Aug. 15, 2008 - Contact with Contacts

I just recently got new glasses, and, for the first time ever, contacts!  I was pretty excited about that, because I have been kind of wanting contacts for a while.  I didn't think that glasses looked very good on me.  I think that was because the glasses that I had before were much too small; I had them for three years. 

So, when I finally got my contacts, it was kind of strange, because I felt like I was pretending that I didn't have bad eyesight!  People can't really see the contacts in my eyes, so they can't know that my eyes really aren't all that great.

I really like my glasses, however.  They are a little more colorful than my old ones, being bright blue on the inside and a dark purple on the outside.  I am actually wearing them in my new avatar picture, which I think is pretty cool, by the way!

I am still getting used to putting the contacts in.  My right eye is pretty easy now, but my left eyelid is actually pretty strong, because it does NOT want to let anything past it!  It is getting easier, but let me tell you, I do feel rather silly trying to relax my eyelid!

I keep dropping them, too.  They don't stay on my finger very well, but they have been relatively easy to find, so far. 

One time, I was able to take my right contact out quickly, but then I forgot I was taking them out, and thought I was putting them in!  I looked in the container for my left contact, and it wasn't there!  I started to get somewhat worried.  Great.  I had only had them for two or three days, and already I had lost one.  Then, with some slight embarassment, I realized that it was still in my eye.  I hadn't even taken it out yet.

 

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Aug. 12, 2008 - Craft ~ Decorated Plastic Box

I'm not sure, but I think this is my first craft tutorial, so bear with me!

Plastic drawers are pretty popular organizing tools, but they look so austere in my opinion.  As I was organizing some things in my room, I changed the purpose of my plastic drawer to hold my rapidly accumulating cords, I decided to change it's look as well.

Before, my drawer had stickers and other things that little girls are fond of on it.  If you follow this tutorial, you can have a unique drawer, that could even match your room design.

Materials

• Clear, plastic box
• A small piece of fabric big enough to cover the front of your box
• Strong, transparent glue.  I actually used a puzzle glue, which worked well
• Scissors
• Ruler

To start, measure your box to find out how big your fabric needs to be.  Then, cut the fabric to those measurements.  You can cut to the exact measurement.  Since you are glueing, you don't need to worry about fraying.

Now is the time to add any embellishment.  You can add ribbon, rick rack, embroidery, cross stitch, or whatever else is fairly thin, and strikes your fancy.  I went to the computer and made a nice "t" and printed it on iron-on transfer paper.  Following the instructions on the iron-on transfer, I fused it to my fabric to get this:

It winds up being a real subtle "T", don't you think?   Sorry, I couldn't resist!

Next, clean the inside of your box, where the fabric is going to go.  Glop the the glue on the surface, and spread it out.  Carefully lay the fabric onto the plastic, and smooth out any bubbles, or wrinkles.  If you want, you can also glue the backside as well.

As always, let it dry, and then you have a nice, new box front to look at!  I am sure that if any of you do this to your boxes, it will be much cuter than mine, and I have some improvement ideas in color and embelishment, but I like what I have.  Have fun!

 

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Aug. 8, 2008 - Susanna's Blanket

Coming upon a year ago now, Bluejane and I had this great idea.  Everyone knew that Mrs. Suarez, the TOS Publisher that we all know, was going to have a baby.  In honor of the upcoming event, we thought that it would be fun, and create a neat gift, if we got together with other knitters on Homeschoolblogger, and make a blanket. 

We began by finding the knitters, telling them of our idea, and asking if they would like to take part.  Everyone had to knit about three squares of a specific color, with machine washable yarn.  A good thing for a baby blanket. 

Now, if you ever decide to do a project like this, make sure that you decide on a gauge.  We didn't, and because of this, we wound up squares of different sizes. That was the one thing that we didn't specify, and that made things a little harder on us, the ones who had to sew it all together. 

We also had to make more squares ourselves than we realized.  The real delay was because of my slowness in sewing all of the squares together.

However, this past July, we finished it, just in time to give it to the little cupcake, in person!  So, now, for the first time ever, here is the blanket that many of you worked on, finished and residing with Susanna Suarez!

We would like to thank those of you who participated.  Also, if you name isn't mentioned in the list below, and you helped with this project, then we apologize profusely, and will add your name. 

Pianolove

Lyric

Melarooski

Narniagirl

Mandygrace

msmarla

3rsandahug

JNLANG

Bluejane

Eyebright

Thank you so much, everyone, for participating, and for your wonderful patience concerning our tardy gift-giving. 

