Blessings from Abiga - Homeschool Blogger

We live in a Christian Nation

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:58:00 -0500

I do believe we are still a Christian nation. Nothing has happened to change this and the majority of Americans feel we are also. It does not matter that we are made up as a nation of many cultures and religious faiths. What matters is our country was founded on the moral standards of men of faith who believed the Bible was our guideline. These men attended church and had prayer as they made our constitution and other documents.

You can go to wallbuilders.com to read many articles that point to this fact and even see copies of documents from our history.

Sorry Mr. President Obama I do not agree at all with your statements in the news that we are not a Christian nation anymore. You do not speak for me!

Blessings.

Please remember to keep our nation in prayer!!!

Baby's Highchair and Hidden Sins

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:41:00 -0500

As I was cleaning my granddaughters high chair of the crumbs and pieces of fruit it appeared to then be clean. I picked up pieces, wiped the plastic tray and seat and swept the floor area also.

This is like when we realize we said or did something wrong and quickly throw up to heaven a prayer of forgiveness and then move right along with our day.

But as I wiped the seat covering I decided to peak underneath it and found old food that had been accumulating for days and maybe weeks: cheerios, cracker crumbs, squashed fruit, and unrecognizable items.

Shouldn't we when we sin look deeper within our own heart to see what attitude or feeling caused us to sin in the first place? Was it a sin we asked forgiveness for but not truly repented for and prayed diligently to be removed from us?

This can be applied to our children as we homeschool and raise them. We need to dig deeper and help them to understand what caused the sin and why it should not be repeated or even hidden away in ignorance.

Blessings as you go threw your day with our Lord Christ.

New Entry

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:19:00 -0600

Where have I been? HERE since it is so hard to post twice on two different blogs with HughesNet sporadic connections and slowness. We never know when it will work and how well. I have another blog on homestead blogger but is is so much work to post two posts that I have stuck to one for now. Hope to join them somehow in the future. In the meantime you can go HERE smae as th above link, just a hint mind you.

Blessings.

Old Farmhouse Stairs

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:43:00 -0500

It's a good thing I am in fairly good shape because old farmhouses always have stairways. Our old house in the city had a double length stairway so it probably was the same distance. This one turns and turns.

Go up a few steps and then you must turn. And yes that is the most convenient lace for a changing table in the downstairs area. Why go up to change a baby ten times a day.

This is the longest area of the stairs but it isn't over because now you must turn again.

Then this will finally get you upstairs.

All the bedrooms and one bathroom are off this hall. The hallway actually looks shorter than it is plus it was hard to take pictures of the stairs in the narrow environment that they are.

Isn't that woodwork awesome. And it is all hardwood floors throughout except the bathrooms and the kitchen.

Farmhouses are neat.

Blessings.

On the Farm

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:26:00 -0500

Little Princess L loves to be outside in the stroller. Some days she cannot fall asleep unless she is walked all over the property. And she still likes her thumb. Her mom I think has given up on making her take a passy.

I usually have a faithful companion walking along with me. I will tell you a secret but don't tell the dog or anyone else. I like the dog now. Well, except when she stinks or her ears smell. I tell you this can be one stinky dog at times.

But she gives out on the days I am walking without the stroller going around and around the property. She will take a shortcut back to the driveway and to the house and sit or lay there looking at me telling me she is through. The way to keep her going is to take a ball or her toy with and to keep throwing it. She would walk around the world chasing a ball.

Sometimes she is not sleepy at all.

Princess C likes me to take pics of her goofing around.

To see ehat else is going on here go to my homestead blog HERE.

Blessings.

What's happening around here.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:46:00 -0500

Internet not working for the last 24 hours. Well, it was working but not very well. It does this every so often. Now I know to just close the computer and wait it out. Even until the next day if needed.

Our barometer is still working. It has been pointing way up high for awhile and we have had beautiful weather. Low pressures are coming into the area and low and behold our barometer told us even before the weather man did. It was even lower the day before.

School yesterday. Math.

The cow and princess love to read everyday.

Goodnight barn.

Goodnight sky.

Goodnight moon.

Blessings.

Sunrise

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:48:00 -0500

I was up early and on the porch yesterday morning. I was going to post this yesterday but didn't get the chance.

WOW!

And this too!

Have a great and blessed Sunday!

Honey

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 -0500

One of our many friendly neighbors told us awhile ago that she had a friend that harvests her own honey each fall. Since we like to use honey a lot she said she would give us a holler when it was ready.(actually she said call but in the country it sounds better to say give a holler) It's ready!

Here is an explanation of what honey is:

Honeyis a thick liquid produced by certain types of bees from the nectar of flowers. While many species of insects consume nectar, honeybees refine and concentrate nectar to make honey. Indeed, they make lots of honey so they will have plenty of food for times when flower nectar is unavailable, such as winter. Unlike most insects, honeybees remain active through the winter, consuming and metabolizing honey in order to keep from freezing to death. Early humans probably watched bears and other mammals raid bee hives for honey and then tried it themselves. Once people found out what honey was, next they had to learn how to get it from the bees safely!

Well, we are getting it safely and not going straight to the hive like Winnie-the-Pooh. Will we look like this after eating all that honey?

Blessings.

Katydid

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:08:00 -0500

We found this on our front door the other day. My d said it was a leaf bug and it is also called by that name. It actually does look like a leaf even with the veins.

I found a cute blog article about them HERE.

I cannot vouch for them singing as we have so many crickets, cicadas, flies, and other insect sounds that I wouldn't know what it sounds like.

Blessings.

To see my other homestead blog articles go HERE.

October

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:57:00 -0500

Hurrah! I now have a library card from the local town. It turned out it is one dollar cheaper than the other local town where I did not get one last week. I figure it is worth it since I read a lot evenn in one year. The librarian also mentioned that Indiana libaries are great. We live in Illinois. She said that all of them are free in the state of Indiana. You do not have to have local taxes and township taxes etc but the state funds them somehow.

Hmmm... that is something to think about here in Illinois for the next governmental elections. Our governor is closing state parks because of money issues here. That hurts the economy since so many jobs are tied to the state parks whether working at the park or at local stores that supply the needs for patrons of the parks. At least the county parks are still going to be open.

I don't know what is going on her but this is cute anyway. Big sissy with little sissy.

Porch is decorated for the fall.

Blessings.