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The Last Day of 2011

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If you regularly read my blog, you’ll have noticed that I really haven’t posted in the month of December.  In fact this is my 4th post of the whole month!  I had such high hopes of blogging about Advent and then blogging about our wonderful Christmas but I guess instead I just kind of took a blogging break. On my blog in 2012 you can look forward to a review of Joshua Harris’s novel I Kissed Dating Goodbye.   I also have a pending review for Booksneeze: a children’s Bible story book called Hero’s and Villains.  I also have a couple of pending TOS reviews: a Zeeguide to the Movies from Zeezok and a history video program called Learn Our History.  There are more TOS Reviews coming up and I’ll keep my sidebar updated. In January I hope to post a year in review and/or a goal type post.  Or better than goal perhaps a “where I’d like to be on Dec 31, 2012”.  I am planning and hoping to participate in more recipe memes.  I like Tasty Tuesday but I so often forget to post!  And there is a soup

TOS Review: World’s Greatest Stories

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Years ago I heard a friend do a dramatized reading of a Bible passage.   She read the actual Bible. I think it was the King James Version.  She brought the Bible to life.  It was incredible.  When I visited the website for World’s Greatest Stories, I could not help but be reminded of Nikki and her Bible readings.  If these CD’s were dramatized Bible stories, I knew I would love them and my daughter’s would enjoy them. I was not wrong.  Through the TOS Review Crew, we received Volume 1 of The World’s Greatest Stories “The Prophets.  We were given our choice of the KJV or the NIV version.  I love the language, style, and poetry of the KJV so I picked that one. This is available in both CD and Cassette Tape format. We received the CD, which retails for $7.95.  Visit the website at Worlds Greatest Stories or give them a call toll free at 1-888-STORIES for more information.  Visit the FAQ page for some great questions and answers such as “Does Mr. Sarris memorize the stories before re

Lots of Stuff

If you are on Facebook, then you know that in the space to type your status it says “What’s on your mind?”.  So what’s on my mind?  Stuff.  Lots of stuff.  I haven’t been blogging.  Not because I haven’t had anything to write but more that I just haven’t been managing my time very well and I just couldn’t take the time to blog. I look at the calendar and I am shocked that it says 12/12/11.  What?!  How did that happen?  What do you mean I haven’t blogged at all the month of December?  I said I was going to blog about Advent/Nativity Fast.    Wait just a minute.  It can’t be half way through December yet.  But we did manage to get the Christmas Tree up so if feels a bit more like Christmas really is coming.   The Advent Chain is getting smaller (though we’re still several days behind).  But yet, I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that it really is December.  It really is nearing the end of the year. So Christmas is one piece of “stuff” on my mind. Another bit of “stuff” on my

TOS Review: Pitsco’s Medieval Machines Pack

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One of the most fascinating aspects of studying medieval history is learning about siege warfare.  I don’t know anyone who could resist building and playing with some flinging type weapon such as a catapult.  I think getting to play with a catapult is the real reason my daughters wanted to study that time period! As a member of the TOS Review crew I received the Medieval Machines Pack from Pitsco Education.  The pack included a Trebuchet Kit, Catapult Kit, Mass Plates, and the Siege Machines book. Pitsco also included some extra clay for us.  This package retails for $21.95. For more information about the Medieval Machine Pack click here . Turtlegirl’s friend came over to help her build the machines. He had this to say: “ It was fun but frustrating to build. They need stronger wood.”   We did have a piece of the catapult break while building but fortunately,it was only the trigger so the catapult still works you just have to hold it down manually while loading.  Release your fin