THE DARE TO BE SCARED HOP STARTS TONIGHT

We are  sooo excited we cannot hold it in. Another giveaway starts tonight at midnight and we have decided to giveaway the same thing in this giveaway. Well, not exactly the same it will have a few different items. In case you missed it, it is most of the stuff you need for a great Halloween celebration.   Let's start with a YANKEE CANDLE....a black tablecloth, black paper plates, black napkins, black cups.  I will also put in some decorations for the table and candy. We will also add a few surprises...Picture will be posted as soon as possible.
   This is also a great group of bloggers doing this hop. I am sure they are all going to have some great prizes. Please check them all out, even Mommy's younger sister http://dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com . Please enter below. Let's have some fun!

 

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HERE COMES THE SPOOKTACULAR GIVEAWAY HOP!

 

 Tonight at midnight starts the SPOOKTACULAR GIVEAWAY HOP!  I sat down and tried to think of Halloween and how I love to celebrate it. So here goes,  a candle to make it scary, small candles on a table and  a bowl filled with candy.  I couple of masks around the table. A black tablecloth, black napkins and black cups, and some silverware, and of course a few surprises.
   I will  tell you that the candle will be my favorite a YANKEE CANDLE, is there any other kind. I ask that you visit all of the blogs participating in this hop. I am sure that all the prizes will be SPOOKTACULAR of course! Please enter the giveaway below.

Welcome to the SPOOKtacular Giveaway Hop hosted by The Review Wire! With Halloween being only a few shorts weeks away, we decided that a Hop to help you get ready was in order! This event will run from October 1 through October 15, that gives you enough time to hop on down the list and enter all the SPOOKtacular Giveaways for your GHOULS and GOBLINS! Each blogger is giving away prizes valued $25 or more. The Review Wire is hosting the GRAND PRIZE, a $100 Gift Certificate to Halloween Express! Thanks for playing along and Happy Halloween!

 

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THE TROUBLE WITH COWBOYS BY DENISE HUNTER

   I was given the book The Trouble With Cowboys by Denise Hunter for the purpose of a book review. Who doesn't love a cowboy? Annie Wilkerson is a premier horse trainer in Moose Creek. She also is a columnist about horses for Montana Living.  She is trying to put her younger sister through college so her money is very tight. She is also trying to take care of her young  nephew.   Then her column is cancelled and they offer her a chance to write for a lovelorn column. It is a new column and she is asked first. There is no choice, she needs the money.  There is a problem she has to overcome, she has never been in love.
     Even though she is hesitant to make a deal with Dylan Taylor a ladies man in town, she decides to give it a try.  If he helps her write the column she will take care of his sick horse. Annie comes to the conclusion that it is very hard to work with Dylan. For many years she has kept her heart safe by always believing that cowboys are always trouble. The closer they work Annie starts to think differently about him.She has to be strong so she will not get hurt.
   Annie continues to try to be in control of her life, but the more she tries the worse things get. Her sister is making her life out of her control with her behavior and she begins to have feelings that she cannot control.  She wants to give her feelings to God , but this has not been an easy choice for her. Then Dylan tells her of his feelings for her. Annie is trying to try to decide if she should trust her head or her heart which she may hurt. Maybe this is the cowboy that she will find  is a different kind. I was given this book by www.Booksneeze.com  books .
All opinions are my own.

MATH LESSON HOMEMADE SAUCE AND PRICE CHOPPER SALES

      Yesterday, one of our lessons was  a math lesson. Auntie Icky had printed out big numbers on sheets of paper. We know that Bobo and Sissy already know their numbers to plus 100 but we keep reinforcing adding and subtracting. Bobo and Sissy took each paper, which were numbered up to 20 and laid them out on the floor in order. Then Auntie Lala took a big container that they have full of animals and asked each one to take out the amount they wanted and then to place them on the right numbered page. After we had done all that we took them away in different amounts. They did fantastic!!
   We are starting to figure out our weekly menu for next week. One thing is certain Mommy has to make a big batch of homemade sauce and meatballs to freeze in different containers ready to defrost on a busy day. It saves so much time and they are so easy to pull out of the freezer in the morning for dinner. We love to do this especially on the nights that Sissy has dancing school.
    Just a side note, if anyone has a PRICE CHOPPERS GROCERY STORE near you tomorrow Saturday only they have turkey breast on sale for $.99 a pound. They average 6-9 pounds.That is a great buy. You only allowed to get 2 per person. They are great on weekends and for leftovers during the week. They also have potatoes on sale for $1.99 or 10  pounds, a great start to a great dinner for about $7.00. This is for a family of at least 4 with another night for leftovers.
   Now that colder weather is coming it is nice to cook comfort food and be cozy. In the next few days we will have our menu done. Some people do them by the month, we are not that ambitious.

