Review 2:  General overview of  WEE-BOOKS

Jenifer Dees

Have you ever thought, “If only I could get my hands on that magazine article.”?  You know the one you read in The Old Schoolhouse magazine a while back.  The one you thought you should memorize so, you’d be prepared next time you faced a homeschool critic.  Well, the Schoolhouse Store has solved that problem with WEE-BOOKS.  There are over 30 e-books to choose from.  The e-books are inexpensive and you can download them within minutes.  Print one and give it to your friend who needs encouraging or even to one of your critics. 

There is a great variety of e-books available.  I enjoyed the one on Hummingbirds.  Isn’t God awesome in the way he designs his creation?  My boys will love setting up feeders and watching His handiwork!  I could go on an on about all the great e-books, but don’t take my word for it – go check it out for yourself!

We started out our day going to visit some friends from church to "look" at their chickens and chicken facilities.  We ended our day with a chicken coop built and the promise of a rooster and hen from our friends.  How we went from looking to being well on our way to owning, I just don't know.  Turner, our two year old, has walked around all day saying, "Got Chickens, Momma?"  So, if anyone has chickens and just absolutely loves it--I want to know about it.  We are only planning on getting about 5 hens.  I would love to read your comments.  Thanks so much!  Have a blessed day!

Kudos to my wonderful husband!  Our new roof is complete on the house and shed, and the fence is finally fixed!  Thanks to hurricane Katrina, we needed lots of repairs to our homestead.  Glory to God, because without him we would not be finished with all the work this soon!  Insurance only would give us enough money for 1/2 a roof.  God provided enough opportunities for us to earn extra bucks to pay for the other repairs!  He is so GOOD!!!!  Of course, now the boys are ready to get on with things that matter to them--like getting some chickens!!

Have a Blessed Day!

I've spent alot of time reading blogs today.  Keep up the good work everyone!  You never know what you blog can be just what someone needed that day!  I was so excited about going to see the movie " Charlotte's Web" and spending some special time with my four year old and some other friends. My son had some money to spend and had been asking for a specific car to go with a set he got for Christmas.  We were given movie certificates for Christmas (thank goodness!  movies are soooo expensive these days).  With all this said our wonderful afternoon turned sour when my son got a bad case of the "I wants" and whined about everything.  I don't feel that just because a child is over tired that he earns the right to be rude and ungrateful.  But how does one get this point across at the time?  I don't know if I handled it correctly.  I told him he could not speak unless he wanted to tell me thank you for everything (I named the things specifically) he had been able to do or get.  He finally said thank you but I think it was mainly because he wanted to tell me something else.  Anyway, does anyone have any tips!  Good night and hope everyone has a blessed, last day of 2006!!!!!!!!

I am the wife of a full-time minister of education/admin. and mother of two boys.  My oldest is almost 4 and the youngest is 2.  We live in the country and love it.  The house we bought has a very large shed with two rooms in it.  The small room is already sheetrocked and has windows and electrical.  We had considered turning this room into a school room.  Do people do that????  Or does it matter????  What are pros and cons of having a seperate school room.  I know not all learning takes place inside.  Anyway, I'm rambling and like I said in my first entry I don't have any idea what I'm doing with this whole homeschooling business.  God Bless anyone who reads this and doesn't think I'm crazy!!!

This is my first entry and I don't really understand all the terminology used in blogging.  I hope I am doing this right!  I have been wanting to homeschool my children since the day they were born.  I know that everyday is a day of learning, but when do I begin any kind of formal lessons (like the kind I keep records on).  I've been reading the New Harvest Homestead newsletter and have been so encouraged and desire more and more to lead this quiet, hands on life.