Let’s Make a Memory–November 7 and 8
October 31, 2008
Ready for the holidays? Or, did you feel your teeth start grinding at the thought? Need fresh ideas for making your holiday season and EVERY season special? Looking for fun and (VERY) easy recipes and gift ideas that will help you to stretch your budget? Ready for a whole bunch of FUN ideas for your family memories? This is a seminar that you simply CANNOT miss! Read more
A Peek into Next Week…
October 31, 2008
Our Weekly Schedule…
TOPIC: Let’s Talk about Blogging with Lynette Chandler
DATE: Monday, November 3, 2008
WHEN: 10AM CST
WHERE: Talk-a-Latte Conference Room (Never joined us? Instructions are here:
http://talk-a-latte.com/how-to-join-our-conference-room/)
PASSWORD: letschat
COST: FREE! Just tell a friend! 
TOPIC: Let’s Make a Memory Over Tea! with Cindy Rushton
from http://www.CindyRushton.com
DATE: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
WHEN: 1PM CST
WHERE: Talk-a-Latte Conference Room (Never joined us? Instructions are here: http://talk-a-latte.com/how-to-join-our-conference-room/)
PASSWORD: letschat
Let’s Make a Memory Virtual Seminar
WHEN: November 7-8
COST: FREE! Come as our guest OR pre-order our set!
http://www.talk-a-latte.com/makeamemory.html
Friday Freebie! Restoring Balance To Completely Overloaded Lives with Cindy Rushton
October 31, 2008
Our Friday Freebie!!
Restoring Balance To Completely Overloaded Lives
Audio Mp3 with Cindy Rushton
Overloaded! Busy! Hurried! Overworked! Stressed! Rushed! Relate?? This is reality for most in our culture today–EVEN homeschooling families! We exceed our limits. We take on WAY TOO MUCH! We write checks that our body and mind cannot cash! Everything (and EVERYONE) suffers. It gets harder and harder to hear God as He whispers direction, encouragement, and wisdom along our path. We miss the best! We wonder why we end our days empty and without meaning or accomplishment. We forget what is most important—or at minimum, put it off for another day. The important seldom screams for attention, but the urgent, often insignificant, constantly screams for MORE and Read more
The Formation of Habit by Cindy Rushton
October 31, 2008
“The mother who takes pains to endow her children with good habits secures for herself smooth and easy days; on the other hand, she who lets habits take care of themselves has a weary life of endless friction.” “If we fail to ease life by laying down habits of right thinking and right doing, habits of wrong thinking and wrong doing fix themselves on their own accord.” ~Charlotte Mason
We all come into homeschooling bringing our own personality…our beliefs of what school should be like and how children learn best…and of course, these little ones in which God assigns for us to teach. We find immediately that homeschooling is so much more than just teaching subjects. It requires so much more of us! As I look back at the over the past years of homeschooling, I find that a large majority of my efforts have not changed much since we began that spring of 1991. I am still battling the to-do’s of homemaking, the pull of all the extras out of my home, and even more so, the formation of habit.
Acres of Apples, Frugal to the Core by Jill Cooper
October 30, 2008
I’ve always dreamed of having an apple tree in my back yard. You know the old saying, “Be careful what you wish for?” Now that I actually have my own apple tree, I stand in my yard watching the apples piling up around me thinking, “Oh no — What do I do with this mess now?” If I could make gasoline out of apples, I could retire, but since that is not an option and my frugal mind will not allow me to waste one apple, I have had to come up with some yummier “apple disposal” methods. If you find that you have a few dozen more apples than you know what to do with, these recipes from Living-on-a-Dime.com/ will help settle your frugal dilemma.
Calling all Writers! Chat Tomorrow!
October 29, 2008
Make Plans! Recording LIVE for our Writer’s Radio Show!
TOPIC: Book Cover Design: What You Need to Know with Ginger Marks from www.theAuthorsADVANTAGE.com
DATE: Thursday, October 30, 2008
WHEN: 1PM CST
WHERE: Talk-a-Latte Conference Room (Never joined us? Instructions are here: http://talk-a-latte.com/how-to-join-our-conference-room/)
PASSWORD: letschat
Get to Know Ginger Marks Online!
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Healthier Options for Traditional Lunch Items
October 27, 2008
Does your child love traditional lunch dishes like bologna sandwiches with a side of chips? Or maybe he’s a fan of grilled cheese sandwiches and a can of Spaghetti Os® and enjoys a few cookies for dessert. Not all of these traditional lunch dishes are especially healthy for your child, but with a few changes and substitutions you can create healthier options for traditional lunch items such as these.
Instead of a bologna, or even worse, fried bologna sandwich with mayonnaise, fix a turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato and a little mustard for a much healthier version. If your child really loves bologna sandwiches, pick up a turkey version instead or splurge on the original one occasionally, substituting lean sandwich meats like turkey or chicken the rest of the time.
Potato chips have quite a few calories and a lot of fat, not to mention they are covered in salt which makes them a rather unhealthy side dish for lunch. In place of unhealthy chips, pack pretzels or baked tortilla chips in your child’s lunch. Now, there are also “baked” options for many of your kids’ favorite brand-name chips. At home, you can also prepare raw veggies and dip. You could also replace Read more
Fall! Don’t Miss Nature Studies! by Cindy Rushton
October 25, 2008
Fall is here!
Anybody else having “fall fever?” Ready to get outside to soak up the beauty and fresh air? Oh! I LOVE the fall! This is the perfect time to make up any excuse to get outside. But, what if we call it “school” as we enjoy this gorgeous fall?
Yep! It is fall and and time for fall themed nature studies. Yep! Time for that weekly nature walk! Time to pull out those nature notebooks and begin a fresh new study. NO pressure. Just with atmosphere of fun and delight!
Want some ideas that are EASY? How about some of our favorites? Let’s dig in… Read more
Friday Freebie! Let’s Make a Lapbook Audio Workshop with Cindy Rushton
October 25, 2008
Let’s Make a Lapbook!
With Cindy Rushton
Join Cindy as she takes you through the simple steps of creating lapbooks while developing fun studies on any topic. Of course, Cindy will be providing you with handouts and a cute plan for teaching her newest Unit Study “On the Go with Lewis and Clark” while you are in this workshop. Ideas! Fun! Fellowship! All in one great make-and-take workshop you are sure to want to attend!
Need MORE help?
Check Out Cindy’s Book, Let’s Try Lapbooking! Half Off This Week!
http://CindyRushton.com/HalfOffSale.html
See Us Online!
http://www.CindyRushton.com
http://www.CindysDesktop.com
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http://www.MomtoMomRadioShow.com
http://www.Writers-Nook.com
Let’s Make a Memory…Over Tea!
October 23, 2008
A cup of tea???
Tea…What comes to your mind?
As I think back over the years since that first cup of tea, I think beyond the various types of tea…the beautiful tea rooms and homes that have welcomed me for the ritual…the unique cups and teapots, each with its own story…all those details blur. But, one thing brings me back to “tea” over and over again…relationships! Relationships forged over moments shared over a cup of tea. Sweet, sweet memories that forge forever relationships.
My very first memories of tea were on the front porch, truly Southern Style with Iced Sweet Tea. There was never a meal served or a family gathering without plenty of Iced Sweet Tea. Just visiting Mamaw, I could always expect a big, tall glass of Sweet Lemon Tea whether we were working in her kitchen or swinging on the front porch enjoying her flowers and sweet conversation. Read more
