I would like to make a greeting card by using an embroidered ladies hanky. I have seen them before, but can't find a pattern. My attempts come out to bulky. The one I received years ago had the card out of card stock, and it was doubled, with a cutout in the front. The hanky was inserted between the 2 layers of cardstock, with the embroidery showing through the cut out.
Any ideas or anyone have a pattern they would share??
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Homeschool Skate in Liberty MO Fri Jan 20, 2012
Homeschool Skate in Liberty
Date: Friday January 20, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Repeats: This event repeats every month on the third Friday.
Location: Northland Rolladium Skating Rink 1020 Kent St, at the backside of the library
Date: Friday January 20, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Repeats: This event repeats every month on the third Friday.
Location: Northland Rolladium Skating Rink 1020 Kent St, at the backside of the library
Monday, January 16, 2012
Cow Patties!
Today one of our projects was to start preparing our garden beds for spring. Our goal is to try and be 100% organic in the food we raise. Our cattle are 100% organic--meaning no hormones, or injections, and they eat our farm produced 100% organic hay. Which then means, their output is 100% organic. Garden fertilizer you buy from the store may or may not be organic-and if it isn't, those chemicals are then passed into the food which it is used on.
So, a daughter (who wished to not be named in today's endeavor) and I went out to the cow pen and gathered two large mineral buckets of cow...."patties". We gathered enough to fertilize 3 of my raised beds with a 2 inch layer. Later, we will add more topsoil (as it settles during winter), and work the fertilizer throughout the dirt.
You can't use most manures straight on plants or they will burn and kill the plants. Cow manure falls in that category, and it needs to age at least 30 days first. So, buy starting to prepare my beds now will ensure they won't kill my plants when I start planting in late March.
When I get to the strawberry beds, I will use rabbit pellets, as they don't need to cure first and can be applied directly to the plants. The strawberry plants winter in their bed as do the blueberry bushes.
In late Feb, I will start our plants growing inside, then when they are ready I will move outside unless we are having a late snow.
As for my daughter who helped,.....our farm house sits way back from the road, yet every time a car went down the road, she had to duck and hide, least someone see her using a shovel to gather the patties. It was rather comical. I had to remind her that at one time it was common practice for people who lived on the prarie or traveled in wagon trains to burn them for heat and to cook their food. Oh, the look of horror on her face!
So, a daughter (who wished to not be named in today's endeavor) and I went out to the cow pen and gathered two large mineral buckets of cow...."patties". We gathered enough to fertilize 3 of my raised beds with a 2 inch layer. Later, we will add more topsoil (as it settles during winter), and work the fertilizer throughout the dirt.
You can't use most manures straight on plants or they will burn and kill the plants. Cow manure falls in that category, and it needs to age at least 30 days first. So, buy starting to prepare my beds now will ensure they won't kill my plants when I start planting in late March.
When I get to the strawberry beds, I will use rabbit pellets, as they don't need to cure first and can be applied directly to the plants. The strawberry plants winter in their bed as do the blueberry bushes.
In late Feb, I will start our plants growing inside, then when they are ready I will move outside unless we are having a late snow.
As for my daughter who helped,.....our farm house sits way back from the road, yet every time a car went down the road, she had to duck and hide, least someone see her using a shovel to gather the patties. It was rather comical. I had to remind her that at one time it was common practice for people who lived on the prarie or traveled in wagon trains to burn them for heat and to cook their food. Oh, the look of horror on her face!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Debbie 1961-2012
Thursday morning started out as any other normal day around here. I received a message from a friend of mine, Carrie, asking if all was well with Debbie. Carrie said she felt God tugging on her heart that she needed to be praying for Debbie. I replied she can always use prayers. (I have shared on here before that Debbie was diagnosed with neuroencocrine cancer.). Since I get people asking daily how Debbie is, I didn't really think that much of it until a few minutes later when my dad called and said we needed to come as soon as possible. We quickly did the chores, JD picked up Emily from school while I packed, incase we needed to spend the night and we headed to Warrensburg.
All day, she had her family and close friends with her, taking turns sitting by her bedside, holding her hands, praying, and reading scripture. Thursday evening, January 12, 2012, around 9:21 p.m., Debbie spread her wings and flew to Jesus. For the first time since October of 2010, she was pain free.
