Thursday, November 26, 2009 - ~25 Days of Gratitude~
Today I am grateful for...
~^~An enjoyable Thanksgiving day filled with a loving family, yummy food and sunshine!
~^~Financial provision, God has greatly blessed our family and we want for nothing.
~^~The blessings of a relaxing weekend, alone with my beloved. The girls are enjoying a fun weekend with their Grandparents.
~^~Looking forward to Black Friday shopping.
I am blessed beyond measure!
Wishing you and your family a Blessed Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - ~25 Days of Gratitude~
Today I am grateful for....
~the blessing of remembering past Thanksgivings, so many great memories at my Grandmother's home in Traer, Iowa.
~my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ dying on the cross for my sins. There is no greater love.
~the hope of eternity spent in a far better place then this, no more sorrows or tears.
~health, I am so thankful God's healing power and the health that He gives!
~humiity, sometimes I have to have a swift kick in the seat, but He humbles me.
~a relaxing day and a doctor's office visit that wasn't painful.
I am blessed beyond measure!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - ~25 Days of Gratitude~
Today I am grateful for....
~^~^My early AM quiet time, my morning bread that sustains me throughout the day.
~^~^A husband who isn't afraid to run the vacuum or help out with anything.
~^~^A daughter who has turned into a good writer, yeah!
~^~^Sisters who not only enjoy playing together, but know when to give each other a break.
~^~^The safety that the Lord provides each day.
~^~^The joy of entertaining friends and family this week.
I am blessed...
Starting on Friday, I will begin 30 days of Celebrating the gift of Christmas!
Sprinkled throughout my posts will be gifts that I give away to my readers.
Wishing you and your family a marvelous Thanksgiving.
Nov. 24, 2009 - Tightwad Tuesday ~ Participating In A Craft Fair
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Participating In A Craft Fair
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The last 3 years I have participated in a craft fair in November. I started off with beaded bookmarks and fudge. the second year I did fudge, necklaces, earrings,candles, and rhubarb juice. This year I did fudge, rhubarb juice ( two kinds plain and also a raspberry rhubarb which was a BIG hit),candles-beeswax, knitted baby booties. I have worked up to this as my youngest got old enough for me to be away for two days with big brothers taking care of them.
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Each year I set a goal to try to reach. This year I wanted to earn enough to buy a grain grinder. I also try to go into the fair with having everything paid for. I came close to attaining that. I did earn enough to pay for my supplies, table, my goal and very close to buying more supplies for more candles that I will be dropping off at a local artistan store.
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I have been working each year to get something to help me make it easier to make healthier food inexpensively. Last year I got a Kitchen Aide Mixer and boy did that make my life easier in making food from scratch quickly. I am putting this out there to maybe help start someones wheels moving in brainstorming how you can make things that seem to be out of reach normally but can be attained with some elbow grease and a goal.
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I am very thankful God has helped me and my family in this way. I also have to say that I am thankful that this is only once a year. I sold twice as much as I did last year. God put in my mind to also sell raspberry-rhubarb juice along with the rhubarb juice. It was a BIG hit along with my fudge. I was very pleased how everyone liked my baby booties. I had stitched snow flakes on the toe and also I blanket stitched on the top cuff. Next year I will be making bigger kid sizes and some adult sizes too.
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Now to join in the fun of Tightwad Tuesday....
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Link your TWT post click on MckLinky and give exact the URL of your post. (each Tuesday that you join in on the fun)
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example of a URL ...
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Canadagirl/693425/
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Now go ahead link and read and comment on all these other's wonderful TWT's.
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Lets save our pennies, nickles, dimes, and dollars together !
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"There are only a few big ways to save money but there are many small ways ....that all adds up."
Monday, November 23, 2009 - ~25 Days of Gratitude~
Today I am grateful....
~^~^for words spoken and not spoken, especially the ones heard only in my heart.
~^~^for my days slowing down, it is nice to have a moment to relax and be still.
~^~^for an afternoon of grocery shopping with my beloved.
~^~^for grace and strength to do what the Lord wants, even though I don't want to do it.
~^~^for my beautiful daughters, who bring joy to our home.
I am blessed beyond measure!
Saturday, November 28, 2009 - ~Professor in a Box-Financial Accounting TOS Crew Review~
Financial Accounting by Michael P. Licata, Ph.D. is a first accounting course for homeschool high school students. Many high schools offer an accounting course as an elective for students interested in pursuing a career in business. Now homeschool high school students have such an elective available to them.
Michael P. Licata, PhD. is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Accountancy in the Villanova School of Business at Villanova College in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Profesor Licata has taught the financial accounting course dozens of times in his 24 plus years as a Professor at Villanova University. The past eight years Professor Licata has specialized in teaching the distance learning courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Students taking Financial Accounting by Michael P. Licata, Ph.D. will learn to prepare and interpret the four basic financial statements which all publicly traded companies must prepare and make available to the public.
Any homeschool high school student interested in a career in business or in someday owning their own business will benefit from this course. The only pre-requiste is a basic math class.
All course content is incorporated into the lecture slides for each chapter. There is no textbook and no 40 page chapters to read. The course is comprised of 12 chapters which are covered in 28 lessons (including exams) and can be taken in either a semester format or over an entire academic year. Each chapter’s lectures include a discussion of important concepts and demonstration problems featuring step by step illustrations of how to work through the various types of accounting problems covered.
