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Do you know where your Perler beads are?

March 6, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

They may still be on the shelf at Wal-Mart. If this is the case, you will want to take them down from the shelf and place them in your cart. You will balk at paying good money for a tray of plastic tubes. Get over it. They’re worth it.They may be scattered all over the floor around your table (and I do mean scattered). Sweep ‘em up and stop … [Read more...]

You. Are. Awesome.

March 5, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Blogging, Gratitude, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

Quite literally, you have made my morning!And I have to apologize for starting a conversation and then ditching it. I was away for all of Sunday* and am only now returning to this blog. (That is a story in itself. You will have to wait a week for it.)I will admit, I approached my computer with fear and trepidation. What if no one left a comment … [Read more...]

Happy 2nd Sunday of Lent!

March 4, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Blogging, Lent, Minnesota Me 14 Comments

How are you? : ) … [Read more...]

Calling All Authors!

March 3, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

...would-be or otherwise!The publishers of the latest edition in the Amazing Grace series, Amazing Grace for Home Schoolers, are in need of a few good submissions.According to Theresa Thomas, (one of the editors), “It will be 101 stories of faith, hope, inspiration & humor for home schooling families, showing God's grace in their lives.”Do you … [Read more...]

Homeschooling Mother Tries Subversive New Tactic

March 2, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Real Learning Leave a Comment

My boys were complaining that they never got a snow day.So I gave them one.And somehow, we're all fine with that. … [Read more...]

They’re saying we got over a foot of snow.

March 2, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

Yep. That'd be accurate. … [Read more...]

We interrupt your Friday

March 2, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Blogging, Lent, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

…to bring you the following announcement:I have turned off my comments for Lent.Except for Sundays.And best friends’ birthdays.I hadn’t planned on making a formal announcement because I thought that, given my excessive love of comments, my decision would be obvious.I am the sort of happily clueless person, by the way, who assumes that people get … [Read more...]

Forget Me Not

March 1, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood Leave a Comment

By the end of the day yesterday, I was happy.I had tackled a mountain of laundry;I received a long, encouraging e-mail from a sweetie pie of a friend;And I tied up some loose ends on an important project and sent it off.A fine day, all in all.Come the end of it and I felt good—so good, in fact, that I thought that I’d “reward myself” by staying up … [Read more...]

Some Crunchy Granola to Go with that Humble Pie

March 1, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, odds and ends Leave a Comment

Here's a fun quiz for those of us who are snowed in and feeling rather bored & lonely:How "Crunchy" are you?I am merely "sprinkled with granola," as opposed to "Super Nutty, Ultra-Crunchy, Granola Earth Mama."Which surprised me not one crunchy bit.ht: Theresa ThomasPS. If you take the quiz, post your results! … [Read more...]

Humble Pie for the Momma

March 1, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Humor, Minnesota Me, Really Bad Poetry Leave a Comment

My children are simply delighted by this poem.They recite it all the time.Doesn’t it just figure? Of all of the sweet verses they could be memorizing, they insist on learning this one. Munching MargaretWhen munching Margaret speaks to you,You’ll know it’s she, because she’ll chewOr munch or suck some penny-sweet,Some chocolate, gum, or other … [Read more...]

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