She leaves behind Molly and Sam, and husband Tim. She took comfort in knowing where she was headed when she left this earth, and knowing that her family will someday be joining her. She will always be missed by her family, church family, work family and friends, but will also always be in our hearts. We cry for us, not for her.
When she was diagnosed in October of 2010, she at one time was told she had around 12 weeks to live. She fought it, with all she had, and had quality time with her family during her fight, even going camping and to Florida and to a set to see a movie being filmed.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.3 John 1:4
All day, she had her family and close friends with her, taking turns sitting by her bedside, holding her hands, praying, and reading scripture. Thursday evening, January 12, 2012, around 9:21 p.m., Debbie spread her wings and flew to Jesus. For the first time since October of 2010, she was pain free.
She leaves behind Molly and Sam, and husband Tim. She took comfort in knowing where she was headed when she left this earth, and knowing that her family will someday be joining her. She will always be missed by her family, church family, work family and friends, but will also always be in our hearts. We cry for us, not for her.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.3 John 1:4
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Todays project
Rebecca and I are tired. We took the big truck over to the other farm to bring back a load of wood. We barter when we can, and wood is one of our best barters. We provide the wood and a couple other guys provide the labor. Then we split it 50%. Works well for both parties.
We were going to get two loads today, but on the way there we came across an accident and stopped to help (I am an EMT). After that, we decided to just get one load. We loaded it from the split pile into the truck, then drove home and unloaded it into the barn. The weather was perfect-around 50 degrees. It is supposed to be getting colder in a few days, so this was a good time to get it. We will try and get another load or two tomorrow--I think it looks like there are four loads left. Or, we may take a trailer with us and get it in two loads. It is true what they say about wood--"it warms you more than once"--once when you cut it, once when you load it, then again unloading it, then when you burn it.
We were going to get two loads today, but on the way there we came across an accident and stopped to help (I am an EMT). After that, we decided to just get one load. We loaded it from the split pile into the truck, then drove home and unloaded it into the barn. The weather was perfect-around 50 degrees. It is supposed to be getting colder in a few days, so this was a good time to get it. We will try and get another load or two tomorrow--I think it looks like there are four loads left. Or, we may take a trailer with us and get it in two loads. It is true what they say about wood--"it warms you more than once"--once when you cut it, once when you load it, then again unloading it, then when you burn it.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Independence MO Coop new semester
In just a few minutes, we will leave and go enroll for this semester at coop. The girls are very excited to see their coop friends again, and I am ready to visit with the parents--mostly moms, but we do have a few dads that come and help as well.
Our coop meets on Mondays, in Independence MO. We have 3 classes, taught by parents, and a lunch break. We meet from 11 to 2 something (forgot our dismissal time). We sign up for our classes today, but won't be meeting until the week after next, as next Monday is Martin Luther King day. If anyone is interested in joining us, let me know and I will forward you the information you need. There is a family fee of $20 per family. Some classes may or may not have an additional fee, depending on the class and materials that may be used. We have kids of all ages, and are not too big, which is nice because everyone gets to know everyone else. We are parent led, so do require parents to stay and not just drop off their kids and leave. Each parent helps with the classes either by being a main teacher or and aid.
Our coop meets on Mondays, in Independence MO. We have 3 classes, taught by parents, and a lunch break. We meet from 11 to 2 something (forgot our dismissal time). We sign up for our classes today, but won't be meeting until the week after next, as next Monday is Martin Luther King day. If anyone is interested in joining us, let me know and I will forward you the information you need. There is a family fee of $20 per family. Some classes may or may not have an additional fee, depending on the class and materials that may be used. We have kids of all ages, and are not too big, which is nice because everyone gets to know everyone else. We are parent led, so do require parents to stay and not just drop off their kids and leave. Each parent helps with the classes either by being a main teacher or and aid.
How does a home schooler.....????
Q: How does a home schoolerchange a light bulb?
