Today I am not going to post the Simple Woman's Day Book since I already did it on Friday. :) Unless I choose to do it after I write everything. But I have a wonderful poem that I copied in school a few days ago. What we do for spelling is my mom reads something to me from a spelling book we have, and I write what she reads. She watches me and if I spell a word wrong, she hurries up and gets me to change it so I don't have the wrong spelling in my head. Anyway, here is the poem. :)
A Swarm of Bees Worth Hiving The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young by Richard Newton
Be patient, Be prayerful, Be humble, Be mild,
Be wise as a Solon, Be meek as a child.
Be studious, Be thoughtful, Be loving, be kind,
Be sure you make matter subservient to mind.
Be cautious, Be prudent, Be trustful, Be true,
Be courteous to all men, Be friendly with few.
Be temperate in argument, please, and wine,
Be careful of conduct, of money, of time.
Be cheerful, Be grateful, Be hopeful, Be firm,
Be peaceful, benevolent, willing to learn;
Be courageous, be gently, Be liberal, Be just,
Be aspiring, Be humble, because you are dust.
Be penitent, circumspect, sound in the faith,
Be active, devoted; Be faitful to death.
Be honest, Be holy, transparent, andpure;
Be dependant, Be Christlike, and you'll be secure.
I thought I might as well put something useful on my blog. The rest of my blog is beasically...nothing much! How is everyone else's school doing? Mine is pretty good. It's not too ahrd but it's not too easy, so that's a good combination. :)
Lately the weather over here in the midwest has been pretty warm. Usually in the 70's. Not too hot, and not too cold is great! I don't mind heat as long as it's not humid. I cannot stand humidity! It is normally humid here in the summer, though, so if I don't want humidity, I need to go live in California.
Well since I've written everything I wanted to, I'll fill out the Simple Woman's Day Book for today.
For Today…October 6, 2008 4:49 pm...WHAT??? It's that late already and my schoolwork isn't even finished???
Outside my Window…The peach tree and pear tree, a very sunny day that's warm and breezy.
I am thinking…My eyes are hurting a little from reading a blog with eye boggling colors
I am thankful for…The cool/warm weather we've had lately
From the kitchen...I don't know what my mom is making for dinner. Something with beef in it, because she had to take it out of the freezer.
I am wearing...A denimish flowy skirt that I made and a teal t-shirt
I am reading…Eleanor Roosevelt, Elsie at Nantucket
I am hoping…That we get to eat the rest of the ice cream for dessert tonight.
I am creating...Right now I'm writing an entry!! And today I finished a drawing I was drawing the other day.
I am hearing…Mr. Rogers playing on TV and my sister talking on the phone
Around the house…my little sister is watching TV, my other sister is on the phone, my Nana is in here with me reading, my mom is reading also, and my dogs are playing. my dad should be home soon.
One of my favorite things...Getting a letter from a friend, going to the Cheesecake Factory (like we are tomorrow for lunch!)
A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...Tomorrow we're going to The Cheesecake Factory to eat lunch with my sister, mom and my sister's friend for my sister's birthday. Also on Tuesday these men that my dad knows are coming over to talk about hooking up a generator to the house (even though it would have a be a really huge one). Wednesday is grocery day, and Thursday my dogs are getting groomed and I think my great aunt is coming over from West Virginia, and Friday i'm not sure!
I accomplished since last week…My drawing, and I finished reading the whole Kathleen McKenzie series.
First of all we celebrated Ben's 20th birthday yesterday, and had his cake and Icecream today (Oh, it is his birthday today too!) and we also celebrated Moms **th birthday earlier in the month, so the next persons birthday will be Erics 17th birthday on November 22nd!
We are going hunting on the 24th of this month and will be back on november first, It will be Mom and Dad's 24th wedding anniversary on the twenty-seventh of this month, and Mom and the little kids and Ben will not come. :-((
This week we are going to go pick Grapes at a friends house, and we are going to go maybe pick potatoes, so that will be a lot of fun.
Well, sorry for the randomness, Ijust thought I had to catch up on nwhat we are doing.
Emily
Today (October 4th) is a good blogger friend of mine's birthday!! Have a wonderful day and may God bless your year!!
Happy Birthday To You!!
Happy Birthday To You!!
Happy Birthday Dear Alison!!
Happy Birthday To You!!
So of course, I would love to suprise you with a visit!! But now that I can't (yet). I guess I'll just have be happy with being friends here in bloggy world! May your birthday be full of fun!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
So go on over to Alison's blog and wish her a happy one!!
God Bless,
Amber
P.S. Sorry to crash into your birthday post Alison, but I was wondering everyone - I would like to do Show and Tell Friday again, but what should I do? Give me suggestions!! Thanks Alison!
Ok, that was somewhat dramatic, but I wanted to get the point across. I have not posted anything in …geez, I don’t know when. I have plenty to catch up on.
Where have I been? Oh! I went to Louisiana to help with the Disaster Relief. As some of you know, that is where I was born and raised. And all of my family live down there.
Therefore, Mom, Jordan and I went to see what we could do. The moment we get in Louisiana, we are greeted by the stench of the rotted floodwater. >_<
Explanation: You know the smell of when you pull up your swimming pool at the end of summer and the smell of the rotten, wet, covered up ground rises up to your nostrils? Well, that smell was everywhere.
My brother, Elgin’s house had water in it and they now have to gut out the whole thing from floor to ceiling. It felt awful helping René tear out their house piece by piece and stuff it into garbage bags. I know it was just a building, but it was also a place that they called home. I felt like quite the carpenter. lol! I also got a few new muscles from hauling sheetrock and plywood out to the road.
