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Teaching before Christmas is like a Peanut Butter and A Mustard Sandwich

*I wrote this last year and choose to repost it in honor of my dear teaching friends! Hang in there, most of you have one week left.*

Teaching and Christmas is like…..

….. putting mustard on a peanut butter sandwich.

It doesn’t mix well.

Year after year the day we came back from Thanksgiving weekend, it began.

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A Good Habit to Begin

November 11, 2015advice for parents, creative teaching, homeschool material, mom, Parenting, simple spiritual lessons, Teaching, Uncategorizedhomeschooling mom, Parenting, say thank you, TEACHER MOM, Teaching, Veteran, Veteran's DayT.W. Allgaier

This is a repost from last year that I believe needs to be repeated. Respect seems to be limited in our world today. So……..

Thank You

My husband does something every time he sees someone in the military or a Veteran.

He approaches them with a firm handshake. And humbly says: “Thank you for serving our country.” Continue reading A Good Habit to Begin →

Again~Oscar and the Reminder

November 5, 2015Christianity, creative teaching, homeschool material, homeschooling, mom, motherhood, Parenting, Spiritual Encouragement, UncategorizedAbba Father, Biblical lesson, christian encouragement for moms, dogs, encouragement for moms, homeschooling mom, Parenting, simple spiritual lesson, West Highland TerrierT.W. Allgaier

I am in the craft room working…low and behold…there Oscar is…again…on the same day as last year. I think the message deserves a repeat post. The Father used my dog again.

Oscar and The Reminder

Our furry baby is a West Highland Terrier named Oscar.

We are “empty nesters” and he has moved into our hearts and taken it, throwing away that silly key! He drives us crazy (‘tenacious terriers” is not an understatement). But we cannot imagine life without him. We lost our other Westie, Bubba almost six years ago and we were never having another animal because his death hurt so much.

Right…….Our animals can teach us a lot.

Oscar brought something to my attention again. I have seen it before, and most likely written about it..but it really confirmed the importance of the lesson to me again. Continue reading Again~Oscar and the Reminder →