She loves her kitty cats

...and for some reason, they love her too!








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In Honor of the Brave Soldiers of "D-Day"

"The eyes of the world are upon you." Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 6, 1944

What a beautiful video this is! It features a former Marine, and is a fitting tribute to what the brave soldiers who stormed the shores of Normandy were fighting for.

Goldilocks Waiting Patiently at Piano Lessons

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D.P.

Okay. I'm going to do it. I'm going to get rid of Summer's passie. Next week. I am. (I've really gotten soft in my old age.)

We have a code word around here. It's "P.D.P" which stands for "passie, doodle, and peep-eye". They are Summer Rose's best friends, as you can see from the video below.

Peep-Eye is the stinky silk blanket. "Doodle" is actually a "Snoedel" doll that all my kids had as babies. Sis and Summer have truly LOVED their doodles. Here's one of my favorite pics of Sis with her Doodle when she was 2 years old. She and Doodle were helping me make biscuits. (I'm not going to say anything about the current whereabouts of Madelyn's own Doodle, since she is a faithful reader of my blog.)
Just for a little perspective, here is a photo of an as-yet unloved Snoedel:

I know some people are against passies, and of course some babies just won't have them, but being a preacher's wife and spending a lot of time occupying babies in church, I'm glad that all of mine loved a passie. However, with the boys I was very disciplined about taking the passie away at 1 year. The plan: no passie except during nap or night time for 1 month, then no passie at all. But the girls have been a little different.

Madelyn was such a miserable baby, having a severe milk allergy and reflux, and all that made her happy in this world was her brother KK and her passie and Doodle. I just didn't have the heart to take her happiness away so soon, so she kept hers until around age 2.

Now, I was already putting my usual plan into action just after Summer's 1st birthday when she fell and knocked her 2 front teeth into her gums. The dentist actually urged me to insist that she take a passie as much as possible to discourage her from putting any biting pressure on her teeth as they come back down. (Babies don't bite passies, they suck them.).

So, here we are 3 weeks away from her 2nd birthday, and I've put it off long enough!! This girl seriously is in love with that thing, and I know it's going to take nerves of steel on my part. The Doodle and Peep-eye can stay as long as she wants, but passie has to go!

I'm going to begin next Monday morning. So, by this time next week, as we head out the door, I'll shout, "Someone grab D.P.!" instead of the usual "P.D.P."

Why am I blogging this? Maybe to hold myself accountable. I guess I kind of feel like Pharaoh:



"SO LET IT BE BLOGGED, SO LET IT BE DONE."
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Come to the USA!

A century ago President Teddy Roosevelt put it this way. He said:
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language … and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”

Spring Recital!

Here are a few short clips of Caleb and Madelyn at their Spring Piano Recital. We've had another busy weekend, but it was fun. You can see Sis stumbled just a little on that last duet, but she recovered well. Way to go, guys!

Meet Frogger

Well, I finally gave in to my little scientist's pleas for an amphibian. KK never cared for bugs or critters, and Sis was always happy with her cat, but Seth captures something to study and love almost every day. He climbed up in my lap every day last week, whispering in my ear how he would pay for it himself and take good care of it, if we would only give him a chance. How could I resist that? So, off to PetSmart!








On the way home, we were discussing what to name the new member of the family. Our kids have been watching "Leave it to Beaver" on Netflix, and Seth said, "Why don't I name it Beaver?" After a second, Bubbie says, "Hmmm, I think I like 'Leavit' better". (get it? leave-it to beaver??) He keeps us laughing! You just never know what's coming out of his mouth next!

As you can see from the blog title, "Frogger" won out over "Leavit".

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I just love boys!

Ever since he could walk, my Bubbie has brought me "flowers".



(Yes they are pine needles, and I'm terribly allergic to them, but I still treasure this thoughtful bundle because I always get a kiss along with my gifts!)
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(Please don't plan anything for me this weekend. Thank you.)

Wow, what a busy time we've had at our house these past couple weeks. I won't bore you with all the details, but here's a brief summary: Baby Bottle Change Drive, Homeschool Recital, Urgent Care (x4), Emergency Room (x2), adult-onset asthma, MRSA, Mother's Day, wireless router down (gasp!), non-profit tax return, LMO newsletter and brochure printing.......

