tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43755841139583412992024-03-13T08:19:26.014-07:00HannahsWingsHannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-56332887654268178062015-08-29T06:36:00.003-07:002015-08-29T06:36:43.553-07:002015-2016 School Year & School Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We've started school over in our neck of the woods (actually bean field). We started early in August this year, because we really like to take the whole month of December off. I am also schooling twin 4 year olds this year for preschool, and so we needed to jump into a routine before they started coming. We are continuing on with Heart of Dakota again this year. I've been asked several times how I organize all the books with 3 kids in 3 different guides. So here is some pictures of how we do things.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use a "tweaked" workbox system. Each child has their own drawer with the books they are currently using.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next to that is where we store games, play-doh, and other educational tools.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Under our white board, we have boxes of crayons, markers, colored pencils, flash cards,<br />
coloring books, extra binders, and a few other games.<br />
Each child has a binder with his/her notebooking pages.<br />
The boxes to the right are my "portfolio" boxes. Each child has a box of completed assignments, <br />
special projects, tests, and past binders.<br />
The bottom box is our Math-U-See blocks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is our main bookcase, where I store everything we will be currently using. <br />
There are a few things, I've never used and are just there as extra resources, <br />
but for the most part, everything has been or is being used currently.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next to our world atlas (that our neighbor from our previous home graciously gave us), <br />
is our craft book case. The top files are construction paper, card stock, and craft books. <br />
The boxes beside are Lindsay's bead making and the kids' embroidery box.<br />
(A wonderful friend, that was one of my teacher's assistants when I was in school gave<br />
the kids all these beautiful pillow cases and squares to embroidery! They love them!!)<br />
The other boxes are paracord, sewing, wood stamps, acrylic paints, stickers,<br />
glitter glue, and random craft boxes.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The kids are in a pretty good routine now. Derek is in <strong>Preparing Hearts for His Glory</strong> this year, Lindsay is in <strong>Bigger Hearts for His Glory</strong>,<strong> </strong>and Leah is in <strong>Little Hearts for His Glory</strong>. I am surprised at how independent they are becoming in their individual learning. I really thought I would never say that, because Derek, especially, relied on me a lot throughout most of his school day in the past. He actually enjoys taking most of his work to his room now and working on his own. He still needs my help introducing new lessons in English and Math, and wants me to read his History to him (which I enjoy). It does take me about 20 minutes per child to go over any new lessons, read their History and/or Science, do their Bible Study with them, and instructions for any notebooking pages. Leah's lessons take more one-on-one, since she is the only one reading out loud to me this year, but she is making great progress!! The older two have 15-30 minutes of reading to themselves. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> *Funny story from reading time this week* - Derek came to me just giggling like crazy, and said, "Hey Mom!! Listen to this!!" He proceeded to read to me out of Black Beauty,<em> "I would be happy to take you, ma'am. Where would you like to go?" "To Paddington Station, please." </em>Just laughing, he said, "You think they saw the bear, mom?" Too cute, Derek, too cute!! Oh, how I wish I could keep my children just like this forever!! It's the small moments just like this, I wouldn't trade for the world! </span><br />
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<strong></strong><br />Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-66768840840758071202015-08-27T17:55:00.000-07:002015-08-27T17:55:53.810-07:00A Productive Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Well, we have had another wonderful summer, with lots of adventures and hard work! Ronnie decided to take us to Hemlock Cliffs, where he did some repelling in the Army. It was a wonderful day of hiking and climbing!! The kids thought it was the greatest day ever!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Lindsay turned 8 this summer. We had a wonderful birthday swimming party for her. Several of her friends came and swam and ate cake and ice cream!</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How was your summer? Ready for school to start now?</span></em><br />
<strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.</em></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> 1 Corinthians 15:58</em></span></strong></td></tr>
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<br />Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-87134331383906294422015-01-06T20:04:00.000-08:002015-01-06T20:04:32.461-08:00How I teach reading<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've had several people ask me how I taught my children to read or say to me, "I'd love to home school, but I could never teach my child how to read!". </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Well, let me start of by saying, I've been very fortunate to have easy students. We don't seem to have any learning disabilities, however, even if we did, I would not allow my child to use that as a crutch. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.) I have the child watch Leap Frog's Letter Factory and Word Factory. It normally takes about 2 weeks, for them to get all their letters and sounds down and basic words like "cat", and "pig". I put in Letter Factory 1 time a day everyday for a week and the same for Word Factory. Yes, you understood me right, I do not teach letters and sounds myself with worksheets or cute little jingles. I use good 'ole Leap Frog! I made the mistake of using Saxon Phonics with my oldest, Derek, while keeping Lindsay busy watching something on TV (which happened to be Leap Frog). And how does Derek remember his sounds? From over hearing Leap Frog, not from all the flashcards and coding of Saxon. (That was a lot of time wasted!!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">3.) Bring out the Dick and Jane books!! This is one of my favorite parts of teaching reading. I absolutely love Dick and Jane books!!! This does not teach phonically at all, however, it strengthens the child's confidence level tremendously! This is a sight word technic. They learn the words, "oh", "look", and "see" first. Then they move onto harder words such as "Mother", "something", and "come". All the while repeating all the words they have already learned. By the time we have made it through all the Dick and Jane books, we are ready to move back to step 2 and complete 100 Easy Lessons and the child has built up enough confidence to not become so frustrated with sounding words out. They also have built up enough sight words from Dick and Jane that they can just read certain words without sounding out!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">*A very important note, is to always be reading a book out loud, way above their level. This is so important, because children also learn how to read by listening. Have a set story time, when you can just snuggle up on the couch together and enjoy good, wholesome literature. Some of our favorites have been "Charlotte's Web", "Little House on the Prairie", and "The Moody's". </span><br />
