It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book … [Continue]
In the Kitchen with Linda & Dinner Menu
I made a new to use dish last week. Well, kind of new. I had to take Abby to volley ball practice and we were to be gone from 4 until almost 7. We usually eat supper at 6 every night, including sending my father in law next door his dinner. So I layered cut potatoes, carrots, and onions in the crockpot. I add a pint of my home canned chicken broth … [Continue]
A Journey Through Learning Lapbooks Sale!
Lapbooks are a great way for kids to learn while having fun putting it together. Lapbooks also make it easy for kids to review informaiton they have learned We've used lapbooks in our homeschool in the past. My two youngest kids are now in 7th and 9th grade, so we don't use them very often anymore. I do want to share this awesome sale at A … [Continue]
Our Homeschool Week in Review
This week found me sick, and then the kids starting getting sick. sigh. The first official cold of the season, unfortunately. Abby hasn't got it yet, so she was able to go to her regular activities this week. Volleyball practice on Monday, band practice on Tuesday, church on Wednesday, CR on Thursday, and a church hay ride tonight, Friday. Oh, … [Continue]
Glittering Promises Review & Win an Italian Feast!
Glittering Promises is the third book and final book in Lisa T. Bergrens's Grand Tour Series. I reviewed Book 1 Glamorous Illusions and Book 2 Grave Consequences, so stop by to check out those books. In Glittering Promises, Cora Kensington is still traveling Europe on the Grand Tour with her siblings and family friends. After a dangerous … [Continue]
God’s World News Review
As part of the Schoolhouse Review Crew, I received a subscription to God's World News. God's World News provides six grade level publications for students to learn about the world around them from a Christian perspective. The six levels offered are PreK-Kindergarten, Grades 1-2, Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6, Middle School, and High School. I received … [Continue]
In the Kitchen with Linda & Dinner Menu
I didn't do anything major in the kitchen this week. Unless you count cooking supper for 7 every night. lol Oh, and how can I forget the fact that they want to eat the other two meals a day, plus snacks! Some weeks, though, I just have to do the basics, with nothing extra. This week, I really must get the apple jelly and apple butter done. Well, … [Continue]
