"Taylor" Made Home School - Homeschool Blogger

Wow!!

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:44:00 -0600

We are more than half way through our school year. I cannot believe it. For awhile there I never thought it would end. I could not even see and end in sight. I guess I was in a funk. For no apparent reason. But now we have restored the "it is fun to learn" atomsphere in our schooling and things are looking up.

I am so looking forward for the summer. Not because I am going to take a break from schooling, but because in the month of July I will be up in Idaho with my family. My sister is getting married and that is bringing a lot of family members together that unsually are not. I am so excited for this event.

This month in History we are learning about the California Gold rush. It has been enjoyable. We have an old ghost silver mining town where we live that I plan on visitng after we are done with the study. That should be a fun day. Next month I think will be something on California, if not it will be on Lewis and Clark.

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:21:00 -0500

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Autumn

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:48:00 -0500

Today I can actually believe that autumn is coming. It is a cool 77 and the clouds are nice and gray. I just hope we get some rain this time. Today it sprinkle for about a minute. But I think there is still hope.

All summer we were surrounded by thunderstorms. We would get very excited when the clouds came, but no rain. :-( My dd the weather girl would get so frustrated. She would watch the news and look at the weather on the computer and announce mom," I think there will be rain today." But when it never came she would say, "I can not believe that the weather man lies." lol Of course I had to explain to her that no one really can predict the weather. That only God was in control of it.

Today was not a bad on the school front. It just seemed to drag on. For some odd reason. It is so hard sometimes to get my dd to get school done in a reasonable amount of time. She could be sooooo slow. But she did her work well and clean. So I am not sure that I should be complaining. lol

Till another day!

Short School Days

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:26:00 -0500

Wednesdays are short school days for us. We get about 3 subjects done and enjoy our day with daddy. This is a new thing I have been trying out for about 2 weeks and so far this has been great and we have not been behind in school. Which is something that drives me crazy. LOL

We are going to wash the dogs, clean the floors, and just relax, until Horseback riding lessons at 6pm. Madison likes to help her daddy wash the dogs. I have to admit that I am glad she does. That way I am free to do things that I like to do. :-) Like the floors. Yuck! But they have to be done, don't they!!! The most fun we have on Wednesday is going to the ranch and riding. Dave and I like ot watch Madison learning to ride and jump. It is really exciting. Last week Madison's horse got spooked and she slid off. She didn't get hurt badly, just a little bruise on her bum. Not too bad for the first time falling off your horse. lol

Memory Verse for the Week

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:22:00 -0500

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to HIm.

2 Corinthians 5:9

The New School Year

Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:30:00 -0500

    I have been looking forward to the school year. The summer seemed to have crept by. We needed more structure than the carefree days of summer had to offer.
    I am pleased to say that the school year has started off great. We are using Rod and Staff. I know, I know Rod and Staff has a ton of work, it is boring, and there is not much creative touch to it. But I have made it my own and it is fun and we do have our crafty days. (supplements) I would have used something else, but my Madison likes it. She wants the worksheets and textbooks. And she excels at all her work. Praise God.
   Co-ops start in two weeks. We are excited about that. Madison loves co-ops. She learns so much there. We have such a great group of women there. What I like about this school is that the whole family is involved, not just the moms. Dads have taught shop, wood working, paint ball, and such.   We are blessed to have this option for us.

Long Time!

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:26:00 -0500

It has been a long time since I did an entry. We have had a very good school year. We enjoyed it. We joined a new ISP. It has been a wonderful move. DD learned so much from those dedicated mothers. I also met some really creative ladies and dare I say friends.

I have just finished up our last report card of the year. I am going to be mailing it soon. I have been real please at the effort that DD has put into her work. She brought up some grades and just did a great job.

I have already bought our curriculum for the next year. It is the same that we used this year. It worked real well for us. I have looked for something that fit us. Of course I had to tweek it a little. ;-) Next year, I hope< will run smoother. But I know that life happens and that it will not be smooth all the time. I just mean school wise.

Well not much going on here. Just staying busy with mom this week. She flew in last Tue. and is leaving on Sat. I am not looking foward to that day. I wlll miss her.

Tina Kay

Harmony Hollow

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:11:00 -0600

These past few weeks of school have been more pleasant. I am really enjoying it. And so has dd. Today was just great. She did her math, English (test) and reading without grumbling. She also did a good clean job on her papers. It went real smoothly. I hope this nice patch stays for awhile. I know that we will have rough patches. But I think everything that she has been learning just finally sunk in. And she understands. We had a great talk about the things she was learning in English this morning. She explained things really well. What a relief it is when you know that they are learning what you are teaching them.

We have been busy getting ready for the gift giving this year. It is so hard buying gifts for people you barely know. This would be for hubby's side of the family. My side just gives to the kids. But his side thinks that the adults should have gifts at 50 bucks a pop. Yes the put a price tag on it. But I am struggling with doing this with a cheerful heart. This year is better than the past years. I am coming around to doing this to the glory of God. I want them to see Christ through us. So I really do want to do this with a sincere smile instead of my forced I cannot believe I am here one. :-) I need a better attitude.

Here is a Christmas Meme If you like them. It was fun doing it. Have a great day!

School....

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:38:00 -0600

has been going great! There are days that still are difficult. But my dd grades have come up she now only has 1...yes 1 B grade on her report. (the rest are better) I am shocked! She has sure worked hard on raising up her grades. Her goal is to have straight A's by the semester. Now I have never put emphasis on her having straight A's. I always told her she needed to do her best, since her work is to glorify God. Well she got into her little head that straight A's are the way to do it. And there you have it. I am so blessed to have this little one. She sure teaches me a lot. Now when I grumble about things, she reminds me to do it to the glory of God. Those are the things that I like thrown back in my face. LOL

Well I hope you all have a great weekend!

1 Corinthians 10:31

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Slow day!

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:14:00 -0600

Today is going by slowly. I have a huge headache and it won't go away. School went fine. Everything got done in a timely fashion. Well except for math. That subject never goes smoothly. lol I have two days of bible study to do. I forgot to do one yesterday and tomorrow is going to be my first ladies biblestudy. I cannot wait. I need to be renewed and encouraged. Hopefully I will get that. But the Lord knows what my needs are and He is providing.

I need to get my grades in order they are due tomorrow. It is a good thing that co-ops are tomorrow. I couldn't get them done fast enough. I was not planning on such a strange trip. Though I am noticing that it is getting harder to plan things and keep it that way. So many things come up. It is hard determining which ones are the most important. I am still learning to say "NO!" lol

Time to go. May the Lord hold you and keep you!