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Road Trip Game

Posted by Sherry on 7/4/2010 in Family

The Semicolon family is going on a road trip (someone will be left here to guard the henhouse)! We’ll be traveling for the next two weeks, and I may or may not have internet access. Don’t worry: I’ve left you some good stuff to read while I’m gone, just in case. Anyway, I thought of [...]

 
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Summer Plans

Posted by Sherry on 6/1/2010 in Education and Homeschool, Family, General

A friend of mine posted this message on her Facebook: So, am I the only one who starts EVERY summer with big plans that seem to disappear into thin air? This year I am dreaming of sorting and organizing so that I will have a stress free and wonderous school year, funny thing, I had [...]

 
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Idealistic Eighteen Year Old in Need of a Challenge

Posted by Sherry on 5/6/2010 in Community, Education and Homeschool, Family, General

So Drama Daughter, age eighteen, is not going away to college this fall as she had planned. You can read about her journey and dilemma here if you’re interested. Since her life has changed to unknown Plan B, she’s a little (LOT) unsure what to do with herself this summer and this fall. She has [...]

 
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In Which I Awkwardly Try Something New

Posted by Sherry on 4/3/2010 in Family, General, Picture Book Preschool

This story starts with Drama Daughter, age 18, who wants to go to college. She wanted to go away to college last fall (2008) since she finished high school in May 2008. But the money wasn’t there. So she continued working at the bookstore, full time in the summer, thirty-two hours a week as fall [...]

 
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Consider Your Ways: #1

Posted by Sherry on 1/10/2010 in Christian Life, Family, General

Don Whitney has several suggested questions to ask ourselves as we consider the new year and a new start. I thought I’d go through and answer at least some of them. Question #1: What’s one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God? My enjoyment of God. My enjoyment of God? [...]

 
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The $10 Challenge

Posted by Sherry on 12/18/2009 in Celebrations, Christmas, Christmas gifts, Family, General

I read about the $10 Challenge and then linked to it here. Then, I thought my family should do this: take $10 and find someone in need to whom to give the money. Then, I had an expensive thought. What if I gave ten dollars to each of my eight children, ages 24 down to [...]

 
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The Manhattan Declaration

Posted by Sherry on 11/24/2009 in Current Events, Family, General

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009—Friday a group of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders and scholars released the Manhattan Declaration, which addresses the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and religious liberty. The 4,700-word declaration issues a clarion call to Christians to adhere to their convictions and informs civil authorities that the signers will not – under any [...]

 
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Giving Books: Audiobooks Are Books, Too

Posted by Sherry on 11/20/2009 in Celebrations, Children's Fiction, Christmas gifts, Family, General

Bill at Thinklings spotlighted this new production from Focus on the Family Radio Theater: You can purchase The Screwtape Letters (audiobook dramatized performance)here or here. I’ve definitely got this one on my list for someone who shall remain nameless. (If you’re on my giving list, and you want it, you’d better get your request in [...]

 
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Z-Baby’s Similes

Posted by Sherry on 10/4/2009 in English Language, Family, General

My baby is eight years old, and I think she may become a poet, even though her reading abilities have yet to catch up with her intellectual abilities. Her most recent similes include: “When I get through brushing my hair, it’s gonna shine like the top of the Chrysler Building!” “My feet stink like a [...]

 
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Public School Hoops

Posted by Sherry on 7/20/2009 in Education and Homeschool, Family

I’m talking about the hoops you have to jump through. The public high school that Brown Bear Daughter will be attending in the fall just called, and they want only four things: 1. A copy of her birth certificate. 2. A copy of her Social Security card. 3. Her immunization record. 4. Proof of residency. [...]

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