All this, and I still managed to keep myself and Jason and all 5 children fed, clothed, relatively clean, and relatively happy through it all! Whew! I can't truly say that we got a whole lot of school lessons done, although we learned a lot about working together and also how to prioritise. I'm so thankful for my children, who aren't spoiled and self-centered, but who pitch in and keep the house running and help with the baby when I am sick or have obligations to fulfill with the crisis pregnancy center. By occasionally sharing their Mom with LMO, they are making their own contributions to the fight against abortion, and I admire them for that.

Below are a few snapshots from this past weekend. Our local Baptist homeschool group met for a little family night recital and fellowship. I included a video of Caleb and Madelyn playing a duet. We have laughed and laughed at Madelyn dancing on the piano stool!

Best Sign Yet!

Garden Recipes

I'm getting so excited about our garden. Jason works so hard on it every year. To be perfectly honest, I help with the harvesting, but I don't really help too much in planting, except when I'm asked. For one thing, plants hate me; secondly, I'm allergic to nature. However, when the time comes, I love to cook, can, and freeze everything my husband plants! I just pulled the last bag of squash out of the freezer from last year's garden to cook for supper, and I wanted to share one of my favorite recipes to use with fresh squash. Enjoy!

SQUASH DRESSING
1 lb fresh squash; sliced, cooked, and drained*
(*you can use a 16 oz. bag frozen squash)
1 small cake cornbread, baked and crumbled (I use 8in iron skillet, makes about 2 cups crumbled)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/2 c. melted butter
3 eggs, beaten
3/4 tsp. sage
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper

Mix all together. Baked in a greased small casserole dish (7 x 11 or 9 x 9), uncovered, at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.

Ruffled Feathers

The kids found a Mama Killdeer bird in the front yard, and it caused quite a commotion!

LMO Newsletter

Below is a link to the newsletter from the crisis pregnancy center that I direct. We have our Annual Baby Bottle Change Drive coming up soon (Mother's Day to Father's Day), so I've been busy and haven't had much time for blogging! Last year, we raised over $13,000! Pray for a good response this year.

LMO 2nd Qtr 2010 Newsletter

Remember November

I realize the damage has been done, but it still makes me feel better to think about sending some of those lifetime liberal moochers home to get a real job.

The Oath Keeper

Call me a "Birther", a crazy, right-wing nut who actually thinks that Barack Obama should have to comply with the law and show proof of his U.S. birth before being allowed to hold the highest position in the land.

Below is a video made by Lt. Col. Terry Lakin, explaining his actions and reasons for refusing deployment until Obama does what Little League baseball players are required to do to play ball: show his birth certificate (the REAL one, the long form, which he has NOT produced).

Before you criticize Lt. Col. Lakin, perhaps you should research his exemplary record. I've heard criticisms such as, "Obama is our President. He should just accept that and obey orders." But the question is:

Are we a nation of law? Or a nation of popular vote? Just because Obama was elected by the people as President, doesn't mean he is above the law. That's the one thing that has seperated America from all other nations in the world: Lex Rex, the Law is King (vs. the King being the Law). We are not a democracy living at the mercy of 50%+1; instead, we are a Constitutional Republic, that provides the safety net of laws to which even our leaders (especially our leaders) are held accountable.

That's why our U.S. soldiers take an enlistment oath to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and THEN to obey the orders from the President. A soldier who puts his life on the line has every right, and also an obligation, to question whether the President himself is an enemy of the Constitution. The Consitution is the Law; not the President (despite what Hollywood says.

I'm thankful that there are still soldiers who take this oath seriously, and ask you to join me in praying for Lt. Col. Lakin, as he has been charged with 2 counts by the U.S. Army.

And if you're interested in getting the facts about the birth certificate saga, World Net Daily and Joseph Farah have an exhaustive and well-researched archive:

WND Complete Archive: Is Obama Constitutionally Eligible to Serve as President?

Study Confirms Link Between Autism and Use of Cells From Abortions in Vaccines

Wow, what a frightening and interesting article. The links provided in this article are the original sources for this hypothesis, including the original study conducted by the EPA. This is certainly something I'm going to follow.

Study Confirms Link Between Autism and Use of Cells From Abortions in Vaccines

(Just f.y.i., the 2 vaccinations that contain aborted fetal tissue cell lines are the MMR and the chicken pox vaccine.)

Jason's New Toy

He's happy!






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The Global Whining Crisis

As I'm sure you've heard, today is Earth Day.

