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Posted: July 01 2013 at 9:23am \| IP Logged

Make your own smoke bomb

I don't know... looks pretty easy and fun. I told dh that the kids are going to want to trade me in for this mom

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Posted: July 01 2013 at 2:09pm \| IP Logged

Anne is one of my colleagues...she's great! You should check out the cool stuff she has for Halloween!

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Posted: July 01 2013 at 8:00pm \| IP Logged

guitarnan wrote:

Anne is one of my colleagues...she's great! You should check out the cool stuff she has for Halloween!

That is too cool, Nancy. How do I find the Halloween stuff? Is it at about.com or does she have another web site? Not having much luck finding it...

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Posted: July 01 2013 at 8:41pm \| IP Logged

http://chemistry.about.com is her web site. A blog runs down the middle of the web page, and you can go backward through her posts (tedious) or look here: Halloween Chemistry

There are lots of ideas as you scroll down that resulting page, plus the fake blood recipes and Halloween videos you can click on at the top of that page.

Other great About.com resources:

http://dinosaurs.about.com (Bob is hilarious...knows his dino's, too)

http://insects.about.com

http://geography.about.com

http://collegeapps.about.com (for the college-bound and their parents)

http://jobsearch.about.com (teen job info is there!)

I cover senior/Baby Boomer travel, and, although I think my travel pieces are helpful for travelers of any age, this topic does not have much to do with homeschooling.

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Posted: July 02 2013 at 6:35am \| IP Logged

Thanks, Nancy! It was so funny. My ds literally jumped out of his chair when we watched the smoke bomb video- he was that excited.

I just discovered about.com- looks like there is so much good stuff there.
I will definitely check out the links you posted. Thanks again!

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Posted: July 02 2013 at 8:16am \| IP Logged

Thanks for your kind words. About.com's writers are not only good at writing, they are experts in their fields. I love the Laundry site (http://laundry.about.com); I've saved a lot of stained items, thanks to the stain removal tips there.

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Posted: July 02 2013 at 9:08pm \| IP Logged

About.com is my go-to site whenever I need to know how to do just about anything. So much good stuff.

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Posted: July 02 2013 at 9:16pm \| IP Logged

Thanks, Theresa! Maybe some day you'll consider writing for About.com...freelance openings are unpredictable, but take a look now and again and see if any openings match your expertise.

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