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From the monthly archives:

December 2008

LWM3B Year In Review

December 31, 2008

As 2008 draws to a close, and I look on to 2009 with great anticipation. I offer you, the dear, sweet readers who still visit me… a year in review of lwm3b. Since this is a recap, my pics are sized to fit the old blog.
January: I publicly humiliated myself by coming forward [...]

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Hello… hello… hello?

December 30, 2008

Can anybody hear me? (hear me? hear me?) Um, hi mom.
After a week of a fantastic disappearing act, I have returned to my poor, neglected excuse for a blog.
So, Christmas. Christmas was… good. Busy, loud, fun, a little hard on my house, fun, noisy, not a lot of sleep [...]

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Have yourself…

December 24, 2008

… a Merry Little Christmas!
It’s a heat wave here in Iowa. Yesterday we got up to 30*. Not bad considering it was -2* and -20* with the wind chill just 2 days earlier. Doncha all pack yer bags at once, now.
My boys are beside themselves. There are no [...]

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In lieu of my holiday card,

December 22, 2008

I give you this. They have all the holiday cheer, all of the spunk and even some hilarity…
all in a capella. Be still my geeky heart.

ps – I have a contest coming this week.. SSsshhhhh!

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He’s straight out of a Hallmark card…

December 21, 2008

My boy. My first-born, saucy child… the one who has found all the bonker buttons…
… he looks like something straight out of a 1950s Holiday Hallmark card.

I tell ya’ what… this kid is handsome. As soon as he learns to tame that crazy hair, I’m going to be fending off the girls on [...]

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Dear loved ones,

December 18, 2008

I know that you were sooo very much looking forward to the annual Christmas card. *wink wink* I cannot deny the strapping gorgeousness that is my 3 boybarians. But you see, it’s not that we don’t love you all very much. It’s that well…
we’ve been busy…
smooching on Mexican beaches, taking thousands [...]

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The beach changes color.

December 17, 2008

Have you ever seen all the colors of the beach? Here in land-locked Iowa we wouldn’t know. But I couldn’t believe the colors we caught. Handy Man dragged my bootie out of bed at 5 am – sans coffee – to witness the sunrise over the beach. At the time, I [...]

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Photos up the wazzzooooooo…

December 16, 2008

Ack. I’m not even halfway through the photos. Handy Man was particularly dedicated to the camera this time, and gracious… it would take eons to photoshop all those pics. I’m not even going to attempt. I picked a few from the resort and a few that (at least from the thumbnails) [...]

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Que bonita, Mexico!

December 15, 2008

Ack! I don’t even know where to begin. Maybe with the biggest surprise of them all:
sorry, photo is a little blurry. happens when we have to turn it over! That would be Handy Man…
… who wasn’t supposed to be in Mexico at all. He surprised me! Can you [...]

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We have a winner!

December 14, 2008

Mexico updates coming soon!
First I had to announce the winner of the Midwest Homeschool Convention’s generous give-away of a family pack of tickets to their convention – April 16-18 in Cincinnati. If you didn’t win, they will offer early bird registration prices for awhile. And those hotel prices are unbelievable!
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Warmth. Sunshine. Palm Trees.

December 11, 2008

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas Iowa anymore.

Homeschoolers, don’t forget to enter the give-away for tickets to the Midwest Homeschool Convention!
As for me, I’m in Mexico. And remember MOBS? It’s dum dum da dum for her.

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Shoemaker’s Wife, no more!

December 9, 2008

If you’re on a reader – pretty please stop by today!
You know the story of the shoemaker? He works and works in his field… but it’s the shoemakers wife who goes without shoes. That’s how it’s been with my little ol’ blog for waaayyy too long. I’ve been wanting to simply, declutter, [...]

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LWM3B Give-Away!

December 7, 2008

What if you could:
- attend one of the biggest homeschool events of 2009?- choose from an incredible line-up of speakers?- peruse a HUGE exhibit hall and see the curriculum hands on?- choose from about 160 workshops?- meet other homeschool families (from 11 states!)?- speak with HS leaders and vendors?
And! [...]

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What is that thing?!

December 6, 2008

Okay, okay! I hear you. Been a little slow on the email responses this week. Love me anyway, please?
I got more email about this photo than about any photo I have ever posted on LWM3B.

And most them said some version of, “What is that thing?”

You people are observant. I was trying [...]

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Wanna Make a Wager?

December 5, 2008

Who do you think won?
The 30-something daddy…

Or the 8-year-old boybarian?

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Snow Bunny or Hot Chocolate Duty?

December 1, 2008

I suppose I oughta get used to the idea of snow. It’s likely going to be here until April or May.

Yeah, I know that’s nearly 5 months from now. *sigh* I keep thinking I’ll wake up and it’ll still be beautiful and green outside. I’ll let you know if that happens. [...]

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