I recieved my TEACH Magazine summer 2009 edition the other day and am, once again, thoroughly enjoying it. Each issue has a theme and summer's theme is: Purity. I know as moms and wives and as Daughter's of the King we want to pure in all we do - thoughts, deeds, motives, etc. The magazine gives some great advice and experience with purity. One thing I have had to learn is that while we are dresses only it doesn't mean that I am completely pure (and won't be this side of Glory) but it does keep me mind to keep trying to be pure and that clothes can only do so much for us - it needs to be an inward cleansing by God Himself for us to be pure and work at it.
Please go and check out the TEACH website and look around - it's a very lovely and peaceful site. You can see what they have to offer besides the magazine, there are great resources on being a wife, mom, and Daughter of the One True God! It can't get much better than that! For my fellow homeschoolers, there are articles pertaining to homeschooling as well.
Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Happy 4th of July... enjoy these contests!
Hope you're having a super 4th of July!!! How'd you like to celebrate with a new sleeping bag? Or, perhaps you could use $25 to spend at a favorite discount retailer? There's these and more in the giveaways I've found today. Check 'em out below:
I personally would LOVE to win this... be a Sea World Trainer for a day! ~ Contest hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom ~ Ends July 17 ~ Click here to go enter!
What an adventure we had last night, early this morning. On July 3rd about 1 in the afternoon Christian began throwing up, his temperature started at 101.6 and continued to rise. We tried getting tylenol then motrin then tylenol in him of which he continued to throw up. We also did the luke warm baths, to no avail. Around 9 or 9:30pm he started becoming listless, jumbling his words together and his temp got up to 103. We called out ped, for the 2nd time, who told us to take him to the Children's ER. Our local ER's are not worth using so we have to drive 1/2 an hour to get good treatment (longer if you're an adult). I had requested that our ped call in a phen. suppository for Christian in order to stop the vomitting and so I could get something in him to lower the fever. Our local pharmacies closed at 6p.m because of the holiday and we don't have 24 hour ones, so our only option was wait until morning or go to the ER. I understand waiting and seeing, for some things that is okay, but as the temperature climbs, listlessness sets in, jumbling of words and continuing vomitting - something needs to be done.
When we arrived at the ER Christian was triaged and given a suppository w/ tylenol and phenergan. A little while later he ended up falling fitfully asleep but no more vomitting! About 2 to 2 1/2 hours after triage we finally got called back and the dr said his ears look good (I was suspecting a terrible ear infection) so they tested him for strep which came back negative. So it was decided it was somethng viral. After giving him a partial tablet of Zofran (generic, sp?) and getting some soda in him he began to perk up - he was again able to speak so we could understand him and was able to walk without falling down. We left the ER and traveled home. I also came down with a migraine while in the waiting room - not good with the bright lights.
I was amazed by the things I saw at a inner city ER, a child was begging money and no parent was saw for the boy, several officers investigating young babies for head trauma, etc. Not to mention if our ped had called ahead of us, like the others that came in, we would have been fast tracked and wouldn't have had to wait.
I am glad that we have a good Children's hospital near by and for the kind treatment by the nurses and doctors, but something needs to be done about wait times in the ER. While I didn't want him throwing up, it was like they slapped a band-aid on him with the suppository so they could send us back to the waiting room for a few hours. The girls spent the night with my DH's parents and Hannah was very worried about her little brother. I will be actively trying to find another ped for Christian and Bethanne as well as letting the ped know that because of his wait and see we ended up wasting money and most importantly time, we could have gotten a scrip given it to him at home and then cuddled up and comforted him (none of which can really be done in the ER waiting room or exam rooms). What else did he pick up? all things that could have been avoided had the ped called something in when I had first asked.
Thankfully Christian is well and that is what's important.
The new Summer issue of "The Old Schoolhouse" is out and on the newsstands - with my article in it! I was so excited to see it! I had picked up my mail before going to physical therapy and had to take it in to show all the therapists! LOL
Here's what the front cover of the magazine looks like:
I'm so happy with how it came out, although, I was shocked at how large a picture they put in of my hubby and I! LOL
Mainly, I hoping that my article will encourage others who have gone through illness or other hardships while homeschooling. I give the Lord all the credit for getting us through the hard times. Believe me when I tell you, without Jesus by my side, I couldn't have done it. That's the truth, plain and simple. Jesus gives me my strength and my confidence that I can make it through each and every trial that comes my way.
