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My friend kindredspirit or CreativeHomeschooling Relieve a little Halloween stress with some bowling. We enjoyed this at our house. I got this from an e-mail today.... Mrs. Goodnest
A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school. He didn't want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe. So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she would please follow him to school in the mornings, staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her. She said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed. The next school day, the neighbor and her little girl set out following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor boy he knew. She did this for the whole week. As the boys walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Timmy's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day all week. Finally he said to Timmy, "Have you noticed that lady following us to school all week? Do you know her?" Timmy nonchalantly replied, "Yeah, I know who she is." The friend said, "Well, who is she?" "That's just Shirley Goodnest," Timmy replied, "and her daughter Marcy." "Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following us? " "Well," Timmy explained, "every night my Mom makes me say the 23rd Psalm with my prayers, 'cuz she worries about me so much. And in the Psalm, it says, 'Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the days of my life', so I guess I'll just have to get used to it!" The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift His countenance upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 May Shirley Goodnest and Marcy be with you today and always |
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Karla tagged me. My first tag ever...so here it goes.
ONE BOOK THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE: The Bible & The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey |
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I got a new hair color today. It takes me sometime to adjust.
Did you hear this crazy news? They changed the rules for planets and now Pluto is out--it's a dwarf planet. Here's the article I read.
I guess since we had such a good school day on Tuesday we had to make up for it today. It was a sturggle to get the kids to do anything, although we did get our work done. But I am so glad today is over. Hopefully, we will have a much better day tomorrow.
And I walked 1.2 miles on Wednesday. Woohoo. |
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I got this in an e-mail and it was too cute not to pass on.
Click here for relief from the hot weather: http://home.valornet.com/sabruf2/countchr.html |
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Hello friends,
Just to let you know I'm working on visiting each of my friend's blogs over the next few days. I haven't been able to get to each one in a while and I really enjoy reading everyone's...so be looking for my comment. Thursday night I read many great posts and look forward to many more.
I entered the contest for giving reviews. I was reminded by Dena when I visited her blog Thursday.
Today or yesterday, since it's 1:30 am, we went school shopping. It is our "no state sales tax" weekend. First, I had to return a book to a fellow homeschooler. It was so nice to meet Patti face to face; I love talking to anyone about homeschooling but especially veterans.
I let the kids pick out their school supplies with guidance or they would have gotten one of everything. The kids had a great time. Then we went to GPH, a Christian/Homeschool bookstore, to pick up an order. The order was the Rose Book of Maps and Charts (this will help with MOH and bible study-it is lovely), I Can Do All Things, and Making Brothers and Sisters Friends.
Then I was off to Mardel, another Christian/Homeschool bookstore, looking for Handwriting books. I decided to use a D'Nealian curriculum. After looking at two books of the same type of handwriting I finally picked one; then when I get home I decide I should have gotten the other. So is life. (I'll keep all your suggestions for future reference. Thank you.) I was able to find a little caddy I wanted for colored pencils, markers, crayons, etc, so everything is in one neat, portable place.
I bought a cute D'Nealian preschool book that has a booklet for each letter for Mac. SweetieGirl picked out a cursive handwriting book for herself; I wasn't planning on her getting one. She was introduced to all the cursive letters last year and writes her name in cursive almost always. The book she selected has her writing recipes to poems to short stories. Wow! She did a great job picking one out.
I was excited to find one Bible coloring book and one Bible puzzle book for the sale and they are both reproducible. I'm going to have the kids journal about our Bible time; I know those will be great additions. The journal idea came from one of my daughters previous Sunday School teachers (oh, she was awesome)...she had the kids journal every Sunday. One week was scraps of material, another magazine pics, or a picture of the child with friends or a drawing-all as they applied to their lesson. It is a treasure of the lessons my daughter learned that entire Sunday School year. What a treat!!
We began reading Making Brothers and Sisters Friends. We're only on page 3 and I'm hooked; we're reading it as a family. I know we are all going to learn a lot.
I also received my This Old Schoolhouse magazine yesterday; I just got to look at a few pages today. When I got the mail this morning I got the Charolette Mason books I bought and The Way The Learn (I'd been wanting this one for a long time.), and Writing Strands, Level 3.
Now this week I'm working a friend's shift at the store because she's on vacation. I have no idea when I'll have time to get my reading done...but I can't wait. There is so much good material to read in my kitchen.
BlubberBlogger friends I ate out way too much today. I had a Wendy's Taco Salad for lunch, but for dinner at Texas Roadhouse I had grilled bbq chicken with a loaded baked potato. It was good, yet I'm sure the scale will pay be back on Wednesday.
**I have added a few new pics the to the slideshow here and to my other blog site. **I want to note that if you are interested you can make your own slide show here or get a music video here or check out John's Christian music codes for awesome music. (Caution: I do not necessarily endorse everything about these sites.)
I have got to get to bed. I have a brunch and to work for a friend tomorrow.
Everyone have a GREAT weekend! |