Celeste and Ryan’s house had part of their roof blown away and their ceiling caved in, leaving a mess. Jordan and I helped Celeste clean up her utility room and got everything out that was wet.
My grandpa had lots of tree and roof damage. But some of our Mennonite friends got that all cleaned up for him. But it was sad to see all those beautiful trees destroyed.
While we were down there, we stayed with my Aunt Nat, Uncle Carry and Gage. They were so nice to let us stay with them. Aunt Nat has a beautiful, spacious home and made us feel very welcome. (love you guys)
They had some roof damage from a tornado that past through.
The rest of this entry, I’ll leave for pictures…as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words….well, I have many pictures…
Okay, I'm not going to put the Simple Woman's Day Book picture on again...just answer the questions. :)
For Today…October 3, 2008 7:49 p.m.
Outside my Window…Well it is dark, so i can't see anything from here, but outside the window is a pear tree with ripening pears on it.
I am thinking…That I think I have a cavity in my tooth, becuase I got some bread stuck in it, and it feels like there's a little crack or something in it. And my sister just brought in my God's World News that came in the mail today, so I'm excited!
I am thankful for…my God's World News!!! I can't wait for them to come every month. And for the new windows that we got today and yesterday (only some...it would take a hundred years to replace all 64...not literally.)
From the kitchen…Tonight we had hot dogs for dinner with green beans, and also some salad from the deli at our grocery store.
I am wearing...Jean bermuda shorts and a dark green long sleeved shirt
I am reading…Eight Cousins, Kathleen's Abiding Hope, Elsie at Nantucket and Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles
I am hoping…it doesn't get too cold! It's really chilly outside.
I am creating...Yesterday we painted my room! I guess that's considered creating something. And my Nana is helping me decorate it, also.
I am hearing…My dad talking to my mom, my little sister playing in the bathtub, my Nana talking on the phone, and my mom replying to my dad.
Around the house…My little sister is just getting out of the bathtub, I am on the computer, my Nana is on the phone, my other sister is in her room reading, and my dad is trying to figure out why a certain breaker keeps tripping.
One of my favorite things…Getting a letter from a friend, and reading a book
A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...Tomorrow we're going out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory for my sister's 11th birthday, and Sunday I don't really know!
I accomplished since last week…Doing all my schoolwork for the week, and also a few little things (cleaning my bedroom, painting it, etc.)
Okay, FINALLY a chance to write! Every single time I start to write, I get distracted by something else, but this time I won't be.
How many of you watched the VP debate last night? I thought Sarah was wonderful!!! I thought she was bright and happy, and she was talking TO YOU. To the United States of America! If you notice, Sarah was looking at the camera pretty much the whole time, with the exception of looking at her notes, while Biden was constantly looking away from the camera, and pointing his finger, moving his hands, and basically fidgeting. Sarah was calm, and waited her turn. I liked the fact that she said things that an every day American would say and she said them just like we would. She did an excellent job for only being in this for what, 5 or 6 weeks? Who could say she didn't?
I think that's enough politics for now. Well, I guess this sort of is politics, but this is awesome. Go to www.lakotacorp.com to see a new bow dedicated to Sarah Palin. It's really neat. you should check it out. And 10% of the proceeds of the sales of each bow goes to the National Association for Down's Syndrome.
So I know I mentioned I painted my room. It's a pretty peachy pinkish color, but it's not really bright peach...it's kind of warm and soft, but it's bright at the same time. It goes really good with my bedspread. And we're going to redecorate it, also. My Nana is helping with that.
I think that is about all for now. I think I've said everything I've been meaning to say! Other than today is my sister's 11th birthday! So if you could please go to www.homeschoolblogger.com/Maryoftheprairie and wish her a happy birthday, I'd be really thankful!
This is quick because I'm out the door to teach my writing class at the co-op. Fridays are crazy for me, but I want to share this picture. Did you know God made pine cones this big? This is a Sugar Pine cone. We picked it up at about 7,000 feet in the Sierras. I have a couple others, but I hesitated to get the pitch all over Kaetlyn for the picture. Messy things, fir and cone trees. I spent my childhood climbing Douglas fir, sliding down the branches, and coming home with hands streaked with black. The pitch is clear, but picks up dirt galore. And it doesn't come off. I went around the house and to school smelling like a forest many days.
I'll try to get around and say hi to everyone later this afternoon!
... Since I posted last!!! Oh well. I have a bunch of pictures of post but they aren't on this computer or uploaded to photobucket so those will have to wait...
So until then, I'll post something else.
First of all, some animations I made with Jasc Animation Shop:
I think this one would look good as a header if I made it a rectangle and I didn't have those clouds behind it. I think some other background would be better. (it might look a little chopy, (sp?) but its usually pretty smooth)
And this one is quite interesting--its also kind-of hard to read... Then here is a picture I took of my calculator. I think it turned out really good. That's all the pics for now.
Today we go together with another homeschooling family at the park. They have 4 boys and 1 girl. We hadn't seen them in a LONG time!!! Then after that we went to the library and I got a bunch of books. The only problem is that I've read almost all of them before...
Our friend gave us a lizard! he is orange and has a round tail! we bought him some crickets. he is so cool. I would of put a photo on if we had some. I have wanted a lizard for a long time and we have one! :) :D (hooray!) he is cute.I lve him!
Here is a picture of a similar one that is not ours but look almost like it. We are trying to identify the specific species.
I guess I'll just have be happy with being friends here in bloggy world! May your birthday be full of fun!!
Then here is a picture I took of my calculator. I think it turned out really good.
That's all the pics for now. 
ve him!
MotherLoad