Welcome Susanna! 

 

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Aug. 6, 2008 - Chris Walley Giveaway at The Daily Planet!

 

Now, I know that I haven't even heard of these books before, let alone read them, but Miss Amanda's review, description, and interview, were all done so well, that I am just going to have to find these books and give them a whirl. 

The really cool thing, is that Miss Amanda is hosting a giveaway, the prize, or gift, or whatever you call it, being the last book in this trilogy by Chris Walley.  I am almost always up for a chance at a free book, so I grabbed this one!  You should too, because as I said above, these book sound fascinating.  Just in case you don't win, you can buy the all three of the books at Amazon.  They are published by Tyndale Publishing, but I couldn't get to their website to link, so you will just have to find it yourself.

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Jul. 31, 2008 - Homemaker-In-Training #5 ~ To Your Stations!

 

If you are new, you can read the first Homemaker-In-Training post, HERE.

TO YOUR STATIONS!

This is probably a concept that many of you are familiar with, but I thought I might mention it all the same.  One of the biggest parts of homemaking is keeping the home clean, so that it is easier to do things, and pleasant to live in.  There are thousands of ways to do this, and I am sure that many HITT's will cover them, however, this is the method that we have been using lately. 

Each of us children in the family has a particular room in the house, other than our own bedrooms, that is our clean-up area.  This is the area that is our job to clean when the order is given.  In our house this works rather well, because we have four main living areas, and four kids.  I clean the kitchen, Bluejane takes care of the school-room, Kekoa picks up the living room, and Cheeko tidies the dining room. 

So, every time Mommy shouts, "Clean you Stations", we all run to the designated area and clean it up.  Then, we have a tidy house in only a few minutes!

Another method that Bluejane and I sometimes use in cleaning our room, is to set a timer for 15 minutes, and put on some fast-paced music.  Then, we tidy and organize and put away, and clean like crazy until the timer goes off.  It works very well, because in 15 minutes we can get a lot done in our room, and we hurry because we want to get more done before we run out of time!  It is kind of a fun way to complete a rather distasteful task.

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Jul. 28, 2008 - Ahh, Knitting

Ahh, knitting.  Such a peaceful pastime.  Knitting is such a versatile hobby, as well.  I mean, you can make pretty nearly anything, you can do it pretty much anywhere, and you can do many other things while doing it.  Let me show you.

Point One ~ You can make pretty nearly anything.  If you googled the word knitting for a while, you would find the strangest patterns amongst all of the normal stuff.

How about a knitted wig?  There is even a bonus, it has curlers.  Take a look.

Flowers anyone?  Lilies are always beautiful, although, these are...knitted?

I am sure that all of you have studied bacteria at one point or another, now you need to try to knit them!  Knitted bacteria is the way to go.

Just a side note, today is Beatrix Potter's birthday.  How did I find out?  Well, lets just say that Google is very informative.

Point Two ~ You can knit pretty nearly anywhere.  How do I know?  I know because I have done it!  You can knit on the road while traveling, you can knit on the porch in the summer breeze.  You could even do it while bungee jumping I suppose, but I think it probable that you would drop quite a few stitches!  I knit while waiting for things, so sometimes I bring it to Dr. appointments, too.

Point Three ~  Take a look at my sidebar there, and gaze at my Goodreads book widget.  (Oooh, I love widgets, don't you?) At all times there will be one book there that I don't physically read.  You see, our lovely library has books that you can download and listen to, so that's what I do!  While I am knitting.  You can listen to books while doing lots of other things as well.

Knitting can be sociable.  For a while some of the girls from my church, and ourselves, met every other week to knit together.  While we knit, we talked, and it was a very pleasant way to spend some time.  If you are a knitter and you know other knitters, I encourage you to get together and do two really fun things, knit and talk.

Some people can watch movies while they knit.  Depending on the pattern, you don't have to watch what you are doing, and can concentrate on something else.  Sometimes, if I am excited about the project I am working on, I will work on during the movie.  I usually drop it a quarter of the way through, but at least I started.

Anyway, as I sat here trying to think of what to post, the frustration of my knitting project of just a few minutes earlier, came to mind.  Thus, knitting became the theme of my post.  I am trying to knit my first pair of socks, every knitter's dream, but when I actually got started, it became rather intimidating.  I think I will work on something else for a while.

