Posted in Arizona, Harry Potter, Unschooling, Webkinz, audio books, books, censorship, empowerment, favorites, holidays, homeschooling, magic, movies, saguaro, space by: Lisa
30 Nov
Similar to our Top 10 Movies, today and the next few days are our Top 10 Books (divided into five categories: Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult/Children’s Non-Fiction, Adult Fiction, Adult Non-Fiction, and Children’s Fiction) for 2007 (all read by at least one person in my family). Most did not come out in 2007, we’ve just [...]
Posted in Tucson, audio books, crafts, favorites, music, vegan by: Lisa
27 Nov
We’ve asked around and people really enjoy receiving gift certificates! Here are the places that we’ve heard mentioned as the most exciting gift certificates to receive:
amazon.com
iTunes.com
Favorite book store (audible.com, Barnes & Noble, Border’s, Waldenbooks, small local favorite, etc.)
Craft Stores (Klutz.com, JoAnn’s, Michael’s, Ben Franklin’s, local bead store, local scrapbooking store, etc.)
Target, K-Mart, Wal-Mart
Home Improvement Stores [...]
Posted in Webkinz, audio books, empowerment, environmentalism, favorites, green living, holidays, zen by: Lisa
24 Nov
Here is a list of the Top 10 Favorite Purchases that we’ve made in 2007. Any of these would make wonderful Holiday gifts for yourself and those you love. My family helped me compile this list and it is in no particular order. Movies and television shows will be in the next post.
Webkinz; [...]
Posted in Unschooling, Webkinz, audio books, games, pets by: Lisa
04 Oct
We speak Webkinz-Ease in our house, that is how greatly Webkinz has embellished our lives.
The Webkinz world is entered by purchasing a cute and lovable stuffed animal made by Ganz that has a tag that contains a special secret code that activates a virtual pet that looks similar to your stuffed friend (my daughter reminds [...]
Posted in Harry Potter, Unschooling, audio books, music by: Lisa
30 Aug
My Unschooled daughters and I have become enamored with audio books. On a recent trip, we knew we had to finish listening to the last Harry Potter book (our consensus is that it is the best one of the bunch). Thus, we started looking into MP3 players.
Our criteria were (1) SUPER SMALL and [...]