I celebrated my first Earth Day in the 10th grade. We were shown "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" and read all kinds of doomsday stories about how terrible human beings are. I was in the Science Club, and we actually got to sit out classes to make posters to hang all around the school, "Please Recycle", "Be Kind to Trees", "Don't Waste", etc. I was a born-again Christian then, and I have to admit the whole thing felt weird, but I didn't have the training, intellect, or the information at that time to realize what was REALLY going on. What WAS going on? INDOCTRINATION! While parents- who grew up hunting, fishing, having babies, using paper plates and pesticides- were at work, their children were in government schools being indoctrinated. How else can you explain, in one generation, the change that has taken place? The change from embracing family and children.....to despising children, even killing them in the womb, and elevating polar bears and spotted owls to a level higher than humans?

I've posted before about sustainable development, the localized plans to implement a U.N. program called Agenda 21. For Earth Day, may I suggest that you take time to research Agenda 21, and what it means for your family (especially in light of the soon-coming vote on cap and trade in our legislature). You may not realize it, but you've surely encountered effects of Agenda 21 already. For example, limits on what you can develop or build on your own personal property (minimum acreage requirements, etc.), over-reaching game and fishing regulations, emissions tests, national education standards, just to name a few.

Here's a great website to start your research into Agenda 21:
Freedom Advocates
To sum it up, Agenda 21 (which is based primarily on the Global Warming HOAX) is the U.N.'s way of forcing Americans (and all other nations) to relinquish our national sovereignty, and submit to global government. It's being aggressively implemented in America by the progressives in Congress and our President. It's a sort of watered down communism called Fabian Socialism, where the change from capitalism to socialism is done peacefully, by evolution instead of revolution. No guns, just inflation, taxes, and regulation. Socialism requires an end to private property. Rather than just come and take your property and business with guns, they'll just regulate what you can do with it (Do you really own it if you can't even build on it and develop it as you want????) and tax you out of business. Pretty soon, you won't even be able to afford to poot , and I SO WISH I was joking about that.

So, Happy Earth Day to all the tree huggers! And good luck cooling down that sun (after all, it's only 93 million miles away and 10,ooo degrees F)! And even better luck getting the animals and the human race to stop passing gas! Of course, with a genius like Al Gore as your leader, how could you fail? (I know he invented the internet, but even he will have a hard time inventing anything that's funnier to my boys than passing gas and burping. Wish him luck!)



And just as a side note, Doug Phillips has a great blog post about the radical environmentalism in the movie Avatar:
Doug's Blog: This Earth Day: Avatar v. The Mysterious Islands

So cute!

Here's a short clip of our little kittens. It's one of the prettiest litters I've ever seen! 4 beautiful calicoes and 1 marmalade tabby. You can hear Seth in the background, and there at the end, he says, "Well, I have to go harvest!" For all you TapFarm people out there, you know this is serious business! I wonder how many 6 year olds play TapFarm!? :-)

Home Sweet Homeschool

I know President B.O. has plans for my children (and yours!) from cradle to career, but I'm so thankful to have mine at home and still running around in pajamas mid-morning. It just breaks my heart to see a nation of little children who have to kiss their mama's "bye" before breakfast every morning. What precious times and experiences and opportunities are being missed!

" Thank goodness my education was neglected."

~ Beatrix Potter

(a brilliant student of science, nature study, art, and of course, an accomplished author)

Garden Time!

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Hear that rumbling sound?

No, it's not another earthquake. It's the Founding Fathers rolling over in their graves.

Court Rules National Day of Prayer "Unconstitutional"

The framers of our Constitution, the architects and builders of this great nation, would not even recognize it today.

“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.”

— Daniel Webster (1782-1852) Author, Lawyer and Patriot

Medusa had a good nap!

Help?

KK and Sis have help practicing their duet.



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The Manchurian Candidate?

"Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a Jew building a house in Israel than with a Muslim building a nuclear bomb in Iran." ----Columnist Burt Prelutsky

It's scary. We have a president who hates Americans and Jews, and who loves our most violent enemies.

Summer Melody

Summer's new passion is singing. It's so precious to watch her walking around the house with a book in hand just singing her own little melody. She now climbs up to the piano and accompanies herself! Above our piano, I have a picture collage of her first year hanging on the wall. As she is singing, she pauses occasionally to look up and say, "Bubba", "Sis,", and "baby". (Ignore me in the background there at the end helping KK with a math problem. "I told you, you cannot skip steps!" LOL)

:-)

My Blahg

Sorry my blog has been so "blah" this week. We changed our school schedules around a little, and I've been like a drill sergeant with the poor kids LOL. The little guys got a few more responsibilities added to their daily routines, and we spread things around a little differently with the big kids. I'm happy to report that we've had an extremely productive week, and even managed a play day with our best friends! I was so worried about adding Bubbie to our schedule this year, but praise God we are right on track. I can feel the negative vibes I get from people when they find out that I homeschool and they skeptically look at the 5 kids I have. (I find that funny when you consider that most public school classrooms have 25-30 kids, but anyway....) I have learned through the years, however, that "school" is easy. The hard part of homeschooling is discipline and time management. It's an ever-evolving process and an act of grace that helps me stay one step ahead of my children! And, most importantly, I can truly say that we have enjoyed this week, fractions and all. Life is so much more pleasant when you aren't living under the tyranny of the urgent, but function under a schedule and routine.

