Hello......Welcome to our homeschoolng journey. My name is Tina, I live with my wonderful dh and our precious dd Katie. She is the "sunshine" of our lives. She brightens each and everyday.. I have homeschooled Katie from the beginning and can't imagine any other way. I look forward to many years of learning with my daughter. She is an amazing child, we are so blessed. I thank God each and everyday for this amazing child. The doctors told me I'd never be able to have children I'm so thankful God saw things differently and proved them wrong. God is so good. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:58:00 -0500 Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:58:00 -0500 We are so excited to announce that Katie got the part of "Molly" in the local high school's musical production of "Annie". Callbacks were last Saturday. Katie and two other little girls were at the callbacks for the part of "Molly" the youngest orphan. She did such a wonderful job. I am always amazed when I sit and watch her on stage. She loves every moment and you can see it in the way she shines on stage. I am always in awe of her performing. This will be her 4th production with them. She started performing with the local high school when she was 6 yrs old. In December 2006 she was an orphan and also a party guest in another scene in "A Christmas Carol". In Feb. 2008 she was a young towns girl in "Cinderella" with her wonderful solo line "and me I'm in the second grade" and "I wish I was an older girl". When all the girls are singing about Prince Charming. She was also a guest at the ball and Cinderella's flower girl. Then last year she was a Wildcat Cheerleader in "High School Musical". She is so excited each and every year when it is time to start auditions and practice. When it is over each year, she can't wait until time to start again. We are looking forward to another GREAT YEAR!! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/733262/ Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:58:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/733262/ everydaybecky.blogspot.com/2009/09/princess-and-three-knights-i-want-you.html This is a Karen Kingsbury children's book. I can not wait to read this book with my daughter http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/726439/ Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:46:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/726439/ Wow! Trying to figure out how to change my blog template to something else has been very time consuming. I wanted to change the background and not lose everything else I had figured out how to add. So off searching I went. Finally, I figured it out and changed it then my main & side bars didn't match. So off searching I go to find html color codes. Found them! Now it is bed time. LOL.. I'm sure now that I have some what figured this out I'll be searching again tomorrow since I still haven't found exactly what I want but at least now I know how to sort of change things up. You know it's funny this is suppose to be our homeschool blogger, and yet I never seem to blog about homeschooling LOL.. I really have got to get better at this blogging thing, I get way to sidetracked!! Anyway off till next time. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/721481/ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:12:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/721481/ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/721141/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:39:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/721141/ Wonder What Would Happen If... We treated our bible like we treat our cell phones What If... We carried it around in our purses or pockets...? What If... We turned back to go get it if we forgot it...? What If... We flipped through it several times a day...? What If... We spent an hour or more using it everyday...? What If... We used it to receive messages from the text...? What If... We treated it like we couldn't live without it...? What If... We gave it to kids as gifts...? What If... We used it as we traveled...? What If... We used it in case of an emergency...? This is something to make you go "Hmmmm...Where's My Bible?" Oh, and a few more things-unlike our cell phones: One plan fits all... Unlimited usage... No roaming charges... No weak signals... and... We don't ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected... Because... JESUS ALREADY PAID THE BILL...! Thank You Dear Jesus... [author unknown] I read this online and had to post it on my blog. This is so very true. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/720919/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:14:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/720919/ Okay I confess I'm hooked on "Little House" . It's true. I've seen them all before, but I checked season 1 out from our local library. It was innocent enough. Watch a little and go on with life.. Right? LOL Well let's see my dd and I both got sick and it seemed to be we took turns on what days were the worst. Thankfully we are both feeling better than we were. But I'm still hooked.. We watched season 1, then while we were sick my wonderful mother returned it for us and brought us season 2. Well over the weekend we were still feeling bad so we went thru it really fast also. Okay so now we are feeling better.. But I couldn't resist picking up season 3 at the library today.  I will not be able to go through it as fast. Since today we finally got this semester started. But nothing good is ever on tv these days so we will have "Little House" to watch instead.  We had started reading the books prior to watching the series. We love both.. Today I'm so proud to say we finally got back started schooling. I was feeling so guilty.. But with both of us being sick we just haven't felt like offically schooling. Of course we still did some "schooling" we are always reading, my dd has been writing a "book", and she is also working on a play. I've been teaching her to crochet, bless her heart her little hands are just so small. Also we have lots of games that we play that she was learning while playing. So I decided everything would be okay. When we felt better we would get back to the daily grind. And we did. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/648173/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:54:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/648173/ Well okay I'm not very good at this blog thing. Maybe this year I will get better... hmmm ??? I guess we will have to wait and see. Well it has been 10 months since I posted anything. Needless to say a lot has happened during that time. My hubby was able to return to work 9 months after his accident. He still has trouble and more than likely always will. But we are thankful he is better. My precious dd is now in the 3rd grade. She will be 9 in March. She currently is getting ready for her next big role LOL... The local high school is performing "High School Musical" this year. She is a little cheerleader. Which she is loving every minute. Today she had her first meeting with a new club she is in "The Life of Faith Club" she had a great time.  It is a club based on the Elsie Dinsmore and other books in that collection. They did a little skit and made a cute journal today. She really enjoyed herself and meeting some new girls. She is looking forward to the next meeting. For Christmas she got Samantha- An American Girl, she has had so much fun playing with her and we read the "Meet Samantha" book. We really enjoyed it and looking forward to reading the other. First we are going to take out and read the "Milley" books in the Life of Faith series. We borrowed the 1st one today. I'm so happy that my dd loves to read. She got it honest I love to read. She used some of her Christmas money to buy the 1st 4 Hannah Montana books and has been zooming thru them. Over the weekend I started teaching her how to crochet. I will try to blog about how that comes along. She started working on her base chain and now thinks she is ready to crochet a blanket for me. :) I hope I remember to come by and update this more often.  Things were just so crazy for a while. After my husband's accident at work so many things happened. My dad had a stroke then he had to have hip replacement surgery. During which time my grandmother had a stroke in April of 2007. She was paralyzed on her right side and couldn't talk. Praise the Lord she can now walk with a cane. And she can talk (her speech isn't always clear and it isn't like before, but most of the time we can understand whatever she says) My dad's stroke was completely different it didn't affect him physically it was more mentally and not with everything. Just somethings he can't remember and has difficulty comprehending things. A couple of months ago he had to undergo surgery to open up the blocked artery in his neck ( he kept experiencing mini strokes) Thank the Lord all went well with the surgery. And he hasn't had any more mini strokes since. He still has some problems but is a lot better than he was. So as you can see things just have been very hectic. And honestly blogging wasn't on my mind. But things are now going better. Praise God! Time for me to get to bed.. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/647619/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:00:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/647619/ Well let's see where to start. My name is Tina, I am 34 yrs old (I'll be 35 in June). I live in MS with my dh and our precious dd age 7 (she turns 8 the 28th of this month.. she is so excited). I was born and raised in Mississippi. I have lived here all my life except for 2yrs when I was in 4th & 5th grade my family moved to AL. Then we returned back to MS. I love God and my family. I am extremely close to my family they all mean the world to me. My dh and I met while we were each just hanging out one night and we were married one month later. I know it sounds crazy.. But we have been married nearly 9 yrs. One month after we were married I got pregnant with our precious dd. I have high blood pressure and have been on meds for it since I was 16. The drs like to throw up weight but at that time I was very slim. (Wish I could say that now lol) But anyway I've been on meds every since. I was told at a young age that I should never get pregnant due to my severe high blood pressure. Then right before I found out I was pregnant I was told I probally could never have kids because my ovaries were not functioning right. Thank the dear Lord he saw things differently.. We had a hard pregnancy and alot of bedrest, but God saw us through it all.  He knew the plans he had for me and our family and I thank him each and every day.. God is so good. Here is a poem I wrote for my dd when she was a baby.. My Little Miracle The doctors always said, I a mother would never be. But the dear Lord said, "My child just leave that up to me." Then when I was pregnant, carrying my child with glee. The doctors started to worry, She was not growing as she should be.. But the dear Lord said, "Do not worry my child just leave this to me." Then in labor once again things got a little out of hand. Her heart stopped beating and we all got really scared. But the Lord reached down and got her here safe and sound. Now I'm proud to say I'm a mom. My angel is here and growing strong. And I'm proud to say , I thank the Lord for her each and everyday. For to me a miracle was sent. I'm now a mom of a child who was Heaven sent. She's the most precious thing here on earth. Because she was sent down from God above. Sent to me to raise and love. Tina Harden Copyright © Tina Harden She is our one and only, due to alot of female problems I had to have a hysterectomy in 2007. I am so thankful for my dd each day. She is truly a gift from God. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/500927/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:33:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/500927/ Sorry I haven't updated.. We got to come home from the hospital Thursday.. My dh is doing better than he was before we went to the hospital.. But he still has a long way to go.. We got to come home but he is on several medications, breathing treatments and is on oxygen 24 hours a day. Everyone has been asking how long he will be on oxygen, but we do not know. The doctors have said that we have to take it one day at a time. His lungs are in really bad shape. So we have know idea what is going to happen.  Thank you all for your prayers. We appreciate it so much, just knowing that people are praying and really care means so much to us.  We got up this morning, ate , got ready and went to worship. We didn't go to our usually congregation, but we went to a closer congregation. So we would be close to the house if my dh needed to come home. He made it pretty good since he was only there for preaching and didn't attempt to come for class also.  Know we are back home and are watching a cute movie "Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium" so far it is really cute. I'll post more about it later.          http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/499356/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:04:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/499356/ My dh is in the hospital, we have been here since Sunday. As you know from my other post he has been having alot of difficulties breathing since his neck surgery in Sept. Well it continued to get worse and worse. His oxygen levels had started falling they said that 92% and down was bad his was falling to 82%. He has pnuemonia again and his oxygen levels are still not where they need to be. He is on 3 liters of oxygen and still only at 92%. The drs have said that due to his surgery he had some damage and it caused him to have severe silent reflux. Which has burnt his esphogus(sp?) , vocal cords, and his lungs (he is asperating the acid into his lungs) Which has caused him to have the multiple lung infections. They think we will be here for at least a few more days. When he gets out and comes home he will be on oxygen, they hope to eventually be able to wean him back off of it, they say we will have to take it one day at a time. Please keep him and our family in your prayers http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/497546/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:55:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/katiezmommy2000/497546/