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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Free Coffee at Panera 1/28/09

27-Jan-09

Free coffee and samples at Panera January 28, 2009
When you visit on January 28th for free coffee and delicious breakfast samples, we also invite you to donate $1 to support our Operation Dough-Nation Community Breadbox program. Participating bakery-cafes will match the amount raised, up to $250 per bakery-cafe, with funds going to support local programs [...]

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Wordle

21-Jan-09

I put this blog’s url into Wordle and got the cloud tag below. I hope I removed words like ‘and’, etc. Have you Wordle’d your blog?

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Pancake Day & FREE pancakes at IHOP

14-Jan-09

Join IHOP to celebrate National Pancake Day February 24, 2009 from 7am-10pm. They ask that you consider making a donation to support local children’s hospitals through Children’s Miracle Network or other local charities.
http://www.ihoppancakeday.com/
http://www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org/
Short history on pancakes, celebration notes and recipes at
http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Batter-Up-Its-Pancake-Week/Detail.aspx
More history and pancakes around the world at Pancake Appreciation Society
Perfect Vegan Pancakes Every Time
Moby’s [...]

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Winter Safety

04-Jan-09

Winter Survival – A Health & Safety Unit for Young Children (Gr 1-2)
http://www.lnc.k12.nd.us/Resources/LessonPlans/Susan/Winter_Survival.htm
Billy & Maria learn about winter weather coloring pages
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/bm/bm_main.html
Red Cross “Be Ready 1-2-3″ materials help young children, ages 4 to 7, learn through activities and demonstrations
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/eduinfo/
Winter Safety coloring book to d/l (right-click and save as) and print, free pdf.
Owlie Skywarn: Winter Storms – [...]

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Saving Kids Clothes

04-Jan-09

If you save a lot of your kids clothes, put them in Ziplock bags with their names and the name of the person who made it or the significance of it. Then store it in a Rubbermaid container. It seems to me that Rubbermaid makes the best containers. They take our abuse without cracking, which [...]

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Scrapbook On A Shoestring

04-Jan-09

This question was posted on the old forums
Question
How do you accomplish scrapbooking cheaply. We do some lapbooking, but I saw several scrapbook type projects on the Internet that were based on educational topics. It looked really fun, but when I looked into materials and equipment, it seemed quite expensive.
So any ideas how to scrapbook on [...]

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