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May 2005


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5/31/05    Flag Day is June 14th  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)
Flag Day Wordsearch Flag Day Vocabulary
5/31/05    I sent a letter to my congressmen opposing New nuclear weapons  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)
Oppose New Nuclear Weapons Today
5/31/05    altered book club meeting at my house this week  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)

Altered Book Opportunity

Thursday June 2 7PM

Ridiman Home, Newport KY
5/31/05    Longest marriage on record....their secret?  posted by hestiahomeschool (9 comments)

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A British couple who hold the world record for the longest marri...
5/30/05    Title Tiles for Scrapbooking pages  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)
 Title Tiles for Scrapbook Pages
5/30/05    lovely Hindu prayer for sweetness  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)
May the wind blow sweetness,
the rivers flow sweetness,
the herbs grow sweetness,
for th...
5/30/05    Marketing Christ:  Jesus Juice  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)



Betty Bower's ode to Micheal Jackson, who alleged
5/30/05    Great homeschooling resource:  Kids Garden news  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

We spent the beautiful day yesterday working in the garden. My husband bought me two flats of...
5/29/05    Silly pet names  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)
 
Weekend Assignment #61: What is the most ridiculous name you've ever given a pet? Beca...
5/29/05    A biergarten visit--rollicking good time Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

Last night we met my husband's friends Steven and Annie down at the Hofbrauhaus.  It is ...
5/29/05    email from Tabby :-)  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)

 Thank you for all

of the e-mail. I am

so happy.
5/28/05    Sandstorm pictures from Iraq Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)
5/28/05    National Wildlife courses  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)

5/28/05    Visiting dead people  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

"Mom, when we went to visit dead people with Dad Grandma made me change the flowers around so...
5/28/05    Springtime in Kentucky means Horses! Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

My girls are all horse crazy. They come by it honestly. I have adored horses since before I c...
5/28/05    Stepping' on J-Land Toes  posted by hestiahomeschool (24 comments)

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.

...
5/27/05    Shelby and the dragonfly Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)

National Wildli
5/27/05    Free Airplane Rides!  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)
ages 8 - 17 Get FREE Airplane Rides

Just like the old barnstorming days, The Cincinnati ...
5/27/05    homeschooling works!  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)
Congratulations to Nathan Cornelius of Cottonwood, Minnesota for winning the National Geography B...
5/27/05    Spending the day fishing Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)

Yesterday we drove an hour and a half south to visit some childhood friends of my husband. Mr...
5/27/05    Documentary:  Riding in Stride:  Girls, Women and Horses  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

Women and the horses they love

  Why do so many girls love horses? A new documen...
5/27/05    Reading and Age test  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)
This was developed as an age test by an R&D department at Yale University. Take your time and...
5/26/05    Operation Lifesaver:  Train safety for kids coloring pages  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)


5/26/05    Fur Babies Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

<!-- PRAYER ITSELF -->For Our Furry Friends

Ten thousand blessings to all of our...
5/26/05    Ugandan Basket Weavers  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)




5/25/05    Graph paper site  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/

Tabitha loves to make graphs. Just to...
5/25/05    Dangers of Infant Formula Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

I could not breast feed Mandy. I adopted her when she was seventeen months old. I have been a...
5/25/05    World Record Catfish  posted by hestiahomeschool (10 comments)



Man Hooks World Record 124-Pound Catfish -
5/25/05    Skunks love crickets  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)





5/25/05    For all the Star Wars geeks out there....  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)



5/25/05    Free lectures online about Einstein  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

 One hundred years ago, in a single "miracle year," Albert
Einstein astonished the w...
5/25/05    Chillicothe- Feast of the Flowering Moon  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

Mandy is busy preparing for the second big re-enactment of the year. It is The Feast of the F...
5/25/05    Painted Toast  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)
"Life is certainly not just black and white. It is also many shades of gray. (And brown and green...
5/25/05    Counter disappeared  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

AOL ate my counter. :-(  I had over 47,000 hits.   It reset  at zero. I do not...
5/24/05    Using Rain in Artwork  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)
These cute ideas were listed in one of my homeschooling newsletters.

