let me know if you have any questions. This is an ongoing project. Rocketship blasts off to the moon(rocket follows string flightpath)  A. Fisherman with Net (fish with buttonholes)B.Noah's Ark (zipper opening) A. Girl (heart is velcro, matches velcro on back of dresses)B. Laundry Basket and Line to Hang

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I'm really excited for the 2010 Census forms to arrive in the mail. I think mostly because when I lived in Salt Lake City in 1998, I visited the Geneological Records area of the a church residing in that town which will remain unnamed here. Anyway, I found a listing of my grandmother, when she was six, living with her mother and her grandparents. Amazing! The scripted hand it was written in was

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Caught myself working in my garden wearing my ratty, old, red, fuzzy slippers again! I just went outside to LOOK. But then, I couldn't resist a little digging, a little checking of the garlic, a little collecting of obnoxious ponderosa pine needles, a little hoeing. I came across this after I came inside. It's from: Home Vegetable Gardening, A Complete And Practical Guide To The Planting And Care

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Just a reminder to all my book-loving friends out there: Check out Paperbackswap! It's an online community where you can post any books you wouldn't mind parting with and 'swap' with others. I've swapped a total of 61 books (either sending them to others or requesting them for me). Don't let the name fool you - hardbacks, children's books, paperbacks, etc. They all count!

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So, our little buddy has been having 'asthma-like' breathing problems for about 2 years now. The pediatrician prescribed oral and internal steriods like albuterol. We use the nebulizer with the Albuterol when he's doing really poorly - a kid has gotta breathe, no matter how much his mama hates medicinals. Then we went to an herbalist. I was told that pediatricians (according to the American

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sermon illustration - acts 26 colored pencil & ink

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sermon illustration - acts 20 colored pencil and ink

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sermon illustration - mark 14 colored pencil & ink

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Phew! I made it through another month of art classes! I have really enjoyed teaching these classes...the average age of my student is 2 and a half! I'm so thankful for the moms - they stay, they help out, they are so patient with me. Here's a shout out to Rosemary and Lynne who helped so much the first month. And to Laura, for washing my daughter's hands when I'm preoccupied with another student

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So I invented this one person support group back around 1999 or 2000. It was called Fearbusters Anonymous (which doesn't make a whole lot of sense when I think about it) but it was my way of being intentional about overcoming some fears in my life. I tend to be a fearful person. I remember making a list and then going down and trying to check something off each week. I HAD to do at least one

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Do you love the look of old-fashioned clotheslines? Do you want to show your support of eco-friendly living? A friend of mine had a great idea for a calendar. Clotheslines! She's donating the proceeds to a non-profit scholarship program. You can get the craigslit info here - they're $10 plus $4 shipping. Here's a shot from the front cover. And if you analyze the calendar closely after you get

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I finally took a picture of my one and only pumpkin (triamble) ! Here it is, all 12 pounds of it. Perfect for Halloween - they're so ghoulishy-green. I got the original seeds from my friend, Novella, over at Ghost Town Farm. I plan to plant these babies in the front yard next Spring. We hang out mostly in the back yard and the vines pretty much took over back there. They'll have more room in

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1. Canning Salsa with homegrown tomatoes 2. Crushing eggshells for the chickens to eat 3. Roasting pumpkin (triamble) to eventually become part of my soup swap contribution 4. Entertaining littlest kidlet 5. Homeschooling oldest kidlet, subject: telling time 6. Getting kitchen/house back into husband-will-be-home-soon & look-at-all-the-stuff-I-did-I-really-don't-sit-on-my-butt-all-day mode. 7.

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So a couple of weekends ago, I randomly remembered a stack of plywood and siding pieces left over from building our chicken coop in March. They've just been sitting behind the fence on one side of the house since then. Gulp. It's been months. Anyway, I hopped on Freecycle and got rid of the whole pile in about 30 minutes - someone else wanted the scraps to build a house for a duck she was

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Grand total this year: 318 chicken eggs since July 4th. (26.5 dozen) Go chickadoodles, go! And considering that we have only 4 eggs in the fridge and I've given away MAYBE 2 dozen, I'm thinking our family eats a lot of eggs. How many grams of cholesterol is that?

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It's been so great - the arrival of Autumn. I am in love with this season. Yes, spring is nice and summer, too. And we know how great winter is, what with the reading all those books sipping made-from-scratch hot cocoa. But, Autumn? Yes, Autumn. Season of my soul! What do I love so much? The harvest. I love going out early each morning to see if any new tomatoes are ready for picking. I love

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I got an email from a new friend with questions about chickens! I love it when people are thinking about raising chickens. I am a newbie myself, but here's a little that I've learned. I felt very nervous about getting chickens, so I did lots of research. Turns out, probably more than I really needed to! People have been keeping chickens for OH SO LONG. So, all that to say, don’t worry too much.

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My new endeavor...kinderdoodle!Art classes for little kids. Starts in just over a week! Check the blog for all the details.

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What fun we had. Here's a scene from the highway on the way home.

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These are from our camping trip 3 weeks ago. The kids had a great time. So did the parents, actually. Waking up under a huge thunderstorm was amazing! And we didn't even get wet.

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A good friend of mine died suddenly on Monday. What a shock. She leaves behind her husband and 4 little kiddos. She was seriously such a good mom. She'd never say she was perfect - but it was so evident that she loved those kiddos. And, so many of us who knew her would all go to her for advice. She always had a ready ear to listen, and while she was one of the busiest people I know, she never

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Harvested my garlic a few days ago. After 8 months of waiting, it was pretty exciting. Ah, the little joys in life.

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Bobba Fett gettin' a little feisty.

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I read this on the billboard at a local used car dealership."Doesn't your son or daughter deserve a car for graduation?"WHAT?! Whatever happened to 'deserving' a car the old-fashioned way? Get a job, save your money, buy yourself a car.Sigh.

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So, I'm sitting here drinking the most refreshing summer drink, ever. Water Kefir! (Also known as homemade fruit soda.) This batch is lemon/mint. Yums. Here's the recipe: 1/2 cup turbinado sugar 12 raisins or so 1/4 lemon or if you're lazy, some lemon juice 1/8 tsp baking soda or so A few sprigs of fresh homegrown mint (from my neighbor!) 1/2 cup water kefir grains (email me if you want some)

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Still not laying eggs...

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There's something very satisfying about trying something new, that you're slightly uncertain about or scared of, only to find that you have what it takes. Yes.Today I clipped my chickens' wing-feathers! Now I don't have to worry about my soon-to-be-egg-laying-investment flying away. And it really was a piece of cake. You can learn how to do it here. Or, I can come over and help you.The only real

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What do you do when you have Arugula growing like crazy in your garden? (I must have some freaky microclimate, perfect for this member of the Brassicaceae family, in my backyard).You. Make. Pesto.The first photo was taken after I was DONE! So I gave some away, ate some in a salad, and then started sauteeing the rest with garlic and olive oil. Yum.Arugula Pesto (Nut and dairy free)A BUNCH of

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Here's Bubba with our most recent Spinach harvest. I have 3 barrels of spinach growing. I wish I'd planted more! We've had fresh homegrown spinach since about Thanksgiving.Bubba likes to help harvest the Spinach with his little kid-scissors. And he even eats it! Whoo hoo, little veggie child.

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They chicklets are finally here! I'm officially a Mother Hen now!We're planning to go with STAR WARS themed names, though most of the available choices aren't really feminine and the chicks are, of course, girls. Here's Luke Skywalker, looking for a way off of the planet Naboo.Here's Luke whining into the pellets while Han Solo looks for a way out of this joint.Here's Han Solo strutting her stuff

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-47349615263283738632008-12-13T16:46:00.008-07:002008-12-13T16:53:29.843-07:00

So, you may or may not know about my desire to make our Christmas celebrations more about Jesus than the gifts. But you can't NOT give gifts. (Well, I guess you can, but we're not going that far.) Anyway, in an attempt to spread the joy whilst also making vs. buying things, I sewed my first baby doll dress for Sissy's doll! Okay, I realize it's really not that cute, but I feel the matching hand

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-33645844218776958612008-11-26T14:52:00.005-07:002008-11-26T15:48:17.255-07:00

Hey I just had a great idea for a Christmas gift exchange! It's of the reduce/reuse/recycle variety. Here it is:We all have more than we need. But most of us also have other things that we need or want. Now, I personally don't mind used things (you know, depending on what it IS). Used books, used shelves, etc. Wouldn't it be great if instead of boxing up all our old stuff and hauling it over to

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I'm missing summer. It's cold. Not butt-cracking cold, but cold enough.I digress.What I'm really here to do is to finally upload a picture from my garden! This picture makes me long for summer. Behold, my friends, the all time biggest tomato I have ever grown.

