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20 Essential Ideas to Help Create a Better Family — Part 4 of 4

Sunday, November 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment

5 Ideas to Help you Teach Correct Principles Here is the last installment in my notes from Randall Wright’s class at Education Week this August. For the first three days, click 1, 2, and 3. President David O McKay said, “No greater responsibility can rest upon any man, than to be a teacher of God’s [...]

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More about me than you ever wanted to know…..

Saturday, November 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My friend, Safire, tagged me last week. Woohoo! Another one! It makes days like today easier for me. I don’t have to think about what I’m going to post. So here we go. Lots of questions about ME! 1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?My mom named me after a girl that she had babysat before [...]

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Was it the turkey?

Friday, November 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I don’t know if it was the turkey or the CRAB that my kids ate last night, or simply the late night and another day off school, but the kids woke up in crabby moods today. Reese was the first to wake me up–at 3:04am–because of a sore throat. I checked her throat….Surprise! Another red, [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The 24 lb turkey is in the oven, stuffed and seasoned. PB commented that it was the biggest turkey he’s ever lifted. He was worried that the oven rack would be able to handle it (can you see the rack sagging a little?!). It’s already making the house smell heavenly. When I was stuffing it, [...]

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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

….A few of my favorite things. With a twist! Kat, from Sunshine and Lemonade, a blog that I recently started following, posted a fun tag yesterday and I decided to play along. The idea is that you post 10 of your favorite things…..that start with a particular letter of the alphabet. Kat has “assigned” me [...]

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What’s on your Holiday playlist?

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I turned on the radio today on the way to the bank and the library and the grocery store, and I heard one of my favorite radio Christmas songs (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan). Love that song! So I started thinking…what are YOUR favorite Christmas songs? Here is [...]

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Homecoming….and Mr. McFeely

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Daddy’s home! The trade show in Florida was a big success. Yipee! And now we’re happy to have Daddy home. He brought a few treats home from Nana and Grandpap’s trips to Alaska, including a book about a Grandparent’s visit to Alaska. PB added his own, typical funny charm to the book, and they were [...]

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Monday Menu Planning

Monday, November 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Over the weekend, I had an idea. Every Monday I am going to share the recipes/meals that I plan on cooking for the coming week. It will help motivate me to PLAN AHEAD and, well, I always love to hear what other people are eating and gather new recipes, too. I love to try new [...]

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20 Essential Ideas to Help Create a Better Family–Part 3 of 4

Sunday, November 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Day 3–5 Ideas to Help You Create a Gospel-centered Home The third day of Randall Wright’s lecture on creating a better/stronger family was probably my favorite. He based his model of a good, successful home on the temple (how it looks and how it functions). Think about it! Even if you’re a member of another [...]

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Picture Tag, 4X4

Sunday, November 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My friend, Claudia, tagged me–Wow! There are a lot of these blog tags going around, aren’t there? This one is the easiest yet, so I’m happy to play along. Here are the rules: Go to your photos and open the 4th folder.Post the 4th picture in your folder.Tag 4 more people.(Shouldn’t there be 4 rules?) [...]

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