Fish in My Hair

Surgery

Posted by Julie
10:52 AM, Nov. 21, 2009 .. 1 comments .. Link
Just a quick note.  All went great.  Kept both ovaries.
1 fallopian tube taken and one cyst!  Praise God!
More latere....

Homeschool blog awards

Posted by Encouragement Along the Way
9:10 PM, Nov. 20, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link
I was just looking at the list of Nominees and realized I have had a really disconnected year with all my knee surgeries, rehab and stuff. Seems I don't recognise any of the nominees in any given catagory. Who I am so out of touch! Either that, or you all have been changing your blog names on me. LOL How strange it all is to me. Do you know who these fellow homeschoolers are? I sure hope they have as much fun as we did.
Congratulations all you nominees. I plan on doing some visiting to get to know you. (o:

Christmas Giveaway 2009

Posted by LivingforGod
4:22 AM, Friday, November 20, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link

 

You will find over 30 giveaways at 5MinutesforMom during their Christmas Giveaway event from November 5th to November 26th.  If you know a family who will not be able to provide presents for their children this Christmas, click on the right button and read more about Under the Tree and how you can nominate a family in need.



I planned on a contest this week, really I did!

Posted by Julie
11:33 AM, Nov. 19, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link
But life got in the way and I woke up this morning realizing my surgery is tomorrow morning.
I've had a lot of peace. 
Until today.

But time with HIM this morning gave me back my peace and put my focus on HIM and not my circumstances.
Keeping my focus on HIM is harder today than it has been.  My tummy is a little up and downsy!
Ok, now I'm making up words.

Pray for me.
Surgery is at 8am to remove left ovary.  A biopsy will be done.  If all is well I get a few stitches and come home to recover.  If not, it's a more involved surgery and a two-three day hospital stay.

Pray for my family.
Pray for the kids.

Jesus reigns.

Potty Training in a Day

Posted by Moms4Psalms
11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link

As of three days ago, I have officially potty-trained SIX children.  Can that go on my resume someday?  :o)

 

With each child I have used the 1970s book "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day" with success.  Each child has been different and responded differently, but the longest it ever took was a day and half (and that because I switched with hubby after the first half of the first day and I think not having consistency made it confusing).

 

My sixth child watched as I taught "Dolly" to use the potty and got hysterical.  "That's funny!" he kept saying.  Then within 45 minutes from the start of training he had independently toileted three times, which the book calls "trained."  Wow.  45 minutes.  That beat his brother's record of 1 hour.  What a blessing, especially as I am 32 weeks pregnant! 

 

I had determined to NEVER toilet train in my third trimester as the practice trials after each accident totally wear me out (physically and emotionally) but nausea prevented me from training him at the ideal age of 2 1/2 years old, so now at 2 years and 10 months-- DONE.  Just in time for the newest little one to arrive.  We're down to just one in diapers for a few more weeks!  :o)

 

With the last two children I have given balloons and party-favors after the first success and that has been a great motivator.  The '70s book is very detailed and a lot of work, and it works.  But going forward I would recommend Dr. Phil's Toilet Training in a Day method which is a stripped-down model and works the same way.  You can google and find his official site with an article about it.  Basically, you train a doll to use the potty and then throw a "potty party".  Then throw a "potty party" once the child goes to the potty.  After that, with each accident you do 9 or 10 practice drills of running to the potty and practicing from different parts of the house.  He says it builds "memory muscle" to do the drills.   You never go back to diapers after training day, but we use pull-ups at naps and nighttime until they stay dry.  Two of our children were dry from day one at naps and at night, but a few others needed a pull-up at night until they were four years old.  We don't stress over that part--they'll stay dry when they're ready during sleep.

 

Training Day and practice drills are definitely NOT FUN, but it totally works -quickly- and that makes it worth it to us!



Thankful, thankful, thankful

Posted by Nancy in KY
1:15 AM, Nov. 18, 2009 .. 3 comments .. Link
Wow, it's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just a little over a week away! I've been trying to count my blessings each day, but I thought I'd share a few with you all today.

1. God's unconditional love
2. New mercies every day
3. A loving husband who teaches me about dedication and service every day
4. Three boys who make me laugh, care about others, and love me even when I'm not much fun.
5. Our dogs - They make the world a better place.
6. The horse and sheep and how they remind me of the blessings of friendship and sticking together.
7. The guineas and their noises which have become a great comfort. (I really miss our chickens.)
8. The blessing of being able to enjoy living in the country.
9. Deer meat in the freezer.
10. My electric mattress pad, O24, good books, and ibuprofen!

What are you all especially thankful for this week?





Prescription Problems

Posted by opheliag
12:26 AM, Nov. 18, 2009 .. 1 comments .. Link
What happened to the days when the pediatrician handed you a paper prescription which you then took to the pharmacy, waited for a few minutes, and went home with the medicine?

