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Know the Steps to Safety When Using Escalators: Some shoes more likely than others to pose risk

Each year the ride between floors is made easier when an estimated 90 billion riders use an escalator. Although most of those rides are without incident, the CPSC estimates there were approximately 11,000 escalator related injuries in 2007. The majority of these injuries are from falls but 10 percent occur when hands, feet or shoes are trapped in escalators. The most common entrapment is to the foot. Soft-sided shoes are the most likely to get stuck and pose the possibility of injury to the rider.

Brave New Obamaian World

I just had to post this... funny, but scary. Warning: This is a funny parody, but it looks like most of the other content on "ucb comedy" is offensive... so beware.

Home Schooling Programs

Some parents have opted to keep their children out of the school system, and are looking to give them their education at home. Most parents feel it eliminates distractions and the children learn more. They may also feel that the school system is no longer trying to facilitate the education they want their children to have. Luckily there are programs available to help home school families successfully teach their children.

Don't Forget the Fun!

A New Yearâ€™s Resolution or Two

I can remember back when I was in my early twenties, spending New Year’s Eve with other young Christians, ringing in the New Year with our apple juice toasts, singing with guitars strumming praise songs, and sharing our resolutions. I remember playing a game where we would write down our predictions for the coming year about some topics someone would choose, questions about what might happen to us personally, and about the national and international scene. (Like a good question for this year would be “Who do you think will be elected President in 2008?”) Of course, most of my guessing was off. After all, only God knows what will happen, as James 4:14-15 says: Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." Now that I am a married homeschooling mom with six little ones, I still make resolutions and wonder what will happen in the next year, yet I know that while I can chart a course for my ship, God can steer my boat wherever He deems. One of my big resolutions for this year is that, if it is the Lord’s will, I would be able to spend even more time with every child God has given us and to grow with each of them in a relationship deeper in love and respect. Even though as homeschoolers we are home with our children, we have to be careful that we are really home – I mean not distracted in thought or deed. Are we looking each of our precious children in the eye when they come to us, really listening to what they have to say even if it seems to unimportant to us, really watching them to see what they need spiritually, emotionally, etc.? Have we structured our lives the best we can, so that we can minister to them fully? I have come to the place where I realize a parent can spend all day with their child and not really reach their child’s heart, which is the purpose of making the sacrifice of homeschooling if you are a Believer. More on that in later blogs. Happy New Year.

Don't Forget the Glue!

Over the years, I have been so blessed to be able to pan out nuggets of golden wisdom from a variety of godly, veteran homeschool moms. The many Christian homeschoolers who spoke at our ministry all homeschooled somewhat differently, as God makes each family unique, but I always gleaned something valuable for my family from every one. (Some talks from homeschool veterans, by the way, are available free at Exploring Homeschooling.) Their advice has saved me so much grief, money and time “reinventing the wheel.” Often those considering or starting homeschooling want to know what it is that will make their journey successful. Naturally, thoughts of the best curriculum, home management techniques, field trip opportunities or other aspects of home education come to mind. But today I want to share with the most valuable advice I ever heard from wise homeschoolers about what should top the “list for success” in homeschooling. By far, the most essential part of homeschooling, that crucial thing you need to have in great supply in order to hold it all together is “glue” -- the divine glue of really having a close, continual relationship with the Lord Jesus. I have heard several veteran homeschooler emphasize that if you are having trouble keeping your homeschooling together, check your prayer life. It would always turn out, one seasoned homeschooler noted, that a struggling, “feeling hopeless” mom was spending little or no time before the Lord each day. I have had to learn the hard way, so I am passing on this life preserver of good advice, to save those who are jumping into the homeschool journey from drowning. I can tell there is a dramatic difference in the days when I have been in prayer and in the Word and days when I just roll out of bed and try to start the day cold. Often mothers of little children will moan, “but I have no time!” I can tell you this –that if you make time for real heart to heart prayer with Christ, He will make your day blessed with a balm of sweetness so that you will want to always find a way to pray. I often looked at versus like 1 Thessalonians 5:17, “pray without ceasing” and I could not understand how a single person, let alone a married lady with children could muster anything close to that. But, I think I finally have some understanding of that verse. We had six children in eight years of marriage (whew!) and honestly I pray much more with six children than I ever did with one child. Right now I have twin babies, two preschoolers and two other youngsters, so hear me out on this. What changed? I see prayer as the cement that holds everything together; to be communicating with and listening to the Creator all day is the most important part of achieving a biblical household. A homeschool veteran with many kids once advised us to rise while everyone was asleep for daily prayer and devotions – this is perhaps the only quiet time in our household. Also we busy moms can pray when we fold the laundry, when we cook, or when we hoover over that child with the not-so-great attitude who needs your advocating to the Father right there and then. I believe that real, heartbroken, crying out before God prayer – not the superficial, skipped over, just-for-looks kind -- is the glue that will help hold your homeschool, your family, your marriage, and you together. What I mean is a “glue” that will attach your heart to Christ and His ways all day, a “glue” that will bond your children to you and your husband, and ultimately to Him. Being a person of prayer means you know how wretched you are, how you are totally dependent on God for everything. Anyone can say they pray, but if someone really comes before the Savior, they are dramatically changed. You cannot be the striving, stressed, selfish, complaining person you were before you stood before Him. You cannot hold anything against anyone if you know He forgave you. You realize how blessed you are to be able to serve Him by being a stay home mom and wife, that it is the best job in the world. Also, you get a vision of great hope for the children you only saw as impossible before you lifted your hands and heart to Heaven. In other words, meeting Jesus changes your perspective. Having a Holy Spirit led homeschool changes you and that influences everyone you are in contact with. Make no mistake about it -- homeschooling is the harder road. It will try every part of you. But, it is the best road if you are loving, Christian parent who can create a safe place of joyous learning in your home. But I propose that the “joyous” in that last sentence can only be obtained by getting the glue and pouring it all over your household --- the glue of deep, continual communication with Christ Jesus.

The Wise, The Worthy, and The Great

From God Made Mothers: Dear Lord, I do not ask That Thou should'st give me some high work of Thine, Some noble calling, or some wondrous task. Give me a little hand to hold in mine; Give me a little child to point the way Over the strange, sweet path that leads to, Thee; Give me a little voice to teach to pray; Give me two shining eyes Thy face to see. The only crown I ask, dear Lord, to wear Is this: that I may teach a little child. I do not ask that I may ever stand Among the wise, the worthy, or the great; I only ask that softly, hand in hand, A child and I may enter at the gate. - Author Unknown

Today's Homeschool Cartoon

Who is your kidâ€™s hero?

Should read: "Mine is my homeschool super mom." Happy Mother's Day

Daily Snapshot: Nightlife Collides with Day Job

Buy the Snapshots Cartoon Book Snapshots T-Shirts, Mugs, Etc.One-Time Rights and Syndication More Humor from Jason Love

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