For those interested in saving some money, here is a really neat giveaway! Check out For Such a Time As This.

We use and love Rosetta Stone in our homeschool. Here is a chance to win your very own set:

Rosetta Stone is the fastest way to learn a language and has been the #1 foreign language curriculum among homeschoolers for a while — and you can WIN the *all new* version 3 Rosetta Stone Homeschool LATIN program… FOR FREE! This is the first year you can get Latin in the brand new Version III update.

This is a $259 program (and believe me it’s worth every penny!)
This is a computer based curriculum and Rosetta Stone will also include a headset with microphone, and a supplementary “Audio Companion” CD so you can practice lessons in the car, on the go, or where-ever! Students participate in life-like conversations and actually produce language to advance through the program. Rosetta Stone incorporates listening, reading, grammar, vocabulary and writing along with speaking and pronunciation lessons. For parents, the new Parent Administrative Tools are integrated into the program to allow parents to easily enroll up to ten students in any of 12 predetermined lesson plans, monitor student progress, grade completed work (the program grades the work automatically as the students progress- I love that!), and you can view and print reports for transcripts. Homeschooling a lot of kids at your house? This program is designed to enroll and track up to ten students (five users on two computers) and will work for nearly all ages — from beginning readers up to college students.

To win this most excellent Latin program copy these paragraphs and post them in (or as) your next blog post, and/OR link to the contest from your facebook page and/OR email the information to your homeschool support group – Then go to the original page http://Jeneralities.com and leave a comment saying that you’ve posted about, or have linked to, the contest. Please make sure the link works to get back to the original contest page when you post. And good luck!

You REALLY want to win this contest! We started raising chickens last year and are really enjoying it. We built nesting boxes last year without really knowing what we were doing and have realized we made a few mistakes. We have been wanting to replace them lately and would love to get some of these! How cool! If you want a chance to win some of these awesome nesting boxes, pop over to Life on a Southern Farm  and enter for a chance to win!

Hello everyone!  It's been a long while since I last posted but anyway I'll start off with what has been going on.  On thursday while we were burning brush outside, I was carrying a shovel full of flaming coals to help start one of the piles on fire, while I was walking down a hill, a couple of the coals fell off of the shovel and into some leaves near the forest.  A while later we noticed it and that a fire had been started by the coals, my dad said for us to quickly put it out, and while we were trying to stop the fire from spreading, a huge gust of wind picked up some of the flames and carried them deeper into the woods!  We quickly tried to gather some tools and stuff to help put out the fire, also my mom ran inside to look for the fire extinguisher, but she couldn't find it anywhere!  By then the fire had gotten really deep and was getting out of hand.  My dad quickly called the Fire Department while we still tried to do all we could to put the fire out. Finally, we all started gathering bucket fulls of water, and thank the Lord for those and all of us working together, because we were able to hold the fire off long enough in time for the Fire Department to come and help.  The fire continued to get deeper into the forest, but just before it crossed a path into another part of the forest that was packed full of deadwood, we were able to put the fire out.  Praise the Lord!!!  It was a close call, but nobody got hurt, thank the Lord.  Anyway, today on the seventh of March we succesfully burned another pile of brush and now I'm pretty tired, and if you asked me how I feel right now, I'd have to say I'm firelogged.  Well, until next time, God Bless!

-Joseph 4 Jesus

Well, on November 2nd it was my Birthday!  My Grandparents, and Aunt, Uncle and Cousins came over to celebrate it.  I had a great time!  My Grandmother's Birthday is a day before mine, so my Mom made two chocolate cakes.  Now on to the presents, First, I got a tobaggon that my sister made for me, I got a how Paul "Bear" Bryant turned the Tide picture, and then my Mom got me a real Lord Of The Rings Sting Sword replica!  All of my presents are awesome, I had a really good time, and that is pretty much all for now.  Okay then, pictures of my presents are coming soon, and some will have special effects, like the Sting Sword glowing blue, (Indicating that Orcs are near.)                                                   

GOD BLESS!!!

And until next time...

-Joseph 4 Jesus

As homeschoolers we love to do things that bring what we are studying to life. My oldest daughter and I both love Jane Austen, so recently we ordered the "Elegant Ladies Closet" pattern from Sense and Sensibility Patterns . It arrived quickly and we were so pleased with the quality. We have not completed the project yet, but are excited to see the final product. Now it even easier to use these patterns as they have just made them available as e-patterns available for instant download! What a cool idea!

Over at Fishbowlsense you can win a lovely set of Bath and Body stuff in the Coconut Lime Verbena scent (which is my absolute favorite). Check it out :o)