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I Heart Huckabee

We got a chance to “meet” former Governor Mike Huckabee recently. He was our choice for the Republican presidential nominee, but alas were forced to vote for another guy when Huckabeedropped out of the race. We (I should actually say “I”) jumped at the chance to see him when I found out he’d be inContinue reading “I Heart Huckabee”

I need your help…

This is another installment of the homeschool posts, but I promise, you can help me even if you don’t homeschool. The first issue I need help with concerns time management. The second issue concerns yummy things for lunch. Summer is coming and we’re getting ready to move. Both of those things always make me more introspectiveContinue reading “I need your help…”

Of cracks and sags and potty dances

So yesterday we made the three-hour long drive down to Pensacola. I, as the only adult, have driven alone with the girls plenty of times. Why have I not found a legal way to sedate them yet? When Reagan was a traveling toddler she would sleep for about two hours at a stretch, which would give meContinue reading “Of cracks and sags and potty dances”

Party like it’s 1773!

The mainstream media, so I hear–I don’t watch it, is downplaying the birth of the latest grassroots movement: the new revolution. In 1773, colonists who were tired of being taxed without being represented decided to take matters into their own hands by dumping English Tea into the Boston Harbor. Unwelcome taxes had been being leviedContinue reading “Party like it’s 1773!”

Good Friday revisited

I wrote this post last year and after rereading it I realize I couldn’t say it much better this year. *********************************************************** Spring is in the air and we can’t wait to dive right in. The grass is starting to hint at it’s natural color. Robins are back searching the thawing earth for sustenance. The airContinue reading “Good Friday revisited”