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Dirty Jobs at Home - Cat Litter Lesson

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Cat Litter 101 is beginning! Every homemaker knows, we often have dirty jobs.  But in everything we do, even Cat Litter!, we can learn more about ourselves, and our  relationships with others. The mundane is never meaningless when you have a God-centered perspective in life. (I often hear preachers say, "my family rolls their eyes because I can find a sermon in any situation..." I can't respond or speak for a pastor but as a Follower of Jesus, and therefore one who listens to God, He is always speaking love, assurance and restoration to my soul even in dirty jobs.) I keep laughing at this - a Cat Litter CAKE! Couldn't help but show this "Cat Litter Cake"... wonder what my family would say if I served this dessert? (here is your laugh for the day:) And my blog giv es me a place to share a few of these moments. I hope you will enjoy, and relate, but most of all I desire for you to experience your own special moments as you walk with Him.  I tackled

Homeschooling Perseverance

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Are you crying yet? Are you noticing the yellow bus rolling down your street at 6 a.m. with tempting eyes? Have you started seeing more hair in your brush or drain? Have you forgotten to eat and look like you are still trying to roll out of the bed? Do you have coffee stains on your clothes and carpet and teeth? Do you think you might need to check into an overnight respite? Keep Going, Don't stop! If you answered yes to most of these, you must be homeschooling your children. It might be your first year or you might be thinking it is your last year. Did no one tell you the truth about homeschooling or maybe you believed it would be different for you? Let me give you some advice and encouragement: You are going to have to learn to PERSEVERE and always count your BLESSINGS. My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;  3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience .  4 But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect a

Herman Cain! - Time to Topple Northeastern Elitist

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Herman Cain is the candidate conservative republican have been longing for decades! I am disgusted by Republican Elites that say he is not electable!  The Northeast Elites who hog-tie the rest of the Nation's American Republicans need to be dethroned! I am sick of their Presidential nomination process. It is a charade, not a genuine candidate nomination process. Why? They pick who they want and marginalize all other candidates. We end up with McCain and Dole... "me-too" melba toast candidates that I couldn't get my living room full to come hear them speak. They are so prejudice that when we finally have a brilliant Black American (Herman Cain) running for president they ignore him to the point of being indignant toward non-prejudice Republicans. They dribble out our primary election with one sacred cow state after another getting to crown the nomination king before the majority of Republican get a chance to vote in the primary. A MUST READ! They use strong

Homeschooling After a Few Weeks

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For all homeschoolers (new and old) that started out this year with great plans, most of us have experienced cracks (if not craters) by now. I am not trying to be discouraging, just honest and helpful. So being a veteran homeschooler, I will give some ideas to help with subjects, schedules, and support. By now you are ready for a homeschool check-up, so let's go! My motto for homeschooling has always been "life happens."  No matter what year, the ages of my children, how well prepared (or not prepared) I am, homeschooling never turns out like I expected. Schedules have gone with the wind. Curriculum have shown their strengths and weaknesses. Unexpected running around most often will blow a few days with an assortment of  appointments, special events, a classes or lessons, family/friends, etc. (For me this year I got sick... after the first day and ended up in bed for a week) So after three weeks (or four), it is a great time to reassess the general plan for the s

Old-timer's Version of Some Fancy White Soup

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Soup is pretty cheap and easy to make right from the can, but if you want some homemade soup and you don't want to use a lot to make it... you can try this. I did the best I could because honestly I can't remember the exact amounts of spooning this or that.  Ok, I will tell you right off this is more trouble than it’s worth, but times are getting tough, money is tight and most of us can still get some milk, onions and a lemon for pretty cheap. So I am going to tell you how to make some soup. If anyone complains you can tell them they can cook the next night, and at least you didn’t give them a boiled leather shoe. If you do any holiday cooking you will probably have some cloves from  that ham you made, and some nutmeg from the eggnog up in the cabinet with the spices. If you don't want to use two pots, just keep stirring and stirring...... Now here we go: pour some water in a big pot and then put a smaller pot into the water (or if you have a double broiler