Once again, our Governor, Charlie Crist, has declared the week of March 30 - April 6 to be Home Education Week here in Florida.
Governor Crist included in his proclamation that:
Studies indicate most children who are home educated exhibit self-confidence, good citizenship, exceptional academic test scores, higher than average college attendance and success.
I am encouraged by […]
It has been an energizing and exhausting week (see Daily Photo). Although I treasure and enjoy being with friends (a big thank you for all the wonderful supportive comments on my post From This Day Forward), I also need an abundant amount of ‘me time’ to recharge.
I luxuriate in just hibernating in my home office […]
I wish I were funny.
Squirt coffee out your nose funny like my friend Bee.
If she had spent yesterday as I had, she would sit down at her laptop this morning and be able to give us all a case of the giggles while relaying the events of a day well spent.
But not me.
I’m not funny.
I’m […]
I just can’t help myself. I walk into a bookstore and I can’t leave without a shiny new book to call mine. I need my fix of the fictional, the biographical, the informational.
My most recent purchases include:
Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe
Half Broken Things by Morag Joss (bought yesterday in the bigger […]
If you have never visited Heather Armstrong’s website, you are missing out on quite a few laughs in your day. She is able to take the ordinary and mundane and make it seem as though you just visited your favorite theme park….or if you don’t care for theme parks….your own version of fun.
Today’s post […]
The letter was dated March 2, 1972:
Dear Miss Batog:
It is my pleasure to inform you that the Admissions committee has approved your application to the University of Miami. You have been accepted for the semester beginning in September, 1972 as a member of the freshman class to the College of Arts and Sciences.
And so began […]
Please join me as I pray for my friends:
Miss Kris from A Shelter From The Storm
Ame from Amexpression
Heidi from God’s Grace in Practice
Jeni from Down River Drivel
Carrie from Chocolate the Other White Meat
Sherry from Going Goofy
A Prayer for My Friends
I said a prayer for you today
and I […]
I wasn’t going to do an Easter post…just an Easter Blessing which you can view here. However, as always, Bob from Every,Every Minute has written a MyTurn/Your Turn that I feel compelled to answer today.
“If you could have an Easter basket made for you by anyone living, dead or fictional….who would it be?”
I do an […]
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