tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37500992176647062422011-04-21T15:14:30.752-05:00Occasional musings from an ever-hungry, ever-learning homeschooling mother of four. Procure a bag of chips and join me, won't you? <a href="http://www.salsaxochitl.com/pages/products/totopos.html ">Xochitl</a> amo...Mamagistranoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-14549285142999811542008-11-22T19:52:00.008-06:002008-11-22T20:42:49.136-06:00During an impromptu trip to a Chinese embas-, I mean, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Hobby Lobby</span> this afternoon, the children got all squealhappy about Christmas ornaments. I told them to go ahead and choose a couple because the dogs will likely break some.<br /><br />There were several cute ones: a leaping frog, a sparkly silver polar bear, some decent Santas. Then dee-aitch rounds the corner and says he's found the best ornament in the whole store. He presented this flying eagle:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/SSi5NO8tXFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/Rsm0-rhvGFY/s1600-h/meagle1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/SSi5NO8tXFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/Rsm0-rhvGFY/s400/meagle1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271667000839330898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Patriotic? Yes. Majestic? Indubitably. Forged from the sorry leftovers in Mr. Chen's Moose drawer? Most likely.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/SSi80zbPGCI/AAAAAAAAAH0/JjGv03GiGM4/s1600-h/meagle2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 302px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/SSi80zbPGCI/AAAAAAAAAH0/JjGv03GiGM4/s400/meagle2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271670979180828706" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-1454928514299981154?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-76846259670189622542008-08-01T19:35:00.003-05:002008-08-01T20:05:43.825-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/SJOsPyvvDQI/AAAAAAAAAF0/yg4UeGkapAE/s1600-h/couchslouch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/SJOsPyvvDQI/AAAAAAAAAF0/yg4UeGkapAE/s320/couchslouch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229712979627281666" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-7684625967018962254?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-68788286526916698992008-06-18T16:07:00.004-05:002008-06-18T16:20:46.114-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/SFl8E4GsQaI/AAAAAAAAAFs/ulyA_FUZKvQ/s1600-h/eggswhere.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/SFl8E4GsQaI/AAAAAAAAAFs/ulyA_FUZKvQ/s400/eggswhere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213334466879832482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />*Props to Connie Francis there.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-6878828652691669899?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-29719044052778445242008-06-10T22:14:00.003-05:002008-06-10T22:18:22.029-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o178/YardbirdTX/100_7992.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o178/YardbirdTX/100_7992.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-2971904405277844524?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-3768552598802272772008-03-17T20:55:00.006-05:002008-03-17T21:33:43.347-05:00A certain lovely lady of mine decided that she'd like to celebrate her ninth birthday with her storybook friend, Jenny Linskey, a shy cat from NYC whose has fun times with her feline friends. So that's just what we did.<br /><br />Here is Pickles the Fire Cat.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98kC_ls1-I/AAAAAAAAAFE/jYjGYlTixVI/s1600-h/100_7187.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98kC_ls1-I/AAAAAAAAAFE/jYjGYlTixVI/s400/100_7187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178897730347259874" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Florio came with his genuine chicken feather headdress.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98kD_ls2AI/AAAAAAAAAFU/k9cMG70drRY/s1600-h/100_7190.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98kD_ls2AI/AAAAAAAAAFU/k9cMG70drRY/s400/100_7190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178897747527129090" border="0" /></a><br />Jenny looked grand in her ubiquitous red scarf...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98ihfls17I/AAAAAAAAAEs/u5fl_kgu2h8/s1600-h/100_7182.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98ihfls17I/AAAAAAAAAEs/u5fl_kgu2h8/s320/100_7182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178896055310014386" border="0" /></a><br />...and on my favorite chocolate cake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98ih_ls18I/AAAAAAAAAE0/EUvKOHmyN50/s1600-h/100_7171.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98ih_ls18I/AAAAAAAAAE0/EUvKOHmyN50/s320/100_7171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178896063899948994" border="0" /></a><br />Happy birthday!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98iiPls19I/AAAAAAAAAE8/TCQBMzlohxE/s1600-h/100_7176.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R98iiPls19I/AAAAAAAAAE8/TCQBMzlohxE/s320/100_7176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178896068194916306" border="0" /></a><br />(Props to <a href="http://mentalmultivitamin.blogspot.com/2007/10/we-have-deep-and-abiding-affection-for.html">M-mv</a> for inspiring the Jenny Linskey theme!)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-376855259880227277?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-21067578575290986372008-02-20T13:40:00.002-06:002008-02-20T13:53:57.767-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R7yDgdx1LQI/AAAAAAAAAEE/9FxvJk8Ad8A/s1600-h/RPYall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R7yDgdx1LQI/AAAAAAAAAEE/9FxvJk8Ad8A/s400/RPYall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169151066087173378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R7yDhdx1LRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/-KyiignhzwQ/s1600-h/Thumbsup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R7yDhdx1LRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/-KyiignhzwQ/s400/Thumbsup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169151083267042578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R7yDiNx1LSI/AAAAAAAAAEU/H1MH-jhJXJg/s1600-h/Paulmobile1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R7yDiNx1LSI/AAAAAAAAAEU/H1MH-jhJXJg/s400/Paulmobile1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169151096151944482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R7yDitx1LTI/AAAAAAAAAEc/9AF_7hNU75g/s1600-h/Paulmobile2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R7yDitx1LTI/AAAAAAAAAEc/9AF_7hNU75g/s400/Paulmobile2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169151104741879090" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-2106757857529098637?