Description of our days as a home educating family. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:09:00 -0600 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:09:00 -0600 I copied this from an entry I wrote on a board I frequent.  I have taken some time off from blogging, and thought this would be my first thoughts as I come back to the bloggin world.    This is both hard and easy for me to write. However, I am sure there are some out there who will understand where I am coming from. I have mentally beat myself up for years over my tubal ligation suregery back in 1996. I still can not believe I gave in and had the surgery. However, I did. I've repented and asked forgiveness for doing that to my body without what I feel to be God's blessings on it. I gave in to man(not Jason, other family and doctors) and did not rely on God. We have really been saving for my reversal for a couple of years. Everytime the money is there, an emergency comes up and the money is gone. I also have the weight issues as well. I have battled with weight for the past several years. I have to lose at least 55 pounds before the doctor will even consider doing the surgery. I find myself daily stressing over my weight and money. Sometimes, and most times, to the point that it effects my relationship with those that I am around daily. I have really been thinking lately. Conner is 14 and there are issues that we are dealing with him over. Kyle is getting ready to hit those teen years as well as Abby and her horomonal years. Do I really need another baby right now? My children are at a stage in their life right now where they need me 100%. All of this dwelling I have done on another baby was wrong (the way I have done it). Am I making sense? I am at the point of being content with the family God has given to me. I love my children more than life itself. They need my attention as they are. Since I have come to this point this week, the weight it coming off. I "feel" better. While I realize that perhaps in the future God may open up the door for more children, I also realize that He may not. That is truly okay. while I long for children and grandchildren the same age, that may not be. That is okay. I know some may read this and think I am the most awful person out there. I am sorry if that is the case. However, the mental "abuse" I have put my own self through over this has ended, and that is what needed to happen for relationships to strengthen with the children I have now. Thanks for listening! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/109694/ Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:09:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/109694/ Hubby has decided that we need to make some changes.  Starting February 1, he is taking over the money.  I'm glad.  I have mostly done it for the whole time we have been married.  I'm ready to get that burden off of me.  He's also decided that I need to have one set grocey day and get it all taken care of then.  It will definately be a challenge at first, but I'm sure I'll adjust.  Submission.  That's what it's all about. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/71426/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:48:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/71426/ It is hard to believe we have been in this house for almost 2 months.  We have accomplished a lot, but still have a long ways to go.  It is nice to be a homeowner, stress and all.   We have finally been able to get back into the swing of things as far as school goes.  I am taking a bit of a different approach to school lately.  It makes for a much less hectic day.  I guess it is more of a unit study approach rather than text book.  The children are enjoying it much better and they actually are retaining much more knowledge this way.  We are reading through History Through a Childs Eyes together.  We are also doing an in depth study on the solar system.  They love it.  We are journaling daily, plus daily arithmetic lessons.  The children are also Bible quizzing for our church, so they are very heavily studing the Word right now.   It is getting time to start thinking about chickens again.  We are going to research building a chicken coop and that is going to be our project for the next few weeks.    Until next time..... http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/71079/ Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:40:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/71079/ As with a birthday, New Years Eve is always a time of reflection for me.  Usually I try to beat myself up for things not accomplished, like, not developing more patience with my family, not losing weight, not being more disciplined with all different things like money, Bible and prayer time, a schedule, as so on.  I think most of you know where I am coming from on this.   Let me challenge you as well as myself on a new way of doing things.  First of all, we all should have goals.  Goals are a healthy part of life.  However, where do your goals stack up against the Word of God?  Do you want to lose weight this year to look good or do you want to have a healthy temply for the Lord to dwell in (of course, it never hurts to look nice for our hubby's either)?  Do you want to save more money to buy more or to help others more?  Do you want to be more patient with your family because of what others may think of you if you don't or do you want to sincerely love as the Bible commands?  The list goes on and on.  As we approach this new year, let's have the goal of lining up more with the Word of God, and less with our own fleshly wants and desires.  I feel if we do this, more things will turn around for the positive in our lives.   Happy New Year!!!   Until next time..... http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/61890/ Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:41:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/61890/ My computer has been down for a long while.  I finally bought a new monitor today and feel like I am finally back in civilization.  LOL!!!   Wow.  