September 2005

Daily Dose of Health – Podcasts

Health and Wellness /

Kerry and Jackie managed to do their fourth Crohn’s Talk podcast even though they were in the path of Hurricane Katrina. We’re glad they made it through ok.

The fourth podcast was really SHORT, what’s up with that? We need another ten minutes! 😉 Jackie talked about prepping for an emergency and that’s some information worth thinking about NOW rather than once a disaster hits, ya know?

I’ve got to agree with Carrie about the worms – if that’s a cure, they can keep the cure. YUK! The bacterial treatment though, that’s interesting. I don’t think the results thus far are all that promising though. But, like Jackie said, all tests and ideas are good because they may lead to other tests and trials and ideas and that’s how you ultimately find a cure!

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High School Literature

Fiction, Homeschool, Non-Fiction, Reading Lists /

Michelle is home! Besides the phone ringing off the hook, kids going in and out at all times, the interrupting of our weekend naps and the smell of popcorn this means that we’re back in homeschool mode!

Michelle did school all summer via FLVS but she didn’t do a full blown “curriculum”. The problem with her being gone all summer is that we didn’t really get much planning done for the year. TW and I have some ideas – journaling and world religion – but Michelle really needs to give her input into the literature she’s going to read for the next nine months.

We’ve got some books on the list, leftover from last year, and a couple that she did choose during the homeschool fair in May but we’re still short a good six books or so.

Here’s what we know Michelle will be reading:

  • A Clockwork Orange
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Anthem
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • Jane EyreWhat would you want a 10th grader to read if you could choose anything at all? (We need a biography, we need some poetry recommendations – I can’t take another year of Plath – and we haven’t chosen any Shakespeare yet for this year. Keep those in mind as you’re making your suggestions!)

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    Daily Dose of Help – Donate

    Money Talks, Sights & Sounds /

    CD baby has a gallery of indie artists who are donating all of the profits from the sale of their cds to the American Red Cross! Get over there today and do some early holiday shopping and send a wee bit more money to those in need!

    Check out the photos and prints on Flickr that are up for auction! If you win the auction, you make a donation to the Red Cross, send proof of your donation and you will receive the print. This is another great way to donate just a little bit more to this cause, just don’t bid on the prints I want. 😉

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    Buy a Book and Help Hurricane Victims

    Charity /


    I’ve been reading The Examining Room of Dr Charles for quite some time and I love his blog. He posted a few days about his upcoming book and then quickly pulled the post down. I wondered what THAT was all about but then he put the post back up and told us that he would be donating 25% of his profits to the American Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina when originally he had mentioned donating proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.

    I ordered the book first thing this morning. I probably would have ordered it anyway, but the fact that he’s making a generous donation surely didn’t hurt.

    Thanks Dr Charles, for a great blog and for making this pledge.

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