Potpourri

Haven’t been blogging for a while! I am back. With news!!!

Guess what! We bought a house! It’s a fixer upper that we are going to fix and flip. Flip just means to sell right away.. hopefully in the Spring. We aren’t even going to bother moving into it. It needs a LOT of work. This way we will have some money to put toward a house for us!

The kids are doing ok… colds are going around, though. Braeden has a nasty cough and cries at the drop of a hat. Merry is CRANKY.

Zach had a funny Zachism yesterday. He said we needed to get an oak tree so we could have more “oakmeal.”

I have been inundated with books to review so expect lots more here. Most of them are authors I am unfamiliar with so that makes it fun!

Here is something fun!! Photo Friday
Zach was at a playground behind Matt’s parents house in Calgary. He was just being his normal goofy self and I snapped a picture. Funny guy. Leave a comment on Brandilyn’s site and you could win a book too!

Here are some great things I got for my kids… they LOVE them and are learning lots at the same time. I have one of each here but there are four of the Newton’s Workshop and I think nine of the Jonathan Park sets.

Word Building 101 & The Germinators By Moody Publishers

Jonathan Park Volume 1: The Adventure Begins, Audio CD By The Vision Forum, Inc Jonathan Park, Jessie Brenan and their families have a vision to build the Brenan Ranch and Museum, excavate dinosaur bones, solve any mystery that comes their way, explore unknown caves and most importantly, fight for the message of a Creator! Twelve episodes will have you on the edge of your seat as Jonathan and friends make their way through the world of creation science. Episodes include: The Secret of the Hidden Cave Part I The Secret of the Hidden Cave Part II Adventure on the Aucilla River Part I Adventure on the Aucilla River Part II Disaster at Brenan Bluff African Safari Escape from Utopia The Clue From Ninevah Art Heist Adventure Mystery at Dead Man’s Curve The Return to Hidden Cave Part I The Return to Hidden Cave Part II Each episode is approximately 26 minutes. In addition, a 94-page study guide is included to help guide you through evolution, archaeology, creation, theories and places. 4 CDs; 312 minutes total run time.

I had to give my first bad review today. I LOVE Ted Dekker’s Circle trilogy. I also love suspense, mystery, serial killers etc. However. I despised Boneman’s Daughters. In fact, I don’t know if I’ll ever read another one of Ted Dekker’s books. As I said… I absolutely love Dekker’s Circle Trilogy. Every since then I find less to like about his books.  There was nothing redeeming or worthwhile about this book. It was just sick. If I wanted this kind of stuff in my head I could pick up mainstream books. I expected more from him. He takes you into the killers head and through the sick stuff he does. There is no spiritual lesson in here and I finished the book feeling sick inside and unsettled. (shuddering)

Anyway… on a lighter note. We have snow! About an inch. We skipped fall this year. My favorite season and it never happened. Sigh. Oh well… if it’s gonna be cold, there might as well be snow! I love the snow, just not the 40 below temps we get here. Brrr.

Tagged as: Bonemans Daughters, book review, cd, creation, dvd, homeschool, Joanthan Park, Newton's Workshop, science, Ted Dekker