Here are a few shots of what we've been doing this week.

Our cat Dixie had kittens! Summer absolutely loves the "babies".

This is Butterscotch, the one we're going to keep:

Couldn't you just eat that grin up?

Sis took this picture:

My pink lady apple tree is blossoming!

I know this is a terrible shot, but aren't they a handsome group?

My Little Scientist

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Sharing

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My New Favorite Song

Grave Influence

I love to read, and I read a lot about worldview and politics and how current events relate to the Scripture. There are a lot of great resources that help put issues into a Biblical perspective, but I recently read one book that just seemed to draw everything together into one resource. The book is called "Grave Influence: 21 Radicals and Their Worldviews that Rule America from the Grave" by Brannon Howse. It is not currently available at Amazon, and I believe can only be purchased through Brannon's website. The cost is $14.99, and the link is below. It is definitely worth the price! I highly recommend it to high school students who are seeking to study history and current events with a Biblical worldview. As a side note, I enjoy listening to Brannon's daily radio show via podcast. After following his research for a couple years now, I am amazed at just how "spot on" his predictions are. (Sometimes, I just wish he would be wrong! The truth about our nation and the condition of today's churches is really not pleasant right now, but we must face it head on!) I encourage you all to read this book.

Grave Influence available from Worldview Weekend

Hot Wing Pizza

This is absolutely one of my family's favorite meals! It's called Hot Wing Pizza and it is made with hot wing sauce, but it is not too spicy for the little ones to eat. (Even if the sauce is hot, when you mix it with the tomato sauce and the rest of the ingredients, the end result is not as spicy.)
Notes:
If you don't have a breadmaker, you can buy a pre-made crust.
I'm going to give the recipe for half whole wheat and half white flour, but if you prefer you can use all white bread flour. My family actually prefers the half wheat version because it gives the crust a great texture that doesn't fall apart when you're eating it.
This recipe is for an 18 inch pizza (12 slices); you can half the recipe exactly for a 12 inch pizza.
Weight Watchers Points for the 18 inch version (1/12 of the pizza): 6 points (3 for the crust, 3 for the toppings). Enjoy!

Pizza Dough (Bread Machine)
1 c. water
2 Tbsp. canola oil
1 1/2 c. white whole wheat flour (I always use King Arthur!)
1 1/2 c. bread flour
1 tsp. dried cilantro (optional)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. bread machine yeast

Use Dough Cycle. When finished, spread onto lightly sprayed 18-inch. pan (I use a rolling pin to do this). Add toppings.

While dough is rising in machine, bake 1 1/2 lbs. chicken breast in the oven on 350 degrees, uncovered, and sprinkled liberally with steak seasoning (I use Durkee's Kansas City Style) for about an hour.

Hot Wing Pizza Toppings:
1 1/2 pounds baked seasoned chicken breast, chopped
1/2 c. tomato sauce
1/2 c. Buffalo Hot Wing Sauce (I use Moore's Brand)
2 Tbsp. butter
2/3 c. Ranch Dressing
3 sliced green onions, optional
2 c. mozzarella cheese

Simmer tomato sauce and hot wing sauce and butter on stove for 5-10 minutes to thicken. Add chicken and heat through.
Spread Ranch dressing on pizza crust, add sauce mixture and top with cheese and green onions.

Bake at 450 degrees on BOTTOM RACK for about 10 minutes.

We The People

I know everyone is making patriotic videos now, but this one is really good and definitely worth your time to watch and share.

Also, just wanted to share this useful link to an open letter by the Liberty Counsel concerning the 2010 Census and our obligations as citizens under the Constitution:

Census Questionnaire: Am I Required to Answer? by Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel

Michelle Malkin: The Vampire Congress Strikes Again

Michelle Malkin gives a detailed explanation of what is going on in the wee hours of the night in the halls of Congress:

Vampire Congress Strikes Again

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I love 6 years old!