A: First, mom checks out three books at the libraryon electricity, then the kids make models of light bulbs, read a biography ofThomas Edison and do a skit based on his life. Next, everyone studies the historyof lighting methods, wrapping up with dipping their own candles. Next, everyonetakes a trip to the store where they compare types of light bulbs as well asprices and figure out how much change they'll get if they buy two bulbs for$1.99 and pay with a five-dollar bill. On the way home, a discussion developsover the history of money and also Abraham Lincoln, as his picture is on thefive-dollar bill. Finally, after building a homemade ladder out of branches dragged from the woods, the light bulb is installed. And there is light.
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A: First, mom checks out three books at the libraryon electricity, then the kids make models of light bulbs, read a biography ofThomas Edison and do a skit based on his life. Next, everyone studies the historyof lighting methods, wrapping up with dipping their own candles. Next, everyonetakes a trip to the store where they compare types of light bulbs as well asprices and figure out how much change they'll get if they buy two bulbs for$1.99 and pay with a five-dollar bill. On the way home, a discussion developsover the history of money and also Abraham Lincoln, as his picture is on thefive-dollar bill. Finally, after building a homemade ladder out of branches dragged from the woods, the light bulb is installed. And there is light.
PASS IT ON!
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Butter FAIL
I've made butter hundreds, if not thousands of times without a problem. Until tonight.
This morning we went to our local dairy, and I got a half gallon of creme, just as I always do. As usual, I put it into my kitchen aide. All I got was whipped creme. So, I cranked it up to the next level, and let it go more. All I got was airyer (is that a word?) whipped creme. So, I them moved it over to the blender. Yep, it only got fluffier.
The creme was at the correct temperature......but, I let it sit out for a bit longer, then tried it again. Finally, I started to get a white thick substance, that looked more like cheese than butter.
When you make butter, the second step is to run cold water thru the butter with a fork and let it all drain out--this gets all remains of milk out so it won't sour after a few days. (third step is to add your salt, if you choose to). Well, when I rinsed it with cold water, it went back to looking like milk.
I think I have given up on it. It is still sitting out, I might try it one more time before I go to bed.
Never have I had this happen before. So, now I have 5 loaves of home made bread, and we have to use "city store" butter. Yuck, its not the same.
Right now Rebecca is making some peanut butter fudge. I hope she has better luck in the kitchen than I.
It seems my entire day today has centered around food. We went to the dairy this morning (the 2 toddlers loved that--they got to see the baby calves) to get fresh milk and creme. Then we came home and cooked hot dogs and marshmallows over the fireplace. I baked, then fixed supper (stuffed green peppers) then had my butter fiasco.
Oh well.
This morning we went to our local dairy, and I got a half gallon of creme, just as I always do. As usual, I put it into my kitchen aide. All I got was whipped creme. So, I cranked it up to the next level, and let it go more. All I got was airyer (is that a word?) whipped creme. So, I them moved it over to the blender. Yep, it only got fluffier.
The creme was at the correct temperature......but, I let it sit out for a bit longer, then tried it again. Finally, I started to get a white thick substance, that looked more like cheese than butter.
When you make butter, the second step is to run cold water thru the butter with a fork and let it all drain out--this gets all remains of milk out so it won't sour after a few days. (third step is to add your salt, if you choose to). Well, when I rinsed it with cold water, it went back to looking like milk.
I think I have given up on it. It is still sitting out, I might try it one more time before I go to bed.
Never have I had this happen before. So, now I have 5 loaves of home made bread, and we have to use "city store" butter. Yuck, its not the same.
Right now Rebecca is making some peanut butter fudge. I hope she has better luck in the kitchen than I.
It seems my entire day today has centered around food. We went to the dairy this morning (the 2 toddlers loved that--they got to see the baby calves) to get fresh milk and creme. Then we came home and cooked hot dogs and marshmallows over the fireplace. I baked, then fixed supper (stuffed green peppers) then had my butter fiasco.
Oh well.
