Rain, rain go away! come again another day, like August when we're needing it!
I thought the saying went March winds and April showers bring May flowers. Here it is the end of May and the rain won't shut off! The May flowers are getting beat down by the constant flow of water.
I've heard it rains constantly in part of Oregon so I keep telling the kids just to pretend we live in Oregon and do what you gotta do in the rain. The kids and I are dealing with it because we have no choice but to make the best of it, but my hubby is such a grouch about all the rain, he acts like he'll melt or something!
We went camping for Memorial day weekend and stayed Saturday night and left Sunday because he was very unhappy with the non stop rain. We camp in a tent so it wasn't too fun, but I was willing to make the best of it for the kids. Men are such babies!
How is the weather in other parts of the country?
Blessings--Jessica |
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I have really been feeling frustrated and overwhelmed lately about homeschooling. I am tired of putting off activities and plans for the kids, to the point where they never get done at all, because the time doesn't seem "perfect" for this or that activity. I have been looking into "unschooling" and think it may be a better route for us because it will loosen the reins, so to speak, and make me feel able to do any craft or experiment at any time. they will still be learning , right? Does it really matter if the experiment doesn't have anything to do with the book you are readig together? I have been asking myself these questions for years and I have finally decided it is time to find the answers to them.
You see, my problem is that I am stuck in the "school" mindset. Isn't that the beauty of homeschooling your children, getting to get away from that? I just am having a hard time being that relaxed, but I know it is just because it is not the way I was programmed going to public school, but I am determined to change my mindset about school.
Any advice would be helpful--
Thank you and God Bless--Jessica |
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Well here we are again at another good Friday. It doesn't seem like a year has passed since I was stressing about how to celebrate this holiday with my children the way Jesus would want us to.
I don't mean to offend anyone but come on--chocolate bunnies, eggs and baby chicks?! What does that have to do with Jesus and the resurrection? It seems more like a celebration of spring and reproduction to me.
So that is what we do now, just started this year. We have a spring party where we color eggs and do all the "Easter" things. Then on the actual that we are supposed to be celebrating the resurrection of our savior, we will do just that.
This way people can't say that my children are "missing out" on fun in their childhood by not celebrating Easter the traditional way. They still get to do all those things just on a more appropriate day, the first day of Spring. Which I think is a day to celebrate because it means the end of winter!! Yay!!
Anyway, enough rambling. I hope everyone has a great weekend and remembers the real reason for celebration.
Blessings--Jessica |
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Apr. 9, 2009 what we've been up to...
Hey it's been a while. We are all still here and doing well. I hope all my friends are well too.
I don't really have a good reason as to why I haven't updated my blog in a while. Just call me forgetful or lazy I guess.
I have been growing a lot spiritually since my last post. I am trying to make peace with myself and my flaws. I have always struggled with thinking nothing I do is ever good enough so that makes it hard for me to build friendships because I don't want to let anyone get too close. I have been praying for help overcoming this problem because I am tired of keeping friends out and pulling away. I now, since praying about this problem, feel like it was Satan telling me that I am never good enough. I know that I am not perfect and nobody is- so I need to quit being so uptight and hard on myself.
Anyways, just letting you know what I meant when I said have been growing spiritually. This is just one of the things I have been struggling with. I put this problem at the top of the list because I think a lot of the other struggles stem from this habit of perfectionism.
A nice poem to enjoy ----
LOVE
Love will make us well behaved
In each word and deed;
It will think of others first-
To their needs give heed.
Love will keep us sweet and kind
when we're treated ill;
Praising God for doing well
What is his good will.
Blessings--Jess |
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Hi I'm still here! I am selling Avon now thanks to a suggestion from a fellow blogger-(THANKS A LOT)
I really like it. I have just been at it for a few weeks and I already have 8 customers!
The kids like it too because they feel like they are getting to help me work. I am really excited and really appreciate the suggestion.
Things are going well with our family, we don't have our farm yet but working on it! I have faith it will happen sooner or later. I just hope it is sooner rather than later, but we are waiting on God's timing to work everything out. I am trying to be patient with Him.
Take care, Blessings--Jess |
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Jun. 24, 2008 looking for a job
Hi. After our transmission went out on Father's day, my hubby decided I need to go back to work. I agree because we have been in a financial rut for a long time , so we can't afford to get the car fixed but that might mean that I can't homeschool anymore
I can't imagine not being home with my babies anymore. I will miss them, I'll die!!!
I am trying to find a job that I can do from home or in the evenings after hubby gets home. Any advice for a home based job would be appreciated.
I'll keep you posted what happens--Jessi |
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Jun. 16, 2008 I'm bored...
