Mystery of Hist. Vol. 2
Music Ace Deluxe
Art Studies
"Cale" Seventh Grade
CQLA Level B
Purposeful Design Spelling
Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra
Literature from the Library (Ambleside Online)
Apologia's General Science
Boy Scouts
"Joe" Fourth Grade
Horizons Math 3
CQLA Pre-A
Purposeful Design Spelling
A Reason for Handwriting
Literature from Library (Ambleside Online)
Apologia Zoology 2
Webelos Scout
"Kade" Age Four
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 EZ Lessons
Horizons Math K
Interlock by: Weaver/AOP (Joy, too)
"It is only by introducing the young
to great literature, drama, and music,
and to the excitement
of great science,
that we open to them
the possibilities
that lie within the human spirit--
enable them to see visions
and dream dreams."
Eric Anderson
Currently Reading
Family read-aloud
Huckleberry Finn
Rick and I are reading together
I am reading
The Discarded Image
by: CS Lewis
by:
Our Morning Devotions are:
The Daily Bible
and
Plants Grown Up and
For Instruction in Righteousness
by: Doorposts
Big Truths for Little Kids
Cale and Joe are reading
Animal Farm
Cale is reading:
Land Under the Pole Star
by:
Joe is reading:
Island of the Blue Dolphin
by:
Kade is reading:
Magazines to which we subscribe:
Birds and Blooms
Consumer Reports
Answers
World
Favorite Music
Selah
Steven Curtis Chapman
Chris Tomlin
Gaither Gospel
Dixieland Jazz
Keith Green
Rich Mullins
Quote Collection
"Til sin be bitter,
Christ will not be sweet."
Thomas Watson
"We wish you PEACE
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.
It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."
unknown
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness
has never danced in the rain."
unknown
"All I have seen teaches me to
trust the Creator
for all I have not seen."
Emerson
"There is only one way to lead a child down the right path
that is to go that way yourself."
unknown
"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Cleaning and scrubbing
can wait 'til tomorrow.
For babies grow up,
we learn to our sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs!
Dust, go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby,
and babies don't keep!"
unknown
May. 20, 2009 - Life: Re-focused
It is really kinda hard to change bad habits. I am able to stay off the computer for the most part, but when I sit to eat a bit, sip my coffee, or I'm waiting that last five or ten minutes for the oven to finish up I find myself wanting to sit down and check online for a just a bit. Some of that is ok, I think.
Anyhow, I have gotten the pantry majorly cleaned out. It looks kinda bare in there. Things that I thought might be airtight, I have learned the moths don't agree. I was truly surprised by how many I actually found. We weren't majorly overrun, we'd just see a couple here and there, but there was a good family of them in there. I hope they are all gone now. I have quite a few items residing in the freezer for this week just to make sure to kill anything that might be on or in it.
I have gotten my laundry just about totally caught up. My house is cleaner. I've been able to read some of the books I want the boys to read. We've done more preschool work. The socks have been sorted out.
And I"ve made some hairbows for the girls.
Monday night, we went to the Boy Scouts' Court of Honor. My oldest received his Tenderfoot rank and also was awarded a Photography Merit Badge. We are proud of him. He is really motivated this week to work toward his next rank and has been working on a couple of other badges, too. I'm encouraging him to work toward a Gardening badge....selfish of me, eh?
Work on the bathroom has ceased for the time. We talked to our insurance company yesterday and a plumbing company is supposed to contact me today to come and look at what is going on in there. I'm a bit anxious to see what they say. If they go one way, the work will start soon on the clean-up, if they go the other we have to wait two weeks for a real adjuster to come out and look at it. Then, who knows?
So far, seven people sharing one bathroom is working out okay. I did tell Joe the other day that Bob Hope said he learned to dance while waiting for his six siblings to get out of the bathroom. He didn't really know who Bob Hope was, but he got the point.
For the rest of the week, I plan to clean out all the kitchen cabinets, learn to sew cloth diapers, really clean out my bedroom, box up the garage sale stuff (who knows when we'll do the sale!), clean out the garage, get Kade out on his bike without training wheels and work in the garden some more. Oh, I also have my OB appt and glucola test. And we have chess club and hopefully we'll get to the pool for more swimming practice.
You certainly are taking it all in stride. You amaze me. It seems that pregnancy affords you with more energy instead of less! I hope your experience with your insurance claims adjuster is pleasant. It would be nice for them to cover the bathroom so you can have the money to get back to the kitchen sink and counters.
Did something happen in your home, or are you just spring cleaning/ remodeling? I haven't checked in over the last few posts, so I was hoping that nothing had happened that wasn't positive.
Write when you can and let me know how've you been feeling.
Oh I sure do feel for you with the mold. My last house became infected with mold. Two rooms would grow it all over the walls and ceiling. It was horrid and I was highly allergic. Luckily, we didn't have the "bad kind" either. When it rains, it pours. You certainly have a lot on your plate. The hairbows are adorable. I love the strawberry dress too. So pretty. Thinking of you.
Julia
Wow are are getting lots done. I pray blessings on all your projects going on. I LOVE the girls bows ! I pray all your reno's get done quickly and easily without too much cost.
I also know what you mean about Facebook. Well not totally. I realized how a person could get sucked into all of it. I kinda tried twitter but for some reason I couldn't be bothered with either. I felt that my blog was all I had time for and didn't want to lose my homeschool buddies. I need like minded ones around me. I have to say I really miss your little notes but I am thankful for what you do leave. ((hugs)) You are a special blogging buddy my SSiC.
Wow, you've gotten a lot accomplished. It's great to have a list of things to work on, and then wonderful when you get to actually cross things off as you complete them. So much of what I do is repeated everyday (dishes, laundry, etc.) It's cool to actually complete something.
I think it's the purpose behind our actions that make the most difference. If checking facebook is our way of taking a 5 minute breather, then good, do it and move on, it becomes a problem when the purpose has been met (our 5 min, break), but we continue to mindlessly wander around facebook or blogland.
It is neat to read how others are refocusing their energies, and to see what a difference we can make.
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