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  1. A Bucket List…

    July 25, 2012 by Hannah Jane

    …of things which I’m currently thinking about.

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    Millennialism and Social Theory, (Book) by Gary North.  I’m currently about halfway through the book, and so far I’ve enjoyed it immensely.  If you have the time, go and read it.  You can get it for free here, if you don’t mind reading from a screen or printing it out yourself.  (plus, it looks like the American Vision bookstore has the physical book also listed at $0.00 right now, with the option of free shipping!  Now you don’t have any excuse for not getting the book!:D)

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    Cameras. I’m trying to save up for one, and I’d welcome suggestions from anyone who has had experience buying (non point & shoot) cameras. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Canon…

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    Why Political Change is Often So Slow (Sermon), by Pastor Kayser.  I downloaded this onto my ipod quite a while ago, but just got around to listening to it this past week.  I’d highly recommend you listen to (or read) this, as it deals with the concept of voting for principle much better than I ever could.

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    Watermelon. One of the few things I truly love about summer. :D (I’m more of a cool-weather girl, myself)

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    Homeschool Alumni.  I recently joined…are any of you on there?

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    Sewing.  One of my last projects was a dress for Abbie which I made from a pattern I drafted from one of her favorite dresses.  I tend to take rather lengthy breaks from sewing after I get tired of it, but I did get a little bit done today.

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    Leah’s Labyrinth (Blog) by Leah Smith.  I’ve also been wanting to purchase her book, Diapers, Dishes & Dominion, but haven’t had the chance yet.

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    Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins. I was going through one of my endless huge enormous rather large stacks of “recipes to try” when I came upon this recipe. It sounded good, albeit slightly odd, so I made it. Turned out very yummy, if I don’t say so myself. :D

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    Pocket College. I’d really like to make my way through these lectures, but it costs a dollar or two per lecture to download, and since I don’t have unlimited computer access, it isn’t really practical for me to try and listen to the lectures from the website.  Ideas, anyone?

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  2. Deadly Red Ties and Other Random Musings

    March 20, 2012 by Hannah Jane

    Pulling into church last Sunday morning, our family was surprised to see multiple police cars scattered throughout the parking lot.  We are currently not attending one particular church and are instead visiting various congregations in the area, so we were not present for any announcements given the previous week.

    Once we reached the lobby area, Mom was pulled aside by an excited church member who let her know that “Newt Gingrich is coming here today!  He’s going to go right through those doors!”  After politely exiting the conversation, Mom slipped over to the rest of us to give us the news.  Our reactions ranged from “Eww! Yuck!” to “Who’s he?”, but we managed to make our way to the balcony without too much commotion.

    Thankfully, the service was not at all focused on Newt, and at the end when the Pastor did mention him, he made sure to state that Jesus was the most important visitor.  Nevertheless, “our” pew was conspicuously still and silent when everyone else was applauding and welcoming Gingrich.  I was deeply disappointed in how excited so many seemed at the prospect of meeting him – if we had been in some place other than church, I would have been tempted to boo or start chanting ‘End the Fed!’.

    Had Obama or Clinton or someone else wearing a blue tie been there instead that day I doubt that they would have received such an enthusiastic welcome – but because Gingrich wears a red tie, no one seems to look twice at the fact that he is otherwise indistinguishable from many liberals.  Ugh.  Red ties are quite deadly, I’m afraid.  So far they’ve managed to do much are harm to our country, and I’m surprised that many continue to be blinded by them.

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    Those of you who aren’t new here likely notice that I’ve changed my background theme. (yet again!)  Hopefully this one is for keeps.  I like it, even thought the html has proved slightly difficult to manipulate.  If any of you note any bugs, flaws, or ugly stuff I’d be thankful if you’d leave me a comment pointing them out.

    In other news, google has discontinued the friend connect gadget for all non-blogger sites.  Since I’ve been double posting to my old blogger blog lately, anyone “following” me there will still get updates in their blogger news feed, although it’ll be more hassle than before.  If you know me in person/know me well enough that you know my full name feel free to “friend” me on facebook, (no guarantees that I’ll confirm, though!) but if not, sorry…

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    It’s been different lately with no real baby around the house.  For the first time in about decade there are no diapers to change, no burp rags to fold, no little one to “fight” over… In a way it’s sort of sad, because unless God sends another sibling, that chapter of our family’s life is finished.

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    My days lately are filled with school.  Trying to finish up twelfth grade and “graduate” from my days of formal schooling has me busier than I’d like to be, but thankfully I’m in the home stretch now.  Sometimes I feel a bit overwhelmed, although I’m a perfectionist and the overwhelm is mostly my own fault, I think.

    I’m also trying to figure out what to do after graduating.   Taking over schooling some of the littles is an option, although right now I think Mom is doing a better job than I would be able to.  I’d also like to find a way to get some sort of income, although I’d prefer for it to be from home or self employed.  Photography is something I really want to look into, although I’d need a better camera than the one I -er, Mom – has.  Heh.

    Anyway, if you’ve read through this far I congratulate you.  Thanks for bearing with my rambling.

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  3. The Making of a Doily

    July 14, 2011 by Hannah Jane

    Note: this is a re-post, since this post disappeared on me before.

    They sat together, both around 9 years of age, playing with the yarn.

    “Do you know how to crochet?” asked one of the girl to the other

    The answer was no, so the first little girl taught the second girl chain stitch.

    It was very awkward at first, and it was not till years later that the second girl learned the proper finger positions, but they still had fun.  Afterwards she walked off with a gift given to her by the first girl – about one foot of pink yarn.

    Using a pencil, she would play with that little bit of yarn, meticulously using her fingernails to lift one loop over the other till all the yarn was used.  And then she would pull it apart again and do it all over again.

    Her mother noticed this, and gave her a real crochet hook and a small ball of yarn to work with.  Over and over the little girl would make chain stitch strands, some up to four feet in length.

    Although she had chain stitch down pat by this time, the real concept of crochet was lost on her.  She even attempted to make a baby hat for her little brother by sewing the chain into a coil, but that took forever.

    Somehow or other she picked up slip stitch, but all her little scarves ended up as a pathetic triangle.  Besides that, crocheting a one inch square took almost a half-hour.

    Not long after that, her family attended a little class put on by those who now run TeachingGoodThings.com.  The boys worked on a bench swing, and the girls did various handicrafts.

    One of the crafts which was once taught was crocheting.  Each student received a ball of cookies-and-cream yarn, and they were taught single crochet and double crochet.

    The girl made a washcloth, but it was quite small with four inch sides.  However, a whole new world had been opened to her, and the awkwardness dissipated with practice, despite the fact that she still was not holding the yarn or hook right.

    A book which demonstrated crocheting for left-handed people was soon found, and the girl learned treble crochet, crocheting in the round, and much more.

    Eventually, the correct positions for holding everything was learned.

    For her 16th birthday

    Last year, that little-girl-who-was-no-longer-so-little received something she had been wanting for a long time:  steel crochet hooks.  All her other crochet projects were temporarily forgotten as she played around with making lace and doilies.

    After playing around quite a bit, and making a variety of things, she decided to venture on without a pattern.

    This venture  took her a while, since she was simply making the pattern up as she went, life was remarkably busy, and without a time limit she only did a little every so often.  One year and two months after her 16th birthday, it was finally done.

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    While blocking it, she used her Mamma’s new camera to snap a couple of photos for this post.

    Close up

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