Mom of three in the rainy NW. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:13:00 -0500 Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:13:00 -0500 Have been thinking about Chris Klicka this morning. I remember when he came to speak at the OCEANetwork Conference a few years ago. In farewell and blessing, we (all the conference attendees gathered in the sanctuary) sang him this song. It was beautiful, and poignant, and I'm glad the Lord gave him a few more years after that on this earth, to be with his family and friends. Still, it is a comfort that for him, "to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Praying God's peace for him and those who love him. My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine; For Thee all the follies of sin I resign; My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou; If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me, And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree; I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow; If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death, And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath; And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow, If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. In mansions of glory and endless delight, I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright; I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow, If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/732303/ Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:13:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/732303/ Our younger two got selected for the local historical fort's "Dame School". There were only 16 spots--I don't know how many applied. We were there all morning, this morning, working out their clothing. Exhausting, but fun--sort of like playing dressup with several rooms full of clothing. They took care of almost everything--underclothes, dresses, shoes, cloaks, petticoats. The only thing we have to buy is stockings. Elder dd and I had volunteered for "Auntie School" but when we didn't hear anything we thought we hadn't qualified. It turns out that we *did* qualify--they had us set up in their volunteer hours log and everything--but somehow we were never notified to go to the first day of training. I got to play dress-up today, too! My dress needs altering, but I'll be able to pick it up on Monday next week. They're repeating the first day of training next month, so we'll go then. What fun! It appears we're all going to be historical re-enactors (maybe docents?) when training is done. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/617304/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:38:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/617304/ I was double-checking links on a homeschool resource list and Highland Heritage came up as not found. Do you know what happened? Is there a different link to these wonderful resources? (I hope...?) highland.hitcho.com.au highland.hitcho.com.au/forms.htm http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/593759/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:34:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/593759/ Great news! I got an email yesterday announcing that I’ve been selected for the new Focus Group sponsored by The Old Schoolhouse magazine. However, I’m interrupted by an insistent dog, as well as children looking for breakfast, so I’ll have to tell you more later! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/591836/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:01:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/591836/ Just to let you know, I'm giving away a digital subscription to The Old Schoolhouse magazine on my homeschool helps blog, http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sweet2bhome. Just go to The Old Schoolhouse goes digital! to enter. Leave a comment there with a way to get a hold of you, and your name will be entered once. Leave a comment, and post about the contest on your blog or website, and your name will be entered twice! (I just need a link to the entry so I can find it!) (Hey, I'm so happy to share the wealth, I'll even enter your name in the drawing if you comment to *this* post instead!) http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/584767/ Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:35:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/584767/ Had planned to start posting a hymn again every Monday, but yesterday was a holiday, so I'm posting today. Our first day of school isn't going quite the way I'd planned (see www.homeschoolblogger.com/sweet2bhome for details) and we're getting a very late start on our day. Actually, we'd have been starting our academics right about this time anyhow, because three of us had chiropractor appointments this morning, and we'd have just gotten home in the last half hour if things had gone as planned. But two of us our sick with a miserable cold, and since I'm one of them, things are moving very slowly at our house today. Google found lyrics at this link, and you can also download midi files (piano, organ, bells) and a PDF of the piano music there, too. http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh073.sht 073. O Worship the King Text: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Music: Attr. to Johann Michael Haydn, 1737-1806 Tune: LYONS, Meter: 10 10.11 11 1. O worship the King, all glorious above, O gratefully sing God's power and God's love; our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.2. O tell of God's might, O sing of God's grace, whose robe is the light, whose canopy space, whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and dark is God's path on the wings of the storm.3. The earth with its store of wonders untold, Almighty, thy power hath founded of old; hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree, and round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.4. Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.5. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail; thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end, our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/583877/ Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:48:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/583877/ Hey! I'm giving away a free copy of the new Schoolhouse Planner on my "practical tips" blog. Just go to Let's get cracking! and leave a comment for a chance to win. Spread the word! (Thanks!) http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/577782/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:42:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/577782/ I sat down with my cup of tea to read and comment, but HSB is not working the same as it did back last spring when I left blogging for what was supposed to be a short break. (Busy, busy. Kept hoping summer would "slow down" but it didn't, at least not as much as I was hoping.) Now when I go to look at "friends" I see text imposed over other text, unreadable and messy. I scrolled down to try to find a clear entry and was able to read and comment on only one. Anybody got some advice? Does HSB not work well in Firefox, for example? TIA. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/577646/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:29:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/577646/ Have you ever heard the phrase "so heavenly minded, she's no earthly good"? Somehow that runs in my head when I think of stargazing lately. There's really not a connection between the actual meaning and use of the phrase, and some of my experiences with stargazing, but they seem to fit together. Of course, that may be the delusions of a late night combined with an early morning, too. Anyhow, the last two "events" I've gone out to see with only the dog for company have ended in... well, "disaster" is too strong a word, and "inconvenience" too weak, really. The first of the two was when we went out to watch a lunar eclipse. It was about three in the morning, and though the dc had said to wake them up, they were unwakable (unwake-able?). The Dog, however, is ever ready for adventure, and so the two of us walked down to the corner, as the sky is easier to see from the intersection, where no big tree crowns block the sky. It was *great*! (I always find "How Great Thou Art" running through my head at such times. How marvelous His Creation!) I was not standing in the middle of the street, but on the sidewalk near the curb--nearer than I realized, as it turned out. I stepped backward, preparatory to turning around to go home, and stepped off the curb, spraining both ankles. Ouch! Do you know how hard it is to hobble a quarter of a block when both ankles are screaming? Thankfully the Dog is not a mini-anything, but a Giant, and made something of a crutch or cane to help me on my way home. That was some months ago, and made me more cautious about walking in the dark. (Whatever happened to streetlights?) I'm still smarting from the latest misadventure. The rest of the family was watching the Olympics a week ago, and nobody wanted to go out to see the meteor shower with me. (Nobody except the intrepid Dog, that is.) So Dog and I went out into the warm, mild summer night, such a relief after the heat of the day, and began the journey to find open sky. (I love the big trees in our neighborhood, but they are a bit inconvenient for sky-watching.) We didn't get far--next door, as a matter of fact--before blundering into the skateboard ramp the neighbor kids had left smack dab in the middle of the sidewalk. Score: Ramp 1, Jean 0. Or maybe -1. (The street was dark. I don't know if people are keeping their porch lights off to save on the electric bill, or what. I know the neighbor's light came on when they heard the racket of our tangling with their heavy homemade wooden ramps, and the neighbor dad came out, alarmed and very apologetic. The good result was that they're faithful in moving the ramps onto the grass off the sidewalk when they're done playing, nowadays.) I think I must have cracked something in my left hand, as it is still stiff and sore when tasked to do such things as type or move the turn-signal thingie in the car. I didn't go to get it x-rayed at the time because it didn't swell up the way my right hand did, years ago, when I cracked a bone in the same relative location. I don't know that it's worth going to the doctor--what will they do, that I can't do at home? (Ice, rest) I mean, if it were an obvious break, I'd go. I also have a very impressive bruise on one leg. It's sort of a mini-science experiment on the part of the dc--they're fascinated with the changing colors and progression of healing going on. Anyhow, the moral of this long and rambling post is to watch where you're walking, or walk where your watching, and if you go stargazing, it might be a good idea to use a flashlight on your way there. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/577634/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:56:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/577634/ For some reason Willie Nelson is singing in the back of my mind, "On the road again..." Only he wants to sing "on the blog again". Silly, isn't it? I'm up past my bedtime. I haven't been blogging for *months* (apologies to my friends). I'm turning over a new leaf, am going to start up with posting again. I have two blogs now, this one which is mostly musings, and the new one, which deals with practical matters, or as a friend of mine calls it, the "nuts and bolts" of educating at home. (It's at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sweet2bhome/ in case you were curious.) Anyhow, hope to catch up on reading and re-connecting with you all, but it'll have to wait until tomorrow. The Olympics are going in the next room and they sound like they're getting interesting... and dh is due to get up early for a meeting so I'd better not linger too long. Two good reasons to say... G'night! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/577536/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:42:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Hallmark/577536/