New Year and a New Start
2012. It is a new year, and a new beginning. This year I didn't make much in the way of new years resolutions, but, as usual, we will begin our read thru the Bible in a year program again. Every time we read it, we find more we didn't remember reading before. The plan we use is shown at http://www.bible.com/readinayear.php
I also plan to finish up all the unfinished projects we have around here. One chicken coop is insulated, the other is only 1/4 done. The chicken fencing is done, but not the gate, and we never got the poultry net on the top. The kitchen is painted, but I never got the touch up work done or the curtains. So, before new projects are started those need to be finished. I am rather embaressed to admit I have a 9 year old project to finish....10 years ago I lost my home to a fire, and that included about 25 fabric gift bags. I bought the fabric to make replacements, and only got about 3 made. So, the past few days I have been working on finishing those up. Then there is the mending pile, and one pile to donate and one to ebay. So far, I have a good start on each of those piles.
We have been wondering what kind of year 2012 will be. 2011 sure had its ups and downs. Mostly downs. 2011 left us with several deaths, including the loss of a baby, one of my cousins and my daughters father (my ex husband), the death of friends, and watching my sister in law fight cancer.
I have also been taught lessons on faith from my sister in law Debbie as she fights her battle, and from my friend Kelly and her family as her husband lost his fight to cancer only a month before her father passed.
Lastly, I plan to update my blog more often. I had been doing good until last October. But, my goal is now at least 3 times a week--sometimes more, and I am sure sometimes it will be less.
I also plan to finish up all the unfinished projects we have around here. One chicken coop is insulated, the other is only 1/4 done. The chicken fencing is done, but not the gate, and we never got the poultry net on the top. The kitchen is painted, but I never got the touch up work done or the curtains. So, before new projects are started those need to be finished. I am rather embaressed to admit I have a 9 year old project to finish....10 years ago I lost my home to a fire, and that included about 25 fabric gift bags. I bought the fabric to make replacements, and only got about 3 made. So, the past few days I have been working on finishing those up. Then there is the mending pile, and one pile to donate and one to ebay. So far, I have a good start on each of those piles.
We have been wondering what kind of year 2012 will be. 2011 sure had its ups and downs. Mostly downs. 2011 left us with several deaths, including the loss of a baby, one of my cousins and my daughters father (my ex husband), the death of friends, and watching my sister in law fight cancer.
I have also been taught lessons on faith from my sister in law Debbie as she fights her battle, and from my friend Kelly and her family as her husband lost his fight to cancer only a month before her father passed.
Lastly, I plan to update my blog more often. I had been doing good until last October. But, my goal is now at least 3 times a week--sometimes more, and I am sure sometimes it will be less.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Our plumbing job
With all that has gone on around there the last 10 days or so, we kind of ignored a problem that could not be ignored anymore. Emily's bathroom toilet. The drain was clogged. We all used the plunger--no luck. We used the toilet snake. No luck. Something hard was in there and it wasn't about to move.
Armed with the years of DIY shows I have watched, times I have had my dad help me in the past, and a few websites and a series of TIME home improvement books I tackled the job.
First, we had to bail out the water and remove the toilet. The old copper water line wasn't long enough to move the toilet over, so I also removed the water line, remembering to first turn the water off at the shut off valve. (My dad taught me that one!) That proved the clog was in the toilet, and not in the sewer line. It also provided an access to snake the toilet from the bottom. After attacking in numerous times from the top and the bottom, out came the culprits...a deodorant lid and a make up case.
Then, off to Plattsburg Lumber for a new wax ring and gasket, and a longer flexible water line. The twins and I then re-set the toilet. It cost me $13.99. Plumber wanted $150. It works, and doesn't leak!
Would I do it again?? Yep, to save the money. Would I WANT to do it again? NO. I still think plumbers are over paid.....but....I don't feel so strongly on that as I did before. It was a nasty job. But, its done and hopefully won't have to be done again for a very very long time.
And, we have a couple of new rules around here now. #1, Nothing is to sit on the back of the toilet anymore. #2. Nothing else is to break while it is during the days my husband works 12 hour shifts.
I think my Dad is proud of me. I know my hubby is!
Armed with the years of DIY shows I have watched, times I have had my dad help me in the past, and a few websites and a series of TIME home improvement books I tackled the job.