Man I'm bored! I don't know why but for some reason lately I have been feeling really bored all the time if I am not doing something.
Today when the kids were out playing in the yard I was so bored I didn't know what to do with myself so I scraped and painted the window frames and the back doors. After I was done, I thought what can I do now? I thought, "Hey I could take advantage of this quiet time and read a book, but decided not to. I don't know how to relax when the kids are awake. If I do sit down and relax with a book then I hear a little voice telling me " get up lazy there's so much to do, you could play a game with the children or I'm sure there is something that could be done around the house!" I don't like that voice but I always end up listening to it...
I am kinda mad/hurt at the same time right now also-
My younger brother is in the Air Force and stationed in California. (I am in Arkansas) Well he got married on Valentine's Day to a girl in the Air Force as well. Nobody in the family had met her when they got married until they came here to Arkansas on leave last week. I live an hour away from my parents and other siblings and the thing that upsets me is that the one day that Steven got to come to my house and visit my dad (a truckdriver) calls Steven telling him that he is in for the weekend and needs a ride home so Steven had to leave my house and go pick him up! What does he do during the time that Steven is not here? Why couldn't he do that then so that Steven could stay and visit me on the one day that I would get to see him?!!
At first I thought " okay you're being selfish, Daddy wants to see Steven too". But then I though "no you're not he and his wife are staying in mom and dads house and they will get to spend the whole weekend with him!" I got one day and it got cut short, so it was just a few hours. He and his wife go back to CA tomorrow so I won't see them again til Christmas. I am really sad that I hardly got to know his wife. From what I could see she seemed really nice though. I think he picked a good sister for me;)
I missed him as soon as he pulled out of the driveway and cried because I only got to spend a few hours with him. It makes me mad the way my parents are planning everything out for him keeping him too busy to see his family that lives out of town.
I am not the only one, the day he was here he could have seen our aunt and uncle but he had to leave before they got off work so they won't get to see him at all.
I know he's a big boy and if he wanted to visit the rest of the family he could no matter what Mom and Dad say about it. I don't know if why he is letting them plan what he will do with his time here. Maybe I've got him wrong, maybe he doesn't care like I hope he does...
Well I just had to vent. It is so tempting to call my parents and tell them what I think, but I know it better not to start fights with family so I will keep my mouth shut, even though it is very hard!
Blessings--Jess |
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May. 16, 2008 Charlotte Mason
Hi We have never used a curriculum before and my children are going into 2nd and Kindergarten next year. I told my husband that I do not wanna homeschool next year if we don't get a curriculum.
This year was a nightmare! Not for the kids, just for me because I feel so overwhelmed with the feeling that I'm not doing anything right. I know, I know, every homeschooler feels that way sometimes. But I really feel like my children would be better off in a school where the teacher has the supplies and knows what she is doing! I tell people this and they say "but your kids are so smart, so you must not be doing too bad of a job" I know that they are learning because they both love to learn with or without my guidance. They don't watch t.v or play video games and I know that has a lot to do with it because they are involved in "real" play.
Anyways (sorry rambling again... ) , the curriculum I really am interested in is Charlotte Mason and MYFathers World. Does anyone else use these? I am kinda confused about whether we need to get Charlotte Mason books and MFW curriculum or if we would be okay using CM and Ambleside online, or if just getting the CM Companion is okay. I really want a day by day curriculum so I was thinking MFW would be good, but what CM book(s) do I need to go with that?
I'm just really confused about all the options and don't wanna buy something we don't need because we will get basically the same thing in one of the other books.
I need someone to tell me what to do! That is why I think I will like the day by day curriculum MFW, but I like the Charlotte Mason because we love learning in nature like she reccomends.
Advice please...
Thank you--Jess |
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Apr. 30, 2008 Anybody out there??
I think everybody may have forgotten me since I was gone for so long! I really wanna get back in the "community" but nobody loves me! Somebody leave me comments please!! Just let me know you're out there...
Blessings--Jess |
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See the picture above of the horses and land, trees, grass and NO buildings? that is my dream- as the Dixie Chicks say "I wanna look at the horizen and not see a building standing tall..." (Cowboy Take Me Away) That would be my theme song, if I could have one...
Now you know a little about me.
It is a dream because I live in a small town growing REALLY fast right now and I dream of getting out of town soon!! I pray for it everyday and know that it'll happen in God's timing and not before then. It's hard waiting for something that you want so bad when you have no idea when it'll happen because it's up to a higher power. I also pray everyday for patience in waiting for this!
It makes me so sad I just wanna cry when I see these beautiful pastures bought up and turned into subdivisions. Everything in me longs for land and self sufficiency- to "be not of this world", as the Bible says, so seeing people destroying this farm land makes me so sad.
