Ramblings of the Lindsey Mom
• Nov. 17, 2008 - MOVING
I'm moving to my other blog. If you want to keep up with the Lindsey Ramblings you can find me here: http://thelindseymom.blogspot.com/
I will check in here from time to time. But it won't be as much as being on my other blog.
See you soon,
Auntie B. |
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• Nov. 7, 2008 - Updates
Sorry that it has been awhile since I have been on here. Lately I have only had time to keep track of myself on one blog. However I promise to keep up better here too.
My Grandmother is in her last stage of life. She is barely surviving. When she dies, she will finally be at peace.
My sister and her family are coming home which excites me because I haven't seen them in a long time. But it saddens me because I know how much closer my grandmother is to dying. I'm sitting by the phone just waiting to hear my mother's voice say "Bran, Gram died." The minute I hear her say my name, I will know. I sure hope my gram waits until one of my uncles gets up here with is girlfriend and their baby.
Please keep our family, The Keaton family, in your prayers. Pray that God keep us strong and whole in this sad time.
Thank you in advance.
Brandy |
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• Oct. 23, 2008 - Thankful Thursday
There are so many things to be thankful for today in my life. I am thankful for the little things like food on the table, clothes to wear (and wash), a bed to sleep in, and furniture. I am thankful for my family. For without them, I wouldn't be who I am right now. I wouldn't be a mom to three beautiful children. I wouldn't be a wife to a wonderful man. I wouldn't be an aunt to the most beautiful baby in the world. I wouldn't be a sister to four other sisters and a brother. I wouldn't be a daughter or a daughter in law to awesome parents. I am also thankful that we have money to fix my car when a lot goes wrong with it. I am thankful that we can look to buy a house when we want to. I am very thankful that we can buy a house without having to take out a loan.
I am thankful that we homeschool our children. Without that, I may have had to get a job outside the home and our kids would have to be another statistic. I am thankful that we have a cat and a dog. Mostly because I can tell them secrets and I know they won't tell any other person who will understand it.
I am thankful that my life is easier than most other peoples. I haven't had to deal with a lot of problems in my life that other people have had to deal with.
I am so very thankful that my family is healthy and alive. I am thankful that we are a very close family. I love my family and wouldn't trade them for the world. Even though sometimes my kids drive me NUTS!
Those are the things I am thankful for. What are you thankful for today?
Aunt B. |
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• Oct. 8, 2008 - Home
This is going to be a happy post.
My Olivia is home. She is still on medication for seizures just to be sure that she'll be okay. However she is doing almost 100% better.
We are looking for a house to buy. I am really excited about this. I'll keep you updated.
Brandy |
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• Oct. 4, 2008 - Update on Olivia
Olivia is doing pretty good today. She is smiling and talking to everyone in baby talk. She is trying to move around a little more too. She is acting like herself today. Which is good. But they are going to keep her until Monday because they want to keep a close eye since she had a seizure. They aren't blaming the daycare provider. What they think happened was that she hit her head hard. The daycare provider said that she was crying pretty hard so she gave her a bottle and put her in the crib for her nap. (it was that time anyway) When she went to check on Livi, she wasn't breathing so everything went into motion. I got to hear her this afternoon and cried tears of happiness.
Please continue to keep Melissa, Mark, and Olivia in your prayers because she's not out of the woods yet. She needs to be monitored as her brain bleeds heal. She has an obvious bruise on her head today.
Praise God that she is doing better. Thanks for all the prayers so far. Don't give up!!!
Brandy and family |
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• Oct. 3, 2008 - Prayers needed
| It's not often I ask for prayers. Today we went to gym class and were only gone for a few hours. However, in those few hours, my mom had been trying to call me. My niece, Olivia needs prayers. Her daycare provider went in to check on her and the blanket was over her head. She wasn't breathing. The daycare provider called 911 and tried to recessitate her. When she got to the hospital, she was able to be revived. They are running a bunch of tests on her and she is getting a CAT scan tomorrow. He has a brain bleed right now. My parents are on their way down to Bangor which is three hours away from us. I asked if they wanted me to come down and they said no. If they need me to come down then I will go. Olivia is only 4 months old and has her whole life ahead of her. Please pray for healing for Olivia and comfort for her mom and dad, Mark and Melissa. |
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• Sep. 29, 2008 - I've been tagged!
I've never been tagged in Blogland before. I was reading my friend Jilann's blog. As I was nearing the end of her tag, I was really hoping she hadn't tagged me. But she did. So here goes. My first tag!
The rules of the tag are as follows:
1.Post the rules on your blog.
2.Write six random things about yourself.
3.Tag six people at the end of your post.
4. If you are tagged, JUST DO IT, and pass the tag along.
1. My son as cute and nice as he is, drives me completely insane.
2. I secretly want another baby and would be willing to pay the $15,000 to have my tubal reversed just to have it done.
3. There is a house that I have my heart on to buy. I don't want to rent an apartment anymore.
4. As much as I enjoy spending time with my kids, I really enjoy my time alone with my mp3 player.
5. I hate snow and cold weather. But I do love fall and the changing of the leaves.
6. I hate the fact that my daughter is growing up so fast and acting so old. I wish she could stay a little girl forever.
People that are tagged. YOUR NEXT!!!
1. Mrs. C
2.Tammy at My life is truly blessed
3. Maggie at My adventures as a mom
4.any other friends who I post with
5.Any other blogger friends
6.Any one else who is reading this.