 

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Jul. 24, 2008 - Homemaker-In-Training #4

That's right everyone, HITT is back!  I don't know how exciting that is for you, but I'm excited.  You can find the first HITT HERE.  I won't be able to post HITT every week, but please feel free to post it yourself!  There won't be a linky, but at least your own readers can benefit.

Conserving Water

This is an issue that not many people have to deal with, there are wells in abundance in the USA.  However, my family has to deal with it, and maybe someday you will to.

My family's property does not have a usable well; we use a cistern to hold water.  We have to pay every so often for a man to bring us water in a big truck.

Being able to make things last as long as possible is a good thing to learn.  Someday, you could be in a situation where you didn't have enough money to buy what you need, so have to stretch it.  I thought I would just share some of the ways that we do, have, or could, conserve water.  Maybe they will be helpful for someone, and it gives a good example of what I mean.

• Take fast showers.  We have six people in our family, and having all of us take showers twice a week uses quite a bit of our water.
• Reuse the shower water.  We plug our bathtubs and then shower like normal.  When we are done we scoop the water out and use pour it on our outdoor plants. 
• Use your dishwater for the same purpose as above.
• When you get a glass of water, drink it all.  Don't pour the rest down the sink, or leave it laying out where it could be spilled.
• Check appliances that use water.  Our dishwasher is one that we have to manually hook to the faucet, and it leaks.  We make sure to turn it off soon after it finishes, or else it continues to leak.
• Wash your car in town.  I don't know how much money this really saves, but it saves your water!
• Catch rain water in a barrel...no, just kidding!  We don't go that far!

Many of these don't really save that much more water, but at least they make you feel like you are doing a little to help!

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Jul. 20, 2008 - Washington State, Here We Come!

A couple of weeks ago, my family and I made an almost two week trip into the heart of some of the wettest territory in the Northwest.  Yesiree, Washington State, the home of rain, rain, and road construction.  People pictures are taboo, but I would love to share some other interesting photographs with my bloggie friends.

We started the facinating parts of our trip in Shaniko, Oregon.  It took us a while to get there. The really neat schoolhouse had been closed for quite some time, but it had just recently opened up, and we got to go inside.

A really neat lady had set up a little "museum" of weaving, knitting, spinning, and crocheting.  She also sold some of the things she had made, including these colorful hats.

 

I also caught an interesting picture of some wool that was dying to get away from the camera.  (Sorry, the pun just slipped out.)

Our next sightseeing stop was on the WA side of the Colombia River.  Do you know what we saw there?  One of the most recognizable, and ancient structures in the world.

Yes, that's right!  Stonehenge in all of it's glory!  Okay, so it's only a small, one, and it's obviously not in England, where the British left it, but it was kind of cool to see it anyway.

I also took two really neat pictures of the American flag that was flying.

 

Finally, I leave you with the dreaded words, TO BE CONTINUED!

 

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Jul. 19, 2008 - VOM Prayer Band

As most of you probably know, the Olympics are coming up, and this time, they are in China.  Voice of the Martyrs Persecution blog is inviting everyone to take part in the occasion by praying for the persecuted Christians in China.  You can also get a free bracelet that can help remind you to pray.  Even if you don't get a bracelet, remember to pray, because those people desperately need it.  There is a button on my sidebar, with a link, just in case this post gets buried.  (Yeah, right!)  This isn't just any old freebie folks.

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Jul. 16, 2008 - New Blog Widgets

I doubt any of you have noticed this, since the button is way down at the bottom of my sidebar, but there is something new.  Go on, take a look.  Do you see it?  No?  Well, even if you did, I'll tell you.

Whilst searching for widgets today, I came across AnswersTips from Answers.com.  After you insert the button on your blog, readers can double-click on any word in your posts, and a defintition will pop up in a bubble.  Pretty neat, huh?  I think it does way more than that, too, so make sure to check it out!

Just as a note, it doesn't work on the links, because when you double-click on links, it opens the links.  Did that make sense? 

Also, the post below this one is a Bible Search.  You probably have already figured that out by now, or would have if you had looked at it.  It is really nifty.  Just type in a word that you want to find in the Bible, and it will do the work for you!  My Mom got it a while back, and I thought it was kind of silly.  Then, I found myself using it more and more.  Finally, I had to get one for myself.  There is also a Bible Search bar in my sidebar, so you don't have to search for the same post through all the rest of them.

The neat thing about the Bible Search, is it will also search certain parts of the Bible, such as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, or even the books of history, poetry, and law. 

