Um yeah, if you want to know about me, check out my profile ;) This blog only has random entries, even I don't know what I'm going to say (well type) next on here! If you want to check out my stories check out my other blogs! ~Lillian http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:41:00 -0500 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:41:00 -0500 My sister had her baby last month. Yep, I feel like a horrible Aunt that I haven't bragged on him at all to anyone on here! lol! But he is adorable and looks just like his older brother and sister. He and my sister are doing just great. Does anyone think that summer is going way too fast? Goodness I've got so many things to do still. I was planning on displaying my photography in my bedroom, but haven't picked out enough pictures to cover the walls. :) And I haven't been very good at keeping up the school work. I had planned on continuing my German course through the summer...but that hasn't gone so well. But I did have a good softball year. Had quite a few injuries, but none of them kept me from playing. I thought for a while that I had a stress fracture on my heel (isn't that a weird place?), I slid into 2nd base with no sliding pad, therefore having a scab running the length of my shin (that did keep me from sliding), a few other things happened that I won't list and then I still have golfer's elbow from pitching (no, you do not have to play golf to get golfer's elbow). So anyway, sorry to blabber on. ~Lillian Oh and I'm posting in both story blogs right after this =D http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/712065/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:41:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/712065/ Alright, in my personal opinion this is very important. This site is asking people to pray for our nation, the good ole U S of A. It asks for you to set aside July 3rd to pray for our leaders and us as a nation. I accepted without hesitation and was asked to post and tell people about it. So tell everyone you can about it! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/onenationunderGod http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/699047/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:41:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/699047/ Here are some pictures of the kitchen, I decided to post the pictures from the beginning to present. The cabnet top for the island is coming in next Tuesday, now supposedly this slab of quartz (sp?) is 600 pounds and in our house it's going to be difficult b/c as soon as you enter our front door there are stairs that go strait up to the kitchen. And as soon as they get up the stairs with this 600 slab they're going to have to juggle it to get it on the island, which just so happens to be just a few feet away from the stairs. So how are they going to get the 5' x 7' (at least) top in one piece up the stairs? I've got no idea...but it's not for us to worry about (thank goodness) since the people are installing it, of course my dad is still very worried.   Before destruction: The wall, well sort of: Here, the sub floor was laid (which had staple sticking out of them), but niether the ceiling or the wall beside the door has been patched: Ok, so here the nice wood floor was put down, everything's patched up. It really adds to it doesn't it? Of course the horrible looking cabnet look really bad (they've survived lots of kids banging on them with hammers :) Of course even at that sage we had something sticking out of the floor! The island came in five pieces. And the finishing dimentions are 5' x 11'  (which is huge compared to most islands, but my mom wanted something really big) This is what it looks like now. Amazingly even without a counter top we're still able to put school work and who-knows-what-else on the island where the corners meet.   Alright, that's all for now. I hope all those pictures actually show up! ~Lillian http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/688974/ Thu, 14 May 2009 13:06:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/688974/ I have been THE worst blogger in the history of bad bloggers. However...I do have an excuse as to why I did not reply to comments...I simply did not see them. How? I have NO idea. So I must apologize to WalkinginMiddleEarth, MisterCool, and MrsGamgee. I will be replying to your comments right after this post...then I must reply to the 8 messages that I had after not logging in for about a month (that might take a while). As for other new...we're almost done remodeling!!!! Yeah! We've got the wood floor down (the nice one..not just the sub floor), and they just put in the island. And since the island doesn't have a cabnet top just it looks like a big 'ole box sitting in the middle of the room...but fastened to the floor. I think we're getting the top in next week. And another excuse as to why I haven't posted or replied to messages/comments is school. I'm getting the end although Algebra is getting harder in the last two weeks of it and science is getting easier (finally, it's about time). Well better get to replying to everything *sighs* ~Lillian http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/685834/ Tue, 5 May 2009 08:40:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/685834/   You know you're a home schooler if... Growing up/now [X] Own/have owned a denim jumper [] You were at least 13 when you got your first "trendy" haircut  [] Everything in your closet at some time was referred to as modest (not sure) [] You do/have tucked things in that shouldn't be tucked in (I DO NOT tuck things in!) [] You have been a member of at least 3 co-ops (this is our first year) [] You were a true 16 and never been kissed (not 16) [X] Your mom drives a van of some sort. (don’t all big families?) [X] You have at least one childhood picture where you, your mom, and all your siblings matched [] You are/were/will be a PSEO Student [X] At some point in your life you were more comfortable with adults than kids your own age [X] Have studied ways to defend your beliefs, debate, and/or create laws [] Used uber conservative aBecka curriculum [] You use big words that most adults could not use in conversation [] You can use the words sublime, epiphany, and cognizant correctly [X] You have a favorite word.   (incandescently) [X] You have an understanding of Latin root words and how to use them [X] People from the outside world are referred to as "public schoolers" [X] You or one of your siblings knits. [X] You laugh at the decline in literacy in America [X] You score constantly higher than "public schoolers" on standardized tests. [X] You have no concept of cafeteria food [X] Family vacations are/ can be referred to as "Field Trips" [X] Traveling on said vacations have included stopping at historical site markers along the way [X] You have never been in a public elementary school, middle school, or high school during regular school hours (any or all of the above) [X] You have gone to or been involved in a homeschool convention [X] You read books on a regular basis [] You have taken part in a political protest [] You were a Pride and Prejudice fan before the movie [] You were a Lord of the Rings fan prior to the movie [X] You were a Chronicles of Narnia fan before the movie [X] You speak a language other than English [X] You dream of dating characters from books instead of celebrities It has been ASSUMED that you... [] Have won many spelling bees [X] Have no social life [X] Have no friends of the opposite gender [] Are extremely inept [] Only listen to classical music [X] Play piano or the violin (well I do play the piano…) [] Do not own a pair of trendy jeans. [X] Have no knowledge of drugs or alcohol [X] Don't date, only court. [X] Have never been to a "party" [X] Know no other beliefs other than what your family believes You have been asked more than 10 times in your life: [X] If you wear pajamas to school [] If you get perfect grades because your mom grades you [X] If your mom teaches you or if somebody else's mom does [X] How do you meet people [X] Why you aren't in school [X] If you get days off whenever you want [X] If you're going to be homeschooled through college [X] If you have a big family [X] What your parents are protecting you from [] To quote something famous [X] For the answer, because supposedly homeschoolers always have all the answers You have "rebelled" by: [X] Listening to "worldly music" (is that considered "rebelling"?) [] Wearing black fingernail polish [] Wearing tight clothes or letting your midriff show or showing off what color of boxers you are wearing [X] Watching a PG-13 movie (LOTR is PG-13) [] Breaking dress code [] Listening to music with a beat [] Dancing. Especially dances that involve contact for longer than 2 seconds. With somebody of the opposite gender.  (never dance…I know….sad) Feel free to copy and post :) http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/672560/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:01:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/672560/   This is before anything happened...well actually there was some major moving stuff going on, so everything was piled on the wall on the left. The glass door in the back is now gone and a regular door is there now, but I don't have any pictures of that :)   Here is after the walls were gone, it made a huuuuuugggge mess with all that dry wall everywhere. I wonder if breathing all that dry wall dust was harmful..... And this is what it looks like right now except now the table in the middle is sitting in the kitchen...almost impossible to do school this way...and as you can see the vacuum cleaner is always close at hand. ;-) Now, after all that, I hope the pictures actually showed up... http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/669248/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:39:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/669248/ Sooo my dad has finally started our kitchen project. He started mid-January and ever since then every single night I get to hear hammers banging from every direction...oh and then there's this thing that I think is called a jigsaw (I might be making that up...I don't remember what it's called! lol!), it's basically a fancy electronic cutting thing, but anyway it's super loud too. So far we've knocked down two walks which made a huge mess and sent lots of drywall dust into the air...that cannot be good for our lungs (I would asume so...?). And just this weekend we took out our carpet to our living room/kitchen/dining room. So now we're walking on wood, and to make things worse there are places where staples are sticking up...and boy do they hurt when you accidently step on one!! And of course we had to move my piano in order to get the carpet out and serious that piano ways a ton and it took my mom, dad, my brother, and I just to roll it a few feet. So yep, that's what we've been up to. And then with daylight savings and all...I'm exhausted...But to end on a good note schools not doing so bad! It's dragging on, but hey, that happens every year! ~Lillian http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/667023/ Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:31:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/667023/ Yep, I thought it was about time i posted again. I've been kind of busy, I say that but now I can't really think of anything that I've been totally booked on. So I guess there's just piano, co-op, school, volunteering and running (my opinion is that I run too much, but others have other ideas)...that might be all. Gosh, now that I just listed them all, it doesn't seem like it's that much...but anywho. Um my sister is having another boy!!! That's exciting! The baby's due in June! I can't think of a lot to say right now. Oh my story...right. I'm doing pretty good on the writing part...but I still haven't been able to type the chapters up and post them. But stick with me!! I WILL get them on here if it's the last thing I do! lol! If you PM me every single day complaining that I don't post enough chapters, *then* I'll do it! So yeah...that's about it! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/658502/ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/658502/ I don't know what's up with me! But for some reason I've been finding these quotes, so I'm very sorry if you don't like quotes! But here you go: “Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”-Leonardo da Vinci ~Lillian http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/650965/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:10:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/650965/   I was surfing around the internet lookin at some stuff when I came across this quote: "Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it" - Winston Churchill  Since many kids complain about learning history lessons (well lots that I know any way), I recently did an essay on why we should learn about history. In my paper I went on to describe that history could be very useful to the next generation, learning about some of the horrible things that happened in the past (ex. Holocaust, The Great Depression, Dark Ages ect...) could prevent them from happening again. And Winston Churchill described it perfectly I thought! So I thought I'd share a bit of a history lesson with anybody who cares to read, history is my favorite subject btw! ;-) ~Lillian   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/646305/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:45:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Lillian/646305/