by Raylene | Mar 13, 2012 | weird, WeirdWednesday
Welcome to WEIRD and Wordless Wednesday! Almost always weird, and sometimes wordless, too. Wordless Wednesday is meant to be a simple post which features a photo to convey a message that speaks for itself without using words; well not a lot of words! Please feel free...
by Raylene | Mar 12, 2012 | Books, Reviews
Thankfully, my teenager and my tweens are pretty darn good kiddos. I have a friend with older kids, and she’s been through just about everything with her teens. When the book “Have a New Teenager By Friday” came across my desk, my friend reviewed...
by Raylene | Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m sharing this press release with you today because it caught my attention, and we’re investigating it RIGHT NOW as something we can use with our homeschooling. My kiddos love Magic Tree House, so this is very exciting for us! AUTHOR MARY POPE...
by Raylene | Mar 7, 2012 | Health, Kiddos
According to the 2006 Stats Canada Census: “One in 10 Canadian children live in poverty and are at risk of going to school on an empty stomach.” MANY studies show that breakfast can help kids boost their academic performance – improving behaviour, reducing...
by Raylene | Mar 6, 2012 | WeirdWednesday
Welcome to WEIRD and Wordless Wednesday! Almost always weird, and sometimes wordless, too. Wordless Wednesday is meant to be a simple post which features a photo to convey a message that speaks for itself without using words; well not a lot of words! Please feel free...
by Raylene | Mar 3, 2012 | Mom's Life, OUCH
No, this isn’t some Jerry Springer type of weird love relationship post. (ewwww!) I promise. It’s much more innocent and much more dangerous than that! 😀 On Wednesday I was working REALLY hard to finish up some training on Facebook that I was to be...
by Raylene | Mar 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
When we lived in BC, someone approached us about putting a home alarm in our house, and at first I wasn’t really excited about it. I didn’t think we needed it. We were in a safe neighborhood, and I didn’t want the added cost. But when we heard more...
by Raylene | Feb 28, 2012 | WeirdWednesday
Welcome to the LEAP DAY EDITION of WEIRD and Wordless Wednesday! Almost always weird, and sometimes wordless, too. Please feel free to link your Weird and Wordless (or Word-full) posts below. Check out more Weird Wednesday, Wordful Wednesday and Wordless Wednesday...
by Raylene | Feb 25, 2012 | Health
I’m sad and kinda ticked off, right now. Right before leaving to take BudBud to soccer this afternoon, I thought I’d check my throat because it’s SO sore… It got suddenly REALLY sore last night after I had felt pretty much normal for 2 days....
by Raylene | Feb 24, 2012 | Food
A couple of weeks ago, I welcomed a lovely big box into the house, and was overwhelmingly excited to be able to greet old friends like Tony and Cornelius. What an amazing treat to get from the great folks over at Kellogg’s. Special K, Mini-Wheats, Frosted...