Monthly Archives: July 2011

Sacred Harp singing: If you’re not familiar with this, the first bit they are singing the notes rather than the words (fa so la…)

Via Hot Air: When Obama was safely ensconced as a backbencher in the US Senate, raising the debt ceiling in 2006 (to $8.95 trillion) was “a sign of leadership failure.” Five years later, Obama’s colleagues passed $4.5 trillion in new debt ceiling limits while controlling Congress, and now Obama wants another $2.7 trillion…. He was […]

Read aloud from Pilgrim’s Progress, a Jane Austen book, and a biography. Played a math game on the computer Packed up a lunch (with appropriate discussions of food safety and nutrition), went to the nature center and sketched leaves, looked for birds, played with the educational exhibits in the children’s room. Went to the store […]

I really love the advice found in this article. For example: . Love is mostly what you do. Feelings will follow along with what you do. If you spend your time and emotional energy keeping in touch with your spouse, then your spouse will be the one you have feelings for. one of the ideas […]