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wfmw – holiday bathrooms

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Once again, I turn to my trusty Dollar Tree for this week’s idea. They sell wired garland for every holiday (comes in a coil w/foil stars, hearts, shamrocks, bats, etc). I placed 4 push pins along the top of the mirror in the kids’ bathroom. I just loop & drape the garland across the top of the mirror. I keep all of the garlands that I’m not using in colorful baskets on top of the cabinet over the toilet – I got the baskets at Dollar Tree of course! It makes the bathroom look so festive, but it’s fast, simple & cheap.

While I’ve got a captive audience – does anyone have a great idea for a Women’s Retreat notebook? We’ve always filled a folder with the schedule, notes, songs, etc. & I’m looking for a more creative idea.

~hymns ~ the way we’d sing them if we were honest

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I Surrender, Some
There Shall Be Sprinkles of Blessings
Fill My Spoon, Lord
Oh, How I Like Jesus
He’s Quite a Bit to Me
I Love to Talk About Telling the Story
Take My Life and Let Me Be
It Is My Secret What God Can Do
There Is Scattered Cloudiness in My Soul Today
Where He Leads Me, I Will Consider Following
Just As I Pretend to Be
When the Saints Go Sneaking In
Sit Up, Sit Up for Jesus
A Comfy Mattress Is Our God
Self-Esteem to the World, The Lord Is Come
Oh, for a Couple of Tongues to Sing
Amazing Grace, How Interesting the Sound
Go Tell It on the Speed Bump
Special, Special, Special
Lord, Keep Us Loosely Connected to Your Word
Praise God From Whom All Affirmations Flow
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Much
O, God, Our Enabler in Ages Past
I Lay My Inappropriate Behavior on Jesus
Pillow of Ages, Fluffed for Me
All Hail the Influence of Jesus’ Name!
When Peace, Like a Trickle
I’m Fairly Certain that My Redeemer Lives
We Give Thee but Still Think We Own
What an Acquaintance We Have in Jesus
My Faith Looks Around for Thee
Joyful, Joyful We Think Thee Pretty Good
Blessed Hunch
Above Average Is Thy Faithfulness
We Are Milling Around in the Light of God
Spirit of the Living God, Fall Somewhere Near Me
Blest Be the Tie that Doesn’t Cramp My Style

WFMW thin mint cookie alternative

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Are you enjoying your Girl Scout cookie stash? Pretty soon it will be gone, but if you live near a Dollar Tree store you can satisfy that Thin Mint craving all year long. They carry a mint fudge cookie that tastes just like a thin mint. They are square instead of round – similar to a fudge graham cookie. Soooooooo yummy & only a dollar, that works for me!

home is a haven

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This quote is from an 1867 Victorian newspaper column written by Mrs. “Jenny June”:

“Even under the present imperfect conditions, home is the central attraction of every human heart, the inspiration of nearly all effort, the haven of all our hopes & desires. What would it be were women true to themselves, to their high destiny, to their great work? [What would it be] were the influences of home charged, as they might be, with the electric current of active love, faith, knowledge, strength, courage,and devotion to the interests they are bound to protect?”

Taken from Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Mrs. Sharp’s Traditions

the evolution of math

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The evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:

Teaching Math In 1950
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

Teaching Math In 1960
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?

Teaching Math In 1970
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?

Teaching Math In 1980
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20 Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

Teaching Math In 1990
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes?(There are no wrong answers.)

Teaching Math In 2005
Un hachero vende una carretada de madera para $100. El costo de la producción es $80 ……
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