So much has happened since my last blog.  Our perfect farming life went by the wayside.  Seems the lady that we were buying the property from failed to tell us that she had also sold it to someone else.  We moved in before closing and allowed her to live in the rental house next door while everything was getting squared away.  We noticed she started getting "weird" acting about some things and we got suspicious, but had no idea she was doing anything illegal.  On Dec. 1, two sherriff's deputies along with a young guy appeared at our door and informed us we were tresspassing becausing we were living in someone else's house.  We were floored.  Now, we have a court case ahead of us.  While I don't feel it to be Biblical to sue or take someone to court, she owes us quite a bit of money back that we really need.  She could wind up serving time also.   However, in the meantime, we had purchased a doublewide to fix up in our spare time and use as rental property in the future.  Well, that doublewide is home for now.  Not the best of life, but it is what God has blessed us with for now.   Lessons learned in all of this:  1.  Just because someone claims to be a good honest Christian, doesn't mean they are.  2.  Check out anyone one and everyone you do business with (especially if it is over a $100,000.00 deal)   3.  Learn from lifes lesson so that you don't repeat them again!!!!!   On the bright side of things~ we are remodeling our home together as a family.  That has been fun.  I have painted rooms with each of my children.  I have hung wallpaper with my oldest.  Hubby and the boys are building built in bookcases tomorrow while Abby and I paint the living room.  We are really having a blast with this.  (The circumstances behind it makes it frustrating).      Oh yeah, and our dog that had been spade had two puppies in the middle of our move.   Until next time..... http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/61775/ Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:58:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/61775/ Well, today is my 36th birthday.  I am a little sad today.  Not because of getting older.  I actually think aging is pretty cool.  No, it is because I can remember what I was doing just half of my life ago, at 18.  It seemed like yesterday.  Life is truly a vapor.  I am reflecting today on what I have done with my life.  While I have done the most important thing that a woman, I feel could do (that is , raising Godly children, home educating, trying to be a Godly role model to my family, and being the best wife to Jason I can be), I still sort of feel like something is missing.  I know what it is.  It is all of the things I have wanted to do, attempted to do, and quit doing.  In the past, it seemed when the going has gotten tough, I got going.    But wait a minute, I have stuck to a few things.  I have beena child of the King for many years.  I have also been a wife to the same man for 16 years.  I have also been a stay at home mother for almost 14 years.  I have also home educated my children for the past 7 years.   Maybe the problem is that I feel like I am not a success based upon the world's standards.  Maybe I should focus on God's standards and realize that perhaps I am just where I need to be for now. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/45659/ Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:20:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/45659/ Here I sit in the midst of what seems to be several thousand boxes (or more like 100 or so).  Like I really have time to be bloggin here.  I never knew I could aquire so much stuff.  I have been diligent in cleaning out and sending to Goodwill what I have not used/worn in a while.  Other than the cemetary, I plan for this to be my last move. LOL!!!!!   School has been nonexistant this week.  However, as we creative home educating mothers can do, I could say that we did math by figuring out how many items would fit into each box.  And science could have been figuring out the correct positioning of the items.  And of course we completed spelling and penmanship by labeling the boxes.    I received exciting news yesterday.  Our 4H is offering us the opportunity to raise baby pigs.  The children are excited about this.  I am also (I think)  I am really ready to get into this farming lifestyle. We will receive our pigs in January and will raise them to show in fairs and such.  I also plan to get a cow for milk next spring.  Yummy!  Fresh cow's milk!!!  We can hardly wait.   We are down to one chicken.  Actually it is our rooster.  The puppies played a little too hard with our laying hen, Sally, on Sunday.  She is resting in peace in the side yard.    Until next time..... http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/28797/ Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:33:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/28797/ I guess you see by my title that we are moving again.  We just moved back home from Nashville, TN exactly one year ago from today.  And now, we have found the home and land we have been dreaming of for years.  We are about to start our journey as a farming family (I think!).  I am nervous, but there is going to be so much education for us all out on our new property.  And best of all, I actually will have a farm house with a huge kitchen.    We have been a bit slow on doing school this week, and have been extremely busy packing.  I did not realize that in just 7 years of home educating I have built up a collection of over 1000 books.  I had no idea!  However, I must weed through and consign older books and donate to Goodwill those books that I know I will never read.   So, today I start my blogging journey.  We'll see just how much adventure we can let you know about each day.  Hopefully we can make you feel like you have had a cup of coffe with us and enjoyed our hospitality each time you check in.   God Bless!   Lori http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/27845/ Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:15:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sewing4fun/27845/