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Sep. 8, 2008
Here's another great reason to subscribe to The Old Schoolhouse magazine...
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 Just click the picture above and you'll be on your way to receiving all those great gifts plus two years of an exceptional homeschooling magazine. You won't want to miss an issue!  Blessings, Missy P.S. In case you cannot see the picture at the top of the post you can click here to order your subscription to The Old Schoolhouse magazine: Subscribe NOW and get a FREE Tote Bag! |
Feb. 22, 2008
Excellence Awards
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 I have finally had time to finalize my choices for the Excellence Awards. Here are the winners: Missy at Daniel Academy Her blog always warms my heart! I know that I will find something of interest each time I visit. Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I see beauty, and sometimes I'm greatly encouraged. I know she's already received this award, but I couldn't help giving it to her again. Her blog is a true blessing! VA Homeschool Mom for God I love the variety of this blog, and I love that she has a heart for helping those in need. I know this blogger from another internet setting, and she is a sweet Christian lady. She has recently begun a business selling unit studies that she writes too. I've seen samples and they look great, so go on over and check out her blog! My Life's Work I am awarding Lanie the Excellence Award because I love that she is so transparent with her life. It is refreshing to see someone who is not afraid to let others see that she sometimes struggles. We all struggle and sometimes we try to give the impression that we don't, so Lanie's honesty is refreshing and encouraging. Thanks Lanie for sharing your heart! Well, that's it! If you would like the button for your blog just take it from the top of the post. If you need help with it just let me know! Blessings, Missy |
Jan. 31, 2008
I've been tagged...for Mommies only
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MouseHouse has tagged me. I'm supposed to tag some other Mom's so look out, you could be next! What do you like best about your kid/kids? They are thoughtful, love to laugh and have fun, and don't complain too much about all the school work we have to do. Do you have a favorite animal? Yes! I have many favorite animals. I like horses, chickens, dogs, cats, soft bunnies, beautiful big cats, and ooohhhh I love almost all animals. Do you home school? Oh yes! I think it's fun too! What's your favorite drink ( water, milk, soda,ect.ect.ect)? Well, I love Dr. Pepper and Diet Mt. Dew. What's your favorite tv show? Jon and Kate plus 8, House Hunters and the old shows like Andy Griffith and I Love Lucy. Although I must say I don't watch a lot of TV...mostly a little in the evenings before we begin our nightly reading. What's your favorite book series/book? I like so many books this would be difficult. I think the last book I read is usually my most favorite. Some of the most inspiring book series I've read recently were for young people. They are all of the book series in "A Life of Faith" and the "Terrestria Chronicles" series. If you are tagged then you have to copy this to your blog then put your own answers in the given space. Then you must tag at least six people give their names not just whoever reads this. OK, I'm tagging EEEEEMommy, and barrynmissy1972, ! Have fun with this tag! Blessings, Missy |
Oct. 23, 2007
A Pencil - October Blog Tip Challenge
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A pencil. It doesn't look like much....a long slender piece of wood with a black point on one end, and a pink piece of rubber on the other. If we were to define a pencil we might say: a wooden cylinder filled with lead used primarily as a writing instrument. Though it sounds quite useful, that definition doesn't seem exciting, inspirational, imaginative, or insightful. However, the pencil is more that just what it appears to be. I want to take you on a journey of sorts where we will see where this simple ordinary pencil can take us and what it can teach us. Our journey begins with a 3 year old Rebecca seated at a small wooden table that is just her size. On the table before her is a piece of white paper and an ordinary pencil. Rebecca picks up the pencil and begins to mark on the plain white paper...swirling, scribbling, making erratic lines. Suddenly she looks down at her masterpiece and is overcome with joy at her accomplishment. She runs to the kitchen holding up the paper saying "Mommy, Mommy, look what I made!" Mommy looks knowingly at the paper. There is not a trace of a recognizable figure on the page, but Mommy smiles lovingly expressing her pleasure in her little girls masterpiece. Mommy says, "What a beautiful picture Rebecca. Did you do that all by yourself?" "Yes Mommy I did", comes Rebecca's reply. "This is beautiful. I know you worked very hard on this", says Mommy as she gives Rebecca a hug and kiss on the cheek. Rebecca runs off to play with the satisfaction in her heart that she has done well, and her Mommy is proud of her. The pencil was a tool that brought Rebecca's imagination to life. A short distance down the road a 6th grade boy is in his room seated at his desk. Before him is his math homework. As he stares at his text book he cannot imagine how all of those numbers can actually mean anything worthwhile. Wishing he were outside playing ball instead he reluctantly prepares to do the assignment. Picking up his pencil he begins to write the sample problem on his paper. Step by step he follows the sample writing down each part with his pencil. Suddenly there is an overwhelming sense that he actually understands this once thought of jumble of numbers! Excitedly he says aloud, "I can do this! I understand how to do this!" Feverishly he writes, working problem after problem, with new found confidence until all the problems are completed. The pencil was an instrument that he used on the path to thought and understanding. Around the corner and down the street a man sits in his den in a comfortable chair with a laptop in his lap. He's on a deadline to finish a book he is writing, and for some reason there is not a thought in his head that he can put down on paper. Unaccustomed to writing his stories using the computer he feels a little out of sorts. "Something is wrong here, and I just cannot put my finger on it", he says. He lays his hand on the side table beside him and lost in his thoughts picks up a pencil and begins to twirl it in his fingers. "Where is the freedom I once had in writing stories? There was such a simplicity to writing then, but now it's....." Suddenly it occurred to him that his last thought, and the object he held in his hand, was the answer he had been searching for so long. "Simplify! That's it. It was so much simpler before when I had a pencil and paper in hand. That was when I was able to accomplish the most in my writing." Taking the pencil in hand and finding a legal pad on which to write he sat down again in his comfortable chair. The words began to flow and he found himself writing at a feverish pace. The pencil inspired him to take the simpler path that had always produced his best work. So you see, the pencil, though simple in form, is more than just a pencil. It is a tool that brings imagination to life, an instrument that we use on the path to thought and understanding, and can sometimes be our inspiration to relish the simplicity of life and all that we can accomplish in it. October Blog Tip Challenge of the Month |