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Mother’s Day Gifts for Dog Moms

April 28, 2023 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 2 Comments

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Hi. It’s me. A dog mom. To 3. Well, actually 2. My mother lives with us and we take care of her dog, too. So technically, mom to 3. Here’s my dog crew.

My mother’s dog, Miley, is the one sitting on the couch. She thinks she’s a princess. lol The black dog on the left is Bear. He’s ours. Bear and Miley are 7 years old and brother & sister. From the same litter. Really! Their mother was a Morkie, that looked like a Yorkie. Bear looks like a Yorkie, only black. The vet said that Miley is a Jack Russell. But there are no Jack Russels in our neighborhood. So who knows! lol The big horse of a dog on the right is Bruno. He is a 6 month old Australian Shepherd and German Shepherd mix. He looks just like an Aussie, though.

I wanted them all to sit nicely together on the couch for the picture. After trying for almost 10 minutes I gave that idea up. lol They are looking at my daughter that is holding the jar of treats. lol This is the best picture we could get. Dogs! lol

Do you buy a gift for the dog mom in your life? Let me help you! Here are my picks for Mother’s Day Gifts for Dog Moms!

Mother’s Day Gifts for Dog Moms

First, a book, and 2 movies. A Thousand Lifetimes is an emotional love story between a woman and her rescued deaf dog. I haven’t read this yet, but it’s on my list.

Marley and Me, and Hatchi A Dogs Tale are both great movies. I have seen both of them, and loved them.

We have made homemade dog bones in the past. They are fun to make! I love this dog treat maker. I put it on my wish list. lol

This Fur Mama tumbler lets everyone know to ask about her fur baby!

If the dog mom in your life loves charcuterie boards, this is the perfect addition. An olive boat with a pit port. It may not sound important, but it is!

This DIY Keepsake paw Print Maker makes a great gift itself. Or buy it, sneak and make paw prints of your favorite dog moms dogs, and gift her the prints. She will love it either way!

Mother’s Day Gifts

This necklace is an awesome gift to help your dog mom always remember her dog that has passed on.

Your favorite dog mom will love cuddling with her fur baby with this blanket.

Now onto the wearables. These dog mom pajama pants and matching sleepers look so comfy! Maybe your dog mom is a sock lover. These are super cute. And a nice t-shirt to round out her outfit. lol

I hope you found the perfect gift for the dog mom in your life!

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St. Patrick’s Day Ideas for the Whole Family

March 8, 2023 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 1 Comment

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Even though I do have Irish blood, I don’t remember doing anything special for St. Patrick’s Day growing up. Well, except wearing green to school so no one would pinch me. I always felt sorry for the kids who forgot to wear green, and got pinched so much. I have never really celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with my kids, either.

Don’t pinch me, ok?

So when my kids were still being homeschooled and requested to learn more about St. Patrick’s Day, I did some research, and we tried a few things.

St. Patrick’s Day Ideas for the Whole Family

Watch this History of St. Patrick’s Day for Kids video. It shares great information, dispels some myths, and is fun to watch.

And of course, my favorite, books!

Now, here’s some fun stuff!

Play these fun St. Patrick’s Day Online Games with the kids .

Throw a St. Patrick’s Day party! Whether it’s a kids party with gold coins, or a whole family party with friends, this party kit is awesome!

St. Patrick’s Day Food Ideas

Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional dish to eat on St. Patrick’s day. If your family doesn’t like corned beef and cabbage, here’s a pancake recipe you can try. Boxty is a traditional Irish potato pancake. Irish Soda Bread is also tradition on St. Patrick’s Day. Or try my Cabbage Casserole recipe.

For an easy dessert, decorate a cake or cookies with green frosting. And these St. Patrick’s Day Sprinkles. The kids will love it!

Now it’s time to decorate! Basically, anything green, and shamrock/clover works! lol Give the kids some paper, and let them go to town making decorations. Paper chains, shamrock drawings, leprechauns, pots of gold, and rainbows.

Here are a few cute decorations to try.

Since we all know what happens when we give kids paper to make things. lol Here are some fun craft kits to make with the kids. They will be a little less messy. lol These can easily be added to your St. Patrick’s Day décor, as well

Don’t forget costumes! Kids love dressing up!

Just a few St. Patrick’s Day Ideas for the Whole Family!

What do you do to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?