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I don't know. There's just something 'about' winter. I love it! But I DON'T like turning the furnace on. I don't like how loud it is. I don't like how it dries everybody up. How 'long' can I bundle the kids up in several layers... I'm always contemplating within myself how 'long' I can go without that darn furnace. "Do you think we could make it to November 15th? The 30th? Christmas?" Plus,

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-18980201658632952602008-10-22T07:33:00.004-06:002008-10-24T09:04:06.034-06:00

My friends and I are planning a 1st Annual Seed Swap! I'm very excited as it just seems fitting to collect and save the seeds from my first garden. Here's what will be on my swapping menu:Grandma Wolfe Mongo TomatoThe Ever Prolific Lemon Cucumber from the West SideYummiest Butternut Squash EverOblong PumpkinCoriander/CuminUpstart of a Cherry Tomato (volunteered itself from my compost 2 years ago)

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So I've been using a fluoride-free toothpaste for a while now. But I didn't really know why. I did find some some interesting reasons here (about flouride) and here (about sodium lauryl sulfate). I got to thinking, if the paste I've been buying doesn't have any crud in it, what DOES it have in it? Turns out, not much. Therefore, I decided to make some tooth powder myself. Why pay some company to

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Just an update on the worm bin:The worms are multiplying like crazy! And eating all my kitchen scraps. And making me some very fine fertilizer! I like to think of it as 'wormanure' - but when you're that low on the food chain, you can pretty much just call your poo DIRT.This DIRT, this veritable smorgasbord of used-to-be veggie peels from the garden, has some mighty fine properties, which you can

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-4448241001784302352008-09-10T21:15:00.007-06:002008-09-23T17:44:34.672-06:00

So, I want to be a farmer. I think. Here are some tomatoes from my out of control tomato plants, some cucumbers from my ho-hum cucumber plants and some lemon cucumbers from the most prolific lemon cucumber vines you have ever seen. (Let me know if you'd like some seeds). Yum. Organic, baby. (The record holding tomato weighed 14.5 ounces.) I keep getting advised to cut back the tomato vines, but I

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-30011568813416519042008-07-11T09:09:00.004-06:002008-12-09T02:11:10.325-07:00

So there's this cool new service I heard about. It's called ChaCha. It's like you call or text a question from your mobile and they will look up the answer for you and text it back to you! Say you need movie times to a theater across town while you're at Target! Say you wonder, whilst in the drive-thru, how much sodium a BigMac* has.Voice: 1-800-2ChaChaText: ChaCha (242242)*This is a hypothetical

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-91028341142796930362008-07-09T16:06:00.004-06:002008-12-09T02:11:10.510-07:00

This sign is seriously one of my pet peeves and I see it almost every day. C'mon people. It's spelled M-A-I-N-T-E-N-A-N-C-E.I'll post a few more photos of some other non-favorites. It's really healing for me to just get the frustration out there rather then being bothered by these signs!

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So, I've realized that I really like gardening! And apparently I'm not as much of a black-thumb as I thought. I've been having great successes!1. Made raised beds. (Okay, Hubby made them. I just helped.)2. Filled them with compost. (We paid our nephews to do that.)3. Built some bird netting cages to protect them. (Hubby made the frames and I attached the netting.)4. Got seeds to sprout! (God did

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-5722684567623576042008-05-18T16:20:00.002-06:002008-05-18T16:25:03.810-06:00

So, don't remember if I told you, but I took a look in my worm bin the other day. I'd decided to leave the little dudes alone for awhile, as I felt I was taxing their patience with my over-attentiveness. I took a look and found a whopping 5 adult worms! What happened!? No wonder the kitchen veggie scraps I'd been putting in the bin weren't getting eaten as fast as I thought they would.I'm trying

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-47606164438469997772008-05-12T17:30:00.003-06:002008-12-09T02:11:10.838-07:00

Have you heard the buzz about how bees are starting to have a hard time navigating and may be actually diappearing in some places? Supposedly, all the pesticides in the environment could be contributing to the bees having a hard time. Which, I might add, is not a good thing for crop production. Which, I might add, does not bode well for people being able to eat in the future. So, I heard about

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-38715776249590638472008-04-22T14:33:00.004-06:002008-12-09T02:11:11.094-07:00

but live ones are cool!Well, today was the big day at MOPS. We made vermicomposting bins! I mean, worm bins. I'm not positive why, but many of the worms had died by the time this morning rolled around. I think I was over-attentive or maybe it was a lack of enough moisture and not enough prayer. My friend Jacinda braved the smell and sorted through to find live worms for everyone. What a trooper!

