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They usher us into the world and out at the end, too. And in between, they serve as our haven in a heartless world. You may consider your family staunchly traditional or undeniably unique, but regardless, families shape every moment of our lives, forming our longest threads of memory — from the poignant to the hilarious. Tight-knit relationships are a hallmark of humanity, perhaps explaining why they (and other loved ones we call family) are key to healthy, happy kiddos. So give your mom a hug already, will ya?

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25 Things I Want My Ranch Kids to Know

The Sagebrush Sea

I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t been living my ideal ranch life lately. I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time in the car and on the computer, rather than my horse. As a result, I’ve been stumbling around on the ubiquitous website Pinterest. The majority of the images are absorbingly lovely and the creative ideas that proliferate there are inspiring. Amidst my internet procrastination research I discovered this blog, Mommy OM, and these loving, humorous, and insightful posts. They’ve inspired me to compile my own list: 25 Things I Want My Ranch Kids to Know. 1. You have chores, because we love you. They seem tedious, but they are the building blocks for your future. Responsibility, accountability, and basic life skills begin with sweeping the floor, scrubbing the toilet, and feeding pets and livestock. We love you, we want you to find success in life. Success comes from preparation, so we give you chores. 2. Boredom is a choice.

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California Adventure: Highway 1 Pescadero to Big Sur

coastal traveler

The drive: This drive follows California Highway 1 and twists along the spectacular Big Sur Coast between Carmel and Morro Bay along central California’s Pacific shoreline. The road is simply one of the world’s most breathtaking drives, a must-do adventure for any California traveler. Here, the steep ridges of the remote Santa Lucia Range plunge down to a rocky, wave-battered coast, making an abrupt transition from wild peak to wild ocean. The roadway follows this transition zone, snaking along precipitous headlands, crossing grassy meadows above ragged coves, and traversing thirty-three bridges that span deep canyons and gorges. It’s a superb landscape that serves as a fitting boundary between North America and the Pacific Ocean. While 97.9 miles in texas translates into a little over an hours drive, on Highway one it turns into a day long joy ride. That’s the distance we cover today as we make our way south along highway 1 from Pigeon Point lighthouse to Big

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Green lantern has become gay! Time for people to start a war about it :D

Blackrose

Today I read in the newspaper that Alan Scott (the original green lantern from 1940) made a comeback and had become gay. This was apparently very disturbing for a lot of conservatives. I’m not into politics at all so I don’t really know what conservatism is. It was probably not only conservatives that became angry, I bet that other people got upset over this too. I just wonder why? This is a bit of what was written in our Swedish newspaper aftonbladet (I translated it from Swedish so it could be a bit wrong): The christian mothergroup “One million moms” have made a letter writing program too get rid of this stupidity. -This is pathetic! Why would homosexual adult men need to have superheroes as role models? They just want to influence young men by putting homosexual characters on a pedestal, they write. Well, I don’t think it has ever been about making a superhero role model for adult homosexual men. Isn’t it more about to show that homosexuality exi

Boyfriends and Foster Families

Authentic Imperfection

For years I begged my mother to let me go live in a foster home. Defeated by her determination that my emotional reactions to the alcoholic insanity, the life threatening violence in our house was a result of my being born defective. She was also hell-bent on convincing my brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles and family friends of the same thing. What Leslie did now, how Leslie acted and reacted was one of her favorite topics. I’d listen while she told family members and friends about something I’d done or said to her. How I’d go “crazy” for no reason. Scream and hit and throw things. How I begged to be put in foster care. Cried all the time. They’d shake their heads in disbelief, so convincing was my mother that she was an innocent victim. A woman who loved her children more than life itself. I could feel hot rage roll in my belly like lava. My laser beam eyes, indignant fire, threatening to incinerate her. When I confronted her, asked why she never told them what came before my “craz

Team Up to Step it Up! The Power of Two

Healthy Couples

Are you getting the most out of yourself and is your partner? If not, maybe a fun competition between the two of you is exactly what you both need! Recently I’ve been feeling frustrated with myself for not following through with a lot of my personal goals so Edna and I came up with a fun way for us both to stop procrastinating, become more accountable, add a little extra incentive and get rewarded for following through. We came up with a point system where we are awarded a certain amount of points (2, 5, 10, 20 points) for achieving certain “tasks” throughout each day in our home, business, career, health and relationship. Then by the end of the week, whoever accumulates the most points wins an agreed upon “prize”(it should motivate both of you.) We’re both very competitive and I definitely don’t want to lose to her like she definitely doesn’t want to lose to me, so that’s a huge incentive to get off my butt, stop talking and start

Life lately

high plains thrifter

Friends, photos, and fun stuff

Lessons and Thoughts of a Christian Scrapbooker

New Place

My Sanity Points

Cortney & Sasha | Mommy & Me

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So very nearly finished

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You Say “Potato” and I say “Potahto”

