Aug. 16, 2007
Homeschool Arts Festival
I want to plan an Arts Festival for our area homeschoolers in May 2008. So far, the feedback and interest has been great and very encouraging.
I am polling here at HSB to see who has both coordinated this type event as well as participated in a homeschool Arts Festival: what did you like/dislike about the experience and what would you do differently or add to such an event.
All comments and suggestions are welcomed!
Thanks ~
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Apr. 20, 2007
Prayers for Virginia Tech
The governor of Virginia has called for a day of mourning:
"Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine declared the statewide day of mourning, and the university's alumni have also organized a "Hokie Hope" day. Kaine has invited
communities across the nation to organize their own ceremonies Friday to remember those killed in the nation's worst shooting spree."
In addition, bells will ring and a moment of silence will take place at noon.
Here at the farm we will ring our farm bell 32 times and pray for the victims, their family and friends as well as the students and faculty of Virginia Tech.
This week also represents the tragedies at Waco, Texas, the Oklahoma City bombing and today is also the anniversary of the Columbine tragedy. Many prayers need to be lifted up at noon.
hkj
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Apr. 19, 2007
Georgia High School Graduation Requirements
CLICK HERE to access the Georgia high school graduation requirements. While this is not a legal requirement for homeschoolers, it is a good tool to use to gauge your high school academic planning for. If your homeschooler is college bound, clearly colleges of your choice would be the first contact to determine their requirements for admission and prioritize academic work and achievement toward those standards.
hkj
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Mar. 20, 2007
Spring Arriving at Full Throttle
There is much going on around the Dirt Road school house despite my little posting of recent. Life is moving at full throttle as we are preparing for Pascha, the greatest celebration of our spiritual year. The boys began serving on the altar back in January and we have up'd our lessons surrounding Orthodoxy to coincide with the Church year as well. Having been without a new church home since our move to the Dirt Road - we have been incredibly blessed since joining our new found church back at the first of the year.
The first day of March escorted severe storms and a tornado right through our farm as well. We have in the neighborhood of 100 very large hard wood trees that were uprooted from the tornado and our rear fence is down. So we've been dealing with insurance and tree service companies trying to finalize our claim so that someone can begin cleaning up what is now the aftermath of the storm. But we were spared - our neighbors were not so fortunate - many homes have been damaged and nearly totally destroyed. We can easily live with tree and fence clean up/repair and we continue to give thanks for our protection.
We are in the heart of the Lenten season and just returned from a weekend retreat for our youth ~ just say whew! It was great - but very busy. I was able to attend as a chaperone and enjoyed the retreat as much as the kids......though there were a few eye openers.........that began with every teen attending (except our two sons) with their cell phones in hand text messaging continuously! What in the world....? What are we afraid we're missing?
Frankly, we are so consumed with our electronics............we are missing LIFE! People, please put down the gadgets and lift up your eyes to the world around you!
Saturday night - before lights out - some of the older high school girls were up talking and "sharing" some of what goes on in their everyday school life of public high school.
Thank you, Lord, for knocking me on the head to homeschool! The greatest social problem in public schools (middle and high schools) today appears to be the rampant homosexuality. Another mom and I sat there stunned as we listened to the girls talk about being "hit on" by lesbians and hearing why the "straight kids" won't use the rest rooms at school - because of what they may walk in on (in both restrooms!). They also said that the rules for zero tolerance of public affection only applies to the boy/girl relationships and that teachers and administrators will not say anything to lesbians/gays "making out in the hall" between class because that would be considered "discrimination".
This straight out of the mouths of babes! Adults wouldn't know how to handle such an experience and yet this is the out of control every day going's on in public schools. The girls sharing this were not from the same geographic regions. Is this the new "shock behavior" for attention?
Did we really need another reason to homeschool?
Fortunately, the girls who were sharing this, are very strong Christian girls, very grounded in who they are and know God's will for their lives. They stand strong in their faith and make it known when these other students try to "hit on them". All of the kids attending the retreat had plenty to take with them and I know that the weekend's experience will remain with them for a lifetime.
While so many of us are homeschooling - there will always be a large population of children who will attend public school - whether their parents will not heed to the calling of homeschooling or are truly unable to homeschool - we need to pray for these kids. Each family must make educational decisions that serve the best interests of their children and life can change in the blink of an eye - and a once homeschooling family may have to enroll their children in public school; we must pray for our nation's children no matter where they are educated.
Just two weeks ago, one of our cousins who attends public school in metro-Atlanta was beaten unconscious by a classmate who was jealous because our cousin was 3rd chair in band and the classmate was in 4th chair for their particular instrument. Her attacker used her arm cast to beat our cousin in the head; she waited outside the classroom after band class was over and attacked her from behind. The school suspended the girl for two days out of school and two additonal days in school suspension. Our cousins have since filed criminal charges against the girl who attacked their daughter and the judge has issued a temporary restraining order stating that the attacker must stand at least ten feet away from her until the final hearing. Please keep them in your prayers.