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The Ultimate Blog Party 2013

April 5, 2013 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 9 Comments

If your not sure what the Ultimate Blog Party is, click on the graphic above to take you to the 5 Minutes For Mom where the party is happening at.

If you’re visiting from the UBP, Hi! I’m Linda, stay at home, homeschooling mom of 6, married for 31 1/2 years. I’m originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, now living in the Hills of Kentucky. My children are now 26, 25 (and married!), 18, 17, 14 and 12. We have always homeschooled, and the oldest two were graduated from our homeschool. I now have two seniors. Pretty soon, I’ll only have two students left! I haven’t had only two students since 1994!

My family is active in our church and we run the clothes closet as a family ministry.

I started blogging in 2003 (yep, all the old posts are still here!), but didn’t get serious about it until about 3 years ago. Now when I take a picture, or the kids do something funny, they say, “Don’t blog that!” lol

I am also an Independent Tupperware Consultant. I’m trying to do mostly online parties, since home parties take me away from my home a lot. You don’t have to live near me to have an online Tupperware party! 🙂

I have a few posts that I share on a regular basis. I usually share a post, In the Kitchen With Linda, with my weekly menu and my kitchen activities on Mondays. On Tuesdays, I have a Making a Home – Homemaking Linky where you can share your posts about homemaking, recipes, crafts, decorating, ideas and tips. On Thursday’s I host a giveaway linky. You’ll find some awesome giveaways to enter, and you can add your blog giveaway to the linky, too. Fridays find me sharing in Our Homeschool Week in Review. I share about our gardens and animals in Saturday on the Farm. On Sundays, you’ll find a video of a song that I love and that speaks to me.

In between those regular posts, I love to do reviews and giveaways. Finding quality movies, tv, and books for your family can be hard now a days, so when I find something that looks good for the family, I share it. I really love when I get to host a giveaway of these family friendly products. I also do homeschool reviews for The Schoolhouse Review Crew.

Thanks for stopping by to visit Linda’s Lunacy! I hope you drop by again! To make it easier to visit, there are several ways to follow Linda’s Lunacy over in the sidebar.

Thanks again for stopping by!

Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt for Teens

March 30, 2013 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 117 Comments

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I planned my first Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt for Teens when my youngest, who was 12 at the time, requested to have an Easter Egg hunt. He was too old for the egg hunt at church, but I was glad that he didn’t think he was too old for one. Especially since that was the last year he requested one. We all had fun with our first Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt for teens!

Easter Egg Scavenger Hunts for Teens

I thought it might be fun, and more challenging to have a scavenger hunt instead of a regular Easter egg hunt. Here are a few links I found, then I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. Your clues will need to be specific for your house or yard. Not everyone has the same features. So have fun finding clues that will fit your house, yard, and family. And you can make it different each year!

Bible Scavenger Hunt Questions

Scavenger Hunt Clues
45 Scavenger Hunt Clues for Kids (& Adults!)

40 Scavenger Hunt Riddles for Kids

Since I did our scavenger hunt outside. I used the worksheet for the Christian Scavenger Hunt, linked above. The kids had to look up the missing word in ten Bible verses. The missing word was the item they had to find for the scavenger hunt.

I gave the worksheets to my 12, 14, 17 and 18 year olds and had them fill them out. I hide four candy filled eggs, one for each teen & pre-teen participating, at a spot outside that corresponds to the missing word.

Example: water. I put the eggs near the outside faucet. For rock, I put the eggs by the rocks of our fire pit. Of course, we have rocks as garden edging all around our house, and a gravel driveway. So they had to really hunt for the eggs. lol

It was so fun! It satisfied my 12 year olds desire to have an egg hunt. And include the teens in a fun, challenging way, when they wouldn’t have participated in a regular Easter egg hunt.

For another fun idea, use glow in the dark Easter eggs for a night time scavenger hunt! Indoors OR outside! See how we used the glow in the dark eggs.

Here are some other fun things for Easter egg hunts!

And here are a couple of scavenger hunt games to play as a family anytime!

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Family Game Night

January 16, 2013 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy Leave a Comment

Have you signed up with House Party.com? I love House Party.com! I’ve had 5 or 6 parties so far and they are so much fun. It’s easy, too! After you sign up, when a new party opens you fill out a survey to apply. In a couple of weeks you’ll get an email if you get the party. You party pack comes later, just in time for your party. The party packs always include items for hosting the party, hostess gifts and coupons, and guests gift and coupons. Items in the party packs do vary, though, for each party.

I was excited to get the Hasbro Family Game Night party! The parties were held on New Years Eve. We had so much fun!

Here’s a picture of what was in the party pack:

Four games – Catch Phrase, Yahtzee, Twister, and Draw Something. Included were batteries for Catch Phrase
Family Game Night cups, party hats, a crown and trophy for the winner
Coupons for me and the guests.

Before the guests arrived, I opened and set up all the games in different areas so we had plenty of room to play. I also wrote the names of the games we were playing on a piece of paper. When someone won a game, they put their name on the list under the game they won. That’s how we determined the winner.

We played games, took a break for snacks, then played more games. The guests had free reign of the games. They could play what they wanted, when they wanted. We often had three different games being played at once.

Here’s a Yahtzee winner:

This was all of ours first time to play Draw Something. It’s so much fun! As you can tell by the faces of the kids playing!

Twister was a big hit, too. This new version of Twister has a new twist. haha One of the options on the spinner is to put certain body parts in the air. And hold them it there until that part was called again. This proved to be very challenging, especially when the kids were twisted up and had to hold themselves up. We laughed so much! The kids were sore by the end of the night, and were even sore the next day!

And the winner is…. He won the most games over the course of the party. He was much happier than he shows in this picture. He was trying to keep a straight face. lol

Here’s a group shot, minus three adults who didn’t want to be in the picture.

We had so much fun with this Hasbro Family Game Night! These games are all great family games.

Do you have family game nights with your favorite games?
DISCLAIMER: I received this party pack from HouseParty.com to have a party. I received no other compensation, and I was not required to write this post. I just wanted to share the fun!

Random Fun Stuff

January 21, 2011 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy Leave a Comment

I don’t take very many quizzes on line. In fact, I block all the quizzes on Facebook. I really don’t have the time.
But when I saw this one come through I knew that I had to take it.. I love Fiddler on the Roof, so I just had to take it. 🙂
I am Golde!

Take the Fiddler on the Roof quiz at ChaiSpace.com

I think it fits me.

“You could die from such a man!”

hahahaha I love Golde.

Here was another fun quiz to take. Albeit long. I took this awhile back. Like a long while back. But, hey, I got a good score! lol

106

As a 1930s wife, I am
Very Superior

Take the test!

So enjoy the quizzes. Let me know your results if you take them. 🙂

The Year in Review – 2010

December 31, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 1 Comment

I started out in January making Blog Goals for the first time. Then quickly posted Amended Blog Goals before the month was out. lol

February found me have having another birthday. Wait until you see what I have planned for my birthday this year!

In March, my daughter gave me a Makeover and Photo Session. I still use one of the pictures as my profile picture!

April found me starting the Saturday on the Farm Carnival. Saturday on the Farm will be re-starting in March. So remember when you start working in your gardens to come back for a visit!

In May, I shared how we make Acne Soap. This soap really works great for my kids, and everyone that we’ve shared it with.

In June, I got a new laptop! ah….I could spend more time blogging without hogging the family computer! My family thanked me for letting them have their computer back. lol

July found me starting The Bible in 90 Days Challenge. There’s a new session starting on January 3rd. Come join me in reading the Bible!

In August, my OpenSky Shop opened! I was so excited. lol I still love having my own OpenSky Shop!

My favorite post from September, is a Wordless Wednesday picture of my daughter. I love it!

In October, I completed The Bible in 90 Days Challenge! I shared The Country Woman and Her Gun. There’s a reason I named my blog Linda’s Lunacy. lol I started a new blog hop called Sunny Saturday, and I’ve been having so much fun with it.

November found me sharing about Our Thanksgiving and Our Advent Season. I shared lots of our family traditions. This month, I also have a great time participating in the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop. I had so much fun participating and giving away great gifts. I even won a couple! I’m participating in another awesome hop, The Handmade with Love Winter Giveaway Hop, in February.

In December, I shared some more of our family traditions with Our Chanukah, and Our Christmas.

According to my stats, here are the…..

Top 10 Linda’s Lunacy Posts of 2010

Crock Pot Cheeseburgers
Snow Candy
Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop
Brownies For a Crowd
Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
Freezer Cooking Session
How to Make a Housecleaning List
The World’s Easiest Candy
Chocolate Marble Loaf

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