Our Garden

Cayenne peppers


green bell peppers


onions


iceberg lettuce


cucumbers


summer squash


3 kinds of tomatoes


bush beans

Free Resources... My Favorites!

We usually have a little ceremony at the end of the year where the children receive certificates of completion, and other awards for citizenship, spelling, etc. I typically make them using some artsy program or micr*s*ft office, but while surfing around I found a neat little site that I think I will use this year. Teacher Planet has a section of free certificates and awards. The only thing is that they are in Adobe and some of them have dates (the year) that cannot (or I just don't know how) be changed. Last year, I only had 2 kids being home schooled. This year with four, we may actually have to hold applause until all names have been called. LOL!

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The Lost Kitten by James

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day Past, 2

About 8 years ago I purchased some property up north that was on a lake. It was purchased at a tax auction and was very affordable. There were no utilities hooked up and it was vacant land. For Mother's Day we decided to camp on our property. It. Was. Cold! My mother's gift that year was a king-sized sleeping bag with a below 40 degree weather rating. It came as a set of 2 that could be opened up and zipped together as one big bag.

At the time I had just the 2 kids and they were still little enough to wear sleeper pajamas. My mom had her sleeping bag and of course, because it was so cold, I gave my kids the other sleeping bag. I just doubled up on blankets for myself. At some point in the night, the temperature dropped big time. My dad got out of the tent and went to sleep in his car. My brother, mother and children were sleeping peacefully and I sat, shivering so bad that I could hardly stay under my covers, staring at my sleeping children, wondering how bad a mother I would be to switch my blankets for that below 40 degree rated sleeping bag! After all...they had on long johns, sleeper pajamas, socks and fleece hats.

I stayed strong and let the little darlings keep the sleeping bag, but needless to say... it was a very long night. The next morning when my mom woke up, she threw back the sleeping bag, and said with breathless delight, "Whew! I was so hot last night I had to get out of my long johns!" GRRRR or BRRRRRR! I never could get warm for the rest of the weekend.

Less than a week later, in the mail arrived my king-sized, below 40 degree rated sleeping bags. I love Ebay...