Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jul 19, 2011, 11:29 am
I'm still figuring out this blog and my next step. I think about it almost every day! I don't want you all to think I have abandoned you. I'm just trying to find a solution. I'm getting closer!
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - May 23, 2011, 11:30 pm
My cousin has been busy putting my mother's photos together. She had made slide shows of her photos and now he is bringing them to the digital age by putting them together on utube. I am sharing one of these videos here. The singing in this is actually me and two of my sisters when we were teenagers...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - May 18, 2011, 10:26 am
I miss blogging here. I have thought and thought about this blog. In some ways I feel like I have outgrown it. I know I have outgrown the header. It really needs to be changed. But the blog itself remains in limbo. After blogging for 9 years I feel like I have said all there is to say and that any s...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - May 5, 2011, 1:04 pm
Many of you have followed me here at the Dishpan for years. You have wept with me and rejoiced with me over the trials and triumphs of schooling Tink. Today marks a milestone. Tink has written her first speech. It is to be presented to the state today.  For those of you who may be new here, Tink is...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Mar 18, 2011, 1:01 pm
I know Im not seen in this neck of the homestead much but I've been a little more active over on my homeschool blog. If you want to know a bit more about what is going on here you can catch updates at Blueberry House, my homeschool blog. I do want to post more often here but it seems like it doesnt...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Feb 16, 2011, 10:14 pm
Here I sit. All day I have taught school. I have tutored four kids besides homeschooling my own. I am tired. I was looking forward to an evening of relaxation. Instead I am sitting here beside my son at the dining room table; pushing, pulling, probing, cajoling, refocusing, threatening, helping, tea...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Feb 14, 2011, 2:32 am
I feel so overwhelmed when it comes to raising these kids. How can I prepare for them for adulthood when I feel like Im in over my head? The wind is blowing in great gusts around the house. I feel like standing in the cold night and letting the wind blow through me; blowing away the stress and this ...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Feb 12, 2011, 1:16 am
All day volleyball tournament tomorrow...so tired...!!! Cannot recommend the movie Gnome and Juliet; it's terrible... Spent the evening at the mall buying a formal prom style dress for Tinks varsity volleyball banquet. Two weeks, and she will be done playing for the season with The Eagles! Tink has ...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Feb 9, 2011, 5:18 pm
I received an email from my girlfriend in Kazakhstan .and she really wants an update of what has been going on in my life. So this is for Rachel, my friend, and for all of you out there in blogland who have been so faithful in reading all these years. Things here at the homestead are at a standstill...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Feb 3, 2011, 12:33 am
Some people, who shall remain nameless, are after me to resume blogging. Hang in there. Im planning to begin posting again. Look for an update before the weekend is over.
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jan 26, 2011, 11:00 pm
Okay, there are a few updates that just have to be given; things that cant be overlooked. We are excited to announce that we will be grandparents again in the fall. Yes, that's right. Wendy and Edward are going to have another baby! I am just over the moon with excitement! Lord willing we will have...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jan 19, 2011, 10:26 pm
I'm itching to open this back up. I have a feeling I will scratch that itch in the near future!
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Dec 24, 2010, 12:18 pm

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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Nov 30, 2010, 12:52 am
Okay everyone, I really need to put this blog on hold for the unforeseeable future. I just don't have time to update it anymore. I feel sad about it but there is nothing I can do about it right now. I have 12 students all with different lessons to plan for every subject. Tink is in two volley ball l...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Nov 23, 2010, 10:01 pm
It is cold here with a light skiff of snow on the ground. We are on Thanksgiving break from the charter school. The kids are still doing their homeschool work and I am still tutoring up until tomorrow. Tomorrow I have just one child coming for an hour of tutoring and then it's on to the Thanksgiving...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Nov 9, 2010, 9:09 am
Im still here. I have been incredibly busy! This weekend I have sat through 4 days of conferences amounting to about 11 different meetings. Im exhausted but recharged. One day of those conferences was a teaching conference. I loved it! But now I must get back to work. Everything fell behind in those...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 30, 2010, 11:54 am
It's a lovely Saturday morning. I'm feeling very happy because the last of my apples have been harvested! I have 50 quarts of apple sauce canned and 14 quarts of apples sliced and frozen. I still have some cleanup to do on the deck, in the orchard, and in the flowerbeds. My strawberry beds need wint...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 24, 2010, 7:23 pm
Tink is leaving in a bit to go to a haunted house with three of her friends. The three of them are all 13 years old. Mr Darling said he would take them but he positively did not want to go through the house with them. It was then that I got the idea to call the 17 year old son of one of my long time...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 18, 2010, 10:47 pm
Peter: Mom if you gave me rewards for doing my school work I would do it faster. Me: Son you should do your work without rewards. It builds character and makes you a more disciplined boy. Peter: That sounds just awful and horrifying to me! There are days you wonder if anything is getting through t...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 13, 2010, 2:10 am
Guess I was a little optimistic in the post below! It's 11pm and I'm still up getting the lessons planned, the kitchen cleaned and the car packed for tomorrows homeschooling and tutoring at the Academy. I will blog soon though! No, really I will!
