Archive for July, 2009

Just so ya’ll know…

I’m still planning on doing a post on the fourth. In fact, the post is written. I just need to find out where my pictures were misplaced to. So don’t despair… I hope to be back soon!

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What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895…

Here is an email that has been forwarded to me a couple of times. As I’m still working on last year’s school, I don’t foresee myself taking this just yet… but maybe someday. Or not?
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of [...]

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Fourth of July Weekend – Friday

Thursday night I fell asleep on a trundle bed at Mrs. Larson’s house, listening to Jim Brickman’s album Picture This, reading Eldest by Christopher Paolini (book review to come). I woke up in the morning with a pain in my cheek. May I just insert a little advice to ya’ll? I do not presently recommend [...]

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Fourth of July Weekend – Thursday

Hey, everybody! I love blogging so much… I really don’t know why I sometimes just let it go! But here I am to tell ya’ll’s about our trip to Steamboat Springs for the 4th.

We left Thursday morning and had a good trip. We made it into town in time to go to Music on the [...]

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Five years ago out in the country…

I was in my bed fast asleep, the windows open so that I could hear the sleepy tones of the crickets chirping. I suddenly found myself being pulled from my deep sleep into a semi-consciousness – and from semi-consciousness into a rather sleepy wakefulness. My dad was massaging the back of my neck. I looked [...]

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A post about posting… (And a giveaway!)

So, I’ve realized that my camp post isn’t up on my site… Did it go to anyone’s blog feed? Did anyone read it? I’m not sure what to think about that… but right now I’ll just let it go and talk about other things.
First of all, there’s a giveaway over at YLCF! The book is [...]

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