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	<title>Life's A Weekend!</title>
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	<description>- home educating in Hamilton, NZ</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>MM : I Love MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[MOPS NZ]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[1 Mummy Monday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Handy Home-made Toys - bottles, shakers, books, shapes
Terrific Tips
Children and Chores - teaching responsibility. Start as you intend to carry on. 
The MOPS Story - where it started
off the website: &#8220;What MOPS has provided for me… is a welcome break; a chance to make new friends; the opportunity to know I&#8217;m not the only mom who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ThTh : Fear + Parenting</title>
		<link>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[4 Thoughtful Thursday]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[1 Mummy Monday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fear is not overcome by dealing with the fear; it is overcome by DOING the fearful thing. You overcome fear by facing the tiger with your fear and discovering that you can walk away alive. In time you laugh at the tiger, for it was only paper. But if your child flees from the tiger, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WW :Scrapbooking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Creative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[F R E E]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[3 Weblinks Wednesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Layouts
- only need one link! layouts galore, for free
** http://www.stickersnfun.com/nl183.html - can sign up for newsletter (see RHS), Aussie based
http://www.stickersnfun.com/sketches.asp - scroll down a bit. Make sure you have a layout folder on your computer. I open the sketch page from this site, block just the title and sketches, then &#8217;print&#8217; &#8217;selection&#8217; as pdf.
A quick and easy way to save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TT : Spiced Apple Muffins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2 Tummy Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spiced Apple Muffins
-        Foodtown Magazine, 2000 
1 ¼ c SR flour                                                75g butter
1 c rolled oats                                                 1 egg
¾ c brown sugar                                          ¾ c milk
2 tsp each: mixed spice, cinnamon       1 c grated apple [or mashed banana]
½ t baking soda    
 
Preheat oven 190 deg C.
Grease 12 cup muffin tray
[2x deep red silicone trays plus big blue one]
Mix dry ingredients together in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WW : Object Lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[F R E E]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Christian]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[3 Weblinks Wednesday]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[homeschool]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At 8+10 years old, my children still like object lessons.
Object lessons are Bible stories and deeper concepts taught by something real they can see. Jesus used parables or stories with several layers of meanings. And so realia, or real tangible objects, help to express ideas and character qualities to everyone - not just the younger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TT : Coconut Fudge Bar</title>
		<link>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/cocofudge/</link>
		<comments>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/cocofudge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2 Tummy Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coconut Fudge Bar
(microwave recipe)
-  passed to me by friend, Gayle B, 2002
1 cup flour                                        ½ c sugar
1 T cocoa                                          125 g butter
1 c coconut [1 c total of coconut, choc dots, cake fruit]
½ t vanilla or rum essence
Mix dry ingredients
Add melted butter and essence
Put into buttered flat dish
Microwave [750 watt m/w], elevated,
high for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MM : 10 Hallmarks of Well-Being</title>
		<link>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/wellbeing/</link>
		<comments>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/wellbeing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[1 Mummy Monday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ten Hallmarks of Well-Being
1. My life has meaning &#38; direction.
2.  I have experienced one or more important transitions in my adult years, and I have handled these transitions in an unusual, personal, or creative way.
3.  I rarely feel cheated or disappointed by life.
4.  I have already attained several of the long-term goals that are important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MM : MOPSNZ President</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday I became the 3rd president for MOPS (NZ) Inc. (Mothers of Preschoolers).
Check out this useful ever-changing mother website: www.mops.org
and our local NZ information: www.mops.org.nz 
MOPS in NZ has 19 groups with a number more lining up to sign up.
So, it&#8217;s off to the office this morning &#8230; my home educated children are getting used to packing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TT : Gingerbread Loaf</title>
		<link>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/gingerbread/</link>
		<comments>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/gingerbread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2 Tummy Tuesday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Old English Gingerbread
p.33, “Sugar and Spice” with Jo Seagar, 2000 (adapted, 2 T ginger)
&#160;
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FF : Praying for the Oikos</title>
		<link>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/oikos/</link>
		<comments>http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/oikos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[5 Fellowship Friday]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Christian]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pray for your husband, your pastor&#8217;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 - [...]]]></description>
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