On Five J’s, Joy posted a great link to a free site about practicing for the SAT, including a free “Question of the Day”.
The Hillbilly Housewife wrote an awesome post about manners. I love the quote she used, “It’s not a list of dos and don’ts designed to trip us up. It’s a GPS that talks us through unfamiliar new territory.”
Well, this isn’t from a blog — my son found a free online version of Lemmings! It’s one of my all-time favorite video games, and it really sharpens those critical thinking skills.
I am so going to run with this idea
[Continue reading From Manners to Homeschooling to Passwords and Painting Shoes: Cool Links This Week]
Some of the cool posts I came across this week:
I love these non-commital curtains from bedsheets at Sew Much Ado. Makes me wish I had a little girl to make ribbon-tied curtains for.
I can’t wait to try these baked spring rolls from Designs by Gollum!
Toilet paper origami – I’m so going to do this next time I visit my mother.
Better Is Little posts a list of which foods you should always buy organic. It’s a great reminder.
Apparently, I’m continuing my trend this week of utterly ignoring my menu plan. Wednesday morning, I was surfing the web and found this fun food blog, and then this amazing-looking chicken recipe. I couldn’t get it out of my mind. It haunted me all day. I told myself, “Self, you can make those next week”, but I wouldn’t listen. So I made them Wednesday night.
Of course, there were some changes. I don’t buy pre-seasoned bread crumbs, so I had to adapt that right away. I used some of the crumbs I keep in my freezer, and added a little oregano,
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We had planned for my kids to spend the night with my mom last night, while I went to pool league, but that didn’t happen. So I decided to make a recipe that I found yesterday while surfing – Simply Recipes’ Tuna Pasta with Capers in White Wine Sauce looked so yummy, and I had everything on hand, so why not?
I thought it might have a similar flavor to our Tuna Spaghetti, what with the tuna and pasta (hah!), but it really was different. And it was divine. The boys weren’t as over the moon for it as I was
[Continue reading Yummy from the web]
April 25th, 2010 | 
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