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Blogger Friend School Assignments #7 & #8

Published on November 15, 2007 at 2:31 PM

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So much to do so little time to do it. There is so much to blog and now I am behind on my Blogger Friend School Assignments. Ugh... anyway... so now I am three weeks behind. So hopefully I can get today's done before next week's. lol. Here are the last 2 assignments.

Assignment #7:

"This week, I’ve decided to do another “oldie” but “goodie” assignment ….Let’s have a PUMPKIN PARTY!
This assignment is open for creativity! Share anything in your assignment post related to Pumpkins….recipes, favorite books, children’s drawings, Lapbooks and more! Easy and fun!
AND….
Share another scripture that comes to heart!"

For my pumpkin party I thought I would do something new and different. I decided to do a collage of pumpkin pictures from our little pumpkin sketch party.
Here is my collage.

It didn't turn out the way I was hoping. I was hoping it was going to be so modern. You know how you see those really neat pictures where they are so precise and just interesting to see.
And here is my invert collage.

PumpkinPartyInvert.jpg picture by Super_Angel

    I was trying to make it black and white, but paint won't do that. It turned out this way instead. I thought it was kinda neat anyway, so I thought I would show it too.
    And the verse that came to mind... well pumpkins and gourds remind me of harvest time. They actually just took down the corn fields around us last week.
    Here is what the Bible says about harvest:

Matthew 9:37
"The harvest is truly plenteous, but the laborourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth laborours into His harvest."

Well... that pretty much says what it means. Let us pray for the believers who are too busy worrying about if they will be different from the world or about ignoring people who left your church, that they will come to realize we need each other. We need to be a body that is together. Can a body function if it is broken and in pieces?? I don't think so. We need to be in working order which means we need to get over our grudges and come together.

Assignment #8

"Woo hoo! Another week of fun! I admit that I do NOT like laundry. It is one of my least favorite chores since it is one of those chores that seems endless. I can empty all the laundry baskets and within minutes there are more clothes dumped into to fill the empty space.

Hmm…How many are thinking what is this assignment going to be? My laundry or something hidden deep within that you haven’t shared? Let me end the suspense and say BOTH! Keep in mind that these assignments are meant to stretch you and encourage you to creatively blog.

Part A - Share about your family’s laundry. Where is it kept? Who does it? How does your family sort it? Do you wash by hand? Hang clothes on the clothesline? Make your own laundry soap? How often do you do laundry? How many loads each day/week? Indoor laundry room, in the garage, or laundry mat? Even more fun…share a picture!

Part B - Do you have an area in your life that you know that the Lord is tugging at some heart strings that needs to be cleaned up? Have a testimony of your past struggle(s) that might help another homeschooling mom? Share a piece of your heart (dirty laundry) that you are seeking a good washing or how it got cleaned up. Sharing with one another is a great way to have your post feel human and real.

Part C - FIND a scripture this week that pertains to this assignment to help you with your laundry and share it this week."

I love doing laundry. Well not putting it away, but washing, drying, and folding. I love having clean clothes to be able to wear. This was just a fun assignment!! It is actually pretty funny that this was the assignment because I just posted a bit about it in my Desiring A Mind To Work

Part A:
Where is it kept? It's in the bathroom/laundry room. Yep our laundry room is in the bathroom. The dirty clothes are kept on the floor next to the washer, and the dirty towels are kept in the bin next to the washer.
Who does it? I DO!! I am in charge of all the laundry. I wash, dry, and fold. Until this week, I was only folding parents, littles, and mine. Jocelyn, Rachel, Eric, and Hannie folded their own. Now I fold everyone's and put them away. Isaac and Caleb do an excellent job of folding towels with me. And Isaac usually puts his own clothes away. Such a big boy!!
How does your family sort it? I sort into colors. darks, reds, colors(greens, grays, yellows), whites, towels, diapers, Lucy's and then of course my clothes. I do not like to wash my clothes with everyone else's because they are sooo dirty and mine aren't. Very narcissistic, I know.
Do you wash by hand? NO!! I don't think I could do that. I love my washer too much.
Hang clothes on the clothesline? Yes. In the summer I hang clothes out. But we need to put up a clothes line for next year. We have one, but its not really a clothes line. It is strung from the porch to the windmill. It works ok... but its not tight enough and it sags.
Make your own laundry soap? Nope. We use either Shaklee (which I can now order by myself) or Seventh Generation Organic laundry detergent. It's powdered too. I think It cleans better and lasts longer.
How often do you do laundry? EVERYDAY!! EVERYDAY!!
How many loads each day/week? I do diapers and towels separately everyday. I also try to do a load of each of the groups I divide them into. So that is.... 8-10 a day. It depends on if we have been working outside or what we have been doing.
Indoor laundry room, in the garage, or laundry mat? Indoor laundry room!! Thank GOD!! WOOT!!

Even more fun…share a picture! Ready for this??
Here is our washer and dryer:

Here is all the cleaners and detergents we use for the whole house. If you look at the shelf beneath the top you can see where we keep the cloth diapers.

DetergentShelf.jpg picture by Super_Angel

And here is the whole laundry area. Not very big for a family of 10, huh??

Part B:
    Oh man... There is so much dirty laundry in my life right now. I am really ashamed of it all. One specifically is, (and Mom has been telling me this for the last couple of weeks, and I didn't want to believe her,)... since I turned 18, I have had a superiority complex. I feel that I am an adult and should be able to do whatever I want. Go where I want, say what I want, get what I want. Without any consideration from Mom. Yes, I ask for permission because that is what I suppose to do, but if she doesn't let me do what I want, then I have an attitude problem. According to the world's standards, I am an adult. I can assume full responsibility for all my actions. So why shouldn't I be able to decide for myself what I need or want to do?? I can't do that because I am still my parent's responsibility. I am still under their protection and household.
    One of the things that this assignment says to do is share a past struggle for other homeschool moms, but not being a homeschool mom that is kinda hard. lol. No really, instead here is a word of encouragement for all of you teens out there. No matter what you are struggling with always remember that there is a plan for you and if you take yourself out of God's perfect will, you will not only mess up your life, but also that of your husband, children, grandchildren, etc. Now it may only be for a season, but still once you mess something up, you will have to backtrack to fix it. We need to stop wasting time backtracking and just stay on the right track.
    There are many more areas I need to work, but this is one that has really been a struggle to me this past couple of weeks. I am asking for prayer about this. Please pray for me.

Part C:
    I thought a good verse for this is what I was talking about above: God' perfect will.

Romans 12:2
"And be ye not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. that ye may prove that which is the good, and acceptable, and PERFECT will of God."

Being conformed is not only talking about the way you act or dress or do. It about talking about your attitudes and the way you are. Your demeanor, your heart, your thought process. I don't want to be conformed the way most of the people nowadays are. I want to be set apart as God's. And I want to be in His perfect will. I want it to be His way, not mine. Oh what a hard road is the one that is less traveled.

As Always,

Thanks for stopping by "Daily" at the "Planet"!!
©AmandaDixon2007

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November 15, 2007 at 3:02 PM...Untitled Comment

Commented by giftedgirl

Hey!

I liked your post. :-) Our 'laundry room' in Florida was a long, shallow closet in the hallway, with folding doors in front it. Not a room at all. Now we use our utility room for laundry, as well as our pantry, chest freezer, etc. It's a lot more space for doing laundry, which is nice.

Things are going great for me. :-) You?

One of my friends has a red Chocolate. It looks nice. :-)

Hugs,
Becca