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6th Grade Items
Items of interest to the 6th grade are under pages to the right.  I’ve just added the Greek Scrapbook handout and the protocol for sending in food. Finally, the teachers noted that a resturant is serving a fixed-price medieval dinner this month ($48 + tax,tip & beverages) The New Leaf in Ft Tyrone Park in Washington…
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Venice 1949
In 1949 my father and two friends traveled by motorcycle from England, through Paris, Briancon and ultimately to Venice. Since my son is in Venice now I decided to post the pictures from the 1949 trip (most bought at the tourist stands). Grand Canal – The Regatta St Marks Church The Grand Canal (Nottumo) Rialto…
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What to Bring to The Auction – Administration Committee
(Out of order, but I just ran an auction so it’s fresh in my mind.) Auction Item Set-up (the period before the auction when you fill the room with auction items) Bring: Â the pile of bid sheets (NOT on clipboards), at least 3 labels for each item with the item number and title typed on…
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Life Lessons of a Military Wife Carnival 8 Up
There’s a newish carnival that’s up for Military Wives. The collection’s a bit scattered so there’s something for everyone. (VMW – Veteran Military Wife was kind enough to post my submission on Educating Kids/Military Budgets.) Enjoy!
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What do they mean No Child Left Behind is bad?
We’re failing the global education race. Is it unreasonable to ask that not only should all children be educated to a minimal level but that all children be pushed to their maximum level?
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Carnival of Family Life – June 25 2007
Thank you for the sixty wonderful submissions. Â I’d had a little trouble thinking of interesting things to say lately and you’ve given me weeks of things to respond to. If your links not quite right let me know and I’ll fix it – I had a 30 second crash and lost posts in the middle.…
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Happy Anniversary Carnival of Family Life
I somehow forgot to hit the send on my submission this week (I meant to submit the silly story of how an auction took over not only my life but almost lost all my cousin’s possessions). Even so, it’s such a nice carnival I wanted to wish The Canival of Family Life happy birthday.
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Carnival of Family Life
Sorry I checked out for so long – School auctions can be totally consuming – we raised over $140,000 but we left the bodies of volunteers strewn over beds all over town. (Actually it wasn’t that bad – we’ve all worked together before and were able to do a great job with a lot less time…
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Mother’s Day Gifts
I love coffee. I also like to get Mother’s Day gifts. My idea of the perfect gift is a coffee cup my kids have made. (I have simple needs – my first couple of Mother’s Days I just wanted a wheelbarrow for my garden. My sweet but silly husband kept buying me jewelry.) Anyway the…