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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 27

By KristinN, on May 5th, 2012

There is only a few weeks left of Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 27

California Homeschool Convention in Long Beach

By KristinN, on May 3rd, 2012

Just a reminder of the upcoming Homeschool Convention coming this month. There is also the CHEA convention in July which I

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America's Obituary

By KristinN, on April 25th, 2012

I know politics is one of those subjects you just don't address, but I am going to try it! We will see what happens!

OK, so

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 25

By KristinN, on April 23rd, 2012

OK, I know you all are asking why I got this post out so late! I just got real lazy this

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger week 25

By KristinN, on April 6th, 2012

Well, it was nice to have a break for Easter. I hemmed and Hawed over taking a break since we just

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger week 23

By KristinN, on March 30th, 2012

Well, I have to say this week was not the most fun week. I guess because I was coming off of

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God Bless You!

By Anthony, on March 28th, 2012

As graduation ceremonies were under way, there was a stern warning that this class would NOT pray during the commencements, not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 22

By KristinN, on March 16th, 2012

Boy this week went fast. It seemed like I woke up and it was Friday. This week seemed that it was

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 21

By KristinN, on March 10th, 2012

OK, you all know what my first words are going to be. This was a great week as usual. We started

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 20

By KristinN, on March 2nd, 2012

This week was cut a bit short. Yesterday afternoon both my kids and the entire household

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Heart of Dakota:Bigger Week 19

By KristinN, on February 24th, 2012

OK, OK, here are those famous words once again. We had a great week. Actually it was short. I actually combined Friday's

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 18 Update

By KristinN, on February 10th, 2012

So I say it every week, another good week. I think it is about time to come up with a

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Homeschooler Buyers Co-op

By KristinN, on February 9th, 2012

So I realized there are many homeschoolers who have not heard of Homeschool Buyers Co-op. Just in my small Park Day group only

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 17 Update

By KristinN, on February 3rd, 2012

Daniel Boone! What a man! I do not think I could do half of what he did or expected his

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QUIET MOM!

By KristinN, on January 17th, 2012

L LLL aryngitis

/ˌlærənˈdʒaɪtɪs/ [lar-uhn-jahy-tis]

Inflammation of the larynx, often with accompaning sore thorat, horseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 15

By KristinN, on January 13th, 2012

We had an exceptionally fantastic week this week. You see my daughter took a huge step in Continue reading Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 15

Christmas

Christmas at our home

By KristinN, on December 26th, 2011

This year I was not sure exactly how Christmas was going to turn out, but God is always good and gave us a

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 13 update

By KristinN, on December 23rd, 2011

This was a lazy week for us. We did not do much of the academic things, but we kept up

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 11 update

By KristinN, on December 9th, 2011

It was interesting on Day one of Unit 11 how it talked about finding out where we came from. My

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Darn, Vacation is Over

By KristinN, on November 27th, 2011

Well, we are back from vacation and we had such a great time. We went to Lego Land. I think this was my

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Happy Thanksgiving

By KristinN, on November 24th, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I wanted to take a very quick moment before we leave to visit with family and wish all my readers, family and

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 9 Update

By KristinN, on November 13th, 2011

So I know most of you who may have gotten this post a few days ago are saying where is

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 7 Update

By KristinN, on October 28th, 2011

OMGosh, we forgot to play Jeopardy this week. Our week started out pretty slow. This week with HOD I felt

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 6 Update

By KristinN, on October 21st, 2011

We have a very unusual schedule. We typically do Heart of Dakota: Bigger, Week 6 Update

How to Keep a Strong Voice for Homeschooling in Sacramento

By KristinN, on October 14th, 2011

Most of you are probably saying where is NutBugs Heart of Dakota Weekly Update this week. Well,

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Heart of Dakota: Bigger Week 5 update

By KristinN, on October 8th, 2011

Ok, I realized I need to purchase a thesaurus for the phrase" We had a great week" I keep saying that

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Economy

Multiple Streams of Homeschooling Income

By KristinN, on October 3rd, 2011

Most of you who know me personally know that my husband

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In the News

Cheap Theater Tickets

By KristinN, on October 2nd, 2011

Ok, so how many of you like to go see a musical or a play or some sort of concert, raise your hand. Yea,

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Art

Heart of Dakota Week 4 update

By KristinN, on September 29th, 2011

Ok, so this week was not as exciting and good as last week, BUT, it had nothing to do with our

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Tanaka Farms has Free Petting Zoo!