My Twice Baked Potato

Thoughts and Plans

Crafted Cuteness

In the process of revamping my Hmong Pillows by adding more details and colors. A bit tedious and frustrating at the moment but I know they will be even better! —- My Caydi pillow for the month of June is at a no go for the moment because I think I might actually try something else. I’ve been rearranging my sewing room and would like to create a small framed illustration of her for my room. Will have it completed before end of June to share. —- This month and early July will be a exciting schedule for me. I will be going on a trip to meet up with my Mom and sisters for the first time in a LONG time. I am so looking forward to it, except for the traveling part. >_<

Hope

Life with Becky

Last night was the Relay for Life in Oakville. The weather couldn’t have been worse, but a day of rain didn’t dampen our spirits. The event was moved indoors to a hockey arena. Each team was given a small space and a makeshift track was set up around the edge. It was a little crowded, but we managed. After a quick bite to eat, the ceremonies got under way. The survivors always start the walk, and even as I write this I get goosebumps. Everyone claps as survivors of all ages proudly, and sometimes emotionally, walk the track while the rest of us us cheer them on. At the end, the rest of the walkers start the walk. Space was at a premium as hundreds of people squeezed onto a 5 or 6 foot wide track. We immediately hit a bump as we discovered that only one side had a ramp and the other side had a step. Organizers quickly resolved the problem and added another ramp. Becky had to have some candy floss to console herself while she waited. Within ten minutes, we were all walking. A

Lantern Festival

RegenAxe

We visited the Missouri Botanical Gardens last night and enjoyed seeing the ‘Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night’. This festival started last week, but last night was only the second night that it was open to the general public. This festival is scheduled to run all summer (until August 19th). Normally, I do not recommend that visitors come to Saint Louis in the summertime. This is because our summer weather is frequently both hot and humid, but this summer might we the exception to this rule. Not the hot and humid weather, but rather my recommendation for visiting Saint Louis. This may be just the summer to come to town. We are members of the garden, so admission is normally free. This is still true during the day, but admission at night is $15 (Thursday through Sunday evenings). There is one exception to this. If you renew your garden membership then your admission is free that night. Your one-year membership is tacked onto the end of your existing membership, so

Strength is where the Heart Is

WondreWoman

It’s been a rough couple of months, in which time I feel like I have lost grip of the important people in my life, but also gained an independence that comes with letting go. It’s difficult to say that letting someone free or asking them to leave is the right thing to do, but sometimes it’s the only thing to do. I love my family so much, and there aren’t many people that comprise of it, but those that do have my whole devotion. So when I see them pushing away or falling into the same self destructive patterns, I have to step back. I cannot save them. I cannot push them. I can only offer my help and my love and let them choose their path. Sometimes that path is a lonely one, and sometimes it is necessary to let the ones you love walk the path to redemption without you. Changing who you are is a very difficult thing to do, and I have fallen back on hard habits. I see myself relapsing, but I also see myself making a breakthrough in the midst of that. I work on s

Education + ? =Employability

Galaxycheerful's Blog

Let’s stop and think for a moment! We leave school or college, thinking that life would be easy in finding work. We think we’ve got it all figured out. But REALLY! Have we got it all figured out? For the past few years many of you, have gone through difficulties in finding the right job, or for a matter of fact any kind of job that at least covers your expenses. How many of you have been to so many interviews, and ended up saying “That’s it! No more” or “I’m fed up!” How many of you were turned away from an interview, with words like “Sorry, we have no vacancies”, or “Your CV doesn’t meet our criteria”, feeling rejected and frustrated. Circling the classifieds; the long hour phone calls for vacancies; setting up date and time interviews, you think what a waste of time! You get up the next morning and do the same thing again. The searching begins, we never give up. Wonder WHY you do it? Basically, because of that nagging voice inside telling you, that there must be a job out there somew

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Summer Love

Blog world! I’ve been cheating on blogging with actual writing. (Not that blogging isn’t writing! Don’t send me hate mail lol). I’m actually working on a NOVEL! I’m not really advertising it, I like keeping things like that close to my chest, one because I don’t want to be THAT hipster who’s all “oh, I’m writing an epic series right now, you wouldn’t understand..” two, I’m a moody artist and I’d don’t want anyones opinion right now ha! Its fun, its exciting, and I’m really getting into it. Aside from that, stealing my attention away from wordpress, we’ve been soakin up the sweet summer time over here. We’ve proudly been cultivating a love for downtown in our 2 year old Daisy. Why shouldn’t she love downtown? Its kind of where she began in a way. Its where her daddy and I met, fell in love, and walked hand in hand, dreaming and laughing. Le sigh. Daisy is having a blast visiting K

The price of a clean room

AK Homeschool Fun

Yesterday I found out the going price for a clean bedroom. I told my son to clean his room. He HATES cleaning his room. Instead, he paid his sister to clean it for him. He just sat back and told her where things belonged. She did all the work, although I think also he helped her make the bed. I don’t care as long as it got done by anyone other than me. So what’s the going rate for hiring your little sis’ to do your chores? Apparently it is $3 for the work, and another $2 if it passed inspection the first time. I didn’t even get out of his room before she had her hand out demanding payment.

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