If you’re traveling west in Texas on I-20, make sure you stop in Abilene and visit Frontier Texas for a great educational experience. It made the New York Times recently. We heard about it a couple of years ago and decided to stop and check it out. I thought it would probably be the average historical type of museum. But I was mistaken. It is not your average museum. I was impressed and highly recommend it. I don’t want to tell you too much…I want you to experience the state-of-the-art technology yourself. Visit the links below for more information.

Here’s an easy way to make good, southern style iced tea:

Boil 2 cups water (I use the microwave)

Then put in 3 family style tea bags and let steep 5-15 minutes depending on personal taste (I prefer 5 minutes)

Don’t squeeze the tea bags into the water - remove them from the tea

Add sweetener while tea is hot, either 1 cup sugar (or more to taste) or sweetener of your choice. (I like to use Stevia.)

Add 1/4 tsp baking soda to keep tea from tasting bitter

Pour tea into gallon container and fill with water, then chill. If you’re going to pour warm tea over ice, then only fill the gallon container half  to two-thirds of the way.

Enjoy!!

When our daughter was in high school, we would go shopping at the mall and go to just about every store (that a teenager would wear clothes from) until we found the longest mini-skirt.  Skirts and dresses were really short during that time.  But after looking in several stores, we would always find something that was suitable.  Clothes can still be in style, fun or funky and yet be modest at the same time.  Go to the link below to see some cute clothes.  

http://www.liteldifferent.com/boutique//catalog/index.php?cPath=25

Before we got our no-wax floor, I use to clean with Lysol.   One of the men who installed our no-wax floor said not to use Lysol anymore.  That would dull the finish.  He said one of the best things to use is white vinegar.  So I pour 1/2 cup white vinegar in my mop water.  And it does a great job.  The only thing is that you don’t have that clean Lysol smell, but the floor looks great and the shine is still there after several years.

I haven’t written much this past week (due to being in “grandma heaven” - LOL), but I’m back home now and plan to be writing daily. And now that it’s the time of year when school starts, some of you are probably super busy with all the things involved in getting ready for school. Hope things aren’t too crazy!

I have been in “grandma heaven” this week, helping with our new grandbaby. I went to stay with our daughter and son-in-law for a few days to help out with the baby and things around the house, cook, etc. Although our daughter is on maternity leave, she still needed to contact a few clients and catch up on voicemail and work email.  She was able to do this from  home. I loved being able to sit on the couch, holding “Baby J.”  I enjoyed watching him, HGTV, and our daughter as she worked at her computer and made business calls. I thought about how nearly 26 years ago I sat in my grandparent’s rocker which we had in our nursery. Years ago I sat rocking our daughter as a newborn, watching her tiny features and listening to her precious little sounds that only newborns make.  I wondered back then what she would be like when she grew up.  This week I sat holding her newborn baby. Those 26 years have passed in a flash, and now I know that she is such a wonderful new mother, as well as a great wife. And I’m so proud of her! (and my husband is too!) And so I wondered, as I sat watching Baby J’s tiny features and listening to his precious little sounds that only newborns make, what will he be like when he grows up? It was a very special time for sure!

Where is your absolutely most favorite place you’ve ever been on a vacation?   Please leave a comment below and share.

My favorite is almost a tie between Hawaii and Colorado.  We’ve been to four of the Hawaiian islands and they’re absolutely gorgeous, but Colorado wins out (barely).  I have a passion about being up in the Rocky Mountains.  It is so beautiful up there, especially in early summer and early fall.  I love the drive from Salida up to Leadville and on up to Rocky Mountain National Park.  Leadville, Breckenridge, Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne, and Estes Park are our favorite towns.  Rocky Mountain National Park is breathtakingly beautiful.  The awesome majesty of the mountains reminds me of the awesome power and majesty of God.  And part of it may be that we used to go on family vactions there when I was a child, so  I fell in love with the Rocky Mountains at an early age.

If you have the time, the site below is worth the visit. It has beautiful pictures of our country. You can probably relate to a few of them, and if you travel a lot then you may relate to many of them.

http://oldbluewebdesigns.com/mybeautifulamerica.htm

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Lisa at Lisa Reviews recommends Leap Frog Math Circus.  She says that her young daughter, Madison, really enjoys the music and doesn’t realize that she’s learning.  When I was teaching in the Resource Room years ago, I would use a multiplication tables song that helped the students learn their multiplication facts.   Make something fun and children learn faster!

Go to the link below to learn more about Leap Frog Math Circus.

http://lisareviews.com/2007/08/15/leap-frog-math-circus/