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Two THOUSAND souls are thinking my husband is a hero today! Here's a picture:We're talking about vermiculture at our local MOPS meeting on Tuesday and needed worms. They were express mailed to me, but I didn't hear the postal carrier ring the bell (out working in the yard). I thought he'd just leave the package...but he didn't...and I wasn't going to be able to pick it up until Monday morning! I

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-65137341826319561102008-04-19T10:15:00.001-06:002008-12-09T02:11:11.398-07:00

My husband and I worked on this awhile back. I'm thinking about a card line in this genre. What do you think? I'm thinking 12 year olds might really like it. I mean, I do.

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-39442633783066499242008-04-10T14:05:00.006-06:002008-12-09T02:11:11.536-07:00

I finally have some new cards up over at Danidoodle. Specifically new birthday cards. I really like these and use them every chance I get. So should you. Here's a little sample...I've heard that it's really difficult to find cards to give to guys/boys/men - unless you really like dark green borders decorated with ducks or else race cars. Is this true? I've always made my own so I wouldn't really

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-37299067274966494952008-04-10T14:01:00.003-06:002008-12-09T02:11:11.607-07:00

I didn't mean to get this at the store. I meant to get the fruit-sweetened part and I meant to get the mint part and I meant to get the soy-non-dairy part. But I didn't mean to get the carob part. (I think it goes back to a traumatic experience as a child when my brother and I were given chocolate Easter bunnies that turned out to be carob.) I wanted chocolate. But, I must say, this is really

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-23525584055076052742008-02-28T15:26:00.002-07:002008-02-28T15:28:07.722-07:00

Turns out the new leaf that Baby Girl turned over 2 nights ago was a mean cruel fluke of a joke! Yep, I was up several times again last night. Sigh. Yawn. And please don't tell me to just let her cry... that makes ME want to cry!

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You may or may not believe this, but God blessed me with my first stretch of 6 hours of sleep in a very, very, very long time. Baby Girl slept from 9:30 PM to 3:30 AM. I woke up in a daze at 3:30, so happy that I almost didn't want to go back to sleep so I could enjoy the fact that I'd slept so long!

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-8345259918942060322008-02-05T17:07:00.000-07:002008-02-05T17:11:14.661-07:00

Well, we've got a new look here at Doods. The black background! Did anyone notice?WHY, pray tell? Take a look at Blackle.com and it will all become clear to you.How is Blackle saving energy?Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search.Blackle saves energy because ...

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-69931828893706329262007-12-07T10:50:00.001-07:002008-12-09T02:11:11.783-07:00

Here's another great find! FREECYCLE - a way to keep your stuff out of landfills and give it to someone else who really wants it! In the past 3 days, I've gotten rid of old Christmas decorations, a broken microwave and some hair products! Someone's house is ready for Christmas, someone else is making warm soup (he fixed the micro) and someone else has awesome looking hair! Sweet. And you can find

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-49795363604999182092007-12-01T19:34:00.000-07:002007-12-01T19:36:24.966-07:00

...Change just ONE of your lightbulbs to a Compact Fluorescent. Wow. We've changed 4 in our house so far. :)

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-15727936564071017722007-10-21T20:36:00.000-06:002008-12-09T02:11:11.892-07:00

We're looking for a catchy inside sentiment for this Christmas Card. If your idea is chosen, you will receive a FREE CARD for your Christmas-Card-Mailing-Pleasure. I'm serious.

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-21391840696608452322007-10-21T20:33:00.003-06:002008-12-09T02:11:12.030-07:00

This sweet card has seen a LOT of iterations. But I think it's finally done.

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I got tagged by my friend Ellen to tell 8 things about myself. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be generally known things OR deep dark secrets. But here goes.1. I've always wanted to go to grad school. Problem is, I can't decide what to pursue. Art? Counseling? Ecology? Medicine? And now with two kiddos? I don't think I'd be able to pull it off. I'll be one of those people you read about in the

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-70898028435399344462007-09-06T16:16:00.001-06:002008-12-09T02:11:12.169-07:00

Been experimenting with cut paper. Here's a recent creation. Click on the image to see a larger view.Cut paper robot.

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-681044884089604122007-08-30T15:14:00.000-06:002007-08-30T15:15:13.833-06:00

Hey, I'm thinking about doing a line of cards with funny kiddo quotes. Have your kiddos said anything funny lately?

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-73091405683015108962007-08-23T14:14:00.000-06:002007-08-23T14:15:59.930-06:00

you're driving down the street (by yourself!) and every time you see some heavy equipment, you get the urge to blurt out "Hey, look at that dump truck!" or "Check out that tanker!"

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-13256502896515562322007-08-21T16:30:00.001-06:002007-08-21T16:30:37.392-06:00

the kids take simultaneous naps!

