The Lord's Room Homeschool:Abeka & MUS-Delta

Sep. 8, 2005 - Daily quote from Thomas Kinkade calendar

"You will gradually be tuning your heart to play a different melody." It almost sounds like a fortune cookie or horoscope (or horrorscope I call it!). But I appreciate the message, that as the seasons of our lives change, our hearts gradually change. Not abruptly, because that could be a sign that there might be a problem; from simply being unprepared to incurring a trauma. Either way, if change is not gradual, it can be traumatizing. One example I can think of is my husband leaving the house on Saturday with our Ford Expedition to get it washed. He came home six hours later with a new car! New to us anyway. It is still an '03, but thankfully had less miles on it. It is a Ford Escape (or es-ca-pay, like Dory the fish says on Finding Nemo!).

We had been talking all week about getting a smaller car to save gas, but our challenge was that we owed more on the car than what it was worth. But after finding out how much we would save in gas and mileage, it was worth it to trade it in. Not only do we get better mileage, but it costs less to fill up the tank. I am driving more now than ever with taking my son to several homeschool co-ops during the week, gymnastics, volunteering at the nursing home that my grandmother is a resident at (which is the furthest away, so we only go once a week), choir, piano lessons, and park day.

So when my husband came home with the new car (after talking to me on the phone about it several times while he was at the dealership), I was prepared to see it and embrace the change, however, my 16 yo daughter hadn't been included in all our conversations so she was a little traumatized by the change. Not knowing the car we had for over the last 2 years was about to be gone forever, gave her a little shock. Being young, she bounced back quickly. I think it also helped that she saw how we embraced the change well.

We miss the DVD player, and seating for 8. We won't be cramming our youth group into it any more! Now only 5 people fit, but our oldest has her own car now and takes herself places. At least I still have my 6 CD changer! We called our old car, "Big Red" and sang a song of good bye to it (to the tune of "Bye, bye Big Ben", the song Six Flags Arlington gave to their roller coaster that was about to be dismantled for a newer one). Our new car is called, "The Silver Bullet", or "bullet" for short. It's already become part of our family!

As we just also happen to be coming into the fall season, this season of our lives has changed as we drive a different car, or play a different melody if you will! What different melody are you gearing up for? Just be sure and make it a gradual one, as to incur less stress along the way!

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Sep. 26, 2005 - Untitled Comment

what a nice change, so much less at ye ol' gas pump!!!!!!

congrats !

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