By KristinN, on September 29th, 2011

Hey all you Southern California residents, Fall is here and the pumpkins are flourishing at Tanaka Farms! Opening weekend is here

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50 Years for Tustin Tillers Days

By KristinN, on September 28th, 2011

Rustin in Tustin is a great blog for all the happenings here in the Tustin, California area as well

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Heart of Dakota Week 3

By KristinN, on September 23rd, 2011

Well, this week was pretty good. Our hick up was Math for my son. You see my son hates math. Probably

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Heart Of Dakota Week 2

By KristinN, on September 16th, 2011

As suspected, we had another wonderful week. Currently we are learning about things on the sea shores and I finally thought

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Help Me I am Failing at Homeschooling

By KristinN, on September 14th, 2011

I wanted to repost this letter here and share my answer to this common homeschooling problem with first timers as

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Trying a New Curriculum: Heart of Dakota Week 1

By KristinN, on September 9th, 2011

This year I am trying a whole new Trying a New Curriculum: Heart of Dakota Week 1

Heartfelt Music

By KristinN, on September 5th, 2011

You know a while back I use to be in a group called Heartfelt. It was originally a quartet then we made it into 5

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Am I Sheltering My Child Too Much?

By KristinN, on August 28th, 2011

Did you all see the article by Gena Suarez that Old Am I Sheltering My Child Too Much?

A New School Year

By KristinN, on July 29th, 2011

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The L.A. County Fair

By KristinN, on June 20th, 2011

Have you always wanted to go to the county fairs for educating your children more then the rides and food, but never do

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Lux Salon

By KristinN, on May 31st, 2011

I won a $50.00 gift certificate about a year ago from FISH FM and I have never used it. Tells you I need to take

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Gleaning Opportunity

By KristinN, on May 27th, 2011

Ok, so if you all live in the Orange County area of Southern California, then I have an opportunity for you and your family. Tanka

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How Great is Our God

By KristinN, on April 28th, 2011

Look for Calvary Church of Santa Ana, CA in this video. Yes, that is my church. The video is from the DOVE

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Happy Easter

By KristinN, on April 22nd, 2011

Ok, I think most of you have heard of Rebecca Black and her Friday video. Personally, I think for such a young teen, she did

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What is Easter?

By KristinN, on April 20th, 2011

On Easter Sunday, most Christians celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Did you know that this is typically the most well-attended Sunday

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Project Play

By KristinN, on March 16th, 2011

Did you know?

Since 1980, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for children ages 2

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CHEA Newsletter

By KristinN, on January 21st, 2011

For those of you who live in Southern California like myself, you are probably very aware of CHEA and may even be

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Children's Concert

By KristinN, on December 22nd, 2010

I teach the children's choir at Calvary Church of Santa Ana, and we had our final concert of 2010 on Saturday, December 19th. My dear hubby recorded

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Choir Christmas Party Fun

By KristinN, on December 19th, 2010

So last night (Sat 18th) I went to my church choir party. We played this very fun game. Now I have to say

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Crazy Christmas Lights

By KristinN, on December 17th, 2010

Crazy Christmas Light Displays In Tustin

By Admin, on December 17th, 2010

How many Christmas movies have you seen where one neighbor is determined to have

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Twas the Month Before Christmas...

By KristinN, on December 14th, 2010

Twas the month before Christmas
When all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.
See the PC Police had taken

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Redbox $1 for 3 movie rentals

By KristinN, on December 13th, 2010

OK, so I usually don't do this but I did come across this deal and I know Red Box

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Santa's Sleigh Ride in Tustin

By KristinN, on December 10th, 2010

Christmas will be here sooner than you think but even St. Nick can spare a few minutes for the

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Tustin Area Historical Society

By KristinN, on December 5th, 2010

So it's been quite a while since I've visited the Tustin Area Historical Society but just like any place that houses and displays

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Opera Company of Philadelphia

By KristinN, on November 9th, 2010

My choir director directed me to this wonderful YouTube video. I would have just loved to be there

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Halloween Fun

By KristinN, on October 29th, 2010

I read this article from All

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National Housewife Day

By KristinN, on October 19th, 2010

When is this wonderful holiday. Well it is always on November 3rd.

Housewife Day recognizes the importance of stay at home wives and moms. Also referred

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Project Play

By KristinN, on August 24th, 2010

Did you know?

Since 1980, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for children ages 2 – 5 and more than tripled for children ages

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Homeschool Day at Pump it Up

By KristinN, on August 11th, 2010

Homeschool Fun Day
Pump It Up

Pump It Up
It's Like One Big, Amazing Playdate

Pop-In Playtime for Homeschoolers! It's a special open jump time

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VBS at Calvary Church

By KristinN, on August 6th, 2010

Every year I participate in VBS at my church. And every year I LOVE IT! It is the best week out of

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Work & No Play Makes For Really Cute Bedrooms

By KristinN, on July 19th, 2010

So this summer has been very busy for me so far. Besides doing summer Continue reading All Work & No Play Makes For Really Cute Bedrooms

Happy Independance Day

By KristinN, on July 4th, 2010

Price of Freedom Video

Oh say can you see….the bombs bursting in the air….for the land of the FREE and the home of the

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AMERICA\'S RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS Video

AMERICA’S RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS?

By KristinN, on July 3rd, 2010

With July 4th coming up I wanted to really impact you all with some to think about. Our friends, our

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Is Jesus Real?

By KristinN, on June 13th, 2010

I am not go to write anything here…just watch the video and tell me is Your Jesus Real?