I just felt like rambling tonight...Jess |
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Apr. 29, 2008 Refresh my memory please...
| It's been such a long time since I done this that I don't remember how to do anything. How do I update my Links? I need to delete one and add a few new ones. I've tried but I can't figure it out!! Thanks--Jess |
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Apr. 29, 2008 Hello again!!
Hi I am still here and I feel like a brand new person! My faith and patience with the Lord have really been tested in the past year. My family has been thru some big trials and I am proud to say that we passed the tests!! The devil did not bring us to him, although at times it was tempting to just give up on God and our faith...
We held strong to the Bible promises and came thru it all, somehow. It is amazing how much I have changed as a person as a result of it. All the changes are good-no GREAT- changes!! I have much stronger faith now and am a better christian, mother and wife and friend.
I am excited to be back and look forward to checking up on all my friends to see how everyone is doing. Maybe tomorrow, right now I need to get kiddos ready for bed.
God Bless--Jess |
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Jan. 3, 2007 time...where does it go??
Just where does it go? At the end of the day I can feel so exhausted like I have been so busy all day but when I look around the house is a mess and I feel like I have accomplished nothing! Just what have I done all day that I have felt so busy, because it certainly wasn't housework?! Anyone else have this problem too?
I don't update my blog enough because it's just not as much fun updating mine as it is reading everyone else's. I like getting ideas from others, hoping I'll find the answer on someone else's blog about managing my time better. I also like getting ideas of education things to do with the kids from others. I'm new at this so I am always second guessing myself; wondering if I am challenging my children's minds enough. I just want to make sure that I am giving them the best. I always feel like they need a better teacher than me.
Reading other people's blogs it just seems like the rest of you know exactly what you're doing and I have no clue sometimes...
Oh well, that's what great about homeschooling I can learn right along with them and always improve with practice, right?
Blessings--Jessica
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Dec. 31, 2006 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Hello, I know it's been a long while since I have updated, it is hard finding time to do this! I just hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and I hope everyone has a Happy New Year. Please pray for those who can't be with family this year because they are in Iraq or elsewhere.
My little brother just joined the Air Force and he left for Basic Training on the 18th of this month so Christmas was quiet without him at our family dinner...
I miss him. Take care and make 2007 a great year!
Blessings--Jessica |
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Oct. 2, 2006 just got a few minutes
Hey I just read walkinfaith's blog. I
already knew all this before checking out her blog because I also get
email from AFA. I don't have time now to put it all on my blog
and she probably explains it all better anyways. I just wanted to
tell everyone to go read up. It is our duty as christians to stop
all this. (NBC editing the word God out of Veggietales but letting
Madonna mock Christ on the cross, and Wal- Mart supporting gays)
America is suposed to be the land of the free, so why can the word God
not be on television for fear of offending the non- christians and why
does it seem like homosexuals are getting more rights than everyone
else everyday? If they don't like it they can change the channel!!
That's all I have time for now but go check out walkinfaith's blog please!
Blessings--Jessica
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Aug. 25, 2006 It's been a while...
It's
been a while but I'm still here! I just have been having a hard
time getting the time and modivation to put a new entry in, but here I
am!
I am trying to start home educating my 5 year old son and really have
no clue what I am doing. Instead of filling out a notice of
intent to homeschool, we are enrolling him in a "home education"
christian school called Embassy of Heaven. I read about it on the
internet after a friend told me about it, it's really neat. The
best part is no government involvement at all. Go check it out
embassyofheaven.org
We found a lady here in town who has goats and she milks them so we are
now drinking goat milk. It is really good! I got some from
the store once that made me gag, it stunk and tasted horrible!
The lady told me that goat milk has a bad reputation because so many
people don't know that if you leave the billy (the male) goat in the
same pen as the ones that you use for milk then he will make the milk
stink and taste bad. Interesting!
We have been attending a seventh day adventist church for the past few
months and love it! I was raised baptist and my husband never
attended church as a child, but when he was old enough, he read the
Bible on his own at home. When we got married I wanted him to go
to church with me (baptist church) so he did. But since he had
read more of the bible at home than I ever had attending church all my
life, some of the stuff that he heard at church just didn't match what
he had read in the Bible. He told me this and I felt like he was
telling me that everything I had been taught my whole life was all
wrong. I didn't like that so we fought and fought! Finally
I started reading the Bible, sure to prove him wrong, only to prove
myself and a lot of the teachings I had received in my small town
baptist church wrong!!
