Teresa & Faith's Journey

Sep. 25, 2008

BFS Assignment #103 It keeps going, and going, and going…. (Energizer)

Memory Verse: 1 Timothy 4:15 (NIV)

Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.

Assignment: How do you keep energized so you can get it all done? bouncy music? treat it like a workout? Do you use a schedule?, a housekeeping binder system? luck of the draw system?.. or is this an area where you need encouragement? Do you need God’s help to keep order and beauty in your dwelling place? Take this week to tell us how You diligently keep going with your housekeeping chores.

Boy where do I start??? I don't clean. I don't vacuum, dust, or scrub the toilets. My husband does it all. I do cook dinner and sometimes he will let me wash the dishes, to hard for me to dry. The only way that happens is IF I bet him to the sink.... I know that I am bless above a be on with a husband that does so much. I try very hard to keep our school area neat, and that wasn't a good plan until we were blessed with a bookshelf, two weeks ago. My daughters room is a mess and I never remember to tell her to clean it up. She was told yesterday to do it and then again tonight, that it had to be done before he gets home. Our house is a small bungalow. Me being in a wheelchair has proven a bit hard. We are trying to come up with a way that our daughters room can be better set up for me to get in there and put her cloths away, we lack space that I can use. I can't get to or in her closet?? That makes for space not used, and a lack of space to put her clothes away. We have come up with a few workable plans but $$ is needed to make that plan work.
I am bless with a loving husband that does everything for me, I just try to make things easier on him.

 Psalm 24:4 (NKJV)

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
         Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
         Nor sworn deceitfully.

This use to be how school was.....

Our Class Room by you.   Our Class Room by you.

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Harvey was not happy about school taking over the kitchen table, area or wall. I was allow to put papers on her door and on the b&W picture.

Then he has come to realize what homeschooling has done for our daughter and for our family, this is what the area looks like now.

plastic on the table to protect posters    New hsing bookcase,   Our New Homeschooling BookCase    white board 002

We now have things on the table as I don't have enough wall space and it is eaier having memory work right under her. There is a plastic table cloth, over the papers. We were just blessed with the white bookshelf and now there are NO SCHOOL books on the table at dinner time. We also were just blessed with our new white board, did you notice the b&w picture is gone? This new white board looks so much clearner then the old one?? I work very hard to keep it all away for him. We still have one drawer on wheel thing, and one plastic box with art supplies in. I don't have pictures of these.

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Sep. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by MoreLittleWilsons
That's fantastic. Everyone has to find a system that works for them.. and your hubby seems to have a great system, that works for both his needs.. and yours.

My sister has Cerebral Palsy so was in a wheel chair and on crutches when we were growing up. Our house had sturdy banisters and hooks at the top and bottom of the stairs so she could get up and down and keep her crutches available. When she moved out on her own, into an adapted living apartment, everything was wheelchair accessible.. and she stopped using her crutches and lost the ability to walk.

bless you for doing your assignment Teresa

Mrs. Sombra
BFS Teacher
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Sep. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Leigharev2
Aw, you truly are blessed to have such a wonderful husband. Your school space is fabulous!
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Sep. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Christin
Love your school room! Where did you get your plastic table cloth? WE NEED ONE! :) Isn't God AMAZING to provide for us?!?! We have gotten free or extremely cheap bookshelves as well and they are MUCH needed! Keep up the awesome work! How wonderful that your husband helps - he is a gem for sure. Keep him! ;) Take care, dear!
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Sep. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by knellums
First of all, thank you for your comment on my page. I know that Christ doesn't condemn me and thank you for the reminder that it is satan that comes to steal, kill and destroy.

Your HS area looks wonderful. We are currently using our front "dining" room as our office. The thing is is that wall space is VERY limited because we have a niche opening from our office to the kitchen, a huge door way from our office to our kitchen and windows take up the exterior wall. But, we'll be alright. I am constantly looking for ways to effectively and fashionably organize our workspace.

You are so blessed with a husband that will cater to your home.

Have a wonderful day and God bless, Kela
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Sep. 26, 2008 - We have a room just for the office and school room.

Posted by tdawn79
On our worse days it looks like the book shelves exploded all over the floor. LOL.

Im glad that you were bless with a book shelf for your school stuff. They make the mess alot easier to manage.

ON the House thing I took two sheets of white computer paper and taped them together. Then I took red construction paper cut it into 2inch by 2 inch squares then as she learns the verse and able to say it with out help. We put the verse on the little squares.Then we glue it on the paper. The little squares look like bricks. Then of course once we are done for the year we will cut out a door and a few windows for the house.
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Sep. 26, 2008 - Thanks!

Posted by sikoraaj
Thanks for the comments you left about my post! Basically what we do, is we choose 1 or 2 of the more challenging chores and those are the ones we pay them for. The rest they are to do without getting paid. Each year they are given a new chore to be paid for so that in the end, by the time they are grown, they know how to take care and run a household.
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Oct. 3, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by homeschoolshelter
I really like your whiteboard, and the way you have the table set up. Looks better than mine and I have no excuses.

JM
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