Anyway, I thought I would point out these swell new features on my blog.  I hope you use them!

 

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Jul. 15, 2008 - Rosa Of Linden Castle ~ Chapters 7-9

I finally read the next three chapters in Rosa of Linden Castle.  Three chapters is good I guess for a busy life.  It is just enough to make reading it a treat. 

The first thing that I noted was the way the small family lived.  Oh, how I longed for a sweet and simple life like the one that Rosa had while she lived at the collier's.  What a wholesome way to live. 

Also, I noticed that the entire family showed deference to Rosa, remembering her position.  Yet, she still willingly worked alongside the family, and learned so much from their ways. 

The next thing that I noticed was that when Rosa arrived at Kunerick's Castle, she immediately befriended the stewards children.  I was awed by the kindness and manner in which she treated them.  I don't feel like I am very good with children, so "watching" Rosa was very interesting.

Finally, Rosa is such a hard worker!  Even though she doesn't know how to do some of the things that are required of her, she is willing to learn.  The other thing is that even though her mistress was always finding fault with her, Rosa bore it all in silence.  What an example for me, who always thinks that I must keep a good name, and repair it where damage has been done.  Next time, I should remember Rosa, and Jesus, and follow their example.

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Jul. 3, 2008 - Rosa of Linden Castle ~ Chapters 4-6

Arrg!  While trying to post this just a few minutes ago, I accidentally clicked a button, and lost the whole thing.  Since time is short, I will only post a tiny thought.

I loved what Gertrude said near the end of the sixth chapter, and really, it was the biggest thing that stuck out to me.  She told Rosa, "When your father built this house for us, he little thought he was preparing a home for you; yet so mysterious and gracious are the ways of Providence, that he causes our acts of kindness to others, in many cases, to be the very means of blessing us in turn.  Yes, yes, that passage of Scripture, 'He that watereth shall himself be watered,' is true in more than one sense."

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Jul. 2, 2008 - A Long, Slow, Boring Read About My Quilt-in-Progress

After my Mom wrote an facinating post on absolutely nothing, saying she wanted to start blogging on her personal blog more, I figured it was about time I come up with something that I hope sounds interesting.  If not, which is what I expect, please don't sue me.

I am working on a quilt out of scraps of fabric that a friend gave me.  I was excited when I first started, because I thought for sure it would beautiful.  It is not anything fancy, just squares in a paricular pattern, but the example that I had seen was so cute, that I had wanted to try it.

I guess I should also say that this is going to be my first real quilt ever, if I ever finish it.  The other day, Bluejane came in and told me "You should go work on your  quilt".  It baffled me, so I asked her, "Why?"  She said, "Because, I can't wait for you to finish it, so that I can see it!"

That made me excited, because it's not very often that I can get her excited about any of my projects.

Yes, I do plan on posting pictures, but again, that depends on whether or not I finish it.  You never know with me!

 

 

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Jun. 27, 2008 - Rosa of Linden Castle ~ Chapters 1-3

Yes, I am quite behind in the HSB Literary Club's discussions, but I think they are too!   We are reading Rosa of Linden Castle, by Christoph von Schmid.

Wow.  I have only read the first few chapters, and this story is impressive!  Rosa's Mother is the perfect picture of how a mother should train her children.  Her methods are definite and sure, and the best part of all is that practices what she teaches!  What a beautiful example for Rosa to follow.  In such a setting where she is taught to trace everything back to God, to care for the poor, to give up her own desires, and to obey every command, there is no doubting that Rosa grows up to be an estimable young woman.  No doubt this is the most noted part of the first three chapters, because this is the way we all wish we lived our lives.  Or at least I do!

Later when Rosa's mother dies,  I thought it was quite a display of devotion and love for Rosa that, even though Rosa was a "practically perfect" child, Matilda still asked her husband to correct any faults that Rosa might have.

There are more events also, but even though they too were really good, I don't have any special comments on those. 

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Jun. 25, 2008 - Adorable Apron Giveaway!

I know that this isn't a real post, but when I saw this adorable apron that The Apronista was giving away, how could I not do all I could to enter?!  You will start to salivate when you see the other adorable goodies the creater has to offer, as well!

 

So hurry over to the this giveaway to try and win this adorable apron!

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Jun. 13, 2008 - My Tribute to My Daddy

It was the Tribute to a Dad contest winners in the recent TOS magazine that got me to thinkin' about it.  I have decided to post this in honor of Father's Day. 

