Today I thought I would share some sites that have to do with writing and speech making. I have not fully checked out ever site as of right now. This is my project for the summer because I will be teaching a speech class next year for our local homeschool kids!

Suzy's writing Corner    has great steps for writing here!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/speech/index.htm  I have not used this site

Jeannie Fulbright has a great ebook called Speak Up! I tried to have the link here but they are doing maintance on their site today! This book is my spine for the class I will teach.

http://www.greensburg.k12.in.us/teacher/leachcarla/SpeechCurriculum.htm  a teacher's outline

If anyone has other sites to share about this subject, please leave me a comment!

Be blessed! 

Have you ever heard the term "gully washer" when it rained! Well' since moving to the Hill Country of Texas I have learned to appreciate the saying! When it rains, it really comes down!

This picture doesn't even do justice to how hard it's coming down! We are staying home today!

By the way, I actually found a definition of gully washer!

I have been going to Curves for 1 and 1/2 weeks now and guess what!!

I lost 5 pounds!!

What motivation to keep going!

Be blessed!

Lysa is having a recipe swap today to give us all new life in the kitchen! I decided to share the soup I made for supper last night.

Chicken Enchilada Soup

1 small onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, crushed

2 TBS. vegetable oil

1 can green chilies

14 1/2 ozs. beef broth

10 3/4 ozs. chicken broth

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can chunck-style chicken ( I use chicken I've cooked, about 3 breasts)

 1 1/2 cups of water

1 TBS steak sauce

2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp. ground cumin

1 tsp. chili powder ( only use if you like heat)

1/8 tsp. pepper

3 cups grated Cheddar cheese

paprika

bag of scoop Tostada chips

Saute onion and garlic in oil ( I cook my chicken here also) in a Dutch Oven. Add next 11 ingredients: bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour. Add cheese and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with paprika and serve with chips.

I make this and put in my slow cooker at lunch time on low to serve at supper.

Nancy has asked each one of us to do a very special thing this week. She would like each person to commit to prayer for someone in the service. She has also chosen Klove's Wall of Prayer to help us. If you would like to join us please go over to The Kings Kreation .

" What I want everyone to do is to go to this Wall of Prayer and either list someone you know to pray for or just pledge to pray for anyone or any family...especially for WIVES and FAMILY MEMBERS of service people."

As a family, we are chosing Colby.

He is in the Army National Guard. 

He is going to be near Bosnia.

Psalm 34: 7-8  "The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him."

May God bless this family, protect and comfort them and give them wisdom to get through this season!

This week I wanted to feature some music links.

http://www.primoviolins.com/ViolinTour.htm

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music/   this link is a list of all types of sites. I have not been to all of them so use wisely.

http://highland.hitcho.com.au/musicforms.htm  forms needed to teach music

http://www.musictheory.net/index.html  will teach you basic music theory

Go on over to Valerie's for more great sites!

Be blessed!

 How do you know when your child is really grasping the concept? Sometimes I really struggle with this, then God gives me a precious gift!

 We are using Day 5: Flying Creatures for science this year. Right now we are on the insect section and just finished the week on social insects. B and I did a huge unit on insects three years ago so I was wondering how much he would really listen to and want to learn. We are participating in a co-op so quitting isn't an option for us.

 Over the weekend I'm on the computer ( imagine that) when I notice the conversation between B and hubby. B was sharing all he knew about bees and the differences in them. Then he went on to tell him about ants and wasps. It was great!

 I learned a valuable lesson right then. Don't have low expectations for B and don't assume he won't learn anything new! It's in these moments that God lets me know that we all can continue learning, especially about His wonderful creation!

 By the way, did you know that man created the "Killer Bees'? It was an experiment gone bad! HMMM, makes you think!

Be blessed!