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<em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> How do you teach reading? Do you have a favorite reading curriculum? Do your children enjoy reading? What are some of your children's favorite books?</span></em>Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-18482497240560910162015-01-05T05:17:00.000-08:002015-01-05T05:17:35.176-08:00Another year has come and gone.....<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Another year has come and gone. I arose early today, because this starts a new semester here in our household. The house is a mess and in complete chaos from Christmas, so I thought I'd try to get some stuff picked up before we start on our next leg of my children's educational journey. I got up, walked into the kitchen started my self a mug of hot cocoa and sat down to write this post. (There's so much cleaning going on right now, I can hardly stand it;)</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Anyway, I thought it was important I sit down and reflect for a little while. Once, again, it's bee so long since I've written and I keep saying I'm going to try and get better, but life keeps happening. And I've decided, that's ok too. Everything is just rushing by so quickly. All I want to do is sit and enjoy it for a moment. And if we get started a little late, then so be it. :) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Looking back, I realize just how fast my babies are growing! All 3 of my children are reading, no one is in diapers, everyone can make their own oatmeal, buckle themselves in the car, clean up their own messes ( :O !!! ) But somehow, I'm finding they need me even more now than before. Not me, physically doing anything, but my listening. They are constantly wanting "one on one" time. They constantly want to pour their hearts out to me. I'm trying desperately to be a good listener and not a director. I'm a fixer and this thing called life is so hard to fix sometimes. I hate seeing my babies hurting, and all I want to do is fix it, but I can't. My children are noticing lost people all around us, and it breaks their little hearts. The things they are concerned with and pray for amaze me and crush me all at the same time. So sometimes, all I can do is listen and guide them to Jesus, who truly can fix things. I'm learning very quickly that life is not going to be any easier for my children, than it was for me, if not even harder. And don't think for a second, just because they are home-schooled, they are sheltered from all the peer pressure, crime, and the hurt of the world. Yes, it helps tremendously, and it is a big reason of why we do what we do, but even Satan battles against home-schooled children and their peers. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> The preacher at church, yesterday, discussed family again (we are a family-integrated church, we discuss this a lot ;) and just how important it is to BE together. Satan works so hard at breaking families apart, so he can in turn break us down individually. If we work diligently at sticking together, even in life's roughest valleys, it will make us stronger on the other side. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> So for this new year, I pray that God directs our family's paths, and that we will continue to grow <strong><em>together. </em></strong>I am praying for your family, I am praying that God is building up some strong soldiers in His army to fight this on going war. I praying peace inside our homes, that home may be a place that we can come and rest from the outside raging war. And, last of all, that we can be a light to this outside, lost, and dying world. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Amanda</span>Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-85279159029625838952014-08-27T06:11:00.003-07:002014-08-27T06:11:40.166-07:00School Year 2014-2015<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Well, as I said last week, summer is quickly fading. This is the first year we have taken a real "summer break". We normally school year round. However, this year with all 3 partcipating in 4-H, 2 in the Bible Bee, and the garden, we decided to take a few months off. It was a very good decision too, it may be a new trend in our household ;) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Derek has actually been asking for 2 weeks now when we are going to start back up again. Which, by the way, is incredible!!! He's my child, who could normally careless about school! He loves Geography and well.....that's about it. He did come to me and ask if we could do a different math. I have loved and praised Teaching Textbooks for the last 2 years, but I'm very much into child-led learning, so I've been looking at different math curriculums for the last couple of weeks and we are going to start with Singapore Math, which is what Heart of Dakota suggests using anyway. He wanted a "math workbook". He loves Rod & Staff (we use it for 1st grade) and they have a "worksheet book" for 3rd grade, but not for 4th. We looked at a few other curriculums, but for now, we've settled on Singapore. He has done Singapore before during summers as review, so it's not all completely new to him. So here's the run-down for this year's curriculum lists.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> On Fridays, we have Music School in the morning and Co-op in the afternoon. This first semester at Co-op Derek is taking Pencil Drawing and PE and Lindsay is taking Art (Acrylic Painting) and PE. Leah will be in the preschool class. They do all kinds of fun crafts, songs, centers, and work on their letters, sounds, and numbers. I will be teaching Home Economics to the older girls and Ronnie will be teaching a mechanics class the first semester. We are looking forward to a new school year!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Also, my goal for this year for the blog is to do a review each week of our Heart of Dakota units and also one of our other curriculums each month! I've had a lot of parents say to me, they would love to homeschool, but just don't think they could. So my hope would be that I can share how rewarding and easy(most days;) homeschooling actually is!!</span></div>
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</span>Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-28979742245111374902014-08-19T07:14:00.000-07:002014-08-19T07:14:37.525-07:00Life is NOT what it seems.....<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As I sit here this morning, looking out my window trying to see past all the thick fog, I realize how quickly the summer is coming to an end. Ever since Hannah passed, I feel like our summers just fly by! Her entire life took place in one tiny little summer, the summer of 2008. It will be burned into my memory, of course, forever. Trying to fit everything a mama, of 3, needs to do into one summer is exhausting, actually it feels next to impossible! Especially when you are trying to be a mama to 3 children, all under 3, that are separated over 100 miles away. I always look back and try to think of how I should have done things differently. I definitely didn't have the mind-set that I do now and thought that it was so important for my older 2 to carry on normal lives. When in reality, I realize now the best thing for them was to have been with their mama as much as possible. However, I felt like, then, that wasn't possible because they were not allowed in the NICU or in Hannah's room. I kept telling myself that Hannah would get better soon and we'd all be home as a family. I tried to stay so busy with activities at church when I was home to keep my mind off of things with Hannah that I missed a lot of opportunities to just sit and hold her and and spent so much time traveling back and forth, I missed alot of firsts with Lindsay. (Lindsay and Hannah were 11 months apart). She learned to crawl and walk with out me and learned to say some very cute words without me. My heart constantly breaks at the idea of not remembering much about Lindsay's 1st year at all, by being so consumed with my prenatal appointments and worrying so much about what was to come and then the 3 1/2 months she was in the hospital.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I fast forward 6 years and continute to realize how short our summers are and in reality how short all of our lives are, they really are but just a vapor. I have watched my children grow and mature more this year than I ever have before. We have worked so hard and participated in so much this year, I am just amazed at the young people my children are becoming. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> We did let the garden fail a little this year due to being so busy (however after hearing so many other people say that their tomatoes didn't make either, I don't feel so bad), however, we did manage to put up over 30 quarts of corn and 6 quarts of tomato juice so far (more is yet to come). </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I have watched the children learn and grow in The Word. They have worked hard on creating their own projects and baking to sell their goods and have become quite the little entrepreneurs. I have watched them transform through the horseback riding lessons and show their animals in the ring and their confidence just rise in themselves. I've watched them mature so much while working hard in the garden, picking, shucking, cooking, squeezing, canning, and freezing our produce to get through the winter. And understanding the importance of helping to provide for the family. And last but not least, dying to themselves to help care for, and eventually loving, 3 babies that are not our own. They helped bathe, feed, hold, and love on these 3 as if I had given birth to them, just as I had their own selves. It truly was amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I continually pray that we can raise our "babies" to work as unto the Lord, not toward men! I pray for their salvation daily. Because at the end of the day, nothing else matters if they don't live as Christ, everything else will not get them anywhere! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> <span class="text Jas-4-14" id="en-NKJV-30352"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.</span></em></span></strong></span>Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-78295072284027455432014-06-10T19:32:00.001-07:002014-06-10T19:59:24.482-07:00What we've been up to...<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Sorry, it's been so long since I've written. The older the kids get, the less time it seems that I have. This is the first year we have ever taken a summer break. We normally school year round taking a week off here and there when we need one. However, we had so many activities planned this summer, I wanted to concentrate on the Bible Bee Sword Studies and completing 4-H projects to the best of our abilities. So here are some picturers to catch you up. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I try so hard to make sure all of my facebook posts are positive, uplifting, encouraging or informative. Facebook is so full of negativity of the world, and I feel like it's one way I can shine my light. So yes, sometimes, it may seem like our life here is just happy-go-lucky and all I do is read fantasy stories with my perfectly, well behaved, angelic, children while eating bon-bons. (You knew I had to throw that in there, Angela ;) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So after this week (and yes, it's only Tuesday), I decided it might also be encouraging if I share the other side. Just so we know we're not alone in this battle of spriritual warfare. It's important to me, that I keep this blog and my life real. I am a terrible, wretched sinner, who by the grace of God has been saved by my Lord Jesus. But I still mess up, A LOT!! And I praise the Lord, that He doesn't give up on me. Oh my, where would we be, if He did??</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> So it started yesterday.......</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> We woke up to your typical Monday morning. Everyone waking up and doing chores and preparing for the day. Derek always wakes up before the girls and starts on his schoolwork while it's still quiet. He has good and bad days, but most days he wakes up and does this with no problem. Some days, he wants to play first and then gets very upset that I interrupt his play to start his schoolwork. So, for the most part, we try to stick to the schedule of him doing schoolwork first, so we can save both of ourselves from headaches.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Yesterday, he woke up in a great mood and was almost done with his school, when a math problem ( I mean Satan) decided to interrupt our day. He and I both had a huge meltdown. There was yelling and crying on both his and my ends. I felt like I was doing something wrong with him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I can't seem to figure out how to share my love of learning with him. No matter what books I find, or math program I buy, he just tries to rush through as fast as he can. I know, he's a boy and boys don't care for school, but I just keep thinking I am doing something wrong, if I can't make him enjoy his schoolwork. Lindsay and I have such a good bonding time when it comes to her school, why can't I have that with him? And he is so smart!! He figures things out faster than I can explain them. But, boy oh boy, when he gets stuck on something watch out!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I cried alot, just wallowing in self pity. I even locked myself in my room for awhile reading different Psalms, trying to embrace the fact, God is the Almighty, and he has a plan, and I am just this one tiny piece through 6,000 years of His puzzle so far. I felt like one of the Israelites always complaining about everything, no matter their many blessings. I prayed for a long time asking for God's guidance in raising this strong-willed child. I really would not want it any other way, because I know God has amazing plans for him, however, I just am at a loss on how to direct his very strong will. Not to mention, his father and I are both very strong willed, and we are all first borns, so it seems we are all just exactly alike and they say opposites attract, right? </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Anyway, I ended up having a very long talk with him about having a good attitude, even when we don't like it. That was like calling the kettle black, huh?? </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> It was a struggle the rest of the day to have good attitudes, because once I get upset, it's really hard for me to let it go. Ronnie and Derek can just go out and get over it and then I get even more upset because I felt like they weren't that upset about the issue to begin with, totally petty, ain't it? Talk about a sinner!! Praise the Lord for grace!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> So, later in the afternoon, Ronnie got a wrecker call and I decided it would be a good opportunity to get us all out of the house and some fresh air. We towed the vehicle, stopped at Goodwill, grabbed a bite to eat, and recieved another wrecker run. We started out to winch the customer out of the ditch and what....of course, the clutch goes out of the wrecker!!! We have to call the customer and help them find another wrecker. And try to make it home without getting stranded ourselves. Now, Ronnie's in a bad mood and stressing about how much it's going to cost and being down during the our busiest time of the year. I'm trying to stay calm and lift him up and Satan gets ahold of the both of us and so by the time we made it to bed, we're both upset. We're laying in bed, discussing how much it's going to cost to fix it and how we only have 2 weeks left until Christmas to finish buying everyone's presents. (And we keep it simple! We just have big families.) We're still waiting to get paid from 3 or 4 jobs, an insurance check, ect. And that we need to be patient with them, because we have been in that boat before ourselves! We both agree, we know that God will take care of us. So what if everyone doesn't get something from us, it won't be the first, and it won't be the last, I'm sure. And then I get even more upset, because that's not what it's even about!! I lay there thinking about how worse off so many more people are than us. And here we are having panic attacks over a stupid clutch. Sure, it's our livlihood and yes, it's very important, but in the grand scheme of things, it's nothing! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Why do we do this? Why do we make ourselves sick with worry? God has promised again and again to take care of us. And that may not even mean how we want him to take care of us. We may loose our vehicles, and even our house (heaven forbid), but the one thing that is certain, is His promises to take care of us. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I'm so encouraged by the story of Corrie Ten Boom. If you don't know about her, google it. She was able to survive and hold on to God's promises even through Concentration Camps!! Now, that is strength, and not her own, but God Almighty's!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> And who knows, maybe God is actually letting some of things happen, so we will cling to him even tighter during this Christmas season. You know, since it really is about Him anyway ;) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">From <em>Stories of the Pilgrims</em> by Margaret B Pumphrey: "The men gathered brushwood and, in the shelter of a great rock, built a roaring fire and camped for the night. Before they slept the Pilgrims knelt upon the ground and gave thanks to God for guiding them through the storm and dakrness. Then they repeated a beautiful old song from the Bible beginning; '<strong><em>O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'</em></strong>"</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I want to live like that! No matter what comes my way, I want to be able to cling to my Savior like that. I am so thankful, He is still working on me!! I just pray that God will give me the wisdom to pass on to my children of how important His Word is for their daily lives and leaning on His everlasting arms. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I pray you hold on to what is really important this Chrstimas Season. I pray you teach your children some wonderful Advent lessons. I pray that God blesses your families. And you can hold on tight to fact that this is not our home, we're just passing through. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">This wonderful bookshelf, I found at our local "primitive" store, Magpie. It's been a huge blessing to me!!! It stores all of our extra curriculum, readers, chapter books, school supplies, craft supplies, and educational toys. The white 3 drawer bin next to it, holds each child's school books and workbooks that they are currently using. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">"Some" of our many readers and chapter books!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Today, Ronnie and Derek, and his friend Cassius had a Contenders meeting, so the girls and I went to town to run errands and get groceries. It's always nice when we get to go do things, just us girls, and we get to have a morning or afternoon to bond. However, today the girls were talking and I was just content to listen to them gab away. They wanted to look at jewelry, hair things, socks, shoes, and clothes. As we're walking through all the clearance items to find a good buy, we made our way over to the "baby/toddler" area. And then it hit me! After 8 years of coming to this section of the store, I have no reason to be here. We officially potty trained Leah two weeks ago, and she's been wearing panties all day and night, so I didn't need any diapers or wipes. She barely uses sippy cups anymore, so no need for that. She wears all of Lindsay's old clothes, so I didn't need to look at clothes from that section.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> While my heart is yearning for another baby, we began to work our way through the food. The girls are very good at grocery shopping and could probably do it all by themselves (you know ,if it wasn't illegal to send a 6 and 3 year old into a store by themselves;). So they were going through the list of needed items and putting them in the cart. When we arrived at the deli, there stood a lady, probably in her 50's, waiting for her meat and cheese. She looked very nice, nails and hair done, and was content just to stand there and wait. She had a cute new shirt in her cart and a puzzle, a couple of individual dinners, a few individual diet drinks. And as I'm standing there holding Leah, (because she's freezing in the freezer section as she calls it) my mind yet races in another direction. Now, I'm totally imagining what this lady's life is like, but I'm assuming she lives by herself from the looks of the items her in cart and I started to think about once all my children are grown, what my life will be like. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> My dreams would be that Ronnie and I would grow old together and that we will have LOTS of grandchildren running around the house, while our children are out on date nights and needing to Christmas shop and such. However, we never know what the good Lord has in store for us. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> And then I got to thinking, why does the average American only have 1 or 2 kids? Sure, there are days, my heart yearns (and yearns badly) for a few moments of silence. But there are also days when all of my children are out with friends or riding to the dump with Daddy or with Grandma and Papaw and I really just don't know what to do with myself. And I hear so many parents talk about empty nests and how horrible it is, but how they adjust. Why is it so wrong for these big families to not have to go through that? Why is it that more parents don't look at their children as a blessing? Why have we, as a nation, become so dependent on birth control instead of prayer? Why can we trust God to take care of us with our finances and our daily lives, but not our wombs?</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> And then I got to thinking of how Ronnie and I, 3 years ago, decided to let God lead our hearts in child birth and not by our own decision. And how he worried that we would end up with 15 kids and how I struggled to figure out how I could have 6 or 7 more c-sections. And then I began to realize that my baby is now 3!!! And perhaps, just perhaps, God has closed my womb and how horrible that might be. I started thinking about Hannah and Rachel, who longed for babies and how God "blessed" them when he heard their cries. And then I started praying that, if God does choose to close my womb, then "please, Lord, help my heart to be content". </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> As the girls and I made our way home and I started unloading the groceries, they ran off to the garden, to see what today's harvest might be. And I started thinking of all these precious sights I must savor, just in case I never have another baby.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> - my little boy learning to mow the yard for the first time</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> - the face of delight when the "baby" understands A says "aahh"</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Have a Blessed Day :)</span>Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-42214564460000381682013-07-29T20:29:00.001-07:002013-08-05T21:12:31.608-07:002013 - 2014 Curriculum - Heart of Dakota/Rod & Staff<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So here is our curriculum list this year, I'm so excited to be getting started!!! Every year it just seems to get more and more exciting as Derek gets older and learns more and more! The girls also surprise me at how fast they learn, right behind their brother. I have officially taught my two older ones to read fluently and am now working on my baby and her sounds! It truly is a blessing to be able to homeschool my children and to watch them grow and learn! </span><br />
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Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-58994755020499857532013-06-25T04:54:00.001-07:002013-06-25T04:54:42.195-07:00Being a wife and mother while not feeling good<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have read several blogs and articles of mothers who live and deal with chronic issues. And I applaud their parenting skills! God definitely doesn't give us more than we can handle, and he knows that they are stronger than I am! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> However, I do live with severe indoor/outdoor allergies. I normally only have an attack about once a month, worst case scenerio once every two weeks. And I normally can feel it coming on and can do certain things to prevent them. Out of 120 things tested, I was highly allergic to everything but 3. However, I'm not allergic to any foods (thank goodness, because I LOVE to eat!!!) But if it's a mold, dust mite, tree, pollen, weed, cockroach residue (my Dad and I used to joke about this all the time, then I married Ronnie and now my last name is Roach.... not so funny anymore ;), hay, sawdust, ect, I'm sure to have a reaction. I tried shots for a few years, and it did help some, but still had pretty bad attacks. And I could not do shots will pregnant, so I gave those up. I've tried pretty much every medicine and I mostly have to go back and forth between medicinces because my body becomes immune to a certain one after awhile. I've been looking into more herbal treatments for about a year now, but have not found anything that even touches me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> When I have an attack, I try to immediately go and sleep it off, if I can get to sleep early on my sinuses will dry it up and I can move on with life. If I wait too long and try to blow my nose or just breath through it, it worsens very quickly. I can't breathe, I can't see very well because of blurry vision and itchy eyes. My head feels like it will explode at any moment. I can barely walk from one room to another without having to sit down and catch my breath. I can go through a box of tissues in about 10 minutes. Once I'm in a full blown attack, it takes me about a day and a half to get over it completely and then my body is just weak and tired.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> With all that being said, I'm not looking for sympathy. I want to give a word of encouragement in two different levels. The first one, in my marriage.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> When Ronnie and I first met, it wasn't long before he realized how sickly I was. I remember throwing up in front of him on Christmas Day and being so embarrassed and him just standing there holding my hair, telling me it was going to be alright. I remember thinking, this is the man I want to spend the rest of my life with!!! However, after the honeymoon is over......I'm not sure what happened exactly, if I came to expect him to come at my every beckon call or if he started to think I whined over every little thing. But very soon, I was holding my own hair again and really feeling sorry for myself. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I remember a few years ago when he was really sick and he complained how I never really took care of him when he was sick and I got to thinking. If he really thinks that, then no wonder he doesn't nurse me anymore. So I tried really hard to tend to his needs when he had a cold or the flu (which doesn't happen very often, the man is made of steel!!!) And something happened!!! I started noticing how he was more aware of my needs when I was sick. It's amazing how selfish we become when we have something wrong, and how blind we can be of the needs around us. Even in our own house. It's taken us several years to figure out how to care for one another, but we are getting much better ;)</span><br />