As sad as it may sound, I don't think that I am very close to my Daddy.  I tell just about everything to my Mommy, and Bluejane.  I love my Daddy fiercely, though.  If I were to lose him...well. 

I want to tell you some things that I admire and love about my Daddy.  The first one is the one that is most obvious if you know him like we do.  He is always cracking the corniest jokes.  A couple of months ago he came to us kids and asked, "What is brown and sticky?"  We all kind of stood there blankly, not quite sure what answer was expected of us.  We finally said that we didn't know, and he gave us the answer, "A Stick!"  Oh, he laughed so hard!  We laughed with him, because he was laughing, not because of the corny joke.  Now, whenever we ask him what is brown and sticky, he gives us a different answer every time.  "A dog."  "Your little brother after he has played in the mud."  "Syrup."  I love that about you Daddy.

I love my daddy because he works so hard to provide for us.  My Daddy protects us.  My Daddy protects us from the evils of this world.  He agrees that homeschooling is one of the ways to do this.  He wants us kids to do things together so that we will be safe.  He protects us from poverty.  He protects us from feeling hungry.  He protects us from the cold.  It is my Daddy going to work that makes it possible for us to have a house, clothes, animals, toys, crafts, hobbies, and play days.  He works, and that means that we can travel, we can eat out when we need or want to, we can buy candy and snacks on a trip, we can buy souviners when we get there.

Now, all of that is great, but it gets better.  My Dad isn't afraid of work.  He is dilligent and gets things done.  He doesn't complain about going to work, except on special occasions.  My Dad goes to work, works hard all day, and then comes home.  He would be a great example in dilligence for my brother, if only my brother would see it that way.  If something needs to be done, my Dad gets up and does it.  He doesn't really procrastinate.  That is something to be proud of. 

On the subject of dilligence, man, is my Dad dilligent.  He has been working on building his own little t-bucket (a classic car, for those who don't know) for years.  Of course we don't have the money for him to be constantly buying car parts for his car, and so he has dilligently done what he could.  He has saved money to buy the parts he needs.  He has made many of the parts himself.  It will still be a while before the car is done, but I know that he will keep working on it, and someday, we will be able to ride through town together in his car.

Now, me, I gain and loose interest in my hobbies.  A while back I was crazy about doll houses and miniatures.  I still do enjoy stuff like that, but the interest has faded somewhat.  My Daddy, however, still likes cars.

My Daddy likes to cook.  Many guys don't, or don't think that they should, but my Daddy likes to cook.  In fact, he watches cooking shows almost as much as he watches car shows!  One of our absoute most favorite meals that he makes we call Sausage and Rice.  Mommy cooks the rice, but Daddy makes the sausage.  I honestly couldn't tell you what he puts in it, because he changes it every time.  He seasons food like crazy.  Flavor is important to him.  The sausage is always loaded with flavor.  Sometimes he even puts honey in it.  Then we put the sausage over the rice and mix it up.  We kids only did this to flavor the rice, then ate all of the rice first, saving the sausage for last.

Cookies is another one of my Daddy's favorite things.  When he wants them, first he will come to one of us girls and ask, "Are you going to make cookies?"  We kind of slyly look at him and say, "not really".   Then he goes to the other girl and asks the same thing.  If neither of us agree to make cookies (which doesn't usually happen!) then he will make them himself!  His favorite ice cream is cookie dough.

My Daddy likes to do fun things.  My Mommy likes to stay at home.  I cross between the two sometimes.  When Daddy is gone, everything seems to be in black & white.  When he comes home, however, it is like going from black and white movies to VistaVision!

He almost always wants to be doing something, or going somewhere.  A favorite family pasttime, it to go for drives.  Daddy calls it "going for a nap", but not everybody naps!  We try to drive ways that we have never been before, but trying to avoid Dead Ends.  My Dad is the dead end king.  Somehow, he always finds them.

My Daddy cares for us and loves us.  When my sister starts to freak out about the required state test, my Daddy always reassures her.  She always feels better when he is at home and not traveling for work, when testing comes around.

 

My Daddy is practical.  Well, sometimes anyway.  He always follows the logical steps.  If something breaks, how are we going to fix it?  If something spills, how are we going to clean it up?  Then he does it.  For him, "no use crying over spilled milk" is absolutely true.

I love you Daddy.  I am so glad that you are with me.  Sometimes I wish that I could just be a little girl again, laughing in my silly way while you tickled me.  Small and carefree.  Not burdened with the affairs of this life.  Content to let you take care of me forever.

