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Spunky posted on Homeschoolblogger homepage!!

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:39:00 -0600

Hello again~

I am so excited!!! Spunky posted a 3 segment series on Huckabee. Very serious issues on Huckabee. So please hop on over to:

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TOSPUBLISHER/445968

Sorry guys I am a bit rusty on links so hopefully you are able to click on it otherwise just copy and paste it to your browser.

Blessings-

Holly

Marriage: How great is your marriage?

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:32:00 -0600

Marriage!

Is your marriage good? Do you and your spouse value your time together? We do here at my house. We value our time together so much that we are trying to get me home full time so I can be with my husband in the evening along with my children. I am currently working for my church 5 nights a week plus every other weekend.

The reason marriage is on my mind today is: This week a co-worker told me her husband is going on a mission trip. I replied to how sad that she will be alone. She laughed and said I am looking forward to it!! I was puzzled by this reply. She saw my look and said oh we do not get along. I was floored. Are marriages at sake in this country? Why did this gal get married? What is the bottom of her and husband's problem? How sad!! If my husband was going to be away from me for one week I wouldn't be able to bear it. We are really great friends. Military families: I really applaud your sacrifices of your spouses fighting for our (and yours) freedom. It must be very hard on you to have your spouse to be gone for such a long time. I hope this is the case. Anyway I feel sad for this gal as she doesn't know what marriage is supposed to be.

Let's take this moment and comment about how great your marriage is. Bless your spouse this week with something out of the ordinary to surprise them and tell them how much you love them!!

Bessings-

Holly

New Year Resolutions!!

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:24:00 -0600

Hello !!

New Year Resolutions!! I really do think New Year Resolutions are useless. We can have resolutions at any time of the year. Just have to do it especially when you are ready to do so. In tradition in this country, I will list my resolutions here right now.

1) Get up early every morning and send my husband off to work with lunch and a kiss bye.

2) Continue to bless my husband.

3) Keep my marriage great.

4) Get up early to be with God.

5) Exercise to loose weight and be in better shape to chase my kids.

6) Get serious about my knee recovery

7) Come home full time (I work in the evenings 5 days a week with the exception of every other weekend)

8) Organize my home much better and streamline system of keeping home organized and clean.

9) Cut food budget in half so I can come home and possibly get busy in starting business(who knows what that will be?)

10) Lastly, post on my blog at least 3 times a week (ha ha sorry guys I haven't been doing a very good job at this)

Anybody posting New Year resolutions on their blog??

Blessings~

Holly

Starting school this week

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:23:00 -0500

Hello

I am back!! Hopefully I will be here more often to report what we are doing in school. My dh has been checking on my blog and has reported to me that I am neglecting my blog. ha ha (waving to hubby)

We had our first official school day here today however it didn't go so well since we had to go into town to get the oil change in the van which was long overdue.

Oldest child did math and science today. We started Apologia General Science today which was a bit of struggle as I am not used to that type of science as we have been doing WTM way of science. We use Saxon math for this child.

Middle child: He worked on his story and flashcards. He also worked on his piano.

Youngest child: We worked on her character a bit today. She also helped me get stuff out to tent for Garage Sale.

I mentioned Garage Sale. Yep, we are having a Garage Sale this weekend which is something I will not do again during the 1st week of school. I will be glad when it is over. Because of the garage sale, we will be doing very light school such as science, math and piano. Next week we will be doing full swing of school.

It is good to be back here at homeschool blogger community.

Holly

Frugal Friday by Biblical Womanhood....my tip on books

Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:29:00 -0500

I thought I would participate in this. Here is my tip:

Use your library as much as possible. If you have a book that you want to buy check your library to see if they have it. Read the book and take notes, save money!! Also if it is something you want to have in your home library you can get it on ebay or amazon in the marketplace. I bought my dh a book through that route (amazon marketplace) and it only cost me $4.90. The book was regular priced at $19.95. It was for sale in the Amazon Marketplace for .99 cents and then there was shipping on top of that. What a deal!! I made my dh proud.

I am going to attempt to put the logo on here from Crystal. Well that didn't work. I will just post the link to her blog. http://www.biblicalwomanhood.com/blog.htm

Blessings~ Holly

I am still here...

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:24:00 -0500

I was having problems with my password. So I just gave up for a while because I have been very busy with working part time at nights, homeschooling and being a homemaker.

Also I lost my entry to Saljoy on my homeschooling so I will go ahead and give that a try again.

Anyway I am still here but my postings will be minimal until I get my house in order and organized.

Blessings~

Holly

I didn't forget!!

Thu, 18 May 2006 21:25:00 -0500

I will be answering Sajolley's questions in the comment section and give more information about my homeschool especially a schedule posting. I have been very busy and time got away from me. I will post more tomorrow since I will be home late afternoon. We have classes tomorrow morning.

Blessings~

Holly

Sajolley asked questions on her blog....I am answering them here

Tue, 16 May 2006 13:58:00 -0500

Here are her questions which she posted on her blog <a href='http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sajolley/'>True Stories</a>

Okay, here's a question for all you homeschool families. How do you do it?

*****I have no idea how I do it. I homeschool with a Well Trained Mind overview. Starting this June I will be changing things a bit but still will consider myself to be a Christian Classical educator. I will be using Tapestry of Grace as my core curriculam. I will explain in the next post what I use and how I use them.****

Do you have a set schedule?

*****Schedule- well it really depends but I prefer to call them routines. There are things that need to happen every day but no set time for it (well yes we do but not in 15 or 30 min increment. It is more like there are things that need to be done before breakfast, noon, and supper. With another child added this July I will have to probably put everybody on a routine with paper to keep myself sane. *****

Do you fly by the seat of your pants?

*****No I couldn't fly by the seat of my pants. I did it and I was miserable!!!! I like having order and structure but preferably call them routines. Now I know we do math 5 days a week but I do not assign lessons to be done on each day. If a child failed to understand the lesson on that day then we touch on it again the next day. We are now doing things differently such as having 1-2 subject days meaning we concentrate on math for one day but we do have drill and meeting everyday. I will give my schedule tomorrow. ****

Do you have children whose learning styles are dramatically different from each others or your own?

****Yes I do. They are also very different in their temperment and effort. I have one child that is not motivated easily. The other child is very motivated by nothing, just having his school work done professionally is his motivation. My 3rd child has severe learning disabilities with Autism. It is because of her that I will need to have each child's routine on paper this July. My learning style is a different than my oldest. I have two visual children and I am a visual learner. My oldest is auditory just like his daddy. However my middle son is a perfectionist so he is motivated to do his work well.****

Do you plan out your year?

***It depends on what you are talking about. Here is my take: I plan my days off or vacation by using a calendar. I do not plan my math by dividing up the lessons. We do it day by day basis or in our case weekly basis. I do plan out my history, science, reading, Latin, Logic and US Geography for the year. This is planned loosely though. Now with using TOG soon History is basically planned out for me. I plan weekly with the basic 3 r's (math, language arts, and reading <beginning readers>).

Do you take one day at a time?

*** For the basics I do. Everything else is planned yearly. Math, Language Arts and reading are very important skills my children need to learn. So I evaluate daily or weekly. If one child is stuck on something in writing or grammar then we stop and study that until he gets it. One week oldest son was stuck on diagramming in Rod and STaff. We halted all lessons that week and worked on diagramming all week. He now got it! It is worth halting the lessons until the child is getting it. That is the purpose of homeschooling. ****

Do you find joy in your teaching?

****Yes I do but not in PAPERWORK!!! I know all teachers have a gripe on paperwork. It is mindboggeling how much paperwork we can accumulate and I have only 3 children!!!! I think I would enjoy it more if my room and house was organized and things were running smoother than it is right now.*****

I'd like to hear what works for YOUR family.

****I will post tomorrow what I am using and what our routines are. I am short on time today so will post more tomorrow so check back soon.****

Blessings~

Holly

Unbelievable writing assignment given to students by a high school teacher

Mon, 15 May 2006 14:45:00 -0500

The teacher asks the kids to write an essay on who they'd like to kill. This fits our reasons for homeschooling.

Here is the article: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/15/teacher.apologizes.ap/index.html

Holly

Anybody using Tapestry of Grace??

Mon, 15 May 2006 14:21:00 -0500

I am going to start using this in June. I will be using Tapestry of Grace 2. Just would like to know of those that are using it and if you are blogging about it, do post your blog so I can visit.

Holly