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235 Years Ago

It was bad enough that they had to take the Lord's Day and make such a mockery out of it with all the hoopla about "Health Care" and the vote. And I haven't forgotten that the Senate did this same thing on Christmas Eve. So now, how ironic that Obamanation chose today, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, to sign his act of treachery into "law". (Can a law that contradicts the law be rightly called "law"? I refuse to call it The Health Care Bill, but instead the government takeover of 1/6 of the U.S. economy, or socialized medicine.) Anyway....

It was on this day, 235 years ago, that Founding Father Patrick Henry gave his inspiring "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, convincing them to send troops from Virginia to fight in the cause of liberty.

Barack Obama didn't grow up in America, and obviously feels no allegiance to our history or our laws. (And WHO KNOWS WHERE he was born?!) However, most of the 219 Congressman who voted for this legislation, as well as the 60 Senators, have grown up enjoying the very liberties that they now seek to snatch from us. Shame on them for trampling over the blood that was spilled by our forefathers. They leave guilty and bloody tracks as they so pridefully march toward this brave new world. Not to mention the blood of unborn babies that is dripping from their hands as they try to force God-fearing Americans to pay for murder (as if we didn't already pay for Planned Parenthood's mischief...anyway....).

Our Founding Fathers were patriots who lived by ideals and placed their lives, fortunes, and sacred honors on the line for principle. What we have today is a Congress full of empty-headed and empty-hearted, self-serving politicians. Having said that, I must thankfully acknowledge that there are a few conservative, Constitutionalists in the halls of Congress, but they are very lonely up there in Washington. Come November, we don't need to elect Republicans. We need to elect Constitutionalists!

I found this inspiring recitation of Patrick Henry's speech at a Tea Party event on You Tube. In light of all that I've had to absorb through the weekend, it made me feel better to hear this. Maybe you'll enjoy it too.

Intolerable

Extra! Extra!

BREAKING NEWS! Obama's Birth Certificate has finally been found!

I'm so relieved. Now I don't feel quite so bad about him killing my country.

A Real Man

My boys have been so sad since learning of the death of Fess Parker. My children don't watch a lot of television, and Fess Parker, the Lone Ranger, the Rifleman, and Andy Griffith have been the bulk of their childhood viewing. It's sad to see this generation passing on, to be replaced by......whom? Certainly not the tatooed, swearing, effiminate, morally deprived, wimps that make up Hollywood today.

We will miss you, Fess!

Here's Bubbie's action figure (I dare you to call it a "doll" to his face LOL) that is modeled after Mr. Parker.






Naturally, everyone in my house has been singing "Daniel Boone was a man, yes a big man! With an eye like an eagle and tall as a mountain was he!"

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This post is dedicated to Nancy Pelosi....

One Program at a Time

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened."
– Norman Thomas, American socialist


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Hypocrisy

TobyToons Political Cartoons and More

As a general rule, I do not defend Republicans, at least not RINOs (Republican In Name Only), because there are very few Conservative Constitutionalists in the Republican Party. They are part of the destructive forces in our country. However, in light of the current partisan line in the sand that has been drawn, it is pretty (sickeningly) funny to watch this video made of clips during 2005, when the Democrats were OUTRAGED at the suggestion that President Bush might even consider using the so-called "nuclear option". Just listen at these hypocrites as they suddenly found such great respect for our Constitution and the Original Intent of the Founding Fathers. How soon they forgot! I think what we have here is a case of the pot calling the TEA kettle black!

Touche`

Me: "Bubbie, until you can grow up and start taking care of your toys, you are restricted from playing with them."

Bub: "But, Mama, grown-ups don't play with toys."

The Tidy Little Tot

After service on Wednesday nights, we always pitch in and clean the church. As you can see, Summer loves to sweep.

Unfortunately, just after I shot this video, Summer went to watch her Gran clean the front door glass. I was talking with some of the ladies, and suddenly I hear everyone shouting my name. To my horror, Summer was streaking across the church with a sopping wet blob of tissue paper in her hand, making a mad dash for the front door. She beat me to it and slopped that dripping mess onto the front door. I wish I could tell you that she got that water from the faucet or the water fountain, but that's just not her style. When Summer Rose needs water, she goes to the toilet.

Luckily, everyone at my church loves that mean little girl, and they were pretty good sports about having toilet water dripped all the way across the church from back to front. After all, we had just cleaned the toilet, right??

Relaxing with Friends

Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Homeschoolers Be Aware!