First, we had to bail out the water and remove the toilet. The old copper water line wasn't long enough to move the toilet over, so I also removed the water line, remembering to first turn the water off at the shut off valve. (My dad taught me that one!) That proved the clog was in the toilet, and not in the sewer line. It also provided an access to snake the toilet from the bottom. After attacking in numerous times from the top and the bottom, out came the culprits...a deodorant lid and a make up case.
Then, off to Plattsburg Lumber for a new wax ring and gasket, and a longer flexible water line. The twins and I then re-set the toilet. It cost me $13.99. Plumber wanted $150. It works, and doesn't leak!
Would I do it again?? Yep, to save the money. Would I WANT to do it again? NO. I still think plumbers are over paid.....but....I don't feel so strongly on that as I did before. It was a nasty job. But, its done and hopefully won't have to be done again for a very very long time.
And, we have a couple of new rules around here now. #1, Nothing is to sit on the back of the toilet anymore. #2. Nothing else is to break while it is during the days my husband works 12 hour shifts.
I think my Dad is proud of me. I know my hubby is!
Updates.....
Here at the farm, we have sure had our ups and downs....
In March, Emily was a winner in her division of the local 4H speech contest day for her extemporaneous speech. She made it to the state level in Columbia on September 24. At that level, they had 2 rounds, and she made it to the second (and final) round and came in 3rd. She did an excellent job. She was not only up against other very good speakers, but 2 of them she was up against were college freshmen and several years older. (She is a high school sophomore, but just turned 15--about a year younger than most her classmates as I started her a year early in school). Our family is very proud of her.
We drove part way up the night before the contest and stayed at my parents. It was good to visit with them and my brothers family. While we were there, we also got to visit with my sister in law who was in the hospital for pain management for her cancer. After the contest ended, we had a treat at Dairy Queen and headed back, stopping back at the hospital so Emily could show her Aunt her trophy and we got in another good visit. Then, back to my parents to pick up the twins and back home. We arrived back here around midnight. Seems everytime we visit family we end up back home between midnight and one a.m. Sometimes it is just hard to leave.
Just a few days later, we received word that the girls dad was not doing well. He has been sick for several years. So, we headed to Kansas City. They spent all of the 29th with him. The decision had been made to transfer him back home for hospice care. The girls stayed with him until the ambulance took him away that night, even riding down the elevator with him to the ambulance. Our plan was to go see him again early the next morning. It is an hour and a half trip back home. He made it to the nursing home/hospice center, and passed away 4 minutes later at 11:23 that night.
So, since the girls are all minors, I have been helping them with the phone calls, making arrangements, paperwork and such. He thought he had it all planned and ready, but none of the paperwork was where he said it was. So, it has not been a smooth process.
The girls were expecting it, had been told by him and me for some time that his sickness was going to eventually take his life. But knowing it was coming has not made it any easier on them at all. They could sure use some prayers at this time.
Needless to say, some of our schoolwork has gone to the back burner for a bit, but we are getting back on track slowly. Volleyball has proved to be a good distraction for them, they have 3 games this week and practices.
In March, Emily was a winner in her division of the local 4H speech contest day for her extemporaneous speech. She made it to the state level in Columbia on September 24. At that level, they had 2 rounds, and she made it to the second (and final) round and came in 3rd. She did an excellent job. She was not only up against other very good speakers, but 2 of them she was up against were college freshmen and several years older. (She is a high school sophomore, but just turned 15--about a year younger than most her classmates as I started her a year early in school). Our family is very proud of her.
We drove part way up the night before the contest and stayed at my parents. It was good to visit with them and my brothers family. While we were there, we also got to visit with my sister in law who was in the hospital for pain management for her cancer. After the contest ended, we had a treat at Dairy Queen and headed back, stopping back at the hospital so Emily could show her Aunt her trophy and we got in another good visit. Then, back to my parents to pick up the twins and back home. We arrived back here around midnight. Seems everytime we visit family we end up back home between midnight and one a.m. Sometimes it is just hard to leave.
Just a few days later, we received word that the girls dad was not doing well. He has been sick for several years. So, we headed to Kansas City. They spent all of the 29th with him. The decision had been made to transfer him back home for hospice care. The girls stayed with him until the ambulance took him away that night, even riding down the elevator with him to the ambulance. Our plan was to go see him again early the next morning. It is an hour and a half trip back home. He made it to the nursing home/hospice center, and passed away 4 minutes later at 11:23 that night.