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 11, 2010, 9:44 am
I think I'm getting back into this blogging thing. I can feel the urge again. It feels good to want to blog! I will be updating this tomorrow. In the meantime if you want to know what's going on in my life you can catch up with me on my homeschool blog Blueberry House. I have some new pics of Peter...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 6, 2010, 9:42 am
I really, really want to read a book! I miss reading for pleasure. The four ladies I go out to dinner with once a month have talked of starting a book club. I felt a familiar thrill go down my spine as I anticipated being part of a book club again. Its been about 8 years since I've done that. It wou...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 4, 2010, 9:27 am
Okay, I got another troll comment. Here's the thing people. I can handle people disagreeing with me. I have people in real life that absolutely cant stand me. I also have people in real life that love me to death. I have more really close friends than anybody I know of. I know what is liked to be ha...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 2, 2010, 11:40 am
I have a lot to do today. My mother is getting a feeding tube on Monday. She lives about 6 hours from here. I have decided to hop the Greyhound bus and go up there to be with her a few days. That is not as simple as it sounds. Because I just decided this I have a ton of things to do. The kids and Mr...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Oct 1, 2010, 12:18 am
So disgruntled tonight! I am just so incredibly tired of taking care of the kids 6 days a week! My husband leaves the house at 5 am and returns at 8 or 8:30 pm. There are times I just need a break and tonight is one of them! I don't mean I need "me" time. I mean I need someone else to solve the prob...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Sep 25, 2010, 10:54 am
Time to clean up the summers mess. I am going to finish the applesauce today. Well not totally finish but finish as in "I will can no more!" I'm canning all the apples that are ripe and calling it good for the year! The swimming pool needs to come down today too but I don't know if it will because m...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Sep 22, 2010, 7:54 pm
I get done homeschooling my own kids and tutoring the homeschooled kids at 2:30 pm every day. I begin at 8:00 am. When I get home I am charged with energy. I start the laundry, vacuum the rooms and notice all sorts of stuff that I want to do. Alas, I cant start that stuff until I finish tutoring t...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Sep 21, 2010, 12:08 pm
My Mil was here for the past two weeks. As you all know it's always an interesting time around here with her in our midst. Some times she just taxes the last bit of strength and patience I have! But that's a post for another day. She's been sorting through her stuff lately and she brought down a bag...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Sep 18, 2010, 12:08 pm
Last night I was browsing the shelves of Barnes and Nobles, having found myself in the delightful position of being all alone for the evening. On a whim, I pulled a book down from a very high shelf and reluctantly opened it's cover. I felt hesitant and almost shoved it into the nearest row of books ...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Sep 17, 2010, 8:37 pm
I cant even tell you how often I think about closing this blog until I have more to say. But its hard to close up a weblog when you've been writing it for seven years. I am just so busy I feel like I cant do justice to the blog or the readers here. But I will keep plugging away on this because I can...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Sep 10, 2010, 1:37 pm
Faith based Math books are wonderful. In fact, faith based textbooks in general are wonderful! So today Peter is all grumpy. He has had a terrible time getting back into the school groove. A spanking new notebook with all the little pockets has been his only salvation in the dismal abyss of  academ...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Sep 8, 2010, 10:16 am
It's raining. I have no idea if we will get a late Indian Summer or not. If we don't it means we are pretty much a month ahead of time for our rainy season. Right now I am ready for the rain because I've always been a dispassionate summer person but if the rains set in now even I will have to admit ...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Sep 3, 2010, 10:04 pm
I'm ignoring the laundry that needs folded. I just cant get motivated today. My husband has been working 70 some odd hour weeks all summer and now they have given him a four day vacation for the labor day weekend. Its nice but I really do not know what to do with him home. Sounds silly I know but it...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Aug 28, 2010, 8:27 pm
Its Saturday night and there is still so much to do. I'm running low on energy today. Some days I do wonder why it takes so much reserve strength just to get through the hours! My grandkids came for a few hours this morning and Tink had a girlfriend here over night. I took all the kids to our church...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Aug 26, 2010, 10:31 am
Leaves are turning color. The purple hydrangea is turning rusty. The apples are falling. Everywhere there are signs of a season almost over. I'm ready for this season to end. I have never been a huge fan of summer. Fall is my favorite season and I guess its no surprise really. We get gorgeous fall w...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Aug 23, 2010, 1:16 am
