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Mullan Tree Geocache
This was our very first find!!! I heard about Geocaching several months ago, but didn’t think there were any in our area. Someone mentioned it again yesterday, and I checked out the website again just out of curiosity. I discovered that there are indeed several in our area! We don’t have a GPS, but we love to go for drives…
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Ava’s Man
I read a really good book last week called Ava’s Man. It is the biography of the author’s grandfather, who lived in Alabama and Georgia during the Great Depression. I love the writing style! Here are a few of my favorite quotes: “Some people are just interesting. They can’t help it. They just are.” “A yellow school bus came and…
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Road Trips on a Budget
We love to travel! Many of our favorite memories both before and after kids involve road trips. Obviously, traveling can be quite spendy… but we are learning to economize in this area, too. I’d rather be frugal on trips, and get to go more often, than make one big splurge and then have to stay home for a long time…
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Anne of Green Gables
Another of my favorite book series growing up was Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. A film trilogy has been made based on the characters of the books. The first movie was fairly close to the book, the second one not-so-close, and the third one only had the same characters, not the same story-line at all. It’s kind…
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Juvenile Series Books
As I mentioned below in my post about Cherry Ames, I was an avid reader as a child. Some of my favorites were the popular mystery series such as Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and the Bobbsey Twins. I didn’t learn until I became an adult that all of these books (and many more) were published by the “Stratemeyer Syndicate,” a…
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Cherry Ames
I recently picked up an old Cherry Ames book at a thrift store or a library sale or somewhere. (I’m a major book hound!) My sisters and I read all the Cherry Ames books growing up. I just loved them! Cherry made nursing seem SO glamorous! I was convinced I wanted to be a nurse till the summer after high…
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Oregon Trail
On our way home yesterday we visited the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. It was a very cool museum that the whole family thoroughly enjoyed. As we went up to the reception area to pay the lady asked, “Do you homeschool your little ones?” When I said, “Yes,” she said, “Well, you’re home free, then. Go right on in!” I thought…
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Welcome to my blog!
Hello! Welcome to my “blog” site. I tried this once about a year ago, but wasn’t sure what direction I wanted to go with it. After all, I have a regular website… but finally I’ve decided that I would like to have a quick and easy place to go to quickly jot down some of my ideas and thoughts as…
