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Wordfull Wednesday: My Favorite Teacher

May 26, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 9 Comments

The only light entering the room came through a narrow strip of window where the black construction paper taped to it did not quite reach the bottom. Even though 35 eighth graders were in the room there was silence save the scratchy male voice coming from the old record player…”If still you think me mad, […]

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The Itty-Bitty Bookworm: Review and Giveaway

May 26, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 55 Comments

****THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED**** I love books. Let me say that again, I LOVE BOOKS!!! That would explain why I am drawn to home-school curriculum that is literature based like Sonlight, Ambleside Online, and Beautiful Feet. My children and I enjoy doing unit studies centered around books. There’s always some book we are reading […]

Filed Under: Library Tagged With: Contests and Giveaways, Preschool

Sacrament Meeting and the Sacrament FHE

May 24, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

Based on Elder Dallin H. Oaks’s October 2008 General Conference talk this lesson is chock full of wonderful activities and helps to teach your family about why we take the sacrament and how we should behave during the sacrament. The file is large, about 20 pages. The lesson is lengthy but can be broken down […]

Filed Under: Family Home Evening Lessons, General Conference Tagged With: Sacrament

Mexican Grilled Corn

May 23, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 5 Comments

My dad first made this for us several years ago while he was visiting, I think when Cookie was born. It is a recipe we look forward to making every summer. It is SO GOOD!!! Make sure to have plenty of ripe, sweet corn on hand to grill as everyone will come looking for seconds. […]

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Summertime

Creating Header Navigation Menu Links Part1

May 22, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

I’ve been asked a lot how I created the navigation menu bar below my header. This first post will show you how to create a simple one just using text. The next post in the series (next Friday) will show you how to create graphics or images to use like I have in mine. Step […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bloggy Junk, Tutorials

Be happy..

May 20, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

My friend Kinsey shared this on her blog and I just had to pass it along. Love seeing elderly couples have fun like this. Another thing making me smile today. I ♥ Faces giveaway for a free allPopart canvas. I can’t decide which I like better: Warhol, iconographic, or retropop. © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bloggy Junk, Contests and Giveaways, Simple Pleasures

Next Wordfull Wednesday Topic for May 27

May 20, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

For many the end of May means the school year is almost done and summer fun can begin. It also marks the birthday of my favorite school teacher Mrs. Humble. Next Wednesday tell us about your favorite school teacher. Why was s/he so special to you? What did you learn from them? Do you still […]

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I ♥ Faces Week 19 Blurb Book Contest

May 19, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 13 Comments

I ♥ Faces is publishing a Blurb Book all about faces and the expressions that we make. The entries this week will all be considered for the book. For this week only we are allowed to enter a picture that has previously been entered in any of the I ♥ Faces challenges. It needs to […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Black and White, I♥Faces, Photography

Truth and Consequences

May 18, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 20 Comments

Thanks for the well wishes on the pregnancy! We are all very excited. The baby is due on October 13th which happens to be my grandmother’s birthday. Mr. Ferrero Rocher and the kids all want to find out what it is but I prefer waiting until the baby is born. Chances are we’ll find out […]

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Ministering Angels FHE

May 17, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

I don’t think I’ll ever forget Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s wonderful talk “The Ministry of Angels” from the October 2008 General Conference. You can imagine how excited I was when I received my latest family home evening swap lessons to find that Jody M. had done a lesson on his talk! It is well done […]

Filed Under: Family Home Evening Lessons, General Conference

Who can find a virtuous woman?

May 17, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} Leave a Comment

Semisweet gave a talk today on the new Young Woman value of Virtue. She did a wonderful job! She studied hard, read the scriptures, read several conference talks, studied the For Strength of Youth Manual, and also the new Virtue insert for the Personal Progress manual. She had me read through her talk on Saturday […]

Filed Under: My Faith Tagged With: Personal Goals, Virtue

Brown-Eyed Susans Cookies

May 16, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 1 Comment

We made these cookies a couple of weeks ago at our Kentucky Derby party. It was easy and fun for the girls to shape the cookies themselves. These would make a nice treat for someone who is feeling blue! Brown-Eyed Susans 1 batch sugar cookie dough. We use this recipe.3 TBSP. cocoa powder (dutch process)1/4 […]

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: cookies

Gee, Thanks….I Think

May 15, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 22 Comments

Fudge: “Go ahead, Mom, have another scoop of ice cream.” Me: “Thanks, Fudge!” Fudge: “People won’t think your fat now because your are pregnant so you can eat whatever you want.” © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: there's no place like home

Wordfull Wednesday: Mothers

May 12, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 13 Comments

“Female Family History Month” was a unit we did about six years ago for school. The oldest girls were showing interest in their grandmothers and great-grandmothers. I called my mother for ideas, sent e-mails to Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s aunt who is the unofficial family historian on the Crook side (nice surname huh?), gathered pictures, typed […]

Filed Under: Genealogy Tagged With: Mother, wordfull Wednesday

I ♥ Faces Kids: Week 18 Laughter

May 12, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 9 Comments

So hard to narrow down all the laughing pictures of my kids. I couldn’t resist the missing teeth in this one though. These two girls are such good friends they are always laughing about something! (I ventured from my usual straight out of camera shot and did some post processing with picnik) Visit I ♥ […]

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Hello, I'm Montserrat. I'm a farmer's wife, mother of eleven, homeschooler, chocoholic, music lover, and like to play a good game of Scrabble. You can read more about me here. . .

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