I'm still around. I just haven't felt motivated to update this ole blog. I have a lot to say but I just cant seem to get it all together into a blog post. I've been canning applesauce and beans this week and of course, tutoring. I haven't been feeling too well for reasons unknown. I am more tired th...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Aug 13, 2010, 11:30 am
I promised you all a post on how I increased my business 10 fold in one month. After reading my cousins article at Get Rich Slowly this post of mine is going to take a slightly different twist. My cousin, JD, has written an article entitled, Life After Debt. In it he writes about the freedom to choo...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Aug 10, 2010, 7:59 am
Have you noticed the burst in the cottage industries these days? Everyone is setting up some sort of home business it seems! There is no end to what can be done now that the internet is a venue for the small business. Hand crafted things have always been in demand. Before the world wide web, howev...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Aug 8, 2010, 1:58 pm
I have a migraine. It stops me from thinking clearly about anything. It is relentless. It doesn't care what is on my calendar! It just continues to pound leaving nothing but pain behind. But I don't have the option to give in to it. It has flattened me yet so I have to keep on going. My migraines h...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Aug 6, 2010, 11:03 am
Well it looks like the attacks never quit coming on my old post I wrote about boycotting the companies that support homosexuality!  I wrote that in 2006 and I still get stray comments on it! The ideas and discussions discussed in that post are still valid today. I'm assuming you have all read how a...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Aug 2, 2010, 11:24 am
No, I have not forgotten you all I have just been so incredibly busy I haven't been able to make it here to the Dishpan to gab. I have acquired more students since last time I posted and my days are stuffed full to the very minute. My husband has been working 70 hour weeks and we just haven't had th...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jul 24, 2010, 12:39 am
I came upstairs tonight to do a bunch of work in the school room and now I am so exhausted there is no way I can start in. It's 9:30 pm so I guess its okay if I call it a night, but man, I had a ton of stuff planned to do tonight. I spent the afternoon running errands and that is draining! I we...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jul 17, 2010, 11:32 am
All summer the bird feeder has been flooded with purple and gold finches, blue jays, juncos, housewrens, sparrows, wood thrushes, robins, etc. This morning as I sat at the table having my coffee I saw a flutter of activity out out of the corner of my eye. I turned to check out what was going on at t...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jul 10, 2010, 12:30 pm
In figuring out my fall curriculum I have been evaluating what exactly it is that I really want to get across to my children. I've been questioning old methods, rejecting new methods, throwing out anything I deem worthless, then bringing it back again and so it goes! My problem is largely this;...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jul 8, 2010, 1:44 am
Im still here but oh, so busy! Our temps soared into the 90's and my pool has been hopping with kids. I have kids here night and day. Tink thinks summer is one big long sleepover!  Tonight I just put my foot down and said no more. I need a break! Tomorrow Tinks volleyball team is staying t...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jun 22, 2010, 11:09 pm
Well if this isn't a fine kettle of fish? The news is reporting that we have only had 4 sunny days since the first of April. The outlook for warm weather is bleak. Scientists looking at the weather patterns from other years that have mirrored this one now tell us that we may not see any temps th...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jun 21, 2010, 12:55 pm
Well here I am....exhausted...but alive and well. We arrived home at 3:30 am yesterday morning after driving straight through from Phoenix...21 hours! We all slept in and missed morning church services. The kids and I did attend the evening service but church was barely dismissed when I got a call t...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - Jun 13, 2010, 9:00 pm
Many of you are aware that I am taking a two week vacation. I cant tell you how beneficial this has been to my overall mental health! I have only one wish right now; that I could have planted the garden before I left. This week at home is beautiful with temps in the 70's. Oh, I'm not complai...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - May 27, 2010, 1:33 pm
Today I turn 50! Its hard for me to grasp that fact! I always thought 50 was so old and now it doesn't seem old at all! I know I've sadly neglected this blog but I am returning. School is out now. All charter school classes have been figured out, signed by all the right people and turned in...
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Mrs d. posted an article on Dishpan Dribble - May 10, 2010, 11:46 am
I am experiencing a severe case of educators burn out this year. Yes, I love teaching and Im not a bit worried that by fall I will be ready to jump in all over again. But for the month of May I am burned out in a serious way. I have 6 teaching days left to my homeschool year of tutoring. I am going...
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