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-38172959685625469852008-01-24T21:39:00.000-06:002008-01-25T13:18:57.107-06:00Talk of scary things arose today on a certain <a href="http://67.202.21.157/forums/index.php">forum</a> that I frequent. It seems that a few folks whom I simply adore have qualms about various legless creatures. I decided, therefore, to show off some crawly critters from my neck o' the woods in the name of animal appreciation. Enjoy, ladies! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R5lcKNKRpDI/AAAAAAAAAD0/yAwysqIUAKU/s1600-h/worms.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R5lcKNKRpDI/AAAAAAAAAD0/yAwysqIUAKU/s400/worms.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159256178530821170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R5lcKNKRpEI/AAAAAAAAAD8/iifEUKpTOjE/s1600-h/coral.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R5lcKNKRpEI/AAAAAAAAAD8/iifEUKpTOjE/s400/coral.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159256178530821186" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-3817295968562546985?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-7725905438805027102008-01-23T14:17:00.000-06:002008-01-23T14:26:45.720-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R5eiEtKRpAI/AAAAAAAAADY/mKDd2f2aRj8/s1600-h/wigout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R5eiEtKRpAI/AAAAAAAAADY/mKDd2f2aRj8/s400/wigout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158770099902063618" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-772590543880502710?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-38781231009167395702008-01-02T10:47:00.000-06:002008-01-02T10:51:19.863-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R3vAoQCfOYI/AAAAAAAAAC8/EC1jaXhrXFg/s1600-h/markers+%26+zees.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R3vAoQCfOYI/AAAAAAAAAC8/EC1jaXhrXFg/s320/markers+%26+zees.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150922396560996738" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-3878123100916739570?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-1757885306292666082007-12-20T15:54:00.000-06:002007-12-28T11:45:57.970-06:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.jibjab.com/originals/drugs_i_need">"They've spent millions to convince me...that paisley pill's for me!"</a><br /><br />Big Pharma. Oh SNAP!<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-175788530629266608?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-49973941679851114272007-12-20T15:22:00.000-06:002007-12-20T15:50:56.855-06:00<span style="font-family: georgia;">I truly hope to plan my reading for 2008 and perhaps even broaden my horizons with...</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">fiction</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. With that in mind, the </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://triple8challenge.blogspot.com/">888 Reading Challenge</a> caught my eye.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are the categories I've chosen thus far:</span><br /><ul style="font-family: georgia;"><li>British History</li><li>Novels from <a href="http://www.well-educatedmind.com/">The Well Educated Mind</a></li><li>Books by Simon Winchester</li><li>Mathematics (<span style="font-weight: bold;">GASP!</span>)<br /></li><li>Biographies</li><li>Classic Readings, which will likely consist of <a href="http://www.isi.org/books/bookdetail.aspx?id=c4d45504-162f-4bd3-89f6-f3fd0c6df207">this one book</a>.</li><li>Christianity</li><li>TBD</li></ul><span style="font-family: georgia;">Note the near absence of fiction. I'm trying, people. </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">I am.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The final category may be Read-alouds That Count as 888 Fiction. Ha! I'll consider it a miracle if I come close to 56 books from set categories without diverting into education books.* I may consider it a miracle if I follow through at all.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">2008: My Year of Ordered Thinking.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">*</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">Why</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> must I plow through the same ed books, again and again? Lack of confidence? Familiarity? Obsession? It's been a rare day this year when I left the house without my now-floppy copy of </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.latincentered.com/">The Latin-Centered Curriculum</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-4997394167985111427?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-44583262462078354722007-12-19T12:02:00.002-06:002007-12-19T12:06:06.465-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R2ldQgCfOWI/AAAAAAAAAAs/x1enSmWB-Hw/s1600-h/hickory.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_o5hk3TtCwsI/R2ldQgCfOWI/AAAAAAAAAAs/x1enSmWB-Hw/s320/hickory.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145746587307161954" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-4458326246207835472?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-68844358132616944212007-12-09T22:06:00.000-06:002008-01-19T19:32:44.604-06:00Call me a perfectionist. Call me uptight. I am challenged by where I want to go with this here weblog; it's little more than a scratch pad thus far.<br /><br />I'll begin with two wants here:<br />• Soothing, graphics and an interesting layout (a towering bread pudding for the eyes), and...<br />• Matchless writing that humbly displays the real marshmallow-y and confident me.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yeaaaahright.</span><br /><br />I'll settle for the occasional wordmerge and snippets of fresh, disconnected thoughts and snortlaughs, pastry-wrapped with pictures from my real life and enticing shiny, magpie bits I find on the interwebs.<br /><br />Will she? Or won't she?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-6884435813261694421?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750099217664706242.post-60387182936178817512007-10-05T14:59:00.000-05:002007-11-22T19:28:04.168-06:00Dunt.<br /><br />Duunt.<br /><br />Daaaa!<br /><br />Dunt DAAAAA! (Bum-bom, bum-bom, bum-bom)<br /><br />I'm <span style="font-style: italic;">blogging</span> and I can't get up.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750099217664706242-6038718293617881751?l=mamagistra.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mamagistranoreply@blogger.com0