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Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-69083594115981009052013-06-04T04:27:00.000-07:002013-06-04T04:27:04.663-07:00No Yelling Update :(<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, once again, I'm beating myself up because I've not bee keeping up with blogging again. I keep telling myself when my family is raised and there are not so many mouths to feed I may blog more ;) However, I would really like to get better at this because I want to be able to look back at remember all this precious memories. So here's a few....</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've had a huge realization lately, it's not that the 30 Day Challenge was a bad idea, because it definitely was not! It has opened my eyes completely! It's just that I have seen that yelling is not actually the problem, I needed to get down to the root. Just like gardening I can pick the weed every week, but if I don't go out and dig up the root the weed will continue to grow back every week and become a huge pain in my side. I listened to a sermon on the "Spirit of Anger" and WOW! I really needed to get on my knees and repent! I have a huge problem with my spirit. I have to stop getting so upset before I can really stop the yelling. I'm not going to say I've done 180, because I haven't. I still have meltdowns, and I can still feel myself about to loose it. However, I have discovered some trigger points that I didn't realize was allowing myself to get so upset. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I don't want my children to remember a mother who had a spirit of anger all the time. I want them to remember me on how much I taught them and how I loved being with them as I was teaching them different life lessons. I don't want them to be afraid that I could blow up at any moment or not come to me with something they are dealing with because they are scared I may lose it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I heard a sermon once from an old preacher that kept saying his wife was just so "delightful" to be around. And he just missed her so much. I know that when I'm gone, my family will miss me, but will they say I was a "delight" to be around? I know as a child and a teenager, I probably annoyed more people that I did not annoy, however, I remember always being so joyful at church camp and youth group and just always being in a good mood and hugging people. And I feel like most days I have totally lost my joy now that I am a mother. And in reality I should be more joyful now than I have ever been! God has been sooooo graceful to me and given me soooo many more blessings than I deserve!!! Where is my joy? Where is my delight? So here's my 30 day Challenge for June.....Trying to be more joyful!! And I don't just mean happy, I mean pure joy. And if that means smiling when I don't feel like it, then so be it! I have but such a small time here on earth, I need to start using my time wisely! </span><br />
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<em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Have you lost your joy? Are you delightful to be around? What is the root of your anger/yelling? I pray this morning that you will dig deeper into God's word and rest on Him to help you find the answers.</span></em></div>
Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-61149879470522290542013-04-30T04:36:00.000-07:002013-04-30T04:36:39.641-07:00Do I believe that Hannah is an angel?<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Yes, I know this is deep to start off the morning, but I feel it time to explain some things. We've been studying the end times in our small group from church. And as you all know, we lost our precious daughter, Hannah Elizabeth(<a href="http://hannahswings.blogspot.com/2010/07/hannahs-story.html" target="_blank">you can read her story here</a>), 4 years ago, we have suffered 2 miscarriages, and we just lost a very, very close friend, who was the leader of our small group. As you can imagine, understanding death and losing a loved one is close to our hearts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> A few weeks ago, the topic of angels came up. We discussed this whole idea of when someone dies that they turn into an angel. I will say, that I feel I may have misled people into thinking that we believe this by naming my blog "<em>Hannah's Wings</em>" or by saying in my profiles that I have 3 angels in heaven. This is not true. While, I will not go into great detail of what we believe on what happens after death (going to heaven, Jesus coming back and raising up the dead in Him, and so forth). I will say, that we do NOT believe that Hannah herself is an angel, nor the other two babies that I misscarried. Perhaps, if it is too misleading maybe, I should rename or change my profile, but for right now, I just think clarification is in order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><em><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><sup>4 </sup>“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?<sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13798F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)"></sup><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Job-38-4">Tell me, if you understand.<sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13798G" title="See cross-reference G">G</a>)"></sup></span></span><br /><span class="text Job-38-5" id="en-NIV-13799"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Who marked off its dimensions?<sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13799H" title="See cross-reference H">H</a>)"></sup> Surely you know!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Job-38-5">Who stretched a measuring line<sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13799I" title="See cross-reference I">I</a>)"></sup> across it?</span></span><br /><span class="text Job-38-6" id="en-NIV-13800"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>On what were its footings set,<sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13800J" title="See cross-reference J">J</a>)"></sup></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Job-38-6">or who laid its cornerstone<sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13800K" title="See cross-reference K">K</a>)"></sup>—</span></span><br /><span class="text Job-38-7" id="en-NIV-13801"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>while the morning stars<sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13801L" title="See cross-reference L">L</a>)"></sup> sang together<sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13801M" title="See cross-reference M">M</a>)"></sup></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Job-38-7">and all the angels<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-NIV-13801a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2038&version=NIV#fen-NIV-13801a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup><sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13801N" title="See cross-reference N">N</a>)"></sup> shouted for joy?</span></span></span></span></em></strong></span></div>
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Also, here is a very good article on angels as a whole. <a href="http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/are-guardian-angels-biblical/">http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/are-guardian-angels-biblical/</a></div>
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</span><br />Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-45663640582133194972013-04-30T04:30:00.001-07:002013-04-30T04:30:32.551-07:00Spring Cleaning, a refreshing start!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-15769094655615063282013-04-19T04:14:00.000-07:002013-04-19T04:14:20.305-07:00It's that time of year again!!<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite time of year is here!!!! Spring, finally!!! It just kept snowing this winter, I didn't think I'd ever see Spring. And it's actually supposed to cool down again, for a few days, but it's better than it had been :) </span><br />
