Just letting you all know that God is good! He’s kept me flu-free even to Day Six so I can care for my family. My husband needs your prayers–he succumbed last night and has the grand-daddy of all headaches accompanying the other symptoms. My crit partner, Rhonda, told me about putting two tennis balls [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Day three of what I’d call influenza…high fever, chills, general malaise, occasional stomach upset. I looked it up online though, and found the following at the CDC website, and by the way, I’m still glad we didn’t get the flu vaccine!
Uncomplicated influenza illness is characterized by the abrupt onset of constitutional and respiratory signs and [...]
Thursday Happenings
Published by February 22nd, 2007 in Health and Home Schooling and Writing. 1 CommentI’m blogging at Writer…Interrupted today on Word Power. More fascinating facts along the lines of my recent post Get Excited About English. I hope you come over and read about American dialects and Shakespeare’s unique contributions to our language…
In the meanwhile, please keep our family in your prayers. My oldest has the flu…her fever [...]
Hi Everyone! Are you excited about the Amazing Grace movie that is coming out in theaters this Friday, February 23rd? It’s based on the life of “anti-slavery pioneer” William Wilberforce, a contemporary of John Newton in the 18th Century…
I’ve long loved the song, Amazing Grace…in fact, my two oldest girls sang it for a [...]
Get Excited About English
Published by February 18th, 2007 in Home Schooling and Writing. 10 CommentsSo I’m teaching the spelling rule: English words do not end in I,U,V, or J; and my 9 year old says, “What about the word ‘you’? It ends in ‘U’.” To which I automatically responded, “It must not be of English origins.”
Her question stayed with me though, to the tune of me ordering the following [...]
In writing we’re warned against using cliches. On top of that, if we use metaphors or similes, they need to reflect the point of view (pov) of our main character. Here are some examples of overused cliches guaranteed to stamp “amateur” all over your masterpiece!
tall, dark and handsome
leopards don’t change their spots (been guilty of [...]
This post is an exciting one for me, because it’s a sneak peek for you at some changes coming up here at Home-steeped Hope. Starting in March, Cyndy Salzmann–wife, mom, multi-published author and national speaker, is going to become a regular contributor. I hope you’ll check out her site, www.cyndysalzmann.com. In the meantime, here is an [...]
Days at home are a gift…but I haven’t always felt that way. Used to be a week spent snowbound at home had me chafing at the four walls closing in around me! Take today for instance…we were all set to attend our homeschool co-op for some quilting fun (assembling table runners) and my two spelling [...]
Valentine Meringue Hearts and Other Treats
Published by February 12th, 2007 in Cooking and Food and Family Ties. 9 CommentsThe adorable pink hearts in the picture to your right are fun to make, tasty to eat, and as you can see, a beautiful way to class up a small gift of normal, everyday cookies. I got the recipe from one of my magazine subscriptions last year, can’t remember if it was Family Fun or [...]
At Bible study with my parents last Friday morning, we were discussing how Christians can get together and talk for hours about everything BUT God and scripture. How is that? My dad said it’s probably a case of “what a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” Proverbs 23:7 and “for his mouth speaks [...]
