The only light entering the room came through a narrow strip of window where the black construction paper taped to it did not quite reach the bottom. Even though 35 eighth graders were in the room there was silence save the scratchy male voice coming from the old record player…”If still you think me mad, […]
Archives for 2009
The Itty-Bitty Bookworm: Review and Giveaway
****THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED**** I love books. Let me say that again, I LOVE BOOKS!!! That would explain why I am drawn to home-school curriculum that is literature based like Sonlight, Ambleside Online, and Beautiful Feet. My children and I enjoy doing unit studies centered around books. There’s always some book we are reading […]
Sacrament Meeting and the Sacrament FHE
Based on Elder Dallin H. Oaks’s October 2008 General Conference talk this lesson is chock full of wonderful activities and helps to teach your family about why we take the sacrament and how we should behave during the sacrament. The file is large, about 20 pages. The lesson is lengthy but can be broken down […]
Mexican Grilled Corn
My dad first made this for us several years ago while he was visiting, I think when Cookie was born. It is a recipe we look forward to making every summer. It is SO GOOD!!! Make sure to have plenty of ripe, sweet corn on hand to grill as everyone will come looking for seconds. […]
Creating Header Navigation Menu Links Part1
I’ve been asked a lot how I created the navigation menu bar below my header. This first post will show you how to create a simple one just using text. The next post in the series (next Friday) will show you how to create graphics or images to use like I have in mine. Step […]
Be happy..
My friend Kinsey shared this on her blog and I just had to pass it along. Love seeing elderly couples have fun like this. Another thing making me smile today. I ♥ Faces giveaway for a free allPopart canvas. I can’t decide which I like better: Warhol, iconographic, or retropop. © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my […]
Next Wordfull Wednesday Topic for May 27
For many the end of May means the school year is almost done and summer fun can begin. It also marks the birthday of my favorite school teacher Mrs. Humble. Next Wednesday tell us about your favorite school teacher. Why was s/he so special to you? What did you learn from them? Do you still […]
I ♥ Faces Week 19 Blurb Book Contest
I ♥ Faces is publishing a Blurb Book all about faces and the expressions that we make. The entries this week will all be considered for the book. For this week only we are allowed to enter a picture that has previously been entered in any of the I ♥ Faces challenges. It needs to […]
Truth and Consequences
Thanks for the well wishes on the pregnancy! We are all very excited. The baby is due on October 13th which happens to be my grandmother’s birthday. Mr. Ferrero Rocher and the kids all want to find out what it is but I prefer waiting until the baby is born. Chances are we’ll find out […]
Ministering Angels FHE
I don’t think I’ll ever forget Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s wonderful talk “The Ministry of Angels” from the October 2008 General Conference. You can imagine how excited I was when I received my latest family home evening swap lessons to find that Jody M. had done a lesson on his talk! It is well done […]
Who can find a virtuous woman?
Semisweet gave a talk today on the new Young Woman value of Virtue. She did a wonderful job! She studied hard, read the scriptures, read several conference talks, studied the For Strength of Youth Manual, and also the new Virtue insert for the Personal Progress manual. She had me read through her talk on Saturday […]
Brown-Eyed Susans Cookies
We made these cookies a couple of weeks ago at our Kentucky Derby party. It was easy and fun for the girls to shape the cookies themselves. These would make a nice treat for someone who is feeling blue! Brown-Eyed Susans 1 batch sugar cookie dough. We use this recipe.3 TBSP. cocoa powder (dutch process)1/4 […]
Gee, Thanks….I Think
Fudge: “Go ahead, Mom, have another scoop of ice cream.” Me: “Thanks, Fudge!” Fudge: “People won’t think your fat now because your are pregnant so you can eat whatever you want.” © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
Wordfull Wednesday: Mothers
“Female Family History Month” was a unit we did about six years ago for school. The oldest girls were showing interest in their grandmothers and great-grandmothers. I called my mother for ideas, sent e-mails to Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s aunt who is the unofficial family historian on the Crook side (nice surname huh?), gathered pictures, typed […]
I ♥ Faces Kids: Week 18 Laughter
So hard to narrow down all the laughing pictures of my kids. I couldn’t resist the missing teeth in this one though. These two girls are such good friends they are always laughing about something! (I ventured from my usual straight out of camera shot and did some post processing with picnik) Visit I ♥ […]
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