Click here: Plastic Jesus

Raquel and Grandma Sing

By KristinN, on June 8th, 2010

You know when your parents get to be in their 80's you treasure every moment you have with them. And unlike with my

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Weight Gain Joke

By KristinN, on May 28th, 2010

Ok, This is probably really, really wrong to post this on a homeschooling web site, but I am going to anyway because I think

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A Short Neurological Test

By KristinN, on May 20th, 2010

Ok, so this is one of those pass it along emails you get, but I thought it was very interesting, enough so I

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New Creation

By KristinN, on May 2nd, 2010

New Creation

This video is from my church, Calvary Church of Santa Ana service on April 25th. I felt very privileged to be able to

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A Time to Say Goodbye

By KristinN, on April 13th, 2010

A dear friend of mine passed away on Saturday. I got the call from his sister today. She had been trying to

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Easter 2010

By KristinN, on April 5th, 2010

My church, Calvary Church of Santa Ana, is well known for their technology and their ability to use the arts, wether it be music or,

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Encouragement Along the Way

By KristinN, on March 24th, 2010

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19

“And he said unto me,

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Missionary

By KristinN, on March 12th, 2010

Every week our head pastor sends out a letter to us all writing of what is going on and what

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Picture Show Theater

By KristinN, on February 9th, 2010

I have the best place for the best price in a family night out. Ok, it may not be a huge movie screen of SOME

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The History of APRONS

By KristinN, on February 8th, 2010

The History of 'APRONS'

I don't think our

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Laugh For the Day

By KristinN, on February 5th, 2010

We all need to laugh once in a while. Got 1 minute? I got a great little laugh for you. Do you all

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Portfolios Tell Your Child’s School History

By KristinN, on February 5th, 2010

I read

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A Song of Love to God: Sung by Yours Truly

By KristinN, on October 26th, 2009

I have had so many of my friends that do not go to my church ask me

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VBS

By KristinN, on July 31st, 2009

Ahh, it is that time of year once more. VBS time. My kids have already been to one VBS this year at another church. VBS is

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Where Was God?

By KristinN, on July 3rd, 2009

She jumped up as soon

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Oak Canyon Nature Center

By KristinN, on June 3rd, 2009

I had the opportunity to go on a hike with my home Oak Canyon Nature Center

Hair Cut and a Shave

By KristinN, on June 2nd, 2009

You know I use to color my hair and have highlights put in. Yea, that was well over $125 every 6 weeks.

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Do Not Be Ashamed

By KristinN, on May 31st, 2009

I find it interesting that a high school

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Ikea, The Lunch Spot?

By KristinN, on May 28th, 2009

You know as a mom who is on the go a lot, I am always looking for a place where I can have

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Sheltering our Children

By KristinN, on May 23rd, 2009

You know, now a days when we hear people say that they shelter their children it is not intended to be a compliment. Why

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Mothers Day

By KristinN, on May 7th, 2009

It comes around one time a year. The day I can do absolutely nothing and have my family do it all for me. The day

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Peep, Peep!

By KristinN, on April 11th, 2009

It’s that time of year again. Yes it is Easter Time! the aisle at the my grocery store have all those cute little Marshmallow Peeps.

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A Homeschool Moms Psalm

By KristinN, on March 10th, 2009

A friend of mine sent this to me. I am not sure if she came up with this or if she got it

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Inspirational Prayers

By KristinN, on February 26th, 2009

I do not know who this picture is of but I do know this is circulating through emails like mad. So i just had to

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The Old Age version of "’My Favourite Things"

By KristinN, on February 13th, 2009

Sung to the song ‘My Favourite Things’ from the Sound of Music. Have a laugh on me!

Botox and nose

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Thoughts on Inauguration Day & President

By KristinN, on January 20th, 2009

Everyone who knows my family and me knows we were very opposed to Obama. Not because of his skin color, but

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Family Video

By KristinN, on January 3rd, 2009

This is how a homeschooler spends all that extra time they have when they take time off from Family Video

Bible Study

By KristinN, on January 3rd, 2009

OK, today I finally can answer the question of how we got along with beasts and why they never ate us. How we were able

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Chocolates

By KristinN, on January 2nd, 2009

Ding Dong the chocolates gone, the chocolates gone, the chocolates gone. Ding Dong the chocolates gone for good!

Oh my gosh. All the chocolate we got for

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The Bible in One Year…Join Me

By KristinN, on January 1st, 2009

The start of a new year. Can you believe it is 2009. Well, my 1 and only resolution for 2009 was

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Christmas Family Portrait

By KristinN, on December 31st, 2008

Every year we get a picture with Santa or a professional picture of our family. This year we just were not able to do

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New Year Resolutions?

By KristinN, on December 30th, 2008

I have never been one for trying to make a huge list of New Year Resolutions. However, I do have lots of things I

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My Christmas Wish to You

By KristinN, on December 24th, 2008

Well, the time has finally come. It is Christmas Eve and all the work and shopping and wrapping and baking we have

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Finding Joy

By KristinN, on December 21st, 2008

Joy. What is joy? Is it happiness, fun, kindness, love? I think it is so many things to so many people. Now the question is

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