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My husband's relationship with the Lord My daughters' relationship with the Lord Seeing loved ones walk with the Lord That my daughters marry godly men That they teach my future grandchildren to have a close walk with the Lord That our home is a sweet haven That I keep learning To see my grandchildren walking with the Lord See great-grandchildren walking with the Lord Travel to Alaska with my husband Finish my big quilt Make a quilt for both of my daughters Make quilts for my grandchildren I guess I want to make a bunch of quilts
Time to clean up for lunch like.. I have realized I say "like" instead of "said" way too much. Go to bed..... our young ladies do not seem to be tired at night but get their second wind about bedtime. Emily, quit it Breanna pay attention I am going to read now Go to bed
Idiot's Guide to the 20th Century- working through it. I wouldn't consider myself an idiot but there is a lot that I didn't know Systematic Theology-working through it slowly, the rest of my family is way ahead of me in this Tapestry of Grace year 4-not technically a book but it is big and I am reading it Girl Talk by the Mahaney ladies- working through it
Canon in D Gods and Generals soundtrack Pride and Prejudice soundtrack Psalm 199Q Psalm 23B Celtic Christmas Most anything by Selah He loves the Lord He is so faithful He loves to read God's Word He loves us He is such an encourager He thinks our family is wonderful (even on our bad days) He thinks my cooking is great and doesn't talk about previous failures He can fix anything
I learned a lot about the 1800's and early 1900's That algebra was introduced to be a school subject by someone that must be really mean That not everyone has to take Algebra 2 I like to blog I like to use cast-iron skillets- we all decided it gave us a much more homey feeling That I expect myself to be much more organized than I ever will be and to get over it I am not really a gardener. I always thought that I was but after several years of weed infested gardens I have come to this conclusion
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I will let the rest of my family that has been tagged carry on the tags as they wish.
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Dec. 3, 2007 - Homeschool friendly videos
This is a great website that has all different types of short videos for you to watch.
http://wholesomechildhood.com/homeschoolvideos/
Bookmark it so you can check back often. They put new videos up regularly.
Enjoy.
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Dec. 2, 2007 - the good, the bad and the ugly.....
Last night I was thinking I really need to blog about this day lest I forget all about it. It was a very sweet day but not without its challenges.
The morning flew by as we finished the last minute preparations to get to church on time and have things ready for guests to come following the service. We were not as prepared as we should have been, so that made for a busier morning than usual. Our patience was being tested with each other and sadly to say we didn't pass the test. So after some apologies and forgiving we got in the car to head to church, then my youngest daughter reminds us that we are having communion today. Oops, did I really forgive everyone or not. So, I dealt with that.
At church we heard God's word preached by a very able and blessed man and then we had some sweet fellowship hanging around after church. Emily and I headed home before everyone else to get the soup heated up and get some extra chairs out since we invited a "few" more to share the meal with us.
We enjoyed a wonderful time of fellowship during our meal with some dear old and new friends, then we played a fun game of Apples to Apples. After several hours of fun our guests all went home. One guest even went home with a new homeschoolblogger blog up and running.
After everything was cleaned up and back in place we all went to our favorite stations. 
I rested on the couch, Rob was in the recliner, Emily was at the computer, Breezy was at the piano and our dog, Charlie, was back in the living room on his carpet. As I was resting, Breezy was playing the most beautiful music I have ever heard her play and I could hear Emily's fingers flying over the keyboard. I was thinking that those were beautiful sounds. They were both doing what they loved and doing it very well. Later, I asked Bre what she was playing and she told me she was just making it up. How sweet is that?
We then watched One Night With the King, which I have decided is one of my favorite movies, had family worship later and then headed to bed.
Then it happened, while I was getting ready for bed, I choked while I was rinsing my mouth after brushing my teeth. This was one of those big stupid chokes that you wonder if you are going to make it through. I was doing something that I have done thousands of times and it was going to kill me. aaaugggh. After several minutes, I pulled through.
As I told my husband that I just about died in the bathroom, I had to chuckle thinking about this day. It started off not so good, had a wonderful middle part and a death defying ending. Two different scriptures came to mind.
As it is written, "There is none righteous, not even one; Romans 3:10
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven- a time to give birth and a time to die; Ecclesiastes 3:1-2a
It was a good day sandwiched between the bad and the ugly. By the way, be careful brushing your teeth!!
