Aug. 11, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Mumkins

Wasn't PG, no AF...yet either. Ah the joys of BFing

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Aug. 20, 2009 - Baby

Posted by Anonymous

Hi, I have just had my first baby, oh what a blessing! She is now 6 weeks old. I watch the Duggers on TV, and I believe they are Quiverful? I don't know much about it, but I am very interested....Also I am trying to figure out if my husband and I should just *go* for our second now, or with hold because we are in a financial situation. It took us a year to become pregnant with her, and I do believe she came at the right time. I tested everyday too from the dollar store each month, I was so impatient...months and months of slight dissapointment, and then one day it said + !!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes. I have been very interested in home schooling also. I want to be a stay at home mom, but I think my husband thinks we may not "make it" if I don't work too. I just want to raise our kids, (or child). Maybe I just have a little more faith right now since we are struggling so hard...but I have hope and can see what good will come with all our struggles. Any suggestions on keeping him focused on what is really important? I know, this post is all over the place, sorry!

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Aug. 21, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Mumkins

Congratulations! Having a baby is a wonderful thing. Are you breastfeeding? That can often, though not always, help space your children naturally. I weaned my oldest at 7 months and AF returned at 9 months, weaned DS at 16 1/2 months, no AF but PG 2 weeks later. My 3rd AF returned at 18 1/2 months, while still nursing. My baby is 14 1/2 months now and still no AF. We're comfortable relying on BFing because we'd be happy if we got PG anyway. We've been all over the place with QF. I'm still not sure how it'll play out. I encourage you to pray about it and pray that God will lead you and your DH to the same conviction. Same with homeschooling. I also really encourage you to stay home with your child/ren. You will never regret it. But you may regret missing so many wonderful moments. It can be hard to survive on 1 income. But you'd be surprised what you can do when you are determined. I don't know what you have, but some possible things to let go are an extra car, cable/satalite, work lunches or woredrobe, an extras you get done because you are around people all day and you have to look a certain way. I have several posts about this if you go through my blog. I also encourage you to read "The Way Home" by Mary Pride. It's an excellent book. Do you have a blog? If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

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Aug. 22, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Thank you. I do not have a blog. I guess I am in "waiting" to hear if I will be approved. I am not sure what that means, but they have not sent me an e-mail about it yet. I haven't been a blogger, so there is a little lingo I don't know. DH I am assuming is husband? PG-pregnant. What is AF and the others? Menstral? I hope I get approved for this website eventhough my baby is only 6 weeks and I won't have much to post about homeschooling for a while! My husband and I are moving soon. We are way up North, and the heating cost these past 3 years have been devistating. Not to mention the ice storms, the snowfalls and the flooding that we have had! We have gotten rid of our 2nd car. I am a little nervous about being home alone, where there are no stores to walk to, no public transportation, no way to get to a hospital etc., but it is less $ to spend. We are going a few states south for a slightly warmer winter. We have been focusing on getting rid of things that hinder us and that we don't need, and I am praying that it will all work out and that we will be able to make it once we make the move. The economy is tough, and we may have to leave our house. No one has made an offer. Oh, I wish it were the olden days where you just build a house and own it, no taxes, no mortgage, no insurance. Do the people on this webpage get to know eachother and find people who live close by and have outings and such? I wasn't sure if this was more for posting or for meeting other people who homeschooled. I will let you know if I get accepted!

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Aug. 22, 2009 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>

Posted by Mumkins

You did get the lingo right:) I use it a ton. I'm very south in my country of Canada. But it's very north for the US. Perhaps you are more north than me? I'm in that little piece of Ontario that jets rights down near the Great Lakes. It does get cold and snowy here. It was pretty bad where I was in NY too. We just moved back last Dec. It sure would be nice to just pick a piece of land and it's yours for good. Could you imagine being one of the people way back, when you'd lived there all your life and all of a sudden, they tell you you have to pay?! Homeschoolblogger is more for just socializing on-line with other homeschoolers, or future homeschoolers:) Sharing our joys and struggles, getting inspiration and just writing about your day to day life and what's on your heart. I haven't met up with them, but I met some local people on-line at THL (the homeschool lounge). Hopefully you'll be approved soon and can start blogging. Otherwise, maybe start one at blogspot or another free blog hosting site. Praying you'll have some major financial break throughs soon. God is an amazing God and I pray He showers His blessings on you. Edited by Mumkins on Aug. 22, 2009 at 10:10 PM

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Aug. 23, 2009 - Canada!

Posted by Anonymous

I am in Maine! I thought for sure you were from down south south. I guess I don't feel that North anymore! We camped out in Penobscott, and went to Baxter State park last summer, but that is as far North in Maine as I have been, and I have never been in Canada. I am not sure how the winters are where you are, but ours are destructive. We are moving to Pennsylvania, still all 4 seasons, but more equal seasons instead of 10 months of winter and 2 months of summer. This year we had 5 weeks of rain- straight, and all my flowers, herbs and veggies died from being water logged and having no sun:( 139 years- we have just broken a record of the wettest summer ever! Is Quiverful a religion or just a part of religion where the children are not decided other than by God? Actually I typed in Quiverful in a Google search and that is how I came about your blog! I wasn't even looking for a homeschooling website at the time:) Can Quiverful relate to several different religions? Are Mormans Quiverful because they have lots of children? Thanks for your kind words and prayer:)

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Aug. 24, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Mumkins

Winters can be pretty nasty, it was the worst one last year in a long time. I moved back to ON in Dec. God gave us a break though. It was a blizzard Thurs and Fri. Praise the Lord, no one slipped down the metal stairs of our 2nd floor apt. while moving the furniture. They were so bad. I slipped a few stairs while carrying my toddler when I was about 4-5 months PG the year before and a few other people had falls too. The ice storms there were crazy. NY, near Rochester, was very much the same as ON here, maybe a little worse. The ice storms were crazy. One time, I had a 1/4 inch of ice on my van windows. I gave up trying to chip it and frozenly walked to our homeschool group. Anyway, last year it started snowing real early and was still snowing occassionally in April. It was awful. I was hoping we'd have a longer summer since we had such a long winter, but I don't think so. We had one week in June and two in Aug. Saturday was pretty cool and yesterday we had pants and long sleeves on. I've been kind of thankful as we have no central air conditioning. But I hope it doesn't snow in 6 weeks from now! QF people are Christian, but it does run with a particular denomination. It's a conviction that you are to not try to control the number of children God give. To be satisfied if He doesn't give you any and to lovingly accept each blessing even if it's 20. God clearly says Children are a blessing. One example is: Ps 127: 3-5 - "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." My favorite quote is by Doug Phillips: “The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing; but in our culture, we apply for a curse and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture.” God is to be in control of all areas of our life. The very words "Birth Control" are very telling. And who is the author of life? Who should be in control of creating life or not? The purpose of marriage is to raise up Godly seed. Should we limit our blessings and shorten our time of raising Godly seed? I know you are deciding about going back to work and homeschool. That also ties in with raising Godly seed. I believe we are to be the ones raising them and not handing them over to others or the government. Still though, my DH is not QF. And I can't fully embrace it without my DH being on board. So I just wait and pray and be thankful he hasn't made any permanent decisions.

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