Creative Homeschool Exerience

Feeling a Bit Down

    Things have been busy around here the last couple weeks.  Been of course schooling the boy’s but also just doing things with the MOMS Club and other errands.  Just don’t have the time to be online as I did before I started homeschooling the boy’s.  But that’s ok I am enjoying my time with the boy’s and watching them learn is just the coolest thing to watch.

    Now on to why I am “feeling a bit down”.  Well yesterday hubby’s plant had a meeting and they are saying that in the next six to eight weeks they will be thinking about shutting down the plant.  I think they will be shutting it down though and not just “thinking about it”.  If they were to shut down they said it would probably be during the fall and that they would of course give the employee’s severance pay and help everyone make up a new resume’.  Also one of hubby’s bosses told both hubby and his brother (they work in the same place, same position just different shifts) that he would give them great references.  So at least that is good news.  I am just scared.  There really aren’t any jobs here in Michigan.  I just don’t know if he will be able to get another job soon.  What if we have to move?  Will I have to go to work?  How will that affect me homeschooling the boy’s?  How long before he can find a job or for me to find one if needed?  I have so many questions going through my mind.  I just don’t know.  I am trying to just let go and let God but it’s hard when you don’t know what to do.  I keep praying that we get through all this.  I know we will somehow but I am still a little scared.  Hubby doesn’t seem to be as bothered as I am about it though.  He says it doesn’t do any good to worry about it right now and that we will get through it.  I know he’s right but I am a worrier at heart.  So please keep us in your thoughts and prayers that we get through this.  I know God has something planned for us.  It’s just the unknown and being patient that is so hard to do.  Thank you all!!

Got a new toy!

   We got out taxes back and hubby bought me a notebook.  Just got it the other day.  So I have been trying to figure it all out and work on it.  I am still having to download some stuff on here but it's coming along well!!  I am really loving it!! 

    we finally got the car back.  After not having it for almost a month!!  I am so happy to be able to drive again.  It was the computer (brain) of the car.  The way it was built you have to have the same vin number as your car.  So they had to put a brand new one in  and reprogram it.  I guess they were having problems programing it so that is why it took so long.  I seen the computer that was originally on the car and wow it was definetly corroded.  So glad we got that fixed.  Thank the Lord that it's hubby's cousin who owns a garage that did most of the work and gave us a big break on the cost. Other wise I don't know what we would have done. 

   The weather here is so cold now.  we went from basically fall/spring weather to freezing cold.  Well you know what they say about Michigan LOL.  Don't like the weather?  Wait five minutes and it will change LOL.  So true!!  I really dislike winter.  I wish I could just hybernate through the winter LOL.  But at least we had some decent weather till now. 

    Boy's are doing well in their schooling.  My youngest son who just turned five years old Jan 3.  Is doing  really well.  He is learning his letter sounds and can now count  past 29 as long as you tell him what's t next number after he can keep on counting.  Now to keep the letter sounds down a little better.  It's only a few letters he has problems with. Especailly the vowels (well all except A, he knows that one) but I know he will get it evntually.  That's all that's been going on here.  Hope everyone else is doing well!!

Sorry It's been a while

since I last blogged. Things have been either busy or computer was having issues. I actually tried to blog the other day but it wouldn't let me. Let's see our car is still in the shop. After the figured out that it was the computer in the car that went out the garge went and got a new one from Auto Zone. Only to find out that it was the wrong one. So now they have the right one but haven't been able to get to it just yet. Please pray we get it back soon. Thank the Lord we do have my mom's truck but it's a stick and I don't know how to drive a stick so as I said before hubby has been driving us around. Hopefully we get the car back tomorrow but we shall see.

The boy's had a play date with another homeschool mom and her son. They got to watch "Snow Dogs" since it is on sled dogs and racing them LOL. Because we are doing a study on the Iditarod Race in Alaska. Then they got to play around and they had a ball. So that was good. Hubby drove us there that day too but left to go do a few things and returned to pick us up later. Time sure does fly when you are having fun LOL. I know I did.