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Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-89635615122913213262013-04-02T10:53:00.000-07:002013-04-02T10:53:23.675-07:00NO YELLING ALLOWED!!! 30 Day Challenge<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, so I announced it the other day on Facebook, that I was not yelling for 30 days and that you all could follow me on my blog in my journey. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Day 1: Went very well....no yelling, however the stress of the day was extreme!!! Satan totally wanted me to yell!!! The radiator in the van blew up while we were driving down the road, we found out our insurance on our new business was going to be extremely expensive, and few other just over the top things. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">I'm not sure where it went after that. So, here's what I'm doing. I decided to take this a month at a time. And hopefully a new good habit every month. I read somewhere that if you can do something for 30 days it becomes a habit. So for the month of April, I will be working on yelling (Ronnie says after I achieve this, he will try ;) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">So, here's to everyone with me......keep calm, remember to start out in a whisper when you are getting upset and you will have farther to go before you are yelling. And here's a few resources to help us along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">I encourage you to look up these verses if you don't already know them and memorize them over and over when getting upset. Also, I would encourage you to create your own journal and keep track of your days and how many times you get upset. It's amazing how motivated we become when we can see progress. Satan won't be able to keep us down as long if we can look back on our blessings when we are having a bad day :)</span></div>
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Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-51214010144253876762013-01-10T04:52:00.001-08:002013-01-10T04:57:38.938-08:00Christmas, Sickness, New Years<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Well, we have been absolutely bombarded with sickness around here since before Christmas. Everyone pretty much cleared up for Christmas day except Leah, who ran a fever all day. Then we all came down with it again after Christmas and then again on New Years :( For the most part it was sinus and ear stuff. A couple of episodes of other (if you know what I mean;), but not much of that compared to everyone else around us. Thank goodness!! We're not out of the clear yet though. I'm hoping it's over soon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> We were able to make it through our Christmas Play at church without getting sick. But just barely! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Normally, I would do a birthday post, but since we were not feeling well, I didn't get around to doing so. On, New Year's Day, Derek turned 8!!! I do this every year, and every year, it doesn't seem possible that he can be that old. I told him, he had to stop growing, he of course did not agree, until that night when we were eating supper. A friend of mine told me what they do with their children while eating, so we quickly incorporated it at our dinner table. When trying new foods or finishing up a plate of food they don't particularly like, they are required to take as many bites as they are old. So when Derek asked that night if he could take 7 more bites and then get up, he quickly realized he now had to take 8 and said, "Ok, I don't want to get any older". :) Love him!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> The following weekend we had a birthday party him at our church and all of his friends came. It was an Army theme, so Ronnie set up some chairs for an obstacle course, we did a tug of war, and played Bingo. Then after his party we came home and did Christmas with Grandma and Papaw.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> On Monday we started school back up and the day went very, very well!!! I couldn't believe how well! I woke up early, the older two kids and I read our 4 chapters of the New Testament (Our church is reading through the New Testament in 90 days), did our morning chores, schoolwork, and stayed on schedule all day!!! Tuesday came, and I didn't wake up as early, we didn't read in the morning and it was a struggle to stay on schedule all morning. We did it, but it did not go nearly as smoothly as the first day. I am honestly finding lots of truth to Proverbs 31 woman, in verse 15 "she gets up while it is still dark...", and I know I've said this over and over again, but like Peter, when will I learn? My day always goes much smoother when I rise early and get in the Word early!! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Tuesday night, I got sick, so yesterday was terrible and you can tell it when we don't stay on schedule, the house falls apart!! So today, I will be doing a lot of clean-up! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Amanda :)</span>Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-64735097148854751212012-11-15T04:00:00.000-08:002012-11-15T04:01:11.033-08:00I'm Still Alive<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey All!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Sorry, I haven't written in awhile. I've had to take a little break and try to get a new routine down. Things had not been running smoothly, so I've been trying a few different things. So just to update you on different areas of my life right now.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">~ I went to see the <a href="http://www.titus2.com/" target="_blank">Maxwell's</a> last month, with two of my "besties", Whitney and Lisa :) We listened to two different sessions, one for Mom's on "Scheduling" and one for Dad's and Mom's on "Keeping our Children's Hearts". They were both really good! And totally inspired me to get back on a routine. They do what is called "chore packs" and I will post a video at the end of this post, so you can check it out. I had read about them before, but kinda put it off on the back burner, but we are now doing them and they are going great!!! Teri, the mom, did say, that she thought some of her boys were going to take their chore packs with them when they got married. I was so glad to hear her say that, because there are some days I feel like the kids may never get the simplest things ;) They also talked in the second session about Family Worship/Bible Time and how important it was. He gave the illustration that if you don't read the Bible to your children daily, it's like starving them for a day of their spiritual food. He even went as far as to say, if your family forgets to read the Bible, then parents don't eat for the next day. Then you can feel the pain in your stomach, that your heart and life is actually feeling. It was definately a good idea to make you aware of how important Family Worship is!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">~ My BFF, Melisa, and I have been working hard lately on preserving potatos (they have been on sale at our local Aldi's for .99 cents for a 10lb bag!!!). We've also been researching and trying out different freezer/crockpot dinner recipes for our families.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">~ I've been pinning alot of organizational ideas and tools lately on pintrest and going through Fly Lady's webpage with a fine tooth comb. I've found all kinds of usefull ideas and I hope to put some of them into play very soon!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">~ I've been re-reading <a href="http://largefamilylogistics.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Large Family Logistics</a>. It's one of my favorite books. Don't let the title scare you, if you have just one or even two children, it is a wonderful, wonderful organizational book!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">~ I read <a href="http://nogreaterjoy.org/blogs/createdtobehishelpmeet/" target="_blank">Created to Be His Help Meet</a>. That was an eye opener!!! I know there is alot of people out there that would totally disagree with this book, so if you are feminist, you might need to pray alot while reading this! But it was definately something I needed to hear! I get so bent out of shape sometimes when I feel like Ronnie does not help me enough or isn't doing what I "think" he should be. This book gave me a whole new prespective!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">~ And I started reading <a href="http://www.titus2.com/homeschooling-with-a-meek-and-quiet-spirit.html" target="_blank">Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit</a>. I'm about half-way through the book and it's been really convicting!! I definately suggest reading it, even if you don't currently or plan to homeschool, it has a lot of ideas of how to deal with anger and disorganization. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">~ This past month, I went to Mom's Night Out with our local homeschool group, where we were discussing the book <a href="http://store.familymanweb.com/products-page/homeschooling/lies-homeschool-moms-believe/" target="_blank">Lies Homeschooling Moms Believe</a>. It was really good to talk about our downfalls with each other and to realize we need to stop comparing ourselves to other families who seem to have it all together, when in reality, they really don't either :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> * Things I'm currently working on: Revamping the <a href="http://www.hannahswings.blogspot.com/2012/08/our-new-schedule-2012.html" target="_blank">Schedule</a>. It just wasn't working, as much as I loved it, there were some kinks that needed to be worked out. One of the things that Teri Maxwell suggested, was doing any preschool work first before you school the older kids. Otherwise, she found, she would put it off until she was finished with the big kids and then she didn't have the energy to worry about it. And since we have 2 "littles" running around the house tyring to interrupt "school time", we're going to start doing preschool time in the morning and regular "school time" for the big kids in the afternoon at quiet time while the 2 littles are down for nap. I'll let you know how it works out ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> For those of you who don't know, my husband was in the military for 9 years (4 years of which was before we were married.) So this is just something military wives say, especially before a deployment. But he has been out for almost 4 years now. And this morning, I said these words with the most sincere heart ever! And I didn't even realize until it was out of my mouth, but we totally knew.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Ronnie had to go back to work today, for this past week our world has been turned upside down. My husband lost his best friend, and my best friend lost her husband. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> He was a lineman at our local REMC and while doing a routine poll load up, the pole jumped off its cradle and killed our dear friend instantly. And nothing in our lives have been the same since. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> He was an amazing man, and he didn't even know it. He was an elder at our church, but he preferred to be called an "overseer", because he was so young. ;) But he was sooo wise for his age!!! Our preacher kept describing him this week as gentle, and that is about the best term I can come up with also. About 6 months ago, Ronnie asked him to be his mentor, and he gladly accepted, and has been that and more to Ronnie ever since! Personally, our lives have not been the same since he and his wife has entered them. We have hung out and went out to eat numerous times and Ronnie is like a teenager all over again around them. He would just laugh and laugh, and I would apologize because I said he never acted like that, and my dear friend would just smile and say, "Don't worry about it! We love you guys!" He and his wife were leaders of our small group at church, and I have watched my husband become this amazing man because of them. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> And it's not just us that was affected, he was this way with everyone he met!!! We had just become so close in the past year, that this hurts so deep! There are a million other stories of how he touched others lives! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I keep looking at the couch, where he used to sit when they came over. And I keep looking at the wood stove, that he just helped move in this past weekend and the little pile of ash in the yard, that he dumped out of it before he brought it in. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Ronnie has been so lost, he wants to call him, but..... And my heart just breaks for my friend, his wife. I can't take my mind off of her. She has been so strong and an amazing woman of faith!!! She just keeps saying "You just never know! We always need to be ready!" Yesterday, she whispered in my ear, "Love on that man of yours! And go do things as a family!" And she's right, she's totally right, because this life is just a vapor. And I've never seen it more clearly, even when we lost Hannah. But on the inside I'm aching for her. She says, "Love on that man!", and I say, "But, that's not fair, because you can't now :(" She and I have shared everything over that past year. (Along with my other dear best friend Melisa). She is sooo much like me! (We don't always agree, but we still love each other!) And I just keep thinking, I don't want to hurt her by her seeing me with Ronnie. I know it's silly, but your mind does silly things in a time like this! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> We have had a some other couples over from our church and small groups this week, that were close to all of us. Ronnie and I would just walk around our house looking at each other, like "where do we go from here?" And he didn't even live with us! It's killing me thinking about her having to do the same thing!!! All of our other friends said the same thing at their houses, so it was nice to pull in together like that and cherish each other for a few more moments, because you just never know when it might be one of them!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Anyway, back to this morning, now that our lives have turned upside down, we've been doing some soul searching. And we want to make sure everyone is ready for that day!!! Our friend was sooo ready, he was an amazing Christian, inside and out! He was a great leader, great husband, great father, everything!!! We want to make sure we are doing what we are supposed to! Also, realizing that either of us could go at any time now, we are trying to get all of our affairs in order. Looking into life insurance, naming guardians for the kids, making sure we're raising the children right, etc. Because, no matter how careful we are, it's God's timing, not ours. He can take us home whenever He decides too! So we want to be ready! </span><br />
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<span class="chapter-1"><span class="text Eccl-3-1"><span class="chapternum">Ecclesiastes 3 </span>To everything <i>there is</i> a season,</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-1">A time for every purpose under heaven:</span></div>
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<span class="text Eccl-3-2" id="en-NKJV-17362"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>A time to be born,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-2">And a time to die;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-2">A time to plant,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-2">And a time to pluck <i>what is</i> planted;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-3" id="en-NKJV-17363"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>A time to kill,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-3">And a time to heal;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-3">A time to break down,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-3">And a time to build up;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-4" id="en-NKJV-17364"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>A time to weep,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-4">And a time to laugh;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-4">A time to mourn,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-4">And a time to dance;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-5" id="en-NKJV-17365"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>A time to cast away stones,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-5">And a time to gather stones;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-5">A time to embrace,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-5">And a time to refrain from embracing;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-6" id="en-NKJV-17366"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>A time to gain,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-6">And a time to lose;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-6">A time to keep,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-6">And a time to throw away;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-7" id="en-NKJV-17367"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>A time to tear,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-7">And a time to sew;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-7">A time to keep silence,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-7">And a time to speak;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-8" id="en-NKJV-17368"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>A time to love,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-8">And a time to hate;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Eccl-3-8">A time of war,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Eccl-3-8">And a time of peace.</span></span></div>