One lovely activity c...
5/24/05    UnMuseum at the Contempory Arts Center Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)

Yesterday the girls went on a ninety minute tour of the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center w...
5/24/05    A Bum Wrap:  Cloth diapers vs. disposable diapers  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)
A Bum Wrap
5/24/05    marketing Christianity:  Republican Jesus  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)





5/23/05    Why I am a pacifist  posted by hestiahomeschool (12 comments)

Blessed are the Peacemakers.    Jesus Christ

5/23/05    homophobic "Brother" teaching hate at Church  posted by hestiahomeschool (21 comments)
"So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore, let us stop passing judgm...
5/23/05    Free Mars poster from NASA arrives :-)  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)



The back of the poster is full of fascinating information and mini lesson pla
5/23/05    Understanding men Unit Study   ROFLMO  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)



I love men, I really do. I have always found them fascinating, if somewhat dangerous ...
5/22/05    More birthday pictures from Sunrock Farm Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (11 comments)

I have another batch of pictures from Sunrock Farm. I suggest clicking on "View larger" and t...
5/22/05    ROFL..OK...you'd have to be really drunk...and male...to do this...  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)
Blennus - your driveling idiot
5/22/05    Vulva of the Day :-)  The Yoniverse  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)



The Yoniverse of Christina Camphausen and Rufus C. Camphausen
5/22/05    Helping Wild Birds during a Hurricane  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)

While happily researching hurricanes to share my newfound knowledge with my children, I came ...
5/22/05    National Hurricane Preparedness Week  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

We live in Kentucky--not  a state known for suffering from hurricanes. Last year's hurri...
5/22/05    Beautiful Pagan Prayer  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

Prayer for Calm and Comfort

With your soothing fingers,
wipe away the lines that w...
5/22/05    Audio Entry:  This is what woke me up :-) Audio posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)
I never need an alarm clock, it seems, this time of year.  They go off about every three hou...
5/22/05    Fun ABC quiz  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)











5/22/05    Prom update, turtle capture, lice, and an ultimatum Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (15 comments)



Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happe...
5/20/05    Rehabbing kittens, snakes, turtles and pigeons Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (9 comments)



In grateful and reverent memory of the Empire's horses (some 375,000) who fell in
5/20/05    Water Ecology:  The Ohio River Foundation class today Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)


Aquatic Ecology: Just About Fish  (our ongoin
5/20/05    Tonight is the Homeschool Prom! Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (19 comments)

I really wish that the AOL mood selections were broader--or allowed you to fill in your own m...
5/20/05    untitled  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

-Philo
5/19/05    Very easy lemon bars  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

Sunny Lemon Bars

Who would have guessed a po
5/19/05    Cleaning up after the cyclone Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (11 comments)

Do or do not. There is no try.

- Yoda, 'The Empire Strikes Back'



5/19/05    Birthday Visit to Sunrock Farm pictures Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

We celebrated Shelby's birthday with a trip to a local petting farm.  I took a BUNCH of ...
5/19/05    Farting President Bush Doll  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)
FARTING GEORGE BUSH DOLL
Words just can not describe the laughter w
5/18/05    Military asks Congress for Right to pollute our Country Freely  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)
If the Military Can't Pollute Freely, the Terrorists Have Won
5/18/05    Kid's garden news  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)
May 2005

KIDS GARDEN NEWS
(a monthly newsletter from the National Gardening Assoc...
5/18/05    High Tea at Barb's House Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

Sunday my girlfriend Barb celebrated her fiftieth birthday party by hosting a high tea. ...
5/18/05    Life Jackets for Dogs  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)


American Kennel Club On
5/18/05    Coroner:  Baby Swings can trigger a dog attack  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)



NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rocking your baby to sleep in a mechanical swing can trigger a de...
5/18/05    Three more local toddlers seriously injured :-(  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

As a half-serious joke, a friend of mine once told me that my Cherokee name would be translat...
5/17/05    Teen text messaging while driving hits and kills toddler  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)

5/17/05    The birth of Shelby  posted by hestiahomeschool (13 comments)



This time two years ago I was curled up on my side in my warm bath tub, breathing wit...
5/17/05    Happy Birthday Shelby! Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (10 comments)

The first thing I heard this morning was Tabby saying urgently, "Mommy, the baby rabbits are ...
5/17/05    Baby kitten pictures :-) Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)

Both baby cats and baby rabbits are called kittens.  Here are some photographs of our re...
5/17/05    Saying goodbye  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)

We lost The Butterball a few hours ago, and Hazelnut is almost gone.  Poor li...
5/16/05    bloody, orphaned kittens arrive here  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)

