You wouldn't think it 'd be such a big deal, but whenever the
printer sends us the latest TOS Magazine issue we get giddy. I’m especially excited about this issue
because my oldest daughters, Coie and Ryann are featured.
Fun! And you will see a *lot* of
bloggers featured too (check the Thoughts from our Readers column). And, if you
read my article, “How to Make a Monster in 3 Easy Steps” at the end I describe
a little girl’s birthday party. The ‘inside
scoop’ is that I am talking about this blogger’s daughter. You should get your copy within the next two to
three weeks since we are bulk mailing them tomorrow (I think)
Last night me and Geoff the Great had a date. We went to see FlyBoys. Coie wondered if it was about a bunch of guys
with broken zippers, but no, it was a WWI flick about some Americans who joined
up with the French military and learned how to fly planes. It was pretty good, although it referenced visiting
prostitutes, which was lame to include and that bugged me. It included violence (it is a war movie, after all), but other than
that, it was clean and Geoff really enjoyed it a lot. When I first met Geoff he was training for
his pilots license… he loves anything ‘plane related’. It was a fun date and I ate a whole box of
sour patch gummies.
Lasly, my friend Kim, from Life in a Shoe, sent me a heads up
about a pretty enormous contest that she’s hosting. She’s giving away like $1500 of Vision Forum prizes. Now *that* is a hefty
contest!
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on October 2nd, 2006 at 2:59 pm
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I can’t wait to get my new issue of TOS! (and it’s not just because I’m in there)… It’s a good thing I finally finished reading all the articles and snippets in the last one…I know, I’m slow.
Thanks for the heads up on that contest. I love Vision Forum and that is like the easiest best contest ever! Next to the ones you’ve held, of course.
Love,
Marshie
on October 2nd, 2006 at 3:03 pm
Fun! Fun! Fun!
I am glad that you had such a fun date night!:):) It’s hard to eat just one Sour Patch kid (at least for me.)
I can’t wait to get the new TOS!! Yippee!!! I always look forward to it and then gleefully devour it!!
Have a great day!
Love ya!
Angie:)
on October 2nd, 2006 at 3:06 pm
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A date! How fun. I think my man would enjoy that ,ovie too since he also has an interest in planes and such. Has your family been to the aviation museum in Sevierville? They have some cool planes there.
I am anxious to see if I get my copy — for some reason I missed the last mailing but did get one form Coie. She said I am on the list. Will keep you posted as I am anxious to read it!
Blessings,
Maria – who is still pregnant and HAS NOT tried Riverdancing….yet.
on October 2nd, 2006 at 3:50 pm
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A whole box of sourpatch gummies? yuck. I can take one or two, but more than that they start to hurt my mouth….now a box of Jr. mints or recess….yummy.
on October 2nd, 2006 at 4:48 pm
Flyboys
Mark’s birthday is this week and that is a movie both of us have wanted to see. I am glad it got a thumbs up from you. Would you take the older children to see it? We are just about to study WWI and I wanted to take the girls and possibly John to see it–what do you think?
Miss you!
Kate
on October 2nd, 2006 at 4:50 pm
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Broken zippers! LOL!! I really want to go see that movie because we just finished studying about WWI. It really stinks that our only theater (in this small town of 350,000 people) has been closed for technical remodeling – whatever that means. So we may have to wait until it comes out on DVD.
Can’t wait to get the new magazine! Have a great day!!
on October 2nd, 2006 at 6:21 pm
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Katherine the Noble: I would not take my littles to see it. We might let Coie see it, but prob not the younger ones. Let me know what you think after you view it. Geoff liked it a lot more than i did
on October 2nd, 2006 at 8:03 pm
OH I WANT TO SEE FLYBOYS!
Was it good? or did it have a lot of Adult stuff? I hope it didn’t… James Franco is one of my favourties… and I like histories movies! I hope you had a great time!
I can’t wait to read about your kids in TOS! What fun! I’m sure it was fun for them! Thanks for stopping by! I hope to hear from you soon! Happy Fall! Nai haryuvalyë melwa rë (May you have a lovely day)
Sincerely,
Jocelyn
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on October 2nd, 2006 at 8:52 pm
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Okay! Can you clarify? You said you wrote an article entitled “How to Make a Monster in 3 Easy Steps” , which featured my daughter’s birthday party. Ummm! Should I read this article? She can be quite the little monster somedays, but I’m hoping you didn’t write a worldwide- read article about it! : ) I’m kidding, of course, because I don’t *think* that’s what you meant. At least, I hope not.