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Jun. 6, 2008 - Graduation Speech

This is the speech I read for my first graduation ceremony.  Mommy, and several other people thought it was really good, so I thought I would share it with y'all.

This ceremony signifies the end of thirteen years of homeschooling for me.  It is rather a startling thought that I have been through school, am now ending it, and am looking ahead to what God has in store for my future.

One special memory from my homeschooling years was when we did our medieval dinner, and invited our grandparents.  The guests were greeted with a castle façade over the front door, and joyful shouts from a rather feminine looking King Arthur (me), and an adorable little Queen Guinevere (my little sister).  We ate period food, or, at least as medieval as we could get, played games, recited essays, and displayed our handiwork.  The Middle Ages is one of my favorite time periods, so that feast was very enjoyable to me.

I have had my good days, and my bad days of homeschooling, just like anyone else, but all in all, I am so thankful that I have been homeschooled.  All of you are still homeschool students, pleas realize what a blessing your parents have given you. 

For my graduation, we created a slide show with pictures from my life, and to tell you the truth, I cry almost every time I see the sweet, innocent face of a little girl that used to be me.  I almost cry when I see my Mom crying.  I am finding it hard to actually realize that I am done, and that, although I can still be learning, school isn't something that I will have to worry about everyday.

People are continually asking me the inevitable question, "What are your plans for after you graduate?"  I answer with, "I do not legitimately sustain a conceptualization of my contiguous prospects!"  How's that for a mouthful?  Who else would say that they don't really have any plans in such a complicated manner except a homeschooler? 

This fall, I will be helping my Aunt take care of her foster children for a few months.    I am really looking forward to that as yet another learning experience.  After that, I truly don't know what I will be doing. 

Hopefully, I will always seek the Lord's will, guidance, and council.  The future may look uncertain, but as long as one trusts in the Lord, it can never look bleak. 

One of my favorite verses is 1 Timothy 4:12.  It says, "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, and in purity".  We need to be an example to the world, even though we are young.  These next years of our lives will be one of the best times to focus on serving the Lord and others.  The energy and enthusiasm in our youth are gifts from the Lord that we need to use to bring glory and honor to Him.

 

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Jun. 4, 2008 - Well, I am Gradiated!

Sometimes, well, no, all the time, my parents like to say things as if they are “uneducated” country bumpkins. So, in their words, I am now "gradiated"!

Yes, one BBQ, and two ceremonies later, I am now among the ranks of “Homeschool Survivors”, Homeschool Graduates, Homeschool Alumni, and whatever else.

The BBQ was busy, and exhausting, but fun. We invited 90 families, and about 90 people showed up. It was a full house! Especially when it decided to rain, and everyone tried to move inside. We prepared to feed more than 100 people, so a week and a half later, we are still eating leftover hot dogs, hamburgers, and chicken.

The first ceremony was very nice, and I learned a lot about some the young men and women that I knew. The second ceremony, however, was much more colorful and way less formal. We had slideshows depicting our lives, and tables set up with objects, pictures and collections that represented us. You got to learn a ton more about each individual.

All in all, I have been extremely blessed. I have received a lot of money, and I am saying this not to boast, I hope, but to show how blessed I am! Also gifts! I don’t know how many of you know this already, but I received a laptop from my parents. It is a pretty empty piece of technology at the moment, but I still sometimes look at it and think, “Wow, I can’t believe I have this!”

Another gift that I received that I really appriciate is a “Joy Journal”. It is a journal to record only joys in. You are supposed to do it daily. I was really excited about it, because I need to look back at joys in my life. It is really great idea, and I already have 4 joys since I got the journal.

So, now that I am “gradiated”, I really don’t know what to do with myself! I feel like I am on school break. I have been doing some textbook stuff, like Polished Cornerstones, and reading my Bible quite a bit. I need to get some sort of industrious schedule going, so that I don’t feel useless, and don’t get bored! Right now, I am just looking ahead to what is coming up next. What we are doing in the next couple of days, and of course, my trip to help my Aunt. I would appriciate prayers now that I am at this next stage of my life.

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Jun. 2, 2008 - Growing In Grace Giveaway!

Yes, that is right.  Growing In Grace Magazine is out, and is hosting numerous giveaways.  Isn't that exciting? 

The giveaway that I am excited about is for culottes from MyCulottes.com.  If you run (don't hurt yourself!) over to Growing In Grace's giveaway, you can enter and maybe win!

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