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-24180145367319868422007-08-21T16:22:00.000-06:002007-08-21T16:26:47.862-06:00

So...I just finished my first Tae Bo (TOTAL BODY FAT BLASTER) workout of 2007. It's a very inspiring name for a workout.I think my legs are going to fall off.

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-42103197656992413072007-08-20T10:43:00.000-06:002008-12-09T02:11:12.321-07:00

My neighbor just gave me all of his wife's old Tae-Bo DVDs. Yikes! I 'said' I would use them...I have fond memories of Tae-Bo and some particular students at Oregon State University.

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-73405085020275032092007-08-14T08:16:00.000-06:002007-08-14T08:17:52.281-06:00

you have to turn your swamp cooler on at 7 AM!

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-67347363706910196322007-08-13T16:40:00.001-06:002008-12-09T02:11:12.602-07:00

Yah, I know it's crazy. But I like to make my own planners! Here's the old one (2006-2007).And the new one (2007-2008).My favorite part is making the covers. They are usually a collage sealed with Mod Podge (one of my all time favorites). I like sewing all the pages together, too. I learned bookmaking in a book I got from my friend Katie. Thanks Katie!

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-73434336358645462972007-08-12T16:57:00.000-06:002008-12-09T02:11:12.702-07:00

Here are Baby's Cloth Diapers baking/bleaching in the sun. Pretty artistic shot, eh?

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-2222362021095173692007-08-10T16:54:00.001-06:002008-12-09T02:11:12.877-07:00

Hey. I'm reading this book. It's making me think, a lot. Have you read it?

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-37011527102483373062007-08-10T16:52:00.001-06:002007-08-10T16:53:11.619-06:00

Selling my cards on this site: ETSY

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-7329268178359712422007-08-10T16:51:00.001-06:002007-08-10T16:52:14.321-06:00

The other day Bubby asked me, "Do you like spicy milk, Mama?"

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-20541111720280525972007-08-02T16:07:00.001-06:002008-12-09T02:11:12.987-07:00

Yesterday my friend Rosemary and I ventured (with our 4 kids!) to the Aquarium. While we were there, we saw one of these in the big tank.A 12(?) year old girl nearby said, "Hey, that one looks just like my dad when he's MAD!"

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-77945484122280536122007-07-04T14:03:00.000-06:002007-07-04T14:04:12.471-06:00

Finally had the 2nd bambino. See her here.

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-86615032976406694302007-04-21T15:49:00.001-06:002008-12-09T02:11:13.358-07:00

My 2 guys huntin' jelly beans.

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-82689288409605332262007-04-10T19:50:00.000-06:002007-04-10T19:51:15.414-06:00

Just finished updating my website, Danidoodle.I'll be uploading some new cards, soon, too!

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-36216917635857666552007-04-07T16:12:00.000-06:002008-12-09T02:11:13.527-07:00

Here's a little photo for you to enjoy. It's our dog! This is why our dog can easily jump over our fence (and poo in our neighbors' yard!)

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-1171553932031684182007-02-15T08:34:00.000-07:002007-02-15T08:38:52.060-07:00

Did you know that Club Soda is a great glass cleaner? And if you put it into a little kid sized squirt bottle and say, "Hey Bubby, do you want to clean?" you might get some help with the sliding glass door?! And it's completely safe!

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-1166827786774134302006-12-22T15:47:00.000-07:002007-02-15T08:04:00.686-07:00

Here we are at my Hubby's Cousin's Recent Wedding. It was beautiful! It was fun! Bubby hung out with his bud, Lucy, and her parents while we were at the wedding. I think they had a good time 'sharing' Bubby's bear. (Lucy thinks it's hers, but Bubby doesn't agree.)

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-1166664364201173402006-12-20T18:24:00.000-07:002006-12-20T18:26:04.216-07:00

The other day I was lying on the couch (not feeling well, you'll soon see why) and Bubby came over, put his face close to my tummy and said, "Hello Baby Boys!"We did tell him there's a baby growing in there...but do you think he knows something we don't know?

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-1165857117052003552006-12-11T10:11:00.000-07:002006-12-11T10:11:57.066-07:00

This morning Bubby was sitting on my tummy while I was lying on the couch. He was patting me and saying Mama, Mama, Mama. Then he said, "I love Mama."Can you say CUTE?! It made me want to cry! What a cute kiddo. That's what it's all about, folks.

Danidoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335668775345531066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11649949.post-1165618107855104362006-12-08T15:48:00.000-07:002006-12-08T15:48:27.856-07:00

Books to the ceiling,Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.-Arnold Lobel

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