My husband and I got a chuckle out of this list. We have a white board in the kitchen to serve as reminders for us on what the children need. Yes, our children know that we are very busy that they have to do this. Well, we were surprised last night to find this list. [...]
March 29, 2009
Categories: Blended Families, Catholic Family, Catholic Homeschooling, Catholic Resources, True Stories . . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
Once again, Associated Content commends a well-written article entitled “Confidence in US Economy: Challenge for Writers”. By sheer luck, I wrote the article.
Once upon a time, I was an Economist in a public entity. In fact, the apex of my career ,where I felt I made substantial contribution to my country, is when I formulated [...]
March 27, 2009
Categories: Business . Tags: 2009 economic recession of US, can the US recover from recession, confidence in US economic recovery, economic polls for economic recovery, economic recovery in US, economic reports for 2008, hot topics of writers in 2009, ideas for writers in 2009, keywords for 2009, lessons learned from recession, top jobs in a recession, US economic crisis, US economic recession, what to write in 2009, when will US recover from economic recession . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: 2 Comments
The outstanding debt of the United States is 9.2 trillion. Yes, we are living in borrowed money. Thinking of it in a macro level seems daunting. Make an analogy and relate the nation as your family unit. Your family owes $9.2 trillion. What do you do? The head of the family will probably make a [...]
March 20, 2009
Categories: Business . Tags: land of debt monsters, Obama in march 2009, recession, US economy, US economy 2009, US economy in March 2009, what to do on a recession . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
America celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with green beer and corned beef. People are dressing in green or else you will be pinched.
St. Patrick must be very influential to have a space in the commercial world. Who was he? What did he do? What makes him special?
Read the article here “What Makes St. Patrick’s Day Special?“
March 17, 2009
Categories: Catholic Resources . Tags: Happy St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Day 2009, who is st. patrick? what did st. patrick do? why does America celebrate St. Patrick's day? . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
My family attended an invigorating retreat last Sunday. Father Arnsparger of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in NC conducted the family retreat. It was about discerning God’s will in your life. He quoted seven (7) practical principles for Knowing God’s will from the article of Peter Kreeft in “Making Choices”.
1. Love God - The person who [...]
March 16, 2009
Categories: Catholic Family, Catholic Homeschooling, Catholic Resources . Tags: Catholic Blended Families, catholic family traditions, catholic retreats, Discerning God's will, family retreat, habits for effective discernment of God's plan, How do we discern God's will, Knowing God's will, lenten family retreat, Mystery woman gives cash, NC catholic retreats, new traditions, Pope Benedict 16, raising 9 chldren, SC catholic retreats, spiritual glasses, spooky christmas, understand difficult child, visit of Pope Benedict to US . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
This is a very funny video clip, click here.
March 13, 2009
Categories: Fun Break . . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: 1 Comment
Ricardo is 11 years old. He is my piano student for 4 months now. When I started teaching him, he had moved from Wiand stopped piano lessons for three months. I thought there wouldn’t be much problem. His previous piano teacher commended him for his performance in piano lessons. Rafael has great attitude. However, like [...]
March 5, 2009
Categories: Piano Lessons . . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: 1 Comment
Today was snow day in our city. Classes were cancelled. In fact, my husband got a flat tire as his car was re-directed to a new route on his way to work. It was a stressful morning for him.
In the home front, my children in public school were so eager to play outside. [...]
March 2, 2009
Categories: Catholic Homeschooling . Tags: Catholic Homeschooling, creativity, homeschooling, making a snow animal, snow bear . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment