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9:22 AM, Oct. 7, 2009
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It is pretty neat...thought I'd share it with you...here's the link... Happy Tuesday!
12:44 PM, Oct. 6, 2009
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As my lovely blog doubles as my diary and homeschool memoir...I have to update what we have been going through.We are rounding out our first month of school...that seems so weird as time seems to be flying. I know when the winter snow flies and the ice is thick the days will start slow down...so I am not going to panic yet. I received a current magazine from CHEO...Christian Homeschooler's of Ohio, since we are not linked with a local homeschool group it has been our plan for Brittany to graduate with them next June. The current issue had a beautiful young lady dressed in a red cap and gown hugging her mother as her father looked on. Well, do I have to admit that I flashed forward to spring in my mind realizing that this was soon to be us. Am I ready for this? No...but, am I preparing myself for this? You bet! It was fun to read about the graduates and their ambitions for their futures...for graduation Brittany needs to write two papers...one, her experience with homeschool and second, her testimony. I think they are both going to make wonderful keepsakes. On the homefront...Brittany and I have felt like we have been flipped upside down and spun around and stood back up...we have been left spinning when plans that we have been making for several years seemed to have fallen by the wayside. We have spent much time in prayer and hours talking and trying to figure this whole thing out. It is scary when your child is a step away from graduation and becoming an adult. So much to plan...anyway...after receiving a letter typed all in caps (which is almost always interpreted as yelling) we brushed ourselves off and let our fingers do the walking through none other than internet searching. We have found much but still...had that nagging feeling that we were missing something. Brittany, sent a second email (thinking, for a second opinion) to an administrator and we have yet to have an answer to it. Yesterday, after school we sat down again...I should explain...Dance Master's of America is the "mothership" Each state has their own chapter and then it is broken down from there into smaller chapters. I clicked on one of the names of a dance studio owner not too far from our home. Deciding that we had nothing to lose (except another person that wouldn't answer us) Brittany composed a third email explaining her background and what her goals are for her future and sent it off. Low and behold this morning the woman very graciously answered her letter and gave Brittany another name that she could contact. Our trail was hot again...and this gave us a bit of hope. Brittany composed a new email to this woman and within a couple of hours...she replied...Praise the Lord! It seems that we have found the correct connection. To attend the TTS...teacher training she has to be eighteen...she will be eighteen 2 days shy of when the 2010 session ends...this woman said that she could petition for Brittany and felt that her chances were very good. She asked Brittany more info...which Brittany as since sent another email in answer. I sit in wonder today as we wait for more information...from feeling almost desperate yesterday to having new direction today I can only thank the Lord for His grace and direction. Isn't God GREAT??? As the saga unfolds...I'll continue to update my dear little blog.
2:41 PM, Oct. 2, 2009
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Not a whole lot to say today. We still haven't heard back from the email that we are waiting for...very irritating. Our weather is dark and gloomy today. I just watched a movie on lifetime...and put some laundry in...getting ready to deep clean my bedroom and then plan to spend the rest of today knitting. What better thing to do on a dreary day huh?TTFN I don't know what to call this entry...