I had to get some Amoxicillin today for my youngest son.  He has the beginning of an ear infection and has had and upper-respitory infection for going on three weeks now.  Time for some antibiotics.  Here's how it went today:

Our pediatrician uses the latest and greatest technology to send a fax from her laptop to the pharmacy with the prescription information.  The pharmacy receives it, and it sits for a whie.  I call about it and get connected to some sort of out-sourcing place who answers calls for this pharmacy.  They have no information on the prescription.  Of course they don't, it is sitting at the actual pharmacy.  I'm not allowed to talk to anyone in the actual pharmacy because they are busy helping other clients.  The outsourcing place has no information on my son, my insurance, previous prescriptions, nothing.  They keep wanting my son's cell phone number because the prescription is probably under his number.  My son is three.  Unless he has done something I know absolutely nothing about, he does not own a cell phone.  My son's name is Gabriel; not Gabrielle, and yes, I'm sure about that.  My son's name is not Eric.  My son's name is not Melinda.  Yes, I am really sure about that.  I spent twenty minutes answering stupid questions, and getting no answers to my questions. 

Finally, I decide to just go to the pharmacy.  The prescription is filled and waiting on me.  Great communication there. 

Here's where things get even more interesting.  I had to play twenty questions with the pharmacist.  Who was the prescribing docter?  What was my son being treated for?  On and on it went.  Why did she need all of that information?  I wasn't getting some sort of narcotic or something weird.  It was Amoxicillin.  He hasn't been on antibiotics since Easter of 2008.  It's not like he is on drugs all of the time.  It was really weird.

Anyway, if that is how technology has advanced customer service int he pharmaceutical field, I would prefer old-fashioned methods.

On the road again...

Posted by amada
10:00 PM, Tuesday, November 17, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link
I only have a just a second here, but wanted to say that we will be driving to Trujillo again tomorrow and next.  So, anyone who reads this blog can pray!  For a little more current info on our life work, see our ministry blog here:

http://thetuttletribe.blogspot.com

For the latest learning at our house, go here:

http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com


And I have a couple of meaningful posts from my personal study that maybe someday I will have time to post right HERE!  :)

Don't get too hopeful though...  I'm too busy to be so serious of a blogger! 


I am my Beloved's and He is mine.

Ashes

Posted by Krista
7:04 PM, Nov. 17, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link


In the words of Steve Earle:

Now, nobody lives forever
Nothin' stands the test of time
Oh, you heard 'em say "never say never"
But it's always best to keep it in mind
That every tower ever built tumbles
No matter how strong, no matter how tall
Someday even great walls will crumble
And every idol ever raised falls
And someday even man's best laid plans
Will lie twisted and covered in rust
When we've done all that we can but it slipped through our hands
And it's ashes to ashes and dust to dust


The Teacher and Technique (or the introduction)

Posted by opheliag
11:15 PM, Nov. 16, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link
I've started many blogs in the past but seem to get bogged down by the sheer volumes of topics that skitter through my brain on a daily basis. This time, I am going to focus my blog on our schooling efforts. The focus is going to be on the daily stuff. What works for us? How do we use manipulatives? What curriculums do we use and how do they work? Those types of things. I love reading other people's blogs and finding out just that type of information.

Who am I and why would anyone care about what I have to say? Good questions!

I am a homeschooling mom to three bright, beautiful children. My oldest son is 8yo and has been homeschooling since K5. He spent a little time in daycare during his infancy but soon came home and has stayed. He would be in 3rd grade this year if he was in traditional schools. He is doing some 2nd grade, some 3rd grade, and some 4th grade work at the moment. My only daughter is 4yo. She has been begging to do school since she was 2yo when her oldest brother started. She does some phonics and math work right now. We are getting ready to start a new reading program that came highly recommended. She is reading short, 3-letter words but seems ready to keep going. My youngest son is 3yo. He is content with puzzles, scissors, markers, dry-erase books, workbooks, and stickers at the moment. While he doesn't ever appear to be too interested, he still seems to be learning.

I am a reader and have brought that into our school. We use primarily living books following along with Ambleside Online for the curriculum. Teaching grammar, literature, and history are so much fun for me. We breeze through those subjects. Art and music are constants. My daughter is the artist and says she is going to be a "real" artist when she grows up. We study pictures and paint and draw. My youngest son is the musician. He loves to dance and sing, so we play music almost always. My ipod has quite the selection, and this little 3yo can turn it on and find his favorite songs! I am terrible in science and math, but they still must get done. My oldest son has taught me to like science just a little. He loves it and gets so excited for it. My husband is the math whiz in the house. He balances me out with a bit of logic!

I live in a large metropolitan area. We visit lots of museums to make up for the lack of acres of woods to explore. We visit local parks and hike the local trails.

I am not an expert because I am still learning as we go. I can only share what works and doesn't work in our homeschool with our children.

My husband and I have taken the words of William Butler Yeats as our motto, "Education is not the filling of the pail, but the lighting of a fire."

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