Ever Dream of Usborne?

LOL…I know…I sound like a salesman again!  But seriously…this is a great deal if you have ever dreamed of setting yourself up to sell Usborne Books…either to yourself for a discount or as a business.
The reason I ask is that Usborne has a great deal for the month of September….For the start-up kit [...]

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The Queenship of Mary in the Mary Garden

I am a little late for the Feast of the Queenship of Mary….computer woes…but we are adding the following to our Marian Notebooks:
I bow before you, Virgin of virgins,resting-place of the divine Bridegroom, temple of eternal Wisdom, sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, palace of the Blessed Trinity, Mother full of love and tenderness, fountain [...]

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Usborne Book Party is STILL ON!

Do to some excessive pleading from certain friends…*ahem..(.you know who you are   We are extending the Book Party ( more book party info) for one more week!  Please feel free to order books from my site following this link and take a chance in our free book drawing.  Remember the top purchaser will [...]

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Practical Life Activities with the Young Ones

How do we clean?  …With little toddler steps!
I love reading and learning about Montessori activities…I don’t know what the pull is for me…but I think it has to do with the fact that Maria Montessori really KNEW children and observed very well how they develop and teach themselves.  They have this sense of order within [...]

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Book Party Reminder!!

Please consider buying books from The Book Party….there is only one week left…I will be good to you, I promise!
  I had a great many people tell me…"great site, but you lost out to Amazon".  How is the little guy expected to make it competing against such a big guy?  Let me just say that [...]

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Late Summer Field Day!

Get a sweet cuppa tea and get moving because summer is fleeing fast!  It is time to savor what it still has to offer!  And so… go on! Get yourself over to Dawn’s Late Summer Field day and enjoy her hard work!  It is just lovely, Dawn!

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Playing in Mary’s Garden

The plans were laid, the seed catalogues were dog eared and marked…my Em’s were brewing…the grass seed was ordered, bookmarked gardening books littered my nighstand, and the help was lined up…After a few years of waiting, I was finally getting my garden!!…My garden would be a prayer…it would pray. I would fall asleep at night [...]

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Book Meme

I have been tagged…quite a few times ;o)
1) ONE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK YOU HAVE ENJOYED Real Learning by Elizabeth Foss….the courage to think out of the box and feel like homeschooling is more of a way of life and perspective…not just something we "do".
2) ONE RESOURCE YOU COULDN’T BE WITHOUT I ditto what Jennifer said…"As [...]

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Book Party!! -Free books anyone??

As I mentioned in this post, I am now selling Usborne books to help my family make ends meet.  In order to help pay for my kit, I am going to hold an e-show book party at this link for 10 days. All you have to do is click on this link, and order.   As a special surprise [...]

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Who Spilled All the Pennies?!!

Young Edison(10) is very interested in bridge building and architecture  lately.  A dear friend on Magnum Opus sent me this link and ever since I clicked on it to ck it out, Edison has had his nose plastered to the screen observing the unique details  and pondering the possiblities in his brain….meanwhile….my other ds(7), my [...]

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