I understand why so many animal rescue workers and wildlife rehabbers burn out. This work is ...
5/16/05    Hindu food blessing (from Beliefnet)  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

May the Lord accept this, our offering, and bless our food that it may bring us strength in o...
5/15/05    Great Borgman cartoon  posted by hestiahomeschool (10 comments)
5/15/05    Wee hours of the morning  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

Tabby walked up yesterday and shoved her armpit in my face. "Smell!"  Her armpit was mil...
5/15/05    Happy hoppy news, the Fockers and the prom  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)







The orphaned baby g
5/14/05    Three more babies arrive:  orphaned gerbils  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)

We now have three orphaned gerbil babies to hand raise. They are about two weeks old. They ar...
5/13/05    Daddy's birthday, gardening, Jesus Christ Superstar and rehabbing Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)

Things have been downright blissful around here today. The two surviving bunnies are doing mu...
5/13/05    joke  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

Why yelling at men doesn't work!

5/13/05    Young Homeschoolers Group  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)

Now that Shelby is going to be three this week (gulp!!) I have decided to start taking her to...
5/13/05    Free Lesson Book from the US treasury:  Money Math  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)

5/12/05    Baby bunny and baby bird updates Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

After following the advice of a rabbit rehabber and breeder led to the death of yet another b...
5/12/05    The Poop Deck  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

Two year old Shelby has always loved the Veggie Tales song " The Pirates Who Don't do Anythin...
5/12/05    Ohio River Foundation Field Trip  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)
Ohio River Foundation Field TripFriday May 20th
Fernbank Park (located on
5/12/05    Even my animals don't poop in their drinking water!  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)


THIS IS NOT THE DOOMSDAY IT SEEMS!! I took the time to understand the truth about it and...
5/12/05    Save our waters from Sewage  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)


The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to relax restrictions on dumping sewa...
5/12/05    Baby bunnies  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

It is always apparent when we have new babies in the house--all my spare time goes to feeding...
5/10/05    A proposed project for the woodworkers in our family:  A squirrel diner  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)
Squirrel Cafe <!-- END HEADLINE -->
A backyard project from FamilyFun magazine by Cindy ...
5/10/05    Greyhounds like to reenact, too.  posted by hestiahomeschool (13 comments)



Greyhound Designer Clothes - Fashion Show

5/10/05    The Ohio River class at the Cincinnati Museum Center Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

Last week we ended up spending two consecutive days at the Cincinnati Museum Center. The seco...
5/10/05    Please help save a thousand greyhounds Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)
Save 1,000 Greyhounds!
By Laurel J. Sweet            ...
5/9/05    baby bunnies arrive Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (9 comments)



Newborn Rabbit Care Article  

Nestbox Managemen
5/9/05    an injured baby mourning dove arrives  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

 
5/9/05    Second graders answer why God made moms  posted by hestiahomeschool (10 comments)
Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Most...
5/8/05    Road Rash Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (12 comments)

One of Tabby's friends from church, Chelsea, ran over Tabitha on her bike yesterday. She does...
5/8/05    Semi Truck is Memorial to 9-11 victims Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)

I remember learning about the suicidal attacks on our country with disbelief.  What coul...
5/8/05    I am Urban Appalachian  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

This weekend is the Appalachian festival in Cincinnati. I had planned on attending, but Tabby...
5/8/05    My little gardeners Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (7 comments)

Tabitha barely weighs fifty pounds soaking wet, so I was astonished to find her carrying thes...
5/8/05    Marketing Christianity  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

5/8/05    Blogs by Friends who are in our daily lives  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)
Our Beloved Rachael  (
5/8/05    Homeschooling journals  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

Samurai Gerbil  my ten year old daughter's journal
5/8/05    Favorite Journals and Blogs :-) let me know if you are missing!  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)







5/7/05    Journal and blogs list update  posted by hestiahomeschool (14 comments)

I have a few hours to myself, and I sat down trying to update myself on several of the blogs ...
5/7/05    God's strongest daughter  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)


I am a "heathen" (according to my Born Again relatives) non-church going person, a Quak
5/7/05    What is your seduction style?  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

Mine boils down to..."All the kids are asleep/gone...hurry!!!"



