Elevated influenza-like illness visits are prompting some U.S. states to declare state of emergencies. Take a moment and be an educated patient before you run out for your flu vaccine. Does the flu shot prevent the flu? Over 200 viruses cause influenza and influenza-like illness and without a laboratory test, doctors cannot tell the two […]
Author: Angelia Embler
Angi grew up in southern Arizona but now lives in central New Mexico with her husband, two sons and three dogs. She creates, she responds to Yoast support requests, and she loves to ramble on about anything. When not doing those, she can be found curled up with a good book or watching any one of her favorite TV shows, movies, or an American football game.
Between holidays and the sickies, we’ve been a little less strict on implementing the Reading Reflex program. Week 5We used the Handwriting without Tears method to practice writing the sound pictures. As we wrote the letters, we said their sounds not their names. We also continued reading the BOB books although Drama King loves to […]
13 Treasured Moments Of 2012
We’ve had so many treasured moments this year so we narrowed it down to these thirteen. Mumfection, Home Maid Simple, and our blog started Think About It! Thursdays. Sadly it didn’t take on and we’re back to the drawing board. We bought and processed over 60 pounds of produce in one weekend. It lasted about […]
Christmas Comes But Once A Year
Christmas will arrive at our home shortly so while we’re busy celebrating, I found one of my favorite short movies to share with you. The orphans at a small orphanage wake to find their stockings filled with a special toy just for them. Sadly the toys fall apart and the orphans are left in tears […]
Today’s Topic: What are your Christmas traditions? Before we moved to New Mexico, we used to go to a local theater company on Christmas eve for their Christmas show. We munched on popcorn, ate pizza, fried zucchini, and salads. And during intermission, we have ice creams to celebrate Tim’s birthday and our anniversary. Now that […]
2 Minute Microwave Fudge
As a child, I remember making microwave fudge and dug out the recipe to make with the boys last weekend. This fudge is seriously easy to make and super kid friendly. We’ve made it with cocoa or creamy peanut butter in the past but I was out of cocoa so we made the peanut butter […]