My computer has been acting up lately too. I got most of it figured out but it's still not right so I have been trying to figure that out. Other than all that things are ok here. Just been getting back into our grove again after having the holiday's off. At first it was a bit of a challenge but it's getting better. I am hoping to have a drama free month for the rest of this month LOL. So how is everyone start of the year going so far?

Yesterday, Iditarod Race, My Brother and Reading Bible in a Year

    Yesterday we just spent time at home just relaxing. That was nice. Just the family and I got some time with hubby too. So that was good. Other than that we didn't do much yesterday at all. Today we did some things. We went to Bob Evans for a late breakfast and then we went shopping so my youngest could pick out a toy from the money he got for his birthday from Grandma. Then we came home and I really cleaned the school/computer/toy room lol. Because since we use it for so much it gets messy really quickly. I still need to dust around it but not today LOL. Will get to it someday.

    I am getting excited about doing the study with my oldest (maybe my youngest too if he is interested LOL) on the Iditarod races. I joined that Yahoo group and now the membership is now closed to new members. Starting Monday - Feb 2 I believe we have to start making a wall map of Alaska and the Iditarod trail. The race starts in March and the boy's will get to pick a Musher and we get to track them as they get to their check points. I plan to do little crafts with them too as we go along. The race lasts any where from nine to twelve days. I am still learning more about it and I have to say I am excited about it. I know my oldest seemed pretty excited about it too. So we shall see how that goes.

    Found out last night when my brother called that he got into an accident. He said he went to stop and hydroplaned into another car. Thank the Lord everyone was fine including my brother. I am glad he called me to let me know though. He was just married in Oct and has their eight month old baby girl to take care of. Glad he was wearing his seatbelt and the air bag worked. No one but him was in the car with him so that was good too. He is just a little sore today when I called him. Praise God he is ok though. He's my baby brother so I worry about him a lot. He is six years younger than I am. So to me he really is my baby brother LOL. His car is totaled but he has two more vehicales he can use so that is good.

   I have been doing good at reading the Bible in a year Chronologically. I got the idea originally from A Work In Progress. I printed the study at www.backtothebible.org . I am really enjoying reading it this way and knowing others are doing it together helps keep my on track. Anyone else want to join in? Just go to A Work In Progress blog and let her know you want to join in too!!

Random Thoughts

Well I was going to start school day after tomorrow, after my youngest birthday. But got to thinking why start school on a Thursday toward the end of the week? So I have decided to just wait till Monday to start fresh. We started school a little early this year anyway because frankly the kids were getting board and restless. This helped them to get back in order again.

When my oldest turned five I had a hard time with it too and now here I am again with my youngest. Why is it so hard for me when they turn five? Is it because they are now starting to be their own little person? I don't know. I also had a hard time with their first birthdays LOL and with their first hair cuts and all their first really LOL. I guess I am just a sappy mom LOL. I am not wanting to have another one. I feel I am blessed in the children we do have. I don't feel incomplete or anything. Just a little sad because they grow up so fast. If by some chance I were to become pregnant (I had my tubes tied after my youngest) I would of course love the baby but I really am happy with just having the two boy's we have.

People are always asking me don't you want a girl? To be honest it doesn't really matter to me. I don't feel the longing to have a girl or another baby for that matter. Don't get me wrong I love babies and every time I go visit my brother or my BIL and SIL I go right for the babies and play with them LOL. But I really don't feel the urge to have another one. Does that make me odd? I actually love having boy's. I was a tom boy growing up so I think I relate to boy's better. I had mostly boy friends. I had girl friends of course but I had more guy friends. Not that if we had a girl she would be totally different then me. It's just that I feel blessed beyond belief with the two boys we have. I feel complete and happy with that. Like I said though if it were to happen and I did become pregnant then I would gladly accept it into our family and love them but it's really not something I am wishing for. Does anyone else feel that way? I just wonder if I am just that weird LOL.

