Old English Gingerbread
p.33, “Sugar and Spice” with Jo Seagar, 2000 (adapted, 2 T ginger)
Sift together
500g (4c) SR flour
1 t salt
1-2 T ground ginger
1 T BP
In a saucepan, warm
1 soft brown sugar
175 g butter
6 T treacle
6 T Chelsea golden syrup (from NZ, like a light treacle sugar syrup)
In a separate pan, warm
300 ml milk
and beat in
2 eggs
Combine […]
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Pray for your husband, your pastor’s wife, define boundaries with your children, how to choose a church - the circles of a stone in still water ripple outwards - and so does our sphere of influence.
http://www.reviveourhearts.com/challenge/ - sign up and be supported throughout the month
interesting page of pdf articles - http://www.reviveourhearts.com/topics/downloads/
http://www.reviveourhearts.com/topics/ - devotions, forgiveness, gratitude
Enjoy the reading - […]
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This is some of what google alerts delivers for “lapbooking”.
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/jul/13/katrinacolumn0714/ - Dear Bored Stiff
http://funinthesunmom.blogspot.com/2008/07/homeschool-planning-it-start-just-some.html - file crates and specials from the Sunshine State, USA
http://cheshiersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/adding-to-our-curriculum.html - zoology
http://learning-by-living.blogspot.com/2008/07/monday-ramblings.html - from Montana - wish they knew about lapbooking sooner
http://homeschoolingpooh.blogspot.com/2008/07/today-my-little-girl-and-i-finally-got.html - Wizard of Oz
http://homeiswheretheheartis.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/hit-the-books/ - just getting started - write and encourage her in lapbooking. “The 2-shelf bookshelf just doesn’t cut it any more” - hey! […]
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Mecca (Deli) Ginger Crunch
Base:
1 ½ c flour
1 c each: coconut, sugar
2 tsp BP
125g butter
1 ½ T golden syrup
Pre-heat oven to 180 deg. C
Mix flour, coconut, sugar, and baking powder.
Melt [in m/wave ok] butter and golden syrup and add to dry ingredients. Combine well.
Spread evenly in 30×21 cm swiss roll tin and bake 15-20 minutes [less […]
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What makes the world go around? The little things of life like words that come to mean so much more when spoken each and all day.
1. Thank you
Not just when something is good, but also for another bringing correction and truth into your life. Thank you can specifically encourage character qualities in one another’s lives, eg. “Thank you for […]
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This in NO way is a comprehensive list. I’m not a scientist, but a curious home educating mother. These are some of the what-I-think-interesting sites that I’ve stumbled on in my 5 years of homsechooling.
Science:
General or All
How Stuff Works - also http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Science from the Beeb - 4-11 yo
+ Teacher resources - 9-10 yo
Teacher’s (or home educating parents’) resources […]
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This! is my all-time favourite-to-make chocolate cake - it has been well-received at the last eight years of high-and-holy family occasions. It’s BIG. Have two glasses for separating eggs into, your “impeccably clean” stainless steel egg-beating bowl ready, plus another two big mixing bowls. Better to cook in two baking tins than in one big meat dish. Enjoy!
Soonafai […]
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I’ve used Mia’s article and given it a New Zealand flavour ….
12 Habits of a Highly Effective Mother
1. Praise positive behaviour …
Catch your children doing something right. Work harder at promoting (and verbalising) positive behaviour.
2. Find time for yourself — spiritually, physically, and emotionally … You always have time for what you put first. Set aside time […]
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What is the key to our living safely and respectfully in community?
Bless Garth George, journalist and column writer for NZ Herald. He has touched on the key issue here:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10518356&pnum=0
“Love can save us from this moral vacuum”
“Things must be getting really grim when two newspaper commentators - Wellington veteran Rosemary McLeod and former Listener editor Finlay Macdonald […]
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