So, since the girls are all minors, I have been helping them with the phone calls, making arrangements, paperwork and such. He thought he had it all planned and ready, but none of the paperwork was where he said it was. So, it has not been a smooth process.
The girls were expecting it, had been told by him and me for some time that his sickness was going to eventually take his life. But knowing it was coming has not made it any easier on them at all. They could sure use some prayers at this time.
Needless to say, some of our schoolwork has gone to the back burner for a bit, but we are getting back on track slowly. Volleyball has proved to be a good distraction for them, they have 3 games this week and practices.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Digital Scrapbooking and a $10 off coupon offer
We all know that making a scrapbook takes time and makes a mess, but I like to do it anyway. I have now discovered digital scrapbooking and its wonderful--no mess!! Anyway, I wanted to share this great deal with you. If you go to http://www.mymemories.com/digital_scrapbooking_software to order, and enter the code of STMMMS29337 you get $10 off of your order, and $10 off anything in the MyMemories.com store. (for a total of $20). Feel free to pass the code on-it doesn't have a limit on it as to how many people can use it. It is a download, so you don't have to wait on receiving it in the mail either.
You can make scrapbooks, photobooks, cards, calendars and gifts that make great Christmas presents. Christmas is't that far away, so this is a great time to get started.
You can make scrapbooks, photobooks, cards, calendars and gifts that make great Christmas presents. Christmas is't that far away, so this is a great time to get started.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Fencing anyone?? Kansas City area
You don't see this offered everyday..............
October 12 is the deadline for Fall Honor and Sword Registration.
Fall Dates are Wednesdays, Oct 26, Nov 2, Nov 9, Nov 16, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14 and Dec 21 from 1:15pm - 4:00pm.
Cost is $130.00/student
To register email: Leigh Hinkel at honorandsword@gmail.com
For more information please feel free to visit our website: www.honorandsword.org
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Honor and Sword is an eight week class intended to teach young men and women character and fencing
Our goal is to counteract the declining standards in our culture by seeking ways to train up this young generation in the practical concepts that will carry them through life in a manner which produces positive relational impact. In this course young people will learn the value of character while discovering the art of fencing where manners are not merely required but inherent.
This is a fun answer for your home school PE requirement with the benefit of solid character development.
Students must be 13 or older. Lecture topics include:
* Character: Revealing What You're Made Of
* Chivalry: A Code of Honor
* The History of Fencing and The Three Weapons
* Practical Manners: In Life and On the Piste
* The Seven Effective Habits
* The Feminine Heart : Lady Captivating
* The Masculine Heart: Sir Protector
* God: The Loving Warrior
* “Coming of Age": What Does It Mean?”
October 12 is the deadline for Fall Honor and Sword Registration.
Fall Dates are Wednesdays, Oct 26, Nov 2, Nov 9, Nov 16, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14 and Dec 21 from 1:15pm - 4:00pm.
Cost is $130.00/student
To register email: Leigh Hinkel at honorandsword@gmail.com
For more information please feel free to visit our website: www.honorandsword.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Honor and Sword is an eight week class intended to teach young men and women character and fencing
Our goal is to counteract the declining standards in our culture by seeking ways to train up this young generation in the practical concepts that will carry them through life in a manner which produces positive relational impact. In this course young people will learn the value of character while discovering the art of fencing where manners are not merely required but inherent.
This is a fun answer for your home school PE requirement with the benefit of solid character development.
Students must be 13 or older. Lecture topics include:
* Character: Revealing What You're Made Of
* Chivalry: A Code of Honor
* The History of Fencing and The Three Weapons
* Practical Manners: In Life and On the Piste
* The Seven Effective Habits
* The Feminine Heart : Lady Captivating
* The Masculine Heart: Sir Protector
* God: The Loving Warrior
* “Coming of Age": What Does It Mean?”
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Free U.S. Electoral College Map Poster (in Your Mail!) & More Online Free US Electorial college Map
Community Service Opportunities!!!