I have also updated my website and hope that you will visit me. Please sign the guest book while you're there, too! I'd love to hear from you!
I am looking forward to reading your article. My magazine hasn't arrived yet. I hope that I didn't accidentally let my subscription run out. (I always am afraid that it'll run out because I missed renewing it. LOL)
The only thing that has been getting updated on my site is my page count. I haven't stopped scrapping, I just haven't had time to blog. Now I am ready to get motivated and share my great finds with my friends.
Today I have added a few links to My Favorite Scrapbooking Links.
I was scrapping with a friend last night and we got to chatting about digital scrapbooking. We both agreed that it is something we aren't interested in. I, personally, don't see digi scrapping as a huge $$ saver. I also, more importantly, like...no LOVE to play with paper and ribbon and flowers and glitter glue and buttons and anything else I can find. I love my lumpy, bumpy pages. I love the dimension that comes even if it is just from just having pictures laying on top of the paper.
I am not saying I think digi scrapping is wrong or bad. I think it is great for those that love it and because of digi scrapping are getting their memories preserved in photo books. I am just saying that I love traditional scrapbooking and am not interested in pursuing digital. So...don't try to convince me that I should try it, because I am not going to. So there. LOL.
So, I am going to start sharing some of my favorite things to use on my pages. I love embellishments, I love gadgets and tools. I really love finding good deals on all these things and keeping my page cost to a minimum. I will post good deals when I find them and I will share some of my favorite layouts. My goal...but don't hold me to it...is to post something at least once a week.
Keep checking back, leave me a comment and ask a question. I might just be able to answer it.
I don't know about you, but I'm having trouble keeping up with all these giveaways. Many of them, you can "tweet" daily for extra entries. So, I end up spending a lot of time on Twitter re-tweeting about giveaways. What about you? Do you like giveaways? Please comment and let me know!
Speaking of giveaways, here are a few more I've found that you might like to enter:
Win an autographed book, My Forever Dress by Harriet Ziefert, @ I Never Grew Up ~ No Ending Date is posted ~ Click here to go enter!
I Never Grew Up is also giving away a set of Summer Bridge Workbooks ~ No Ending Date given ~ Click here to go enter *AND* a set of Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems ~ Click here to go enter!
Jul. 2, 2009 - Whaddaya want first? The Good News or the Bad?
Personally I like to end things on a positive note and anticipating bad news can sometimes be as bad as the bad news itself, so I'm a fan of just getting the bad news over with myself.
But you can pick and choose which you want to read first. You'll just have to hold your hand over the screen and scroll if you want the good news first. You have ALL the control right at your fingertips.
Anyway.
Sigh.
Here goes:
BAD NEWS
I don't know how to break the news gently, but Little Red didn't survive the night last night. We thought we had her all nice and secure in the chicken tractor. In fact, at night Jake would safely tuck her into a dog kennel (the plastic kind with a metal door) within the tractor and then would let her out each morning. That's two layers of security folks. But apparently it wasn't enough.
Whatever it was, tore through our chicken tractor and then ripped that metal door right off the cage and made off with Little Red.
It was not a pretty scene to discover.
That predator is going down!
GOOD NEWS
Candace and her boys came to visit this afternoon and brought the Pioneer Woman's Key Lime Pie. I didn't even know if I would like Key Lime Pie, but oh sweet mercy, it was all kinds of good. And having a foodie friend who comes over with pie after you've lost your last chicken is pretty sweet too.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 1:21
Do you still have that night/motion camera thing? You could put out some bait and see what you are dealing with. For us it was a pack of feral dogs that tore through metal wire to get our chickens. I have the phone # of a guy out here in Cadiz that has chickens for sale if you want more. Sorry about little red. That's so sad :(
The scoop on me: Believer for 20 years; married 19 years; 8 children so far, hoping for more; live on a great hobby farm, with 7 goats, 2 dogs and 68 chickens. Oh, and 1 bathroom. That's always fun. :)
The scoop on our homeschool: Bible-first, Living Learning Moments, meaning if it happens, it's a lesson. We learn life! How long have we been homeschooling? Well, our oldest is 18. How much longer do we have to go? Well, our youngest is almost 1. We love it and wouldn't have it any other way.
I haven't stopped scrapping, I just haven't had time to blog. Now I am ready to get motivated and share my great finds with my friends.
