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Every once in a while and totally unintentionally my brain spews out a good idea.

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About Me Ideas

December 2, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 13 Comments

I am currently updating the look of my blog. Have you noticed the subtle changes?  The time has come to work on an “about me” page.  What information would you like to see included?  Any questions you want answers to that would work for an “about me” page?  Other than the usual of course, there […]

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Shabby Apple Dress Giveaway

December 1, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 79 Comments

Just in time for any holiday festivities you may have on your calendar at this special time of year, Shabby Apple, an online boutique of women’s dresses, is giving away this sleek Baciami dress to one of my readers! Several things I like about this dress – the elbow length sleeves, the stripe detail on […]

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Motherhood – Service of the Highest Order

November 30, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 24 Comments

The most service I ever do is the day in and day out work as a mother. Tending to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of children can be physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting. Just this morning after helping the children with school, talking to a high school counselor, and doing some laundry, I held […]

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A Challenge

November 28, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 10 Comments

The campaign to raise money for the Stella Harris Oaks Single Parent Scholarship ends Wednesday, although donations will be accepted any time even after the campaign. Here’s my challenge to you: Make a donation (even if it’s just $5) Come back here and leave a comment letting me know you donated. Just a simple “I […]

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My Mother’s Basket

November 27, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

The following post is modified from a talk my mother gave on Mother’s Day in 1996. It is about my Mexican grandmother, Guelita, and all the service she has rendered throughout her lifetime. The black and white photos are from my cousin Allison who has access to these and scanned them in to share with […]

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Thanksgiving 2011

November 26, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 5 Comments

Scenes from the last two days. We had a very enjoyable Thanksgiving, spending it with Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s side of the family. There were 48 people there! The next day we took the kids up to the mountains to get a real Christmas tree. The first time in about 8 years that we’ve done that. […]

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The Gift of a Grateful Heart

November 23, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

This is a post I wrote for Latter-day Homeschooling earlier this month. I am reposting it here. You will notice some repetition from earlier posts I have written but that’s okay! Some things are worth repeating. ☺Interspersed in the post are photos of some of my blessings from this past week. (via pinterest)  Have you […]

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Hymns of Gratitude

November 22, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

The winner of the giveaway is announced at the bottom of this post. 🙂 “Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,  singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;  giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our […]

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Thanksgiving Books & Crafts by Jocelyn

November 20, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

A few years ago, my kids and I started crafting along to our favorite Christmas books every day during the month of December.  What started as a holiday tradition quickly spread into a multi-season obsession. Consider yourself warned. We now craft to Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas book lists that we’ve created of our all-time favorite holiday […]

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Abide With Me by Daniel Beck {Giveaway}

November 19, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 66 Comments

Yesterday on our way to town for Ganache’s 4 month immunizations, we finally stopped to check our mail. It had been a whole week! Our mailbox is 15 miles from our house. We only check it when we are going to town – once, maybe twice, a week. It’s kind of a bummer especially when […]

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Still Counting the Blessings!

November 18, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

Only six more days until Thanksgiving. My son is keeping track. After counting down for his birthday he decided it was very fun to count so now he is counting down to Thanksgiving too. And me? I’m still counting my blessings, one by one. Here are a couple of pages to help you count your […]

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Creative Writing Day 10: About Me Fingerprint

November 18, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

I originally saw this idea on pinterest, but the link didn’t tell how to do it so I set about figuring it out with my kids. It really is a fun way to write creatively! First we took our thumbprints. The clearest prints were not made with ink but with pencil! We colored a small […]

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Creative Writing Day 9: Story Starters

November 17, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

Whew! Sorry this post is up a bit late today. I was too busy yesterday (shopping, ordering Christmas cards which required an insane amount of time looking through photos to find decent ones, etc) to write today’s post. My intent was to create some printables with story starters to use for daily creative writing. Instead […]

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All This and the Gospel Too? by Erin

November 16, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

“What would I want this for?” I will never forget the fire in my younger brother’s voice, or the sheer look of horror on my mother’s face as the freshly unwrapped Christmas gift flew across the room. It landed with a thud on the hardwood floor and slid right back under the Christmas tree. The […]

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Creative Writing Day 8: Mad Libs

November 16, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

Who doesn’t remember the ‘olden’ days when all we had available to keep us busy on road trips were books to read, cassettes to listen to, and car games to play like the license plate game and madlibs. Madlibs are still fun to play! And they teach about basic parts of speech as well. For […]

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