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<span class="indent-1"><span class="text Eccl-3-8"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Because of their privacy, I've not said their names in this post, but in your prayers please pray for my dear friend and her children. Also, the surrounding family. Specific prayer requests: strength, wisdom, understanding, and healing!</span></strong></span></span></div>
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Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-46916578876367444542012-08-29T03:58:00.000-07:002012-08-29T03:58:28.184-07:00Our New Schedule 2012<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Well, it was that time..........time to come up with a new schedule. We all were starting to get stressed and just needed a pick me up! So here it is. We started yesterday, and I don't think Satan liked it, because he sent every possible distraction. But we're going to stick to our guns and pray without ceasing today :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">5:15 - Mommy wakes up and gets Baby Leigha (the child we baby-sit) and puts her in bed.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> *Then depending on the night, I either stay up or go back to bed for an hour or so. (My plan is to stay up, but if you have too high expectations, you will just feel like a failure when you can't fulfill them!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">6:30 - Wake up Ronnie and fix his breakfast and lunch, kiss good-bye and send off to work.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">7:30- 8:30 - Put dishes away from the dishwasher, fold a load of laundry, check e-mail, write blog post, read devotional, and start breakfast.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">9:00 - Morning Chores (I'll give a break down of chores and daily work routines later)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">12:30 - Babies go down for a nap (Lindsay has to lay down until Leah falls asleep, this gives her some rest time and makes her feel like she's helping Mama ;)</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">* Rest time for Derek consists of listening to an audio book while laying down. After Leah falls asleep Lindsay may lay down with Derek and color or read.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Depending on the day and what's scheduled, we normally have some kind of Evening Activity and then Supper. If not, we all work outside while it's nice then supper.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Then Bathtime, Get ready for Bed, Family Worship and Bedtime!!! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">No, I'm sure we will not stick to the time just exactly, but it gives us a good standard to try and live up to. And it also lets the kids know what's coming up next. And my children do soooo much better on some sort of schedule. All children need boundaries, depending on yours, depends on how strict a schedule you may need. </span><br />
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<em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">Do you have a schedule? Do you keep the same one? Do you start a new one every school year? </span></em><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">I'm linking up at: <a href="http://www.themodestmomblog.com/2012/08/my-homeschool-schedule-and-a-link-up/" target="_blank">The Modest Mom</a>, <a href="http://proverbs14verse1.blogspot.com/2012/08/good-bye-summer-wise-woman-linkup.html" target="_blank">A Wise Woman Builds Her Home</a>, and <a href="http://raisinghomemakers.com/2012/homemaking-link-up-89/" target="_blank">Raising Homemakers</a> </span></em></strong><br />
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Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-5613501598014193162012-08-20T11:23:00.002-07:002012-08-20T11:23:30.848-07:00First Day of School<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We actually school year round since I got sick last fall and had to take some time off. It's easy for us if we just stay on schedule all the time and take off when we need to for holidays, fair, and just whatever. We pretty much took the whole money of July off for 4-H and we just got back into the swing of things two weeks ago. We started most of our new curriculum, except for finishing up some history from last year. So my kids moved up a grade level in reading, math, and such. Lindsay is much farther ahead than a regular kindergartener, but for 4-H and sports purposes, she is "in" kindergarten. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This was a cute idea I've been seeing a lot of homeschoolers do, so I thought I'd try and do this every year for their scrapbooks (that will be done one day when they all move out;). </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Derek has been very adament about being a conservation officer for sometime now. That is the motivation that gets him through his schoolwork most days, when he feels like it's too tough. When ask what she wanted to do when she grew up, Lindsay very quickly said piano teacher. She has been working so hard on her lessons here lately, and I know if she keeps up the hard work, she will make a wonderful piano teacher someday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> I'm sooo very proud of how my kids are growing and maturing everyday. Trust me, we definately have days where we all feel like we may pull out our hair, but overall, I can truly see God's blessings in my precious children!!</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">I'm linking up at <a href="http://hannahswings.blogspot.com/2012/08/school-room-or-not.html" target="_blank">The Modest Mom "Not" Back to School Blog Hop</a></span></em></div>
Hannah's Wingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290878856861208861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375584113958341299.post-84672279675984371492012-08-17T03:29:00.000-07:002012-08-17T03:29:53.216-07:00School Room or Not?<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have a friend that has the cutest little school room in the whole world!!! It's not like a whole classroom, but a room away where she can store her school stuff and a table for the kids to sit around, a couch for reading, and a computer area and such. It's adorable!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> However, in our house, there is no extra room for that here (even though my hubby has some really neat ideas on how to add one), so this is how we school....</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> For the most part we school around our dining room table. All memory work, math, phonics, handwriting, and such happen here.</span><br />
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Sorry for the mess and indecency, but this is how we school in the mornings ;)</div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Yesterday, school happened at Spring Mill State Park. (Sorry, I have no pictures, my camera ran out of batteries :( We loaded up our books and grabbed some lunch and went and found a picnic table by the creek and had an awesome time doing our schoolwork out in God's amazing creation!!! Once the kids were finished up with their work, I took a timeout of my own and worked on lesson plans while they played! We are definately going to be doing a lot of this, this fall!!! (I promise to get some pictures :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> The main thing is, it doesn't matter where your school takes place as long as you put God first and the children are learning something new each and every day :)</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"> Do you have a schoolroom? Where is your favorite place to do school? What does your schooling look like?</span></em></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">I'm linked up to:</span></em></strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.themodestmomblog.com/2012/08/our-homeschool-classroom/" target="_blank">The Modest Mom "Not" Back to School Blog Hop</a></div>
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<a href="http://raisinghomemakers.com/2012/homemaking-link-up-87/" target="_blank">Raising Homemakers</a></div>
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