Archive for October, 2009

Wordless Wednesday ~ Wild Things

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Sneaking up on two wild things in their natural habitat. Zooming in and peeking through the lattice so as not to disturb them in their natural state.

Observe: two wild things in their natural habitat. We'll peek through the lattice and zoom in so as not to disturb them in their natural state.

Observe how the wild things show no indication of fear or danger.

Notice how the wild things show no indication of fear or danger.

See how the smaller one is dressed for adventure in pjs and red cape, barefoot and wild.

See how the smaller one is ready for adventure in pjs and red cape, barefoot and wild.

This post happily submitted to Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom!

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Come, Shoot The Breeze With Me!

Hello, Friday! Another weekend is here. Our plans? Not much. This was “the week of very little sleep.” Last night, for the first time in at least a week, I actually got 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep! One night really isn’t enough to recover from a week though – so I’m really hoping for a repeat tonight. ;)

Since I missed last week, I really have a lot of good stuff for ya. I think I’ll try to categorize it a bit. Here goes!

Classic Housewife News:

In the News:

Good Blog Posts:

Homeschool Related Stuff:

Other Good Stuff:

So now what? Now it’s YOUR turn! You can do one of two things (or both!)

  1. If you have a link-love post you’ve written sharing good links you’ve found, link it up!
  2. Or if you’ve got a favorite article you’ve written this week that you’ve like us to read – anything at all – link it up!

(Don’t you like how easy this is?!) Plus, I like to Stumble posts I like. =) Add a link back to this post at the bottom of yours  and your readers can get back here to find all the other good stuff. MckLinky will stay open all week!

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Moments With My Son

I’m watching my son son play when I see him put a roly-poly in his pocket. When I commented, my daughter informed me he’d put a worm in his pocket when they were playing outside the day before. Immediately my mind wandered to whether or not I’d washed any of his laundry since then. Nice.

My son asked why my husband took his sister to her event and I told him it was because I didn’t want to do it so daddy said he would. Son says seriously, “Well I’m a good driver,” as if to say, so let’s go then and I’ll do it for you!

My son’s new thing is catching moths. I pity any bug he catches because it’s probably not going to survive unless I have him put it back outside immediately. He’s not mean to them, in fact he tries to be very gentle. There’s a steady stream of moths, roly-polies and flies being brought and shown to me. A couple of days ago, it was a millipede. Two in fact. I’m just getting ready for him to come back in with a toad or grass snake in his pocket.

Listening in on his two sisters talking while we were pulling out fall clothes and putting away summer clothes, my sons hears one of his sisters say “It’s Fall.” He looks up at them as if to say, Wait, what? and asks, “What’s falling??”

On an unusually warm fall day last week, my son wanted to play outside in the middle of the day but I told him we could play outside later because, “It’s too hot right now.” With dead serious and honest eyes, he answers. “It’s okay, I won’t melt. I have bones.”

After explaining trash can chore etiquette to my oldest, I ended with “You just do whatcha gotta do, and life goes on.” to which my son replied with wide eyes, “Yeah, and when you don’t it doesn’t.”

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Come, Shoot the Breeze With Me

Hello internet! A host of interesting links await. Interesting is open to interpretation of course. ;)

This week has been pretty uneventful around here. Except for the tooth extraction that was anything BUT uneventful. TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEETH PEOPLE! Other than that, I’ve browsed around the net a bit. Here’s what I found for you.

COUPONS:

IN THE NEWS:

COMPUTERS & BLOGGING:

HOMESCHOOLING:

OTHER:

What else would you like to share with us? You can share anything, anything at all! Link up to something you’ve written about this week, something you did/learned/saw/baked/sewed/whatever! Come, Shoot the Breeze with Me~

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Christmas Shopping In October

Yes, I KNOW! It’s barely October, and here I’m talking about Christmas shopping already. But after the fiasco two years ago, last year I started working to be wiser and more accountable with my shopping expenses. Last year I was very specific with a budget, an Excel spreadsheet and tracked every penny. This year, I’ll do the same thing, but I want to start my shopping a little sooner and spread out the spending between a few different months. It sounds smart, right?

So today I purchased the first set of gifts for the kids. And I found some good deals on them, too!! (Princess, if you are reading this… WALK AWAY! There’s a rule, if you find one of your gifts or find out what it is, it goes to charity!) =P I bought four computer games at Amazon for a total of $29.00 by choosing games that were under $10.00 each* and spending enough at once to qualify for the free shipping.

I love free shipping.

Wanna see what I got the kids?

So when do you start your Christmas shopping? How do you find your best deals? Do tell! A budget-concious momma wants to know.

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