Camel Bags – One Of Our Family’s Christmas Traditions

Dec 20, 2011 No Comments by Joy D.

Originally posted December 15th, 2009 on Timberdoodle’s Facebook Page. If you know our family, you know we have some odd family traditions including limiting our Christmas decorations to a nativity theme (we don’t even have a tree!) and putting off gift giving to New Years. Of all of our traditions though, Camel Bags raise the most [...]

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How We Pack Shoeboxes As A Bible Study

Nov 03, 2011 No Comments by Pearl D.

What is more fun than packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child? Doing it with your friends. A world-wide outreach of Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child distributes shoeboxes full of necessities and toys to children across the globe. Each year, thousands of families wrap shoeboxes and fill them with items such as socks, toothbrushes, dolls, t-shirts, [...]

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Our Mother’s Day gift to Mom

May 05, 2011 No Comments by Pearl D.

  Our mom is hard to shop for. She doesn’t like flowers, and she is determined to eat healthily, so a box of chocolates wouldn’t be a blessing for her. What else can we do for Mother’s Day? Breakfast in bed? No. A day shopping? No, she doesn’t enjoy shopping. A cleaning supply, such as [...]

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The Most Famous Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Dec 20, 2010 No Comments

On birthdays it isn’t uncommon to have these delicious cinnamon rolls requested by the birthday person, sometimes instead of birthday cake! The family story behind the name is that whoever makes the cinnamon rolls claims the privilege of referring to them as (insert baker’s name here)’s Most Famous Cinnamon Rolls. Most Famous Cinnamon Roll Recipe [...]

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Grandma’s Raspberry Delight

Dec 13, 2010 No Comments

A delicious, robustly raspberry dessert with a layer of cream cheese, a delicious nutty crust, and topped with Cool Whip; this dessert is a favorite with our family, coworkers, and even the local fire department! Ingredients Crust: 2 cups flour 2 cubes butter 1 cup finely chopped pecans Middle: 8 oz. Cream cheese 1 cup [...]

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Chocolate Noir Bar Recipe

Dec 06, 2010 No Comments

  We first came across the Chocolate Noir Bars recipe a couple of years ago, and it quickly became a go-to Christmas recipe for our family.  With a deliciously rich flavor, Chocolate Noir Bars were a perfect dessert for our second traditional Timberdoodle Monday Meal of the year!   Chocolate Noir Bars   Ingredients Brownie [...]

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Caramel Corn Recipe

Nov 29, 2010 No Comments

Our family-favorite caramel corn recipe. We are serving it today as part of our first traditional Monday Meal of the year!   Microwave Caramel Corn Ingredients: Popcorn, popped, approximately 6 quarts 2 cups brown sugar ½ lb. butter ½ cup white corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda Pecans, toasted, [...]

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Timberdoodle’s Homeschool Vodcast

Nov 02, 2010 No Comments

We’d played with videos for awhile, so in 2010 we eagerly jumped into the world of vodcasting and set the lofty goal of one vodcast per week. 44 weeks later, we’ve produced 36 official vodcasts (including two which are awaiting release!) and released 10 Special Edition Vodcasts! You have been very understanding as we learn [...]

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Surprise! Curriculum Planning Really Isn’t For Everyone. (Let’s build curriculum kits)

Nov 01, 2010 No Comments

Families tell us they love our Core Curriculum Packages but I wonder how many realize why it took us so long to offer that option. For over twenty years we clung to the belief that if you were going to go to the work of homeschooling, you would want to hand-select each item for each [...]

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2008 – Disasters On The Road

Oct 29, 2010 No Comments

It all started innocently enough. Timberdoodle was invited to purchase booth space at a California homeschool convention. During the past 2 years we had been easing our way back into the local homeschool conference/convention scene and decided to go for it. Conference preparation went smoothly and we pulled out nearly on-schedule Tuesday morning. The trailer [...]

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