City Union Mission Youth Department desperately needs tutors for youth grades 2-12 (tutors must be 4 years older than those they are tutoring) on Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-6pm. Times on Monday and Thursday afternoons may be available as well. The Youth Department of City Union Mission is located in the Family Center at 1310 Wabash Ave, KCMO 64127. Please contact Kalie George at kalie.george@cityunionmission.
Friday, September 9, 2011
There's still time to join in Carnegie Hall's Link Up! This exciting program provides each student with a Yamaha recorder and student workbook as well as the opportunity to perform with the Kansas City Symphony inside Helzberg Hall!
Link up linkHow does it work? Carnegie Hall's curriculum is easily incorporated into your existing elementary music curriculum. Teachers are invited to introduce this curriculum on their own time throughout the school year. In addition to learning beginning to advanced recorder technique, students in grades 3-5 will learn repertoire that will be performed by the Kansas City Symphony on the Link Up concerts in May 2012. Students will attend the concert, recorder-in-hand, and will perform these pieces along with the KCS inside Helzberg Hall!
What do 1,600 recorders sound like?
Find out on May 9 & 10, 2012!
$5/person*
Reserve your seats online or call (816) 218-2609.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Therapeutic horseback Riding in KC area
Thank you for passing this information along to people you know who might benefit from a volunteer experience, or to parents of children who could benefit from therapeutic horseback riding. Lisa Keefe, ph. 816-808-1106
The Northland Therapeutic Riding Center (NTRC) focuses on improving the quality of life of children and adults with special needs through equine-oriented therapy and activities. At NTRC, physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, therapeutic riding instructors, volunteers, riders and horses are partners in the equine-assisted therapeutic process.
We currently have openings for both volunteers and riders.
We currently have openings for both volunteers and riders.
Volunteers serve NTRC as horse leaders or sidewalkers. Horse leaders should be comfortable grooming, tacking up and leading horses. Sidewalkers do not need horse experience, but must be comfortable around horses, as they walk beside our students as they ride. We ride on Tuesdays and Thursdays from now until Nov. 17 and volunteers are needed in one hour time frames from approximately 3-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday or Thursday each week. For more information, contact Lisa Keefe, Volunteer Coordinator, at 816-808-1106.
Therapeutic riding and hippotherapy assists riders with a variety of physical, cognitive and emotional challenges. A rider assessment and a doctor's clearance is required before participating. Parents may contact Mary Jill Webber, Co-Director, at 816-808-1209 for more information about having a child enrolled as a rider .
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Discount for homeschoolers from US Toy
US Toy, 2008 W. 103rd Terrace, Leawood, KS (just about a block south of 435W and State Line), is offering all educators, including homeschoolers and Sunday school teachers, a 10% discount every day.
Their phone number is 913-642-8247.
Friday, September 2, 2011
New Movie Coming out Sept 23
Calling all Families! Calling all Moms! Calling all Homeschoolers!
Join thousands of families nationwide to see the movie Dolphin Tale on September 23 together. It makes a statement to Hollywood to rally behind movies that “get it right” and tell great stories without all the junk, twaddle, and moral compromise! This movie has all the good stuff we want more of and is truly entertaining and inspiring from ages 5-95!!!
It’s time the conservative Christian Family and Homeschool community shows Hollywood we have a voice. But how? We need a story we can support and get behind, a story that affirms who we are and what we stand for.
Dear Friends, Dolphin Tale is such a story!
It’s time the conservative Christian Family and Homeschool community shows Hollywood we have a voice. But how? We need a story we can support and get behind, a story that affirms who we are and what we stand for.
Dear Friends, Dolphin Tale is such a story!
This is a family movie that will inspire, instruct, and bring you to tears because of the great story line. This movie even has two homeschool kids who play the main roles! (The casting agents went to a local support group in California and found them!)
The bottom line is that the Homeschool Movie Club wants to show Hollywood that the those of us with Christian and strong family values are a big enough market to support other great movies with traditional, conservative family values. I am hoping you will be a part of this great opportunity with me!
The bottom line is that the Homeschool Movie Club wants to show Hollywood that the those of us with Christian and strong family values are a big enough market to support other great movies with traditional, conservative family values. I am hoping you will be a part of this great opportunity with me!
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