The question this week from the Heart of the Matter is: Halloween or Fall? How does your family celebrate? Growing up my family LOVED celebrating Halloween. I remember my dad making a haunted house for the trick-or-treaters in the old barn/shed behind our house in Salt Lake. Later when I was about 10 my dad […]
Archives for October 2008
Thanks and Giving
Autumn is my favorite time of year. One of the main reasons is because I LOVE Thanksgiving. I think it’s wonderful to celebrate all the bounteous goodness God has blessed us with. To gather round with family and friends and enjoy good food and great company. It also helps that Thanksgiving is not so commercialized […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Abortion
Whew! This week’s Wordfull Wednesday was a lot harder to write. There are many issues I have strong views on. The choices I gave for this week’s Wordfull Wednesday topics were: Abortion, Economy, Education, Immigration, Marriage (just between one man and one woman or should gays be allowed to marry?) ,War (Iraq, Afghanistan, or war […]
I’ve always wanted a blue eyed child
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Bugaloos Leather Baby Shoes Giveaway
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Do you see those super cute leather baby shoes in my sidebar? They are genuine Bugaloo Baby Shoes. Bugaloo was started by Heidi Wells, a graphic designer. And let me tell you the shoes show her talent in designing! They sport whimsical animals in colorful soft leather. My personal favorite for […]
Basket of Indulgence GIveaway
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Here’s my last giveaway for this week. THREE lucky winners will receive a “Basket of Indulgence” featuring the new Turtle Chex Mix Bars. Chocolate candles, caramel lotion and spa essentials like a loofah, hand massager, nail brush and spa towel round out the prizes in each basket. The New Chex Mix […]
Enstrom’s Almond Toffee Giveaway
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. I knew it was a good thing when I decided to name this blog “Chocolate on my Cranium.” Who doesn’t like getting requests to review all types of chocolate? Bring it on I say.This past Friday we received one pound of Enstrom’s Milk Chocolate Almond Toffee. We love toffee around here. […]
Raising the Bar FHE
This Family Home Evening lesson is based off of Elder L. Tom Perry talk, “Raising the Bar” given in the October 2007 General Conference. It was put together by Paige O. from my FHE Swap group. She originally had a different activity for the lesson but I couldn’t find visuals to easily add so I […]
Video Meme
This week Heart of the Matter asked homeschool bloggers to participate in a video meme to introduce ourselves to one another. So here’s my sorry attempt. I won’t mention the fact that this was supposed to be posted yesterday. We just had so much going on with school, dental appointments and a bookmobile Halloween party […]
Skier’s Stew
On a cold fall day there’s nothing like having a steaming bowl of hearty stew that has slowly cooked all day long. This recipe easily serves eight to ten people so if your family is small invite some friends over! Skier’s Stew 2 1/2 pounds beef cubes, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces8 medium potatoes […]
What Style of Learning Are You?
My friend Pec blogged about this site (scroll towards the bottom) where you can take a test to see which styles of learning suit you most. Very interesting results for me. When I think of learning styles I usually think of kinesthetic, linguistic, or spatial. I tend to try to fit myself and my children […]
Just Grandpa and Me – Part Deux
Last Love Thursday was about Special Dark and his Grandpa W. This week it’s about Special Dark and Grandpa V. The Sunday Mr. Ferrero Rocher was sustained as the bishop of our ward my parents came for a visit to be a part of that special day. They also brought along Special Dark’s first white […]
Next Wordfull Wednesday Topic For October 29
I’m expanding my approach to next week’s Wordfull Wednesday topic. Since the U.S Presidential Election is looming just a couple of weeks away choose which of the following issues most concerns you or you are most passionate about and tell us about it. Why is it important to you? I’m hoping we’ll get to see […]
Brownie’s Self-Portraits
Brownie has her own digital camera that she received for her birthday last year. I love all the self-portrait pictures she takes with it. I wish I could be so unabashedly unashamed of myself to do the same. I hope she always thinks well of herself – that she is Lovable Silly Playful Happy Beautiful […]
Bound and Gagged
Remember Elizabeth Smart? Don’t we all wish we could be like my very cool uncle and have the power to order her abductor bound and gagged? Go SAM!!!!! © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved