By request, here’s our list of Christmas movies to watch every year.
Miracle on 34th St. The original b&w with Maureen O’hara and Natalie Wood. We always watch this one on Thanksgiving night to kick off the season (because the movie starts at the Thanksgiving Day parade).
Elf. First, I passed through the seven layers of the [...]
Archive for November, 2008
It’s a Wonderful Life
Posted in Uncategorized on November 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you can read this, it must be typewritten
Posted in Homeschool, kidlets on November 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In case you didn’t know, we homeschool. We do it under the umbrella of a private Christian school, which means I’m a teacher in that school, and must submit quarterly report cards. As I was filling out the 1st quarter report for Will, I had to write a blurb under the heading “Language Arts” which [...]
Losers & Loners
Posted in Musings, Thrifty Thursday on November 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This was in the comics a couple of weeks ago. Does it remind you of anybody you know?
Yes, my friends, I am a member of the Losers & Loners club. I decided almost 2 years ago that I was tired of giving AT&T/Cingular more than $500/year for the privilege of carrying one of their cell [...]
America no longer alone
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In 2006, Mark Steyn wrote a book called America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It (highly recommended!). Steyn’s premise is that the rest of the world is imploding within itself because of the quest for a “tolerant”, socialist, post-Christian, One-World-Government welfare state. America is the last bastion of hope for Western [...]
I wore my Sarah look to the polls
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Let’s think about something other than politics for a moment
Posted in Homeschool on November 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you’re reading this blog, you probably already know that I am a part-time cabin-dweller. My family loves the outdoors, and part of the adventure of the outdoors is identifying what animals might be in the area. Those muddy footprints on the seat of the Jeep? It means we had a visit from a raccoon [...]