So we started looking for a change and we thought we'd give SDA church
a try and we love it! The Bible is so much clearer to me now and
I can actually understand it, it's amazing! I see now how wrong some of
the things we did before (like going to church on Sunday) and feel so
bad for the people from my some other churches. If people would
just READ GOD'S WORD, I'm not saying that we're perfect now
because no one is but I am saying that my relationship with God has
improved so much in the past few months because I now know the truth
and try to follow orders from God. I thought I was doing God's
will before but I never read the Bible for myself, I just did what I
heard the pastor say was the right thing. But now reading it for
myself, I can see the false teachings that I had been taught my whole
life until now. I will never go back!
Sorry I started to ramble (tend to do that when I am fired up on a subject)
God bless all of you--Jessica
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May. 24, 2006 Process of Making Dreams Come True
I went to a very good success training seminar over the weekend thought I would share this with all of you:
To make dreams come true, you need-
- imagination- what if...
- inspiration- get up and go
- information- knowledge
- consultation- advice
- application- action
- celebration- victory!
Impossible
is temporary! Impossibilities
become possible when we get enough
inspiration, information, consultation, and
application to get it done~
What is holding you back besides yourself?
I just think everyone needs to think about this. What are your
dreams,do you remember the dreams you had as a child? Why can't
they come true?
What is holding you back?
(this was from a Herbalife seminar I attended over the weekend)
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May. 10, 2006 adventurous day
We
had an adventurous day today. It all started when we were outside
watching the firemen and paramedics get an old man out of his car and
onto the stretcher. He had turned into oncoming traffic and his
car was struck on both sides~ right in front of my house! I
called 911 and took it as an opportunity to teach my son that is what
you do ONLY when someone is hurt.
While we were watching the tow trucks load up the cars, I heard both my
kids yelling " No Sookie you're a bad cat, Sookie!" I turned to
see why they were yelling at my fat lazy cat who doesn't have the
energy to be bad and saw that he had found a baby bird and apparently
it gave him lots of energy as he was chasing it and jumping around
(which he just doesn't do)!
I pushed Sookie back and grabbed the bird and checked for injuries and
there were none visible, but I was worried about internal injuries.
I already have 2 finches and a parakeet in the same cage in the
house. I have an extra cage in the shed so I put it in the
cage and took it in the house so I could watch it for a while and make
sure it is not hurt.
Well my son(Kylan) decided that the baby bird was probably hungry and
since it didn't have it's mom and dad in the house to feed it, we would
have to be it's mom and dad. Even though he won't touch worms he
suggested that we go worm hunting. We found quite a few since it
has been raining all week. And guess what- he and AshLynn,2, both
held the worms! Ashy isn't scared of anything unless she sees
Kylan being scared of it so I let her hold the worms first and then to
be brave like baby sissy, Kylan had to hold it~of course!
Well the bird seems fine and I know I should let it go and cats catch
birds~ fact of life, but I just can't put it outside and let it become
cat food! It is so cute!
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May. 4, 2006 trying to stay dry
We
had a terrible hail storm/ tornado back in March and it tore our house
up pretty bad. Knocked a window out, punched holes all in the
siding and our roof is really bad. (our siding literally looks
like someone shot it with a machind gun) We haven't been able to
get it fixed yet because of all the hassle we are having to go thru
with the mortgage company. We have to get copies of the
contractors insurance and license, the contractors and we have to sign
an affidavit stating that the insurance money will all be spent on
repairs on the home. We have to mail all those papers and a lot
more papers that just my husband and I have to sign and the insurance
check to the mortgage company and they will release the money to us a
little at a time as we need it to pay contractors.
I can understand why they have to be cautious because some people would
buy drugs or run off with the money but it makes me mad because we want
to get our house fixed and we can't because of their policy. Now
since we have a very bad roof, it is leaking very bad-pouring thru the
light fixtures!! I called Red Cross and got a tarp to cover
the leaking area. My husband just put it on last week and it
seemed to fix the problem. Well it is raining a lot here lately
and today we sprang a lot of new leaks- too many to count. We are
gonna need to get enough tarps to cover our whole roof!! We also
have a boarded up window and I'm sure with all the rain the water will
eventually start soaking thru the board.
If any of you out there have been in a similiar situation and have any
tips to make this go quicker, I would appreciate it.
Blessings--Jessica
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We got back from the hospital
with Ashy (2) today. She did surprisingly well with her eating
after having tonsils and adnoids taken out. I was afraid that she
would starve herself because she is so stubborn she would refuse to
eat. She's eating like a pig!!
I heard from Lexi's mom(the 4 y.o. I babysit)
today. Lexi had open heart surgery yesterday and is already up
and walking! She said she is doing awesome! The doctors say
she is about a day ahead of most children her age who go thru heart
surgery.
The Lord was listening when all of us prayed for the 2 little angels. I'm so happy to have him on my side!
Blessings--Jessica
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