Homeschooling a Houseful

Palm Desert

Posted by Jenne
8:53 PM, Nov. 21, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link

Tonight we are in Palm Desert. It was a very long day, but tomorrow will be much better. We will probably get in to my parent's place sometime in the early afternoon.

Good night.

I Miss Him!

Posted by SuperAngel
8:09 AM, November 21, 2009 .. Posted in Reflections of a 20yo .. Link

This past week has been extremely hard for me. I lost my Great Grandpa, who I was very very close to. I can honestly say that he was THE best grandpa I've ever had. I am so thankful for the last 5 years of being able to grow closer to him, of course, it wasn't as long as I wanted, but I am very glad I had them. It was wonderful! It was wonderful to grow as close to him as I did.

Over the past 5 years, he really opened up to me about his WWII experiences which he hadn't shared them at all before. When I presented him the Armed Service album I made for him at his 65th anniversary, he was moved to tears. I knew that all the efforts and the sleepless night I spent on it was so worth it! Getting to know him was truly a blessing to me. I pray it was to him also. Since I did that for him and grew closer to him through it, I have a very important place in my heart for the armed service men. When we took him to the cemetery, they gave him a beautiful military salute with Taps and a 21 Gun Salute. I bawled through the whole thing. Knowing that his service was important to him, and that was so very important to me because of him. It was very hard to sit through for me.
Sitting in his funeral service remembering all the times we had together, the tears just flowed. We would color when I was younger and as I grew up, we would sit on his front porch and play cards. He taught me to play rummy, war, slap jack, and more. One of the last times he played cards he was 87 and got down on the floor with the Littles to play go fish with them. It wasn't easy for him to crawl on the floor but he showed his love to his family by doing it. He truly was a family man. That was all he was worried about: his family. He made it known that his family was all that was important to him.

I truly miss him. I miss his hugs. I miss his smile. I miss his playing cards. I now found myself crying when I pray because he is no longer on my list and it reminds me he is gone. I just miss him! But he lived a full and meaningful life. A life devoted to his family. I praise God that Grandpa knew our Savior and that I have the hope to once again see him on Resurrection Day. It hurts and its hard to have to wait for that day, but I know that the day is drawing close. OH, what a glorious day that will be!

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. Adonai ELOHIM will wipe away the tears from every face, and he will remove from all the earth the disgrace his people suffer. For ADONAI has spoken.

Revelation 21
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will no longer be any death; and there will no longer be any mourning, crying or pain; because the old order has passed away."

Love you, Grandpa!

Please continue to pray for us and also my Great Grandma who is by herself now, and also for my Uncle Keith. It's been hard for them too.

©AmandaDixon2009

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A Journey Through Learning

Posted by Gena
8:01 AM, Nov. 21, 2009 .. Posted in Homeschooling Time .. 0 comments .. Link

Here is another great lapbooking company! There are lapbooks on a variety of subjects such as science, history, math, holiday, preschool, etc. They also offer notebooking pages, unit studies, copywork books, and lapbooking classes.

If you sign up for their newsletter, you can get a free one called an Overview of the 17th Century. We'll be using this next! (Right now we're studying the Renaissance, 1500s.) Check out their website at ajourneythroughlearning.net

Free Writing/ Publishing Seminar

Posted by Gena
6:31 AM, Nov. 21, 2009 .. Posted in Homeschooling Time .. 0 comments .. Link

For Better For Worse For Keeps Writing and Publishing School

When: Monday, November 30, For Better For Worse For Keeps Writing and Publishing School, Arlington Heights, IL 9:30 - 4:00 Pm (registration begins at 9:15 Am)

Who: You are all cordially invited to the Second For Better For Worse For Keeps Writing and Publishing School, Small enough to know your name, taught by Published Writing Professionals, Bob and Cheryl Moeller. Space is limited to first 90 participants.

Homeschool students, high school sophomore level and above are welcome to attend, with or without a parent.

What: For Better For Worse For Keeps Writing and Publishing School, with topics such as How to get Started, How to Get Published, How to Get an Agent, with lots of question and answer sessions

Where: Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N Dunton Ave, Arlington Heights, Illinois
60004-5966 (Please do not contact the library) Contact for information or R.S.V.P. office@bobandcherylmoeller.com

Cost: Free (A freewill offering will be taken for the For Better For Worse For Keeps Ministries)

Lunch and etc.: On your own at area restaurants in downtown Arlington Heights or bring a sack lunch. Snacks and conference notes are provided. No childcare.

Each participant can submit 1500 words before the conference, to be reviewed by Bob and Cheryl. This can be 1500 words for one article or book, 750 words for two different projects OR 500 words each for three different projects. You can sign up for 60 minute time slot for a personal phone conference, same week as conference with Cheryl.

