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Jewelry giveaway

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Favor requested....

Hi.I know there are not many people that read my little blog since I don't post very much,but I have a request for those of you that do read.My daughter has just entered a writing contest and is trying to win the prize of $1,000 so she can buy herself a wacom drawing tablet since she really loves drawing and would love to do art on the computer,so this would allow her to do what she loves.I think her story is awesome,of course,so I hope you will click on it and read it and vote for hers....I think you have to heart it and the ten stories with the most hearts will be the finalists for the prize.Please read her story when you can and vote for hers of you like it....she would be thrilled and appreciative since this is her first writing contest that she has entered into.You can click on the title of her story,Vignis here to read it and vote for her.Thanks from Fatima and myself,of course.She's so excited about having a chance to win!Ok,I just found out that you need to make an account to log in and vote,so I hope you can quickly make an account to vote for her and if you can,we'd be thrilled to have you spread the word,thanks!

Homeschool books we are reading...

Here are some of the books my girls have been reading in place of textbooks.As you can see,most of the books are actually by National Geographic and I think they are wonderful.We got them all from our library.I know I usually find great books by looking at other homeschool blogs so if you have posted some books that your children read,please leave a link to your blog in the comments section,thanks!

Homemade poptarts

Ok,you will have to excuse the bad photos since I don't have much light in my kitchen and my family was in a mad rush to try them,but luckily I got a photo in before they grabbed them all.Let me say,they may not look pretty,but tasted just like a poptart and were so flaky!We used some local strawberry jam for the filling for half of them and the other half had a cinnamon filling and everybody in my family thought they were great and keep requesting I make more.The recipe can be found here at Smitten Kitchen.I made the frosting with powdered sugar and milk until I got the consistency I liked.

Blythe items giveaway....

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Diddl giveaway....

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Diddl Giveaway

New blog look...

As you may have noticed,my fabulous middle daughter has made me a new blogger background and banner.I think it may be the last one she makes me as she says it was time consuming and I was a little too picky after all the work she did and I requested a few simple changes. :) Now I just need to get the motivation to start posting.I have been busy with homeschooling,cleaning house,cooking and of course my bil recently moved in,so I've been very tired.I have been working on our 2011 letters blog,which has been quite successful.We're going on 200 letters soon and it's been really fun learning about different people and places.

Homeschooling has definitely been a learning experience since this is our second round after five years of public schools.After skimming through the Teenage Liberation Handbook,I've decided to dump all textbooks and go for books that go more in detail of what we are learning,like real life stories,etc.Textbooks are so dull and boring and the kids usually forget what they read since they are reading it b/c I say so and that's not right,they should be reading to want to learn something.

I have gotten some great books at our library recently and will take a picture of them since I think the are really great.I also found some great books at a "book sale" a homeschooling family was having.They started homeschooling twenty years ago and was finally getting rid of some books.Some they were keeping b/c their grandkids are being homeschooled,too. :) I will try to take some pictures soon to share what great books we found.I know I always love book recommendations,so I would love to share with you all,too.