ABC's of me

A - Age: 32


B - Bed size: King


C - Chore you hate: dishes


D - Dog’s name: Zoe, Wicket, Irie


E - Essential start your day item: Shower and time to fully wake up (hate to be rushed)


F - Favorite color: Earth Tones


G- Great Quote: Sometimes it hardly seems worthchewing through the restraints


H - Height: 5’5”


I - Instruments you play: musically illeterate


J - Job title: Homeschool Mom


K - Kid(s): Briana 12 years old


L - Living arrangements: Our home in Vancouver Washington


M - Mom’s name: MIA


N - Nicknames: never had a nickname


O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Ovary removed at 15, Exploratory surgery at 16, and Csection with my daughter.


P - Pet Peeve: Judgement


Q - Quote from a movie: YippieKaiYah Mu....F....er


R- Right or left handed: Right


S - Siblings: many half and much younger


T - Time you wake up: Around 9am


U- Underwear: Bikini


V - Vegetable you dislike: I love most!! I suppose beets...but it has been awhile.


W - Ways you run late: I prefer to be overly early so I feel late if I am ontime


X - X-rays you’ve had: Teeth, ankles, wrists, chest, head and neck


Y - Yummy food you make: Baked Bread


Z- Favorite zoo animal: Otters

Cosmic Bowling Blast

This is a picture of some of our group at Cosmic Bowling Thursday. I took the picture with my iPhone and it didn't come out very well but you get the gest. It was all black lights, strob and disco lights, loud pop music and videos, 2 games of bowling , shoe rental and a small drink with a slice of pizza or hot dog. The grand totl was $6.00 per kiddo. For 2 hours of entertainment... I will take what I can get=D

Summer Fun So Far

Monday... Writing class @ Julie's. Great class! Lot's to learn.

Tuesday...Nature Journaling @ Chelsea Anderson Park. Made "solar prints" (they didn't last) I need to learn more about this. Also painted/sketched/drew art. Ate great cookies from Julie. Ended with free time on the park toys. Next week I think we will go to 4H garden near BG.

Wednesday... Worked on writing for class. Home inspection and cherry picking at Uncle Jon's possible new house. (water in crawl space and incorrectly installed sump pump).

Thursday... Cosmic Bowling with Briana, Jillian, Vaughan and Wesley. Had a blast. Black lights, strobe lights and disco balls, loud pop music, 2 games, shoes, pizza and soda for $6 per kiddo! Such a deal.

Friday... Piano class, games at Round Table, maybe a movie...Transformers 2???

Nature Journaling

Links to explore

Charlotte Mason Tripod
Penny Gardner's Charlotte Mason Website
At Home Science
Indie Fixx
Unplug Your Kids
Nature's Way Learning
The Snail's Trail
Blue Yonder
Camp Creek Blog
Children & Nature Network
Restoration Place
All about Birds
The Magnifying Glass

Acorn Naturalist

Smithsonian Animal Cams

Celebrating Wildflowers

Exploring Nature

California State Parks

Gale Lawrence

Greenridge Chronicles

Green Hour

Farm School

I Won Blog Candy!!

I want to thank Cindy from An Altered Stete of Mind! I love her blog and on Mother's Day I won some lovely blog candy! It just arrived in the mail and I am so excited!! Thank you so very much! I can't wait to begin crafting with all my new and beautiful papers=)

This was the first blog contest I have ever entered and I can't believe I won.

When I was coming on this morning to make this blog post, I noticed on my
Blogger Dashboard that this will be my 100th blog post - I actually thought I've
had more posts than that - lol, but anyway - I think I'll celebrate by giving
out some blog candy :) I just happen to have a new assortment pack of SEI Oasis
papers - this contains 24 sheets of cardstock:
12 sheets of beautiful
double-sided foil cardstock
6 sheets of double-sided pattern cardstock
6
sheets of double-sided textured cardstock, plus
two sets of coordinating
stickers
Plus, I have a set of Oasis Rub-On Words and a set of Oasis Die Cuts
Accents to go with it.

So... just
leave me a comment and I'll randomly pick a winner one week from today (that'll
be May 5th). I'll post the winner and e-mail them to get their mailing address -
if you're posting anonymously, make sure you leave a way for me to get a hold of
you OR make sure you check back on May 5th!!
Have a GREAT week!

Cindy has a great blog of craft projects and I encourage you all to take a look. And be sure to enter those contests!! People really win=)

Stolen from MacBeth's Opinion

A bold-faced meme...boldface the things you have done. I stole it from MacBeth's Opinion
who I can't seem to get enough of these days!!! who stole it from Karen E.


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David(in a book)
41. Sung karaoke(at home with kiddo)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt(in a video)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (stepped on a dead one)
100. Read an entire book in one day