Big Babies and New Years

    Today for the first of the new year I really haven't done anything. Tomorrow I will be baking a cake for my youngest son since he will be five years old on Wednesday. I did a bit of cleaning around the house but really do need to do more. Not that we are having anyone over but still. I would like to have a clean house LOL. At least for a little while.

    Well the third will not just be my son's birthday but it will be my hubby's birthday too! When I had my youngest they said that I should consider having another C-section with him because he was looking big. See with my oldest I tried and tried to have him but he just wasn't coming so I finally had the C-section and he turned out to be a pretty big sized baby at 10 lbs 7 oz and 23" long. So with my youngest they paid close attention to how big he was going to be. I didn't have diabetes and I wasn't over due though. Just big babies run in my family (my mom didn't tell me that though till after I had my oldest LOL). So after they told me I should really think about another C-section with my youngest I agreed. I could have chosen the second, third or fourth of January to have him. I decided to have him on my hubby's birthday. I already posted a bit about his birth so I won't repeat it LOL. He ended up smaller then his older brother but still considered to be on the big side. All though to me he looked tiny lol. He weight in at 8 lbs 12 oz and 21 " long.

    I remember looking at him and I commented on how small he was and the nurse looked at me like I was crazy LOL. She said no hon he's big. I then told her how big my oldest was and she was like oh ok then I guess he would be small to you LOL.

    Even though I have had two C-sections I healed pretty quickly from them. Both times I was feeling back to normal with just a little tenderness where the incision was in two weeks. God sure blessed me in that way. At first it was hard to move and do things but I did. I didn't take any pain meds either. After my oldest I did take one pill because they said it would help me sleep but it didn't. So I decided to just not take anything but extra strength Tylenol. I remember the doc came in and asked if I had taken anything. I told him what I had taken including that first pill and he looked at me and said. "You are one brave woman!" LOL. I don't think that. I just know I don't like taking meds if I don't have too. When I was a child I had epilepsy and had to take medicine from the time I was three years old till I was fifteen years old after I finally grew out of it. So I really try to avoid taking meds LOL. I don't even like taking aspirin for a headache if I don't have to.

    Hope everyone had a Happy New Year!! What did you do for New Years? We didn't do anything but stay at home but that's ok it was nice being home with the family!

Car and Toy's

    Well for some reason we are still having problems with our car. We took it in a few weeks back because the fuel pump went out. We had replaced it last year but our Warranty expired so we had to pay for it all again. Luckily though hubby's cousin who we took the car to gave us a 100 dollars off. But a little over a week later on Christmas day no less it stopped working on the way to my moms. So we took it back and they put it on their computer and couldn't find what was wrong with it and it also started working again. So we figure maybe it's a fluke? But at least we didn't have to pay for anything. Well last night hubby was on his way home and once again the fuel pump stopped working. Thankfully my mom new we were having problems with it before she left up north for a few day's and left her one truck just in case we needed it. We can't get the car in to get it looked at for a couple day's so we are using my mom's truck. Which is a stick and I can't drive LOL. Oh well this too shall pass. Hopefully we can find out what's wrong with it soon and not have to pay an arm and a leg. Pray for us.

    Today I went through the boy's old toy's and had to throw a lot away because either there are missing pieces or it was broken. Made room for some of their newer toy's anyway. Boy's are good about going through things and not throwing fits about this and that. Which I am grateful for. All though I worked on this all day the house still looks like a tornado hit it LOL. Hopefully tomorrow I can work on it more and make it more presentable. I didn't realize how many toy's they actually had! They got most of them from when we had our fire in '04. We had so many people help us out during that hard time and they had either bought or gave us toy's for the boy's. It was a humbling and thankful time. So good to know there are still a lot more wonderful people out there then we think.

What a Wonderful Life