Linda @ Linda’s Lunacy

It’s Friday!

June 11, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

Welcome to Linda’s Lunacy!

This week has found me in the kitchen a lot, from menu planning to Cabbage Casserole to reusable canning lids to Snow Ice Cream??

I was in the school room displaying wall maps

And, of course, I was at the Saturday on the Farm Carnival, and in the garden.

While your here, enter my latest giveaway – The Last Christian!

Friday’s mean a chance to meet new people at these blog hops:

Thanks for stopping by to visit! There’s lots to see here. You could start with my “About Me” page at the top. There are more links in my sidebar.

Hope to see you again soon!

No, we don’t have snow in June in Kentucky! lol If you happen to be at the North Pole, you can use your snow to make this. You can also make this recipe now, if you have a snow cone maker, a slushie maker, or a blender. Just blend up the ice until it’s light and fluffy.

Or, save this recipe until you do have snow.

Snow Ice Cream Recipe

1 gallon snow
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups of milk

When it starts to snow, place a large, clean bowl outside to collect the flakes. (or process your ice into snow!) When full, stir in sugar and vanilla to taste, then stir in just enough milk for the desired consistency. Serve at once.

I like that this recipe uses ingredients that I already have on hand. No need to go out in the middle of a snow storm to get sweetened condensed milk. Or…um…running to the store on a hot afternoon!

Twitter Hop Thursday

June 10, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

1. Add your Twitter to the MckLinky (you only have to add it to one and it will appear on all).

2. Click on the Twitter for the five hostesses and follow each of them on Twitter. We will follow you back.

3. Follow as many people on Twitter as you like, but make sure to leave comments with links so they’ll know where to follow you!

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W.W.W. Wednesday – My Reading List

June 10, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

* What are you currently reading? – What Would Jesus Eat? by Don Colbert M.D. I’m only a little ways in, but it’s a very interesting read, very informative. There’s a chapter on Levitical food laws in the beginning of the book.

* What did you recently finish reading? – Praying God’s Word by Beth Moore This book is different than her other books that I have read. Every chapter has several pages of Bible verses that pertain to the subject of that chapter. Yeah, I’m still reading this. I got sidetracked with the other book I was reading.

Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann “a spellbinding tale of true connections severed and the devastating consequences of life lived alone” – from the back of the book. My daughter read it and she said it was pretty good.

* What do you think you’ll read next? – I have a LOT of homeschool books. So I’m going to go through them and decide which ones to keep and which ones to get rid of. In order to make that decision, though, I’m going to have to re-read them all. They’re all good! But I”m totally out of shelf space, and no room for more shelves.

First up, is Homeschoolers’ Success Stories by Linda Dobson Where 15 adults and 12 young people share the impact that homeschooling has made on their lives.

While your here, why don’t you enter my giveaway for The Last Christian

To see more reading lists, visit Should Be Reading.

Displaying Wall Maps

June 9, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

I posted a picture of our school room earlier this year. As you can see, we don’t have very much open wall space.

Where are we supposed to hang the wall maps?

So I thought about when I was in school, they had maps on pull down rollers. Remember those?

So I set out to make one for our school room.

I bought a roller shade to fit our window, and had my husband make a wooden cornice box. I bought the shade at Walmart for $25, not exactly cheap, but cheaper than building a bigger room! The wood was given to us, so no expense there. The shade is mounted on the wall, with the cornice box over it. There is actually room inside the box to mount another shade in front of the other one for even more display space.

In addition to more “wall” space for hanging maps or other posters, we also gained a display shelf. We have Bible Drill trophies, soda cans from other countries that Missionaries have given to us, as well as a couple of other items. The kids even “decorated” it with an autographed bumper sticker from an Austins Bridge concert we went to.

You can hang any posters that you want, they just have to be a thinner paper. I have a multiplication poster that is on poster board, and the shade won’t go all the way up because of the thickness of the poster.

For more Works For Me Wednesday ideas, visit We Are That Family.

For more Things I Love Thursday, visit The Diaper Diaries.

Blooms in the Bible Garden

June 8, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

The roses in the Bible Garden are blooming and I’m so excited! I really should get more rose bushes. I only have these two in the Bible Garden. I have wild roses in the garden in front of the house, and all over the property, actually. It would be nice to get a few more rose bushes, though.

Here’s a picture of the one in full bloom.

Here’s a close-up of that rose. Isn’t it gorgeous?

And here’s the other bush. There is one rose just starting to open up, along with lots of buds. You can see 3 of the buds in this picture, but there are more can’t can’t be seen here.