Lilies
April 4, 2010 | Holidays,Spring
Penny
March 6, 2010 | 2009
My son will be studying money at school again, and he’s supposed to bring four quarters, 10 dimes, 10 nickels and 25 pennies Monday. Wouldn’t you know it? I just took in a huge bag of coins to the bank the other day. The kids bought me a Wii remote for Valentine’s Day (totally their idea, I swear) and paid for it themselves. Only thing is, we bought it online, so I took their change and deposited it into their savings accounts.
So here I am fishing around the house and in the cars for all the change I can find, and I ran across this new penny. At first I thought it was Canadian or something. But, no. It’s ours. And I wondered when the heck they started doing weird stuff with pennies.
Turns out: last year, after almost 50 years of the same thing on the back of a penny. The back of the penny was redesigned to celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. This one is known as the “Indiana Penny” because it shows him “reading while taking a break from rail splitting” in Indiana.
Ah well. Learn something new every day.
Anyone have nickels? I’m still four short.
Posted by Becky @ 6:13 pm | 3 Comments
Love
March 1, 2010 | Words
Sometimes it takes someone else’s words to express how you feel.
I don’t want to be loved just because I am a sister, a mother, an old friend, or a known quantity. I want to be loved because I’m worthy – because I give it back with an open heart – because whether we are together or at a distance, we both feel drawn to care for, support, and love each other with the best of everything that is within us, knowing that mediocrity is the antithesis of interest.
Love me because I’m worthy. If you believe I am not, then you really shouldn’t love me at all.
Thank you, Jane, at Finding My America for sharing so much with your words.
Books: Pancakes, Pancakes!
February 12, 2010 | Family,Iowa,School
Our next Read a Million Minutes book was Pancakes, Pancakes! by Eric Carle. This is one of my son’s favorite authors.
Books: Snow Day!
February 11, 2010 | Books,Family,Iowa,School
Our next Read a Million Minutes selection was Snow Day! by Patricia Lakin. Fun read and appropriate for our winter.
Books: Sledding
February 8, 2010 | Books,Family,Iowa,School
For our next “Read a Million Minutes” book, we read Sledding by Elizabeth Winthrop, illustrations by Sarah Wilson. Very cute!
Books: I can Read with My Eyes Shut!
February 7, 2010 | Books,Family,Iowa,School
For our next “Read a Million Minutes” book, we read I can Read with My Eyes Shut! by Dr. Seuss. My son read it to us. We love Dr. Seuss in this house.
Books: Goldilicious
February 6, 2010 | Books,Family,Iowa,School
Another Read a Million Minutes read was Goldilicious by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria Kann. It was one of the books I got at Bookadee for the SHE WRITES call to action. The kids loved this one.
Books: Rose’s Garden
February 5, 2010 | Books,Family,Iowa,School
For our next “Read a Million Minutes” book, we read Rose’s Garden by Peter H. Reynolds. The kids liked the use of color and how there was no color until the children started bringing flowers. It’s a nice story and a beautifully illustrated book.