Please take time to read this very disturbing article that's been circulating the news circuit:

Top Homeschool Texts Dismiss Darwin

This article specifically attacks Apologia and Bob Jones science texts, and quotes "experts" who accuse homeschooling parents of "promulgating lies to kids". It also says that our kids are being "shortchanged". This kind of talk sends chills down my spine as I think of the possible consequences. My friend Melanie pointed out a poll that follows the article on the MSNBC site. The poll is equally disturbing, showing the hatred and jealousy that the world has for Christian homeschoolers.

As I typed this, homeschoolers were losing the poll 38% to 61%, which doesn't surpise me since most free-thinking homeschoolers don't pay attention to MSNBC propoganda.

Poll: Is it okay for homeschool textbooks to dismiss the theory of evolution?

Of course, I couldn't resist weighing in on the discussion. After casting my vote, I registered and left the following comment:

1. Our Homeschool science texts do not "dismiss" evolution, but instead expose it for the faulty theory that it truly is. I dare say my children know more about the theory of evolution and Darwin's racist eugenics than any public school children. They just see it for the lie that it is. Please check out the movie Maafa 21 as a good starting place to study out the ugly truth behind Charles Darwin and his hatred of certain so-called "races" (a term which I have taught my children is not mentioned in the Bible and was invented by men such as Darwin to speak in a negative way of certain groups of people). Let's not forget the full title of his original publication (left off in most public school texts): The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Who gave Charles Darwin the right to decide which race was "favoured"?
2. To all the public educators who are so offended at homeschooling....um, your record speaks for itself. Most kids graduating today (if they make it that far) can't even read, much less critically analyze a text such as Darwin's. At least my children are learning to think for themselves.
3. I DON'T CARE WHOM YOU SIDE WITH ON THIS ISSUE, IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT AND HAVE ANY INTEREST IN YOUR OWN CHILD'S UPBRINGING AND WELLBEING, YOU SHOULD OPPOSE ANY REGULATIONS THAT MANDATE WHAT A PARENT MUST DO FOR HIS/HER OWN CHILD. GOVERNMENT MAKES PATHETIC PARENTS!! (JUST LOOK AT THE WORTHLESS DFACS SYSTEMS ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.) It's a textbook issue today, but tomorrow it WILL BE something that affects YOU, and you will wish a thousand times that you had stood up for PARENTS' RIGHTS TO RAISE THEIR OWN CHILDREN!

Some smarty-pants left the following response:
From your post, you clearly do not understand evolution. You should leave science teaching to professionals - for your kid's sake...

To which I replied:
I've never known a child who failed in life because he/she did not understand Darwin's theory of evolution. I have witnessed many, however, who lost their way and failed because their parents turned them over to a "professional".

(Just for the record, my comments and all the colorful replies can be found on page 20 when you "jump to the discussion" from the poll page. I'm registered as TeacherMom.)

Moms and Dads, we had better resist ALL FORMS OF REGULATION, including accreditation, or our GOD-GIVEN rights and mandates as parents may be snatched from us surely and swiftly!

Legalize the Constitution!

Anyone who's ever read the U.S. Constitution knows that any version of the proposed Health Care Legislation is absolutely out of bounds of the powers granted to the federal government by the states. (We seem to have forgotten that the states created the federal government; not the federal government the states!) However, Wallbuilders has provided a link to a letter written by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to the state's senators that specifically breaks down the Constitutionality issues. Here's the link:

Potential Constitutional Problems with Health Care Bill by Texas State Attorney General Greg Abbott

I have the greatest kids!

This past week has been a little too adventurous for me, and I haven't had any time or even the heart for blogging! One of the "setbacks" we've had is that our washer suddenly quit. And I mean suddenly....just after I had filled it with 7 people's worth of dirty socks and underwear and filled it with soap and water. Then...nothing! I'll spare you all the details, but it fell on me last night to empty the washer completely so Jason could move it out today.

We came home from church and I tucked everyone in soundly, so dreading sticking my hands in that cold, stinky water and wringing out all those clothes and emptying that extra-large capacity tub by hand. Then KK came sneaking down the hall and whispered, "Mama, you shouldn't have to do that by yourself. I'm going to stay up and help you." Then I go to cover the baby up and Sis stops me, "Mama, please let me help you! We can get done quicker if we work together!"

I was so thankful for the help! We're not talking about staying up and helping Mama bake cookies or something fun like that. We're talking nasty work. It took us until nearly midnight to finish, but I can't imagine how long it would have taken me alone. Sis scooped, I wrung out clothes, and KK dumped water outside. What a team!