Course Objectives
The objective of Financial Accounting by Michael P. Licata, Ph.D. is to introduce students to the study of accounting which is known as the language of business. The main purpose of financial accounting is to measure and report the performance of a business to interested parties both outside and inside of the business. These interested parties use accounting information to make a variety of decisions such as:
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Investors - Deciding whether to purchase or sell a company’s stock.
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Bankers - Deciding whether to lend money to a business.
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Managers – Making day-to-day business decisions such as whether to increase inventory levels, or to spend more on advertising.
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Students will learn to prepare and interpret the four basic financial statements - income statement, balance sheet, statement of owners’ equity and statement of cash flows.
Course Materials:
The course is taught in 12 Chapters each divided into 2 or 3 parts, for a total of 28 lessons. The chapters have Flash lectures with 15 to 40 slides. The lecture slides may also be printed off for the student to use. After the lecture slides are view the student then works the chapter problems, which usually number 4-15 problems. At the end of every 4 chapters there is an exam to be taken.
The material could be divided up into a fourteen week semester, working 2 lessons a week. Or be taken over the course of an entire academic year doing one lesson for 28 weeks.
Included within the course materials from Professor in a Box is the answer keys to all problems and exams. I also received a pencil and calculator.
Cost:
$134.99
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My Thoughts:
With the majority of the high school products I receive for TOS Crew review, I enlist Jennifer's help to test them out. But at this time I am trying not to overwhelm Jennifer, she has a lot on her plate. So I decided that I would be the one to trial this accounting course, I know very little about accounting principles and thought it would be good knowledge for my to acquire. I also did a little homework, asking my CPA friend, what do you think needs to be included in a high school level accounting class. I am thankful she wrote a list of musts for a high school accounting class.
As I worked through a few of the lessons, I enjoyed listening to the lectures. I've taken a long-distance graduate level Statistic class and the lecture slides are very similar. I like the ability to go back over a slide and listen again to the point being taught. The problems directly cover the course work taught and are comprehensive. The exams are doable but not to easy. It is a good baseline education into business accounting. Professor in a Box did included all, but one, of the musts my CPA friend listed.
The one thing missing was an educational component on how to use Microsoft Excel or any computerized accounting program. Within the Professor in a Box website there is a link to online tutorials for Excel, but that isn't the same as providing education within the course.
To view other TOS Crew members review of this product, please click the logo below.
Nov. 23, 2009 - Thanksgiving Week, Here We Come!
Hello Friends,
As many of you, too, are scurrying around to prepare a lovely holiday of thanks on Thursday, I thought I'd take a moment to post some pictures from our weekend and wish you a lovely Thanksgiving. As I do not plan to post again until next week, I'll try to make this one count. *wink*
First up, some pictures, especially for those precious family members who read my blog. ( 
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Here we are, all five of us, in front of a giant fireplace at Bass Pro on Saturday up at Lake Michigan.
Although the kids "know", they did not want to pass up a chance to talk to the big guy.
We had a truly delicious lunch at the restaurant located inside Bass Pro, a big treat.
Next, we attended a lecture on Indiana ship wrecks at Indiana Dunes State Park. You may be surprised to know we even have a ship wreck in our history. I know I was! They pulled this 2 ton propeller up from the wreck.
The weather was unusually perfect for beach combing. We gathered from the many smooth, flat rocks and attempted to skip them, some more successful than others. We wrote messages in the sand with sticks and marveled how a month of non-stop rain changed the beach in the last month since we last visited. Jeff and Grace climbed a huge sand dune. We finished our day with some steamy, dreamy, creamy hot chocolate.
Yesterday after church, we put up the tree as promised.
Grace is sporting her new, ladies size 8 shoes! (She is only 10! 
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I am looking forward to the week ahead. We plan to take Wednesday off to prepare. My goal is to have 2 really packed school days before then.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jenn
Sunday, November 22, 2009 - ~25 Days of Gratitude~
Today I am grateful for....
~^~ His unfailing LOVE...always Faithful in His Grace and He never forgets me!
~^~Sweet memories of family Thanksgivings throughout my childhood and adulthood.
~^~A husband that is our home's spiritual leader.
~^~My sister's in Christ that faithfully attend church every Sunday without their husband's.
~^~God's healing touch, please continue Lord to do your great work.
~^~Accomplishments that I could never do in my own strength, only His!
~^~Worship, with our precious church family and at home.
I am blessed beyond measure!
Saturday, November 21, 2009 - ~25 Days of Gratitude~
Today I am grateful for....
~Free Gifts~
*God's grace, mercy and love
*the freedom of living within the United States of America
*good morning hugs and kisses from my precious daughters
*a friend that listens without trying to fix the problem, thank you Lord for my husband!
*spiritual gifts and talents that the Lord has given me to use in the places He has selected
*the promise of a future home, with no more pain, tears or worries.
Blessed beyond measure!
Nov. 20, 2009 - Please Accept My Apologies
I apologize for my previous post. I wrote it half-serious and half tongue-in-cheek. I am over my self-pity party now.
Physically I am feeling a little better, and the sun is out today, so things are looking up. I wonder if I should go get one of those lamps for people with Seasonal Affective Disorder? My attitude really takes a dive when the sun is gone for 5 full days in a row.
Ryan is feeling better as well. No one else is complaining of an ailment at this moment, so perhaps we will be able to have a nice weekend.
We are planning to go up to see Jeff's mom tomorrow. If the weather cooperates, we may get to take a walk along the beach.
Sunday after church we hope to put up our Christmas tree. We've never put it up this early, but I knew it would make my husband really happy if we put it up early this year. He's so into everything about Christmas.
I hope you have a lovely weekend, whatever you are doing.
Blessings,
Jenn
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