Teachers are Bob and Cheryl Moeller, married for 30 years, Orchard homeschool parents of six children (one son-in-law), and three lively dogs:

Bob Moeller, D.Min.: Co-founder of For Better For Worse For Keeps Ministries, TV host, radio personality, For Better For Worse For Keeps National Conference Speaker, The Road to “I Do” Single’s Conference Speaker, published author of 8 books, ghost writer for 6 books, wrote over 100 articles for magazines and newspapers such as Focus on the Family, Leadership Journal, Moody Magazine, Christianity Today, Christian Reader, Light and Life, Evangelical Beacon, Standard, Wesleyan Advocate, Marriage Partnership, Christian Courier, David C. Cook Publishing, Wesleyan Publishing House, Standard Publishing, Lifeway Publishing, and many more.
Nationally Published books: For Better For Worse For Keeps (Multnomah 1992), To Have and To Hold (Multnomah), The Stirring (a novel with Thomas Nelson 1995), Love in Action: Healing Conflict in Your Church (Multnomah 1995), AWANA: God’s Miracle (AWANA Press 1998), Marriage Minutes (Moody 1998), For Better For Worse For Keeps (Marriagevine 2006), Marriage Miracle (Harvest 2010)

Cheryl Moeller, M.A.R.: Co-founder of For Better For Worse For Keeps Ministries, literary agent for 11 years,.published author of 3 books with national publishers, self-published five books sold through websites and at conferences, author of articles for various publications including Marriage Partnership and MOPS.org, syndicated humor columnist for 7 online parent websites and magazines, stand up comic, speaker for retreats and conferences, and mom blogger at www.momlaughs.blogspot.com.
Nationally Published books: Marriage Minutes (Moody 1998), For Better For Worse For Keeps (Marriagevine 2006), and Marriage Miracle: (Harvest 2010). Self-Published books: 2 Novels with Curriculum - Baby Saves Christmas and Lexi’s Homeschool Diary, 2 Gift Books - Keep Courting: 100 Ways to Keep Courting After Marriage and Aunt Sarah’s Alaskan Cookbook, Preschool Curriculum – Homeschool Your Preschooler on $1 a Day

www.bobandcherylmoeller.com

This writing school is our attempt to answers many questions we get from people each week on the topic of writing, agents, publishing and branding.

(Please do not contact the library) Contact for information or R.S.V.P. cherylmoeller@comcast.net

Keep Courting: 100 Ways to Keep Courting After Marriage

Posted by Gena
5:46 AM, Nov. 21, 2009 .. Posted in Other .. 0 comments .. Link

Below is a description of a book written by a friend of mine!

This Christmas Make Your Marriage Sparkle!

Buy - Keep Courting: 100 Ways to Keep Courting After Marriage

This Christmas - Ways to Keep Courting After Marriage for Her:

- Keep his favorite snacks on a special shelf in the refrigerator.
- Bring home three perfume samples and ask him which one he likes best.

- Order in pizza, sit next to him on the couch, and watch the game.

- Have a private barbeque outside with his favorite grilled foods.
- Attend an outdoor sporting exhibition show and look through the
brochures with him.

This Christmas - Ways to Keep Courting After Marriage for Him:

- Write "I love you" on her calender on the first day of every month.
- Read a book on how to give a great massage and try some of it out on her.
- Send her a text message telling her you need her to pray for you.
- Tell her about what you wanted to be when you grew up.
Let her tell you about her dreams.

- Pledge to give each of your kids one hour of time with you, the
same time each week.

1 Peter 4:8 "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

Remember this Christmas, marriage is for better for worse for keeps.

This is the link to buy the book - http://www.bobandcherylmoeller.com/photos_6.html

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www.bobandcherylmoeller.com

Rock!

Posted by Jenne
11:38 PM, Nov. 20, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link

I got a rock!

For real. And I am happy about it too.

I have played Neopets for a long time. I checked it out years ago to see if it was a reasonable place for Amanda to be online. It was. She is. And I kind of never stopped playing.

They have been running a plot, a kind of multiplayer story for the past week or so and today I received a rock in one of the games. I received a muffin too, but somehow the rock is more exciting. Anyway, happy me.

Tomorrow morning we head south to the lower part of CA and then Sunday on to AZ. I may be very late posting tomorrow or even not at all. We will see.

States I've visited

Posted by Gena
7:38 PM, Nov. 20, 2009 .. Posted in Family Time .. 0 comments .. Link

I've been backing-up my blog (slowly copying and pasting each entry into Word, up to 399 pages so far!) and came across this entry from a few years ago. We've traveled to quite a few more states since then. Here is the new map:

visited 38 states (76%) Only 12 more to go!
Create your own visited map of The United States

Thanksgiving Traditions

Posted by Gena
10:44 AM, Nov. 20, 2009 .. Posted in Homeschooling Time .. 0 comments .. Link

I love traditions! It's fun to see how they are formed sometimes when you weren't even thinking about it! Here are a couple we have now:

Listening to "Stories of the Pilgrims" by Pumphrey (read by Jim Hodges)
Listening to "A Thanksgiving to Remember" by Rainey (on CD from Family Life)
Reading "An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving" by Alcott
Reading "Cranberry Thanksgiving" by Devlin and making Grandmother's cranberry bread!

Today we cut out pictures from magazines to make collages of things we're thankful for. Maybe that will become a new tradition!

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