Letitia
on October 2nd, 2006 at 8:59 pm
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I don’t know why that posted me as anon when I’m signed in. Thanks so much for the hillbilly compliment. HA. My only concern was that you thought I was kidding about the peanuts!
Letitia
on October 2nd, 2006 at 9:03 pm
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Now what you REALLY need to have as a contest prize is a big Costco or Sam’s Club tub of Sour Patch Kids! I would be entering THAT contest!!!!
on October 2nd, 2006 at 9:59 pm
Sounds fun
I love date nights! Especially movie nights! I had to laugh when you said that you ate the box of sour patch kids! I love them! I get them every time I go to the theater! By the time I am at the end of the box, my tongue is so sore. It takes a few days to make it feel like normal!!! Funny stuff.
Jeni
on October 2nd, 2006 at 10:49 pm
(To be said in a sing-song voice) Mrs. IgaRAshiiii!!
Hello! Yes, Mommy and Daddy are out celebrating Daddy’s birthday and they are watching ‘FlyBoys’ ! No, Daddy’s birthday is on the fifth, not the second.
I CANNOT wait to see the part about Coie and Ryann! Oh, did my poem get into the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ section? Never mind, don’t tell me, I like surprises….and I aDORE the magazine! I’
m always asking Mommy, “When is the next issue coming out?” Ho ho ho.
Love you!
Mariel
on October 2nd, 2006 at 11:42 pm
Thanks
Thanks for mentioning the contest and for joining in the fun yourself!
on October 3rd, 2006 at 10:22 am
Thanks for stoppin by
to say hi. I just wrote a whole boohoo blog…now I’m gong to have to write something good..since you referenced me. (Oh, my…)
On the movie note I’m wanting to take my hubby to see the movie coming out about Iwo Jima. It will be out at our 10 year anniversary and his a former Marine–so I’m hoping it’s good.
Michelle
on October 3rd, 2006 at 11:48 am
Anticipation…
You know you really shouldn’t tell us when you mail, because then we start checking our mailbox everyday anticipating the magazine. It’s just not fair…On another note I really loved your article about the dentist office in The Homeschool minute. It is so hard not to feel defensive about homeschooling when you meet so many people who try to tell you what your kids are missing out on, and how we can’t continue to shelter them or they won’t be able to cope in the real world. What they don’t realize is kids that are homeschooled are in the real world far more often than kids in institutionalized settings. The only time in their entire lives they will be forced to stay within their own age/peer group exclusively 7+ hours a day.
on October 5th, 2006 at 7:25 am
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I kept waiting to receive my last issue and wondering whether it got lost in our move, and I finally found it in a box still in the shrink wrap! How did that happen?!? Now I’ll have two new issues to enjoy!
on October 5th, 2006 at 8:20 am
Hi my talented writing friend!
Just wanted to say that I love what you said in The Homeschool Minute! SO TRUE and very encouraging. *sigh* Now if I could just want a few certain things bad enough…
Have a fun day!
Love,
Marshie– who thinks you might be lying a little bit about not wanting to add the handstand to your repertoire of entertaining and fun talents…Who doesn’t wish they could do that?!
on October 5th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Well, Hello!
How are you today! Lovely I hope! I hope to hear from you soon! Happy Fall! Nai haryuvalyë melwa rë (May you have a lovely day)
Sincerely,
Jocelyn
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on October 7th, 2006 at 11:15 am
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Shamefully, I guess I let my subscription to TOS run out! Happilly, I just re-subcribed on-line and I was able to include the Fall issue in my order… Yipee!
Hope ya get your computer up and running again soon…. or maybe get a whole new computer!
on October 13th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
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A date…what’s that like? I don’t remember.
I loved the ‘broken zipper’ comment. Very cute!!!
I love reading your blog! I’m pretty new at it myself, but I’ll keep trying til I get it right! 🙂
Michelle W.
on October 21st, 2006 at 11:59 pm
Loved your article!
I have never written to you before, nor have I checked out your blog before, but today I got my latest TOS magazine, and read your article about Raising a Monster. I love your style of writing. I really appreciated what you said, too. I think you and I probably think a lot alike on many subjects.
Just wanted to let you know ….. from another Jennifer (but boring, plain, old, regular spelling.) LOL
Jennifer
Mom of 7 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/FairLady