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Oct. 18, 2007 - Has anyone seen a Ticonderoga?
a sharp one? does it have an eraser?
Have you ever heard those questions? After all these years of homeschooling, we have at least learned that a Ticonderoga is the pencil to have AND it must be sharp AND have a good eraser.
A couple of months ago I bought a big pack of Ticonderogas to give as a birthday present for a homeschooling mom. She has six children and I know that if my family of two children have issues with pencils than surely hers must too. So taking an idea from the movie "You've Got Mail" I decided a bouquet of sharpened pencils would be the "perfect" gift. I enlisted daughter #2 to sharpen as many pencils as would fit in a canning jar. We then put a little ribbon with a homemade tag around the top of the jar. It was really sweet looking. Just a side note, this can do damage to your electric pencil sharpener. Plan ahead and do a few pencils throughout several days. Your electric pencil sharpener was not made to do 60 pencils in an hour. 
The electric sharpener did finally pull through and get the job done and the gift was a hit.
We ended up having a few boxes of Ticonderogas left over from that purchase, which absolutely delighted my daughters. They each have their own little private box of sharpened pencils. I must add, that I personally prefer them to have all their "sharpening" done before I am going over school work with them.
I am actually in the process of cleaning out a few drawers that are not being used for anything other than holding unwanted writing tools. This makes me think of serving dinner and no one liking it and you say something about all the starving children in the world who would love your food. Well, anyway, I have a good sized box filled with unwanted pencils of various sizes and conditions. I think I will try to pretty them up a bit and take them to the Rescue Mission downtown. I am sure they will find a good home somewhere.... right?
If you are still craving for more pencil stories head over to the Homeschool Front Porch and read more about "The Pencil".
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Sep. 19, 2007 - Contest!
The HSB Company Porch is sponsoring a contest.
To learn more about it click on the paragraph below.
Enter to win the complete set of
Terrestria Chronicles
on the HSB Company Porch!
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Aug. 1, 2007 - Fox visits
Last night we had a strange thing happen. My husband and I were sitting in our dining room just talking about the day's events when something on our front porch caught my eye. I was facing our window that looks out over our front porch and I noticed something walking on the ledge of our porch. At first I could just see its leg so I thought it must be a cat, but as it walked more into view I saw that it was a fox. A fox on our porch! I couldn't believe it. The fox stood on the porch and surveyed the surroundings. After a few seconds it jumped into the yard. My husband and I ran out the back door to see where it went and it was about thirty feet away just walking around in our yard. It looked right at me while I snapped a picture of it and the flash from the camera made it run away. Since it was dusk the picture turned out dark and all you can see are the foxes eyes shining at me.
We have fields around us, but are really close to town so we normally don't see too much wildlife like that. The girls were visiting some friends last night so they missed it, which is sort of funny, because they say that when they are gone interesting things always happen. Well, it did.
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Jul. 14, 2007 - Family Reunions
Well, the season for reunions has opened for us. Just about every year we have 3 family reunions all within 4-6 weeks. They are all so different from each other, reflecting the difference in the families represented. Are they fun? Yes. Are some more fun than others? Yes.
Sometimes we play games other times we just eat and visit. Today was a reunion with lots of games and somehow I ended up winning more than my fair share. One special moment was when my toe-headed 7 year-old cousin went to the little store at the campground and bought me one gummy worm and ran all the way back to me and presented it to me with much pomp and ceremony. We aren't quite sure why he did that but it was sweet and funny. Another amusing thing to watch today was three little boys with leftover waterballoons. The absolute joy they had trying to throw them at people and ending up being soaked themselves was too fun.
The Lord blessed us with wonderful weather, sweet fellowship, safe travel, and fun memories of family. Okay, one 1 down and 2 to go.
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Jul. 6, 2007 - My Own lil' Miss Potter
After several months of waiting, our family was finally able to watch the movie Miss Potter. (It had a very limited showing in the US, for some reason.)
It was "delicious". As we watched the first few minutes of the movie we knew we were in for a treat. Perhaps I am a little biased though, for, you see, we have our own lil" Miss Potter living amongst us. My oldest daughter has been drawing and painting ever since she was old enough to hold a pencil. So it was a real treat to see Miss Potter's life portrayed and see such similarities in our own daughter's life. I've always known that Breezy enjoyed her drawings but after watching Miss Potter, I can understand it a little more.
If you are looking for a movie to watch with your family, I highly recommend it.
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