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UPDATE on Tuesday, March 9, 2010: The gracious Kimberly found out I blogged about their store and my favorite pen and is offering a coupon code for FREE SHIPPING at Tokyo Pen Shop through March 16!!

Use the coupon code: OHMYSTINKINHECK

I LOVE IT! My own coupon code!!!
(Also applies to Canada Jamie!)
Sorry, but notebooks are excluded.

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To some it may seem silly that I’ve fallen in love with a particular pen, but growing up the daughter of an office supply salesman, I’d have to disagree.

For an office supply junky like me, there is NOTHING silly about my love for this pen…this PERFECT pen…this PERFECTLY fine-tipped pen that never, ever, EVER spits or spurts or splats.

What is this pen that will change your life?

This pen that if used to sign a treaty, could singlehandedly bring about world peace?

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Around here we have a tendency to take simple projects and make them “more” – which sometimes works, and other times…not so much.

This time we didn’t go overboard; we simply joined Kenny in his weekly “Developmental Activity” assignment found in his Sonlight curriculum. The girls aren’t always hip on joining-in on these activities because many of them are, in their words, “booooooooring”; for example, “fold clothes” or “tie shoes”.

I remind them that these activities aren’t joy rides through Disney, they are just meant to be developmental mile-markers so Kenny doesn’t end up in college still wearing velcro sneakers. Other activities are more fun, like “jump up and down and cluck like a chicken while reciting your vowels” (wait…that’s one I made up) and then today’s activity…make paper hats.

Everyone loves making and wearing paper hats, am I right?

You know I’m right.

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Did I tell you we named our homeschool OMSH-ademics? We’re still pondering the switch to OMSH-ademia (and by “we”, I mean “me”)…I need to roll it around a bit more on my tongue to make sure it best “represents” the Sanders in the house…OH YEAH!

We used to just be The Sanders’ Academy, but that sounded entirely too uppity; we are far from uppity – more like educated rednecks (the scariest kind of redneck if I’m being honest).

ANYWAY…

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