PARENT NOT UPSET HER CHILD GETS SPANKED IN SCHOOL SHE'S UPSET IT WAS DONE BY A MAN???

   Wow! Now I am really ticked off! The news is reporting that a mother is not upset that her daughter was spanked in school, she's upset that it was done by a man. What the ... is wrong with her and parents like her? If a parent spanked their kid and they went to school with a red bottom the parent would be arrested!!
   No one better spank anyone else's child in front of me! Prisoners have better rights than our kids at school. Why is it that some are of the belief that teachers have the right to dole out corporal punishment?
  Get a grip parents. Take back your control. Do not ever apologize for caring about your child. Why is the wrong person apologizing.   The school, those involved are not mad they did it, their upset they got caught. I can only hope that this is not a daily occurrence.

LONG WEEKEND TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK

We are exhausted! Sunday was Nana's parents 60th Wedding Anniversary. Yep, 60 years. We had relatives from all over, California, Maine, New York, Washington DC and more. Now we need to get back to work.
   The IPad is still by far the best thing we ever bought for the kids. I was watching the news last night and a school system nearby voted to give freshmen and sophomores IPads next year. It will cost over $200,000 just the first year.
   I also  am very concerned with all of the reports about high stakes testing. Just one more reason not to send your child to school and to homeschool! I know I have said it before and I must sound like a broken record, no one can force you to allow your child to take a test, especially if the test is not handed over to the parents like they are now.  The real issue is that the Constitution guarantees our right to direct our child's education.
   I am really concerned that so many are running around trying to explain to parents how to opt out their child. There is no need for all of this. It is simple. Just say no! If they want it in writing just write I do not want my child to take this test. If they have already taken the test and the school refuses to hand it over then again write a letter citing the law and demand it, in a nice way. If that doesn't work go as high up as you have to. When I fought and won in 1999 I went all the way to the United States Department of Education. It took awile but I won.
    If I had my way standardized testing would be outlawed.
    We are continuing to work on basic math. I cannot wait to use the table we made , shown in an earlier post that was a dressmakers board that has inches already on the board. It is so rewarding to see them learn and see how much they want to learn.
   Once again our family is happy we made the choice to homeschool.

   Last Sunday Mommy, Daddy, Auntie Lala , Uncle Lala went with Bobo and Sissy apple picking. What a difference a year makes. They were taller and more interested. They picked a ton of apples. Mommy made lazy apple pie, and baked some apples for dessert. Daddy couldn't stop eating the hot apples! Auntie Lala can't stop eating them just like they are.
   We talked about the seeds and how a tree grows. Auntie Lala told the story of Johnny Appleseed which I think is a little different version than I knew.
   We also got a few sugar pumpkins which we are going to paint, then use some for pumpkin pie. The kids will be able to carve them right before Halloween. When Mommy and her sisters and brother were small I remember buying sugar pumpkins that lasted right up to Christmas and I was able to make an pumpkin pie.
   We started collecting different leaves that have fallen off of our trees. We will then do a project trying to identify the different trees that they came from. We have been trying  to be frugal this year. This the first time that we have our own corn husks to decorate with this year, Usually we buy a bunch. When the weather gets like this I always want to start baking and love the cool nights.
   Hey, I just thought of another reason we like homeschooling, we won't have to go out in the bad weather or wait for the schools to be closed for the day due to snow. My kids and other people that know mew are probably laughing right now. I was known as the mother who did not send her kids to school in the morning if it had already started snowing and it called for more. Not after the time I did believe the weather man and I had a frightening half an hour trying to get my precious babies home.
   After that we just watched on TV and hoped that others got home okay. The kids are really doing well on the homeschooling. Whenever we go our we let them pay so that they will start to learn the diferent coins and what they are worth.