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Hi! I am LaDonna. I really never know what to say in these introductory posts.
I’m J’s wife and mom to five precious little ones here and one gone on ahead of us to visit with Jesus face to face. We live in northern Canada where spring has yet to arrive! We homeschool our crew. And we are in the process (long and drawn out) of renovating an old Anglican church into a home. We try to have a lot of fun doing both those activities.
I started blogging about a year or so ago simply to have a log of our homeschooling activities. We don’t follow a specific curriculum so I needed some way to log our progress. My blog has blossomed into so much more than that! I blog to communicate with friends and family. I blog to organize thoughts, as if in a journal. I blog to keep myself organized. My blog is pretty low-key (like me), but blogging is one of my favorite things to do!
In fact, I spend some time writing reviews over at Simply Sensational Divas Review. I’m joined there by 6 other ladies. There are Christy from ShaketheSalt, Tammy from Pink Stinx, Christi from Polka Spot Farm, Stephanie, Kim and Cathy! This is a great bunch of ladies – supportive, friendly, fun and busy. Most of us are in the midst of parenting little ones and some don’t get to blog often or just haven’t jumped into the blogging world yet (other than SSDR). Christy and I are working on them!
Again, welcome here. Please leave a comment to let me know you stopped by. Don’t forget to hop back over to 5 Minutes for Moms for more partying bloggers! Oh, and check out the prizes! Here’s my list:
USC 7 – One Monogrammed Zip Tote by Celebrated Designs
USC 16 – $50 gift certificate to Kristen’s Custom Creations
USC 26 – $50 gift voucher to Hatley
USC 46 – Two pair Leg Huggers & a Onzie from Agoo, provided by Wishing Penny
USC 50 – signed copy of Queen of the Castle by Lynn Bowen Walker
USC 54 – Sane Woman’s Guide to Raising a Large Family by Mary Ostyn
USC 58 – Handmade Retro Apron of your choice from Kati at Boojiboo
There are sooooo many great gifts and giveaways! Enjoy the party!
Hi LaDonna – sounds like you keep yourself pretty busy! Love that you are renovating a church! Come visit me if you have a moment!
http://mammadandcrew.blogspot.com/
Nice to meet you! Happy partying!
Hello!
What a precious family and neat you are redoing a church! WOW! Loads to do to keep your hands full~tons of blessings to you all!
SisterTipster
homeschoolblogger.com/SisterTipster/
Okay I found you! What a wonderful blog party, I’ve never seen this before. It’s great! I have peeked at a few and some I’ll go back to! Your blog is great!
Thanks for visiting my blog. The church renovation sounds awesome. I’ll be interested to see how you progress.
Thanks for taking the time to say hi!! Your blog looks very interesting–I always thought it would be a rewarding challenge to renovate an old building into a home for my family. I look forward to reading more!!
What a cool project!
As a former Mainer I still remember the days of snow and cold even in May!
Enjoy the party!
It’s another brisk windy day in Vegas!
Hey a fellow Canadian!! Awesome blog! Have great weekend!
Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog. The “Spring Reading Thing” sounds like a great idea – I may have to join up too
Hey, LaDonna! Thanks for stopping by my party. I’m very interested in hearing about your adventures in renovating the church into a home, so I’ll surely be back! Happy blogging.
Jen @ Hey Y’all
Just stopping by UBP hopping. Nice to meet you! Your Church renovation sounds really cool. What a neat place to live. Come on over to mommiedaze.com and day hi!
Ladonna, you are one busy girl! Happy blogging
Hey there from a homeschool mom in Texas.
Thanks for visiting! I agree with the others, the church renovation sounds like a great project.
HI!! Me, again. I see you are also doing the blog party too!! Isn’t this fun????? Talk to you soon.
Hi LaDonna!
I’m so happy to visit you little corner of the web for the UBP09!
Thank you for stopping by my blog!!
Hi LaDonna,
You stopped by my blog through the UBP and I was so excited to see a fellow Mom of 5! I would love to hear how your renovation journey is going. What do you review? Hope you are enjoying the party-drop by again and keep me posted on your corner of the world! It was really nice to meet you.
Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog,interesting to here that your renovating an old church we bought an 165 year school house about two and a half years ago ,but ours is no where near move in condition yet
nice to meet you wanrey
Hi LaDonna! Thanks for stopping by Keeper of the Cheerios! It’s so great to meet you and learn a little bit about you and your family. 5 kids AND all that blogging must keep you super busy
Thanks for stopping by My Home of Five! I would love to see photos of your home!
