Donna Young

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Candy Cane Ornaments from Pipe Cleaners
I have one precious pipe cleaner candy cane mixed in with all of my other old Christmas ornaments. My son, when he was six, made one. It is not quite like the one pictured here, it is made from two cut, instead of folded, pipe cleaners. It is pink and […]

Duck Soup is giving away a book! If you are a homeschooler, visit her blog to find out details. The deadline is soon: 9:00 P.M. eastern time on Thursday, November 15th.
Our schedule for this year started out like this:

6:00 Get Up
6:30 Exercise
7:30 Breakfast
8:15 Economics (1 semester)
9:00 Art III (2 hours minimum […]

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Mom saves the day!
Nov 2nd, 2007 by tressays
Here we have pictured my son John at 10 months old during January 1988. He is pictured with Mut. When John was 6 months old, we wheeled him in his stroller up to the toy section of JCP where he picked out Mut. John also named him […]

Is your computer slower than it used to be? Check your hard drive. If it is half full or more, then clearing out unnecessary files might speed up the computer.
Have a look at your hard drive. On a windows computer, it is located at My Computer. Find the local drive, usually C and right […]

The temperatures dipped below freezing a couple of nights ago. It was inevitable and it killed most of my garden plants. I chose 2 pepper plants and 1 tomato plant to save. I wrapped their cages with moving blankets and so far, they are still alive. That is one of the advantages of growing plants […]