3:42 PM, Oct. 1, 2009
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(I should warn you....there is some venting going on below so you might just want to not read any further)It has been one of those weeks...one of those weeks that life throws at you every now and then. After our nice but too short weekend we dropped my sweetheart at the airport and headed home to do school. After a week of having trouble sleeping (Brittany and I both) we were just really out of it. We did as much school work as we could squeeze in and decided on a time to go to bed that night to reset our body clocks...Thankfully, we were able to get a good night's sleep which helped us into Tuesday... Tuesday brought in a day of remembrance to my dad...three years ago he passed away after a very courageous fight with Pancreatic Cancer. I tried so hard all day to just make it another day...of course I remember...I remember each and every day that he is not with us. I just don't see the point in wallowing in grief...I know where my dad is...I know that he is better off than all of us here on earth...and that he is waiting for us with his Lord and Savior... Wednesday...I woke up with the worst stomach cramps and I just felt awful. I now wonder if the emotional week that I have had somehow manifested itself in my intestinal tract. I felt just terrible throughout the morning...I had body aches, a headache and my body felt like it was 80 years old...thanks to Advil and a hot bath I was feeling much better by evening. Our weather turned into November weather this week...it has been cold and rainy and miserable all week which brought back all those familiar cold weather aches and pains that I seem to feel more of each year. Last night, we found out the that the Dance Teacher Certification program that Brittany has been planning to attend for years may not be scheduling a class this year...this company has been teaching since 1884...so we were pretty much banking on them being solid...we inquired with an email and are waiting as I write for some feedback. So today we have been kind of scratching our heads at the whole thing and wondering where to go from here. Life sure gives us challenges doesn't it? I haven't felt this frustrated in a long time...we tried to concentrate this morning...but we just couldn't so we decided to research other options...realizing that this one is still the best out there...we are hoping that we just received the wrong information the first time. In a way...I feel bad because Brittany has been banking on this for so long and now what to do? I don't have any answers and feel in some way that I have failed her...and yet I know I haven't... I am frustrated with our President, Congress and all the maddening things that are going on right in this world that feels as though it has been turned upside down. I worry...I worry about what type of job will be available for my daughter when she graduates...as she had plans to start her own business within a few years...will free enterprise even exist? I know that God is in control...but I also know that He uses bad people sometimes to call us back to Him...I just hope that people wake up...wake up and see what this man is doing to our great country. On a lighter note...I just ordered Sarah Palin's new book from amazon. I want to support this patriot in any way I can...I don't mean as a candidate...although I would love to see her run in some aspect of our government...but I want to support her for the godly woman that she is...for the strong woman that she is and for the courage she shows to not back down from her convictions...I hear that her book is already on the best seller list...I have heard some nasty reviews of it as well...which is what prompted me to pre-order. Just to spite the nastiness of the media... Well, just in case you hung in with me here...I may not have made a lot of sense today...but it made sense to me. I feel better now as I have shared my frustrations here on my blog...this little place where I can share the good days and the bad... I am however, so very greatful that I have a Heavenly Father that I can take my burdens to and drop at his feet so that I don't have to carry the load. That's all for now... Joyce Saturday...
12:19 PM, Sep. 26, 2009
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My sweetheart is on his plane coming back home to us as I write. This has been such a long week for all of us. He has had issue after issue with equipment but being the great instructor that he is he is leaving behind a happy group of students from his class. He works so hard and we appreciate all that he does for us.Brittany and I have had a hard time sleeping this week. No real reason...but we have just had a hard time. Last night we finally got a good nights sleep, we woke up this morning and made pancakes...and began our (deep) weekly cleaning. The downstairs looks beautiful, it wasn't too bad...just that end of week school clutter. I think I'll do some reading this afternoon in between feeding my washer and dryer. We'll be leaving about 3:30 to pick up my man and then off to a nice relaxing dinner out together. We have about 36 hours before he shoves off again...back to Canada again this time...Montreal. Then, if I remember correctly...he is home the following week (fingers crossed)but, things could always change. Have a blessed weekend my dear friends... More...indoctrination of our children...
4:41 PM, Sep. 24, 2009
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Tired of the same old blog template???
6:07 PM, Sep. 23, 2009
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I have a solution...Once Upon a Time Templates has some great templates for HSB users...check them out...very easy to use...follow the link to the website...click on templates...find the one you like, copy the code and come back to your template box...and replace her code with your code...and a brand new template will appear.She has about 15 on her site now and promises many more to come.   Enjoy! Hump day!Finally it is Wednesday...half way until my husband is back home...sometime on Saturday...I need to look at his schedule to know for sure what time.We are finished with school for the week except for writing. Tomorrow we are heading out early for coffee and a bagel to Panera and taking our writing with us...we'll work the next lesson and have Friday off to do all those things I can't get to during the week. Brittany has worked 3 long days to get her work done. It is weird for us to be this "on schedule". It almost feels as if I have booked her too light but I haven't. She is working very hard and is managing her time really well. Last night, she couldn't sleep so she came downstairs and answered the last couple questions for her Dance Pedagogy class. That completed the work in that subject for the week. I have to say...I am in awe this year. I think back to the days when she was young...all the tears and yawning and not wanting to work and then the next day working and then the next day not...days that would make you want to give up...and yet I didn't. I knew...I just knew that someday she would outgrow all that normal kid stuff. I remember feeling that way with school don't you? At times at least. To have gotten her to this place where she digs into her books because she is deeply interested in the subject is worth all the head scratching work that I have done these last few weeks. She looked up at me during her Dance History class today and thanked me. What greater pay could I receive than to see her enjoying her studies. I am blessed each and every day and am savoring these moments and storing them in my heart forever. Blessings! Anudu...aka...a new hair cut!