Have a great week!
Jennifer
thanks for stopping by my blog.
btw, i <3 that phone!!!
Dropping in for the party. It is nice to meet you! I love the fact that you are renovating an old church into a home, my hubby and I have often thought of doing that. Many years ago we almost bought an old church but it didn’t work out. I think that is great that you are able to do so. Anyawy, great to meet you and hope to see you around blogland.
Blessings
Thanks for stopping by I’m A Hot Mom. It’s so nice partying with you at UBP09. Hoping to connect with you more in the future.
Hello fellow partier! I’m returning your lovely visit to my place…
I love your remodel – must be tough, though. We have been doing our kitchen for 2 years and I’m so tired of it!
LaDonna it is nice to meet you and thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy the party!!
Thanks for stopping by jodifur!
I love your home! So neat!
Enjoy the party
Nice to meet you, thanks for stopping by!
Cute kids!
Your blog looks very interesting! That is sooo amazing about renovating the church. Best wishes and good luck with that project.
Take care and blessings,
Summer
That is so cool that you’re renovating a church to live in! That has to be so much fun! Have a great time at UBP 09!
Hello there. Knocking on your door from the blog party. Hope you don’t mind.
Mike
http://somethingaboutparenting.typepad.com
Twitter: About Parenting
Nice to meet you!
Talk about a party!
I’m quite intrigued and am learning how to get around!
Just stopping by from 5minutes for moms blog party!
Nice to meet you! You have a beautiful family. Thanks for stopping by blog!!
Now on to party some more!!
I’m “blog hopping” via the Ultimate Blog Party. It’s nice to meet you.
Hi! Thank you for stopping by my blog, via UBP!
I love meeting other homeschoolers & learning new ways to teach, through them. I'm new to homeschooling. Only been doing it for 1 1/2 weeks now, lol. ;o)
Hope you enjoy the party!
I am a Canuck as well. Easterner. I’ll have to bookmark your site and have a gander at the finished product of your church reno! Sounds exciting!
Found you via the blog party, nice to meet you! Have a great week. Pop by and say hello if you get a chance.
Blessings
Thanks for having me on the Blog Party circuit.
You have a lovely family and blog!
It is hard to imagine how cold your part of the world is – here in Australia we are just starting to creep out of Summer.
Ruby
Hello!
You have a great family! I love reading about homeschooling – so interesting! My daughter is two years old – no school yet
Have a wonderful day!
Hi LaDonna! So very nice to meet you and your family. Party hopping hippie grandma here in Colorado who is trying to restore an 1880 Victorian Stone farmhouse with hubby. Participating too so stop in for a visit.
It was nice to meet you. Sounds like a lot of work to renovate but also lots of fun especially working with your family.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope the girls think I’m a fun auntie as well.
Hello, fellow mommy blogger. I have sure enjoyed the UBP. This was my first year to participate and I’ve loved all the blogs I’ve found. I have a blog at http://www.superfunmama.blogspot.com; It is a site about learning and other fun activities I do with my tot. I’ve enjoyed getting to know you and your blog!
Hi! Just stopping by from the UB Party. Very cool…the whole renovation project. I’m a former homeschooling mom to 2 girls (teens now, one graduating. Whew, time sure flies). Well, nice to “meet” you. Come on over for a visit sometime.
Great blog!And blessed family!
I saw your book list post for spring! Looks great!
we are just starting out our homeschooling journey, so I really enjoy blogs like yours, where I can glean info and learn from others experiences!
Stop by my blog sometime!
God bless you and yours!
A sister in Christ,
Hannah
Hey LaDonna-
I am just stopping in from The Ultimate Blog Party (after party) to say hello. Come by my place to enter to win a LeapFrog Tag Reading System and some books by pledging to read to your child everyday. You can also enter to win a pair of Girl’s Crocs – Size 8/9.
This week to keep the party going a little longer, I am hosting a few more giveaways. Stop by and see what you can win!
Stacie
The Divine Miss Mommy
http://www.thedivinemissmommy.com
http://www.twitter.com/stacieinatlanta
Blog Party Woohoo! Talk about fashionably late, right, sorry. I have been sick which left me in a fog all last week, so I am still trying to make my rounds. Better late than never I figured. Anyway, hope you had a great week at the UBP. Hope to see you again sometime!