Blogthings - W...
5/7/05    Sex Ed:  Butt Joke  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)


A man and his wife were working in their garden one day and the man looks over at his w
5/7/05    Derby Day  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to stay, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of th...
5/7/05    Dying hair with Kool Aid or Jello  posted by hestiahomeschool (20 comments)

Many of the local kids are dying their hair with Kool Aid or Jello. This is a permanent dye.....
5/7/05    Mother's Day grief and an email lesson  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)

This came in my email today, just when I was smouldering with resentment against my mother, w...
5/7/05    Poem about infertility  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

Waiting for the Moon



My friend called today

  tears in her vo...
5/6/05    How to raise crickets  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)

Raising Crickets (for the less Squeamish Pet Owner)
5/6/05    Another reason to homeschool:  Stripping  promoted at career day  posted by hestiahomeschool (9 comments)

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a middle-school Career Day where a guest speaker start...
5/6/05    Muzzy Spanish lessons  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)



MUZZY Spanish Level I DVD
5/6/05    bats, Kool Aid hair, diamond rings and gardening  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

We've been busy outdoors again now that it is warming up. Tabitha has taken to gardening in a...
5/6/05    Butterfly show is starting  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)

http://www.butterflyshow.com/2005_TeacherGuide.pdf

We are planning to attend the B
5/4/05    Sex Ed:  Selecting the sex of your baby  posted by hestiahomeschool (17 comments)



Sex selection is now possible for parents in the United States.  A recent study ...
5/4/05    fecalgrams  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)
The Original Fecalgram™ FG-1 <!--links-->Fecalgram.com Flash TourMore About Fecalgrams™Test...
5/4/05    Teaching about the War  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)
Rethinking Schools Online - Teaching About the War  


Teaching Abo
5/4/05    homeschooling through highschool  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)
In a message dated 5/4/2005 12:20:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, gabbyluke writes:
5/4/05    That could be little Shelby lying dead there in that soldier's arms  posted by hestiahomeschool (8 comments)



Picture released by the U.S. Army Tuesday, May 3, 2005 shows
5/3/05    Day at the Dentist  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)



Today we we
5/3/05    TheHomeSchoolMom Free Homeschool Planner and Organizer  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)
 TheHomeSchoolMom Planner is a comprehensive organizer for appointments, school assignments...
5/3/05    Hunt for the Supertwister  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)

We watched this tonight, along with three of the neighborhood kids that happened to be in the...
5/3/05    Tag game  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)



5/3/05    sex ed:  "obscene" snow sculpture?  posted by hestiahomeschool (6 comments)

Men face charges for snow phallus
Laramie Boomerang  [Laramie, WY]

Apr...
5/3/05    Mining the community for resources: Upcoming classes at Archiver's Scrapbooking stores  posted by hestiahomeschool (2 comments)

Many people write me about wanting to homeschool and wondering where to find activities to su...
5/3/05    Organic Homeschoolers  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)

A new homeschooling family email group for families that eat organically has star...
5/2/05    Online Babysitting safety class  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)
Sign up today! Includes a year's pass to the Course, LIVE HELP, personalized certificate, wallet ...
5/2/05    Free Printable Paper Dolls  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)

What girl doesn't love paper dolls?  I loved them when I was little....and now with prin...
5/2/05    Sex Ed:  My view about nudity and what is REALLY obscene  posted by hestiahomeschool (9 comments)

When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby ...
5/2/05    Sex Ed:  Foot fetishes explained  posted by hestiahomeschool (9 comments)
The girls and I used to be addicted to King of the Hill. Now that we only get two TV stations, we...
5/1/05    Sex Ed:  Birds don't have penis or vagina:  how birds mate  posted by hestiahomeschool (10 comments)



The above diagram is from
5/1/05    Solo singer  posted by hestiahomeschool (4 comments)

That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasional...
5/1/05    Marketing Christianity:  Charlie the Hamster sings the ten Commandments  posted by hestiahomeschool (3 comments)



Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep It Holy
5/1/05    riding the wooooo-wooooo Picture  posted by hestiahomeschool (5 comments)
While we were at the zoo we rode their little train. Shelby is completely fascinated by trains ev...
5/1/05    My memory book (a project for children, not something to help my brain)  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)
My Memory Book - Cover Page
5/1/05    Homeschoolbid.com  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)
" Homeschoolbid.com is an auction site for homeschoolers. You can buy
and sell new and used ho...
5/1/05    Homeschool Arts website  posted by hestiahomeschool (1 comments)
Home School Arts Main Index Page  
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