2:21 PM, Sep. 22, 2009
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I did something today quite on a whim I must say that I rarely ever do. I got up this morning...did the usual thing, wash and dried my hair and I just felt so, well, frumpy. I came downstairs and after my sour dough toast and 2 cups of coffee I mentioned to Brittany that I wanted to go and get my hair cut, well she was all over it. My husband has been after me to go and "pamper" myself for a very long time. Most of the time I cut my own hair...sometimes I go to Famous Hair...but I usually leave there wishing I hadn't gotten my hair cut. By then it is too late of course.Brittany handed me her laptop and told me to go and search for haircuts...my hair isn't very long so I did and found that I like that stacked look in the back with it longer on the sides. I looked up hair salons on the net too near here and just about talked myself out of it throughout the whole process. But I made the call to a place called Anudu...cute name I think...anyway, when I called she asked me how soon I could be there...I wasn't expecting that at all I told her within 10 minutes...I got off the phone, changed my clothes, and out the door we flew...Brittany took her literature to read as she waited for me. I have to say I have never been to a place like this. First of all the women that work there are so very nice. They actually seemed happy for me to be there. Some of the places that I have gone in the past to get my hair cut the stylist looked to me like she had barely just gotten out of bed. (Now, I am not knocking that, more often than not I look like this myself during the morning hours of our school) should I admit this? Boy, I am being honest today...maybe it is all that blood that circulated to my head as they gave me a head massage during my shampoo...yes, a head massage. It was A-mazing to say the least. When I got there I had a tinge of a headache (probably because I had myself so worked up on how much money I was going to spend on myself alone)...after my shampoo...I felt all the tension just leave...ahhh, that was so nice. My stylist was such a sweetheart, a young mom who was very curious about homeschooling...so who knows...maybe I put some thoughts in her head...she has a 10 year old son who is in Christian school and 2 tiny baby girls...realizing that some day three kids will be too much for private school...I like to think maybe I sewed a seed today. So...back to the haircut...she asked me what I wanted and thought my hair would do fine with it...she lives not far from me so we were able to talk about neighborhood things and how our Mayor just layed of 98 police officers in our city...just what we need as crime seems to be on the rise. As I was sitting there another lady asked if I would like a hand massage. Excuse me??? Would I like a hand massage??? Do you even have to ask??? Needless to say, I was pampered...completely pampered and have since decided since I love my new hair do that maybe I can (should) budget this in every now and then. I came home, put my makeup on and Brittany just told me a few minutes ago that I look really cute...I like that...we're going soon to pick up my moms new glasses so we'll see what she says. What great therapy for me who has felt so "out of sorts" for a few days. If I get brave...I'll take a new picture and post it soon. Toodles! Monday...
10:06 PM, Sep. 21, 2009
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I am having one of those days. I am just so out of sorts today (I have had this nagging sadness like something is wrong all day). Brittany and I were so tired last night from our early morning that we went to bed and didn't wake up until 9:30. I don't especially like that and we won't be doing it the rest of the week...but, I let it slide because I have been so sleep deprived. Isn't is strange how a change in your routine can mess you up? My poor husband is way up there, far away from home and having equipment problems...he had to work late last night and was up early and is still working now. I feel so bad for him (we haven't talked for more than 15 minutes since he left yesterday). He is in a two hour time change to boot. I worry about him when he gets stretched thin. I hope he doesn't get sick! It has been such a dark and dreary day today...it threatened to rain all day today and yet it didn't...it is sticky and buggy outside so I turned the air conditioning back on to keep us nice and comfy in the house. We did our school work until 4:00 today...that is a bit late...but we were working on writing assignments. I like to write too so I am doing them right along with Brittany and then we discuss what we each have done afterward. My girl amazes me...I just have to say. She reads her assignment to me and I sit amazed on where she learned to write like that...it makes me speechless...she says she learned it from me...but I don't even think I can write like her. I think it is all the wonderful books she has read through the years. Well, we just got home with a few groceries...we are going to have a ice cold glass of milk and a few gingersnaps before bed...maybe tomorrow will be a better day for me. TTFN! { Last Page } { Page 2 of 21 } { Next Page } |
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