Under His Construction

• Jun. 4, 2008 - Washingtonians: Are you breaking the law?

One of my favorite parts of planning homeschool lessons is finding good books to go along with the lessons. I scour the internet and our local library for everything I can find on the subject. Sometimes I just scour the library for fun and interesting books that would make a good lesson. I have been astounded to find children's books on subjects I never would have guessed. I have also found children's books that I was delighted to find on certain subjects. This was the case at our library yesterday as I found a great book by the title 'Washington Law for Kids: Make It, Don't Break It!" by Carole Marsh. The book is definitely not written from a Biblical worldview but I have been delighted by the majority of the content never the less. I wanted to share with you all from a fun chapter on old Washington laws. I knew my few Washington readers would like this especially.
-No Hunting on Main Street
-No Playing Marbles for Keeps
-You Must Get a Doctor's Prescription Before You Take a Bath
-You Can't Own a Cat and a Bird at the Same Time
-Women's Dresses Can't Be More Than 2 Inches Above the Ankle
-A Man Cannot Marry His Wife's Grandmother
-No Working in Bare Feet
-A Dead Person Cannot Serve on a Jury (has this changed?) ( :
-You Cannot Sleep in Someone's Outhouse Without Permission

Are those great?!

One last note before I leave the subject of great book finds - I also checked out a book called 'Germ Zappers' that is in a series of books about our cells and DNA. I found it to be very informative and understandable for even my 6yo who very much enjoyed it. Again this is not from a Biblical worldview but I don't know how anyone could read it and not recognize the intelligence in the design of our bodies. Truly incredible! My son and I decided it was like Star Wars going on in our bodies! ( :

• Jun. 4, 2008 - what a riot!

Posted by Jennifer in OR

Thanks for the laughs! No playing marbles for keeps just cracked me up. And I wonder what's the story behind the bath prescription?

Many blessings to you on finding a rental. Let me know how things are going. We've done trailer life so I know what you're going through!

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• Jun. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

You have Star Wars analogies, too, I see. :)

I've always enjoyed reading old laws. Some of them aren't as funny. Our subdivision forbade blacks from living here. That is obviously no longer upheld, but it is on the records. But it does make me glad that we obey God rather than men.

Enjoy your summer! And thanks for visiting. I've missed having you around, but I understand.

Peace to you,
Renae
http://lifenurturingeducation.com

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• Jun. 9, 2008 - What a hoot!

Posted by HoneyBee10269

Just thinking about the one...a man cannot marry his wife's grandmother...my grandmother is in her 90's so that would be entirely creepy!

These types of things are always fun to read...I especially like the ones that come from real life like instructions with stuff. Two examples...1) back years ago when we got a ventless gas fireplace the instructions that were pack way inside everything that we didn't even find until after we had taken it out of the box said "read all instructions before removing fireplace from box"! and 2) my daughter got a hair "straigtening" flat iron a week or so ago and one of the instructions was "do not use product while sleeping"...who are these people that write this stuff?!

Have a great day - Melissa

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