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Voice of the Martyrs Coming to Maryville!

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:57:00 -0600

We are so excited about this at my church. If you are in the area, consider yourself invited!

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November 19, 2009

Dear Ginger

You asked to be notified of VOM Meetings in your area. A new meeting has been scheduled.

Meeting Details

Friendship Baptist Church
Speaker	Robert Brock
Location	3310 Old Niles Ferry Rd Maryville, TN 37804
Date	November 22, 2009 at 09:15 AM

For more information about this meeting, including a description and driving instructions, please click here.

A New Recipe Blog

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0600

This blog is such a mishmash of topics and homeschooling usually isn't at the top. So, in the spirit of overwhelming organization that has characterized our clean-up from the remodel here at home, I've decided to focus more on homeschooling on this, my main blog, and create a new recipe-only blog.

Here 'tis: GINGERLY SPEAKING
.http://gingerlyspeaking.blogspot.com/

We'll see how long I keep up two blogs. I may very well revert to my slapdash posting style and put it all here again. Kinda like Papaw Roy's pantry-emptying soup recipe called "slum gullion".

Getting It Together

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:26:00 -0600

We may actually have our home improvement projects done before Thanksgiving. We now have space to homeschool, not to mention EAT.

The stove was moved back and plugged in none too soon. Recent deaths in our church family meant serving food for the bereaved. Handsome Hubby just informed me that the Deacons will be cooking dinners for the widows of our church in a couple of weeks [so I'll try to have a backup meal ready to thaw and serve in case they burn the Fellowship Hall down--just kidding, sweetie!]. My pal Kasey is famous for saying: "A Baptist meets all catastrophes with Scripture, prayer, and casseroles."

The office, kitchen, and two of the bedrooms are painted leaving only the dining room. The floor in the kitchen is absolutely MAAHH-velous, and almost complete. And the stuff we've gotten rid of! Yikes! Who knew that there was a whole 'nother house hiding in the mess of the one we now dwell? That's how it felt, going through all the clutter. Space and order is so refreshing.

In family devotional time last night, I had to confess that my attitude stunk during the remodel [as though the family didn't already guess that about two months ago!]

The Family LIfe broadcast yesterday with Nancy Leigh DeMoss focused on being grateful. How convicting! Here God's blessing us to improve our home and fussing about the inconvenience and disorder. What was really a blessing, I treated as a burden. The end of this messy process will yield beauty, comfort, and order for our family. But I was stubbornly holding an "I can't stand the mess RIGHT NOW" attitude. Once again, something small became a teaching moment from God. This little lesson in patience and gratefulness is easy to hear and to give lip-service to, but hard to put into practice.

So, gentle reader, we are getting it altogether again in so many ways. If I can actually take a picture that isn't fuzzy, I might post some when we are all finished.

Time to Regroup

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:42:00 -0600

We are in the middle of a remodeling project. Or perhaps I should say "projects." The kitchen floor has been mostly ripped up, we have trim stacked in the foyer for the cabinets, new wood flooring stacked in the dining room for the kitchen, tile for the bathrooms and laundry stacked in the garage. The garage and shed need siding up before the really bad weather sets in. And, yes, we are hoping to re-do the "dining room of many colors" so it is all one harmonious hue instead of the patchwork of paint samples that we about which we were undecided.

In the middle of this mess, it is just too distracting to do school. Since we are doing very well with our days and our assignments, we are taking off a few days. The kids could use a break, and I need time to clear out some clutter and take stock of where we are academically. I also need to make a LOT of copies of certain things and my printer has died an unnatural death. Chalk up a day out to town for a Xerox run.

Tonight we're having microwaved burritos and putting down the new kitchen floor. I can't cook homemade meals right now because the stove has been moved.

It's been an eventful day already. The children and I have rearranged furniture, done some yard work, and tossed some unnecessary books. Boy, that hurt to type. It goes against my grain to call any children's books unnecessary. My friends that know what a book-nerd I am will be shocked to read that. I may bring them to Jen's get-together this Friday so I can make sure they find good homes.

I'm almost ready to let go of children's clothes, too. Notice I said almost. Every article of clothing my children have worn has been carefully stored for future use. We weren't sure how many blessings the Lord would give us, so I kept all the clothes to save money. Now that we know there probably won't be any more little ones around here, it's time to start letting some things go. Ouch. That hurt to type, too.

All in all, we need some time to regroup, catch up on home stuff, get ready for winter, and make more detailed lesson plans. We have a small time window before Dad starts his next several surgeries. I plan to make a little time to find out what it is like to sit down for a while and relax, too. With a cup of tea that Pat sent me this week. Ahh! Things are shaping up nicely already.

FREE Holiday Magazine

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:21:00 -0600

I just got this in my email today and HAD to share--I've already downloaded my copy. Thank you, TOS!

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