On the home and farm front, we are excited to see Spring arriving right on time. We are looking forward to starting an early garden with some new heirloom vegies to try out this year. We are also anxious for our chicks to arrive. We will be increasing our flock of heirloom chickens to around 70+/- that will include some fancy breeds, rare breeds and unique egg layers that will produce blue, green and chocolate colored eggs! Our fruit trees that we planted last year are blooming and we are excited to anticipate our first year of peaches, plums, apples and figs. I am still trying to decide about whether I'm ready to add my first colony of honey bees or if I need to study for one more year before jumping in.
I am eternally thankful that the Lord has blessed us with the freedom to homeschool. Our sons have a blessed life here in this rural sanctuary surrounded by God's creation. Our daily life is uncluttered with modern life's intrusion and we are able to study academics and everyday life in a tranquil, God-filled environment. Thank you, Lord!
Have a great week and Happy Spring!
Blessings to all ~
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Mar. 6, 2007
Home Where They Belong
You may go directly to its page at YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=_s18yj57iwU
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Jan. 5, 2007
The Carnival of Georgia Bloggers
The first Carnival of Georgia Bloggers is up and running at My Mind is on Georgia; a big THANK YOU to Elementaryhistoryteacher for launching as well as hosting this first Carnival for Georgia bloggers. Be sure to check out all the entries.
Have a great weekend!
Waving from the Soggy-South~
hkj
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Oct. 4, 2006
What Will You Do For Your Child?
What will you do for your child?
CLICK HERE to watch a video clip about an amazing father who saw no limits to what he would do for his son. Rick Reilly, who writes weekly for Sport Illustrated magazine, wrote about them on June 20, 2005.
CLICK HERE to read Snopes.com urban legend verification of the story about this remarkable relationship and to read Mr. Reilly's article he authored about them.
Now ask yourself again, what will you do for your child?
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Oct. 2, 2006
Up for a Tour?
It is definitely Fall here in the Deep South. No Autumn season is complete without its festivals and harvest gatherings and HomesteadBlogger.com is no exception. There has been quite a bit bustling on the Front Porch over there including a Fall Farm Tour. So sit back and begin clicking for a virtual tour here and there. While you're visiting HomesteadBlogger, try random blogging over there and meet some true homesteaders.
CLICK HERE to tour Jacobs Farm. I hope to be including a virtual online tour of Jacobs Academy soon, too!
Happy Fall Y'all!
Harriette
(~~ waving from the South ~~)
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Sep. 28, 2006
I've Decided ~
I've decided...
Kinda.
I think this is more of an admission.
I am not Super Woman.
I know y'all are all relieved to know that ~ so now the rest of you can fight over her cape and crown ~ but not my tiara!
All kidding aside, I've decided I'll have to adopt "blog office hours". As in, one day a week.
It seems that ever since we left for the Biltmore field trip and returned, I am on the hamster wheel non-stop! And I really don't think the world is ready for a full-time nude adventure with my family! (scary huh!?! I gotta get some laundry done around here..........). I love the computer and I love blogging and reading everyone's blogs ~ but I really have to scale down to one day a week right now (...and in case you haven't noticed, I haven't been on here much....). Hopefully, I will be organized and keep notes during the week and will have multiple posts during my new "office hours" as well as perusing around to visit all my friends.
Meanwhile, our homeschool studies are getting very studious and involved as well as fall baseball activities mixed in there, too. Our weekend project list is growing as we are tilling and planting fall vegies along with some general home maintenance that the cooler weather is finally permitting us to take care of (our backporch is in desperate need of some Thompson's water sealer, we need to restretch some of the screened sections and so forth.....the list goes on).
I do have a couple of snake stories to share, too, one being no biggee - Alan shot our first rattlesnake of the season last Friday - a little 3 footer - it was way up the road from us.....but a rattlesnake is rattlesnake - regardless of size, it will put you in the hospital. This next snake encounter is very serious: On Saturday morning, when Alan and the boys went up to watch the trail riders leave out from our dairy neighbor's farm (there were over 400 horses and riders!), they were told about a man who had been bitten by a rattlesnake that he had unknowingly run over with his vehicle and upon parking and getting out of the car, the rattlesnake fell out of the wheel well and bit him on the ankle - all w/in seconds!!!! He remains in the hospital and it is uncertain - if he survives - whether the doctors will be able to save his leg! This time of year, all snakes are on the move trying to eat and fatten up before they go into hibernation at first frost. Please be careful out there! Make sure you wear good boots when walking in high grass and the woods, carry a walking stick along and pay attention to everything around you.
Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful fall weather ~ I'll catch up with y'all Sunday night!
(~~waving~~ from the Deep South!)
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Sep. 11, 2006
As We Remember...
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May we never forget the images of horror that unfolded before our very eyes just five short years ago today. The day the lives of so many were taken by hatred and pure evil. May those who died, their families, those who fight in military battle for each of us and our Nation's freedoms remain steadfast in our prayers and hearts today and forever. Make today a day of reflection not only of just these horrific events but also as a reminder that our one true God and His Son - our Savior - is our salvation and our enabler to stand strong in this world of uncertainty. We must remain vigilant as well as diligent to ensure our freedoms remain just that - Free.
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