I guess you all are lucky. |
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• Sep. 28, 2008 - Sunday
Today was a pretty lazy day. Yesterday we bought a new mp3 player for me and I handed down my new/old one to Hunter. Peyton got my pink one that I got at Christmas. Although this one has less space on it, it is perfect for me. It also plays the radio. I love it. So for today we have spent many hours loading the mp3 players. The kids really love listening to music as do I. I love singing to it as well. It makes our home a lot more peaceful.
We are trying to figure out what to do with our inheritance. So far we have invested some in the stock market. Bryant knows what he is doing and is getting much help from my brother in law who is a stock broker. Hopefully in a few years, if Bryant finds a better job, we will be able to go and find a house to buy. I know he doesn't want to live up here in Maine. However there may be some other options in the future.
Today I am revamping our history a little bit. Bryant doesn't want to buy the stuff to do the activities. Unfortunately I haven't worked for the last two weeks except for two days and I won't be working the next two weeks because the owners/providers are going on vacation to Florida. I know lucky them. So I don't have the money myself to buy the stuff we need. It's not even expensive stuff. I mean paper plates and plastic spoons for two separate projects. I mean come on.... Anyway. I have to figure out a way that they will remember history without the fun activities that we have been doing. I guess I will just have to keep looking at it and look on Enchanted Learning or other helpful sites to help them remember what they hear in the story part of the book.
Ok. Now I'm off to work on Language worksheets. Have a good night. |
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• Sep. 23, 2008 - Tuesday
Today is Trying Tuesday. Hunter is feeling a little bit better. But he is saying he isn't even though he is chasing Peyton around the house with her Science paper.
Tait finished Soccer season yesterday. She really enjoyed it. It was kind of sad finishing up the season but it was nice too. She is really going to miss her new friends that she made during soccer season. She played for the local public school. It was an experience she wouldn't have done if I hadn't suggested it.
I guess it's off to do school. Hunter has some makeup work to do. So I should go stop him from running around the house and get him started on school.
Have a good day. |
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• Sep. 19, 2008 - updates
I haven't updated here in awhile. Today we are staying home and "enjoying" the day. I have a sick boy who has a really bad sore throat. So I'm going to take care of him today and we are having movie day. We are going to watch educational movies and noneducational movies.
Other than that we aren't doing anything today. I'll update more later,
Have a day.
B |
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• Sep. 7, 2008 - Story of the World
We are using Story of the World Volume 2 for History this year. So far it is really awesome. This is our second attempt at using this. The first time, we didn't have everything we needed for the activities and the kids got really bored with it. Now that they are older, they like it a lot more. Tonight we are having a Monk's Supper. Which is lentil soup with cheddar cheese, pears, apples, crusty wheat bread and some other things as well. I am excited for this and so are the kids. We'll see how it works out.
It is amazing how someone could come up with such a fun way to learn about history. Especially with fun activities to help the kids learn about the world. I'm glad this is all laid out for me because if it wasn't, we would still be using the textbook math that we have been using. |
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• Sep. 1, 2008 - Forgotten Update
Last night I was suppose to update you all on the Happenings of the Lindsey family. It was late when we got home so I didn't get a chance to update. However tonight I am able to do that very briefly.
School started on July 28th. So we are now 6 weeks into our school year. We started Story of the World two weeks ago. We switched from Abeka to this because we felt that the book was teaching things that nobody really knows. So we switched to Story of the World. The kids really like it a lot. So do I. This week we are going to be writing with quills and grape juice (ink). We are also going to be making a Monk's Supper. This should be interesting.
Tait also has started soccer with the public school. She is really enjoying it. It is nice to see her doing things with the public school kids for a little extra socialization. She has a home game tomorrow and I will post some pictures then.
I have been "Helping" out at a daycare. I put the helping in italics because I really don't do anything there but I get paid to do nothing. That is a lot of fun too. I go for the adult socialization. We are really enjoying this as the daycare provider is our friend.
The day before yesterday we saw a mom black bear and three cubs run across the highway. It was pretty cool as I had never seen three cubs with a mom before.
Other than that not much is going on here. I hope you have a good night. I know I will.
B |
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• Aug. 31, 2008 - Busy Busy Busy
It has been really busy around here. I will update later tonight. I promise. Tonight I will tell you all about what has been happening in the Lindsey household.
Have a great day!!
Brandy |
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• Aug. 3, 2008 - Sunday
It is Sunday today. I am sitting in a quiet house waiting for the little boy to get home. Hubby doesn't get home until very early tomorrow morning. I am anxious for that too since he's been gone a week. We've had flooding in he cellar again. I am so tired of that. We had the landlord come out and fix the huge crack in our cellar wall two weeks ago but it didn't hold. We had water there yesterday.
We started back to school last Monday and it was a little more difficult than I thought. I had to threaten public school this week because I was so tired of dealing with the procrastination and defiance.
Hunter tends to not want to do school work. We got really lazy last year where he would say he didn't know how to do something and I would help him all the time. I didn't see the difference between not know how to do it and not really wanting to do it. This year however I have seen the difference. I am making him try to do things more on his own instead of me always helping him. I am trying to teach him about studying and writing down notes. It is hard when I didn't have good habits like that growing up either. I'm working on it though.
Taitem is doing well already. She has written her first report but it seems more like a story. I am going to have to work with her on it in order to get her to know that I want a lot of facts instead of a little facts and a bible story. She is a good worker and works right along. Sometimes she is done before everyone else.
Peyton has been a procrastinator too. She "hates" school this year. I can't believe that I heard that out of her mouth. I have stopped her history for now since her history, science, and health are all small books. I figured I would put that at the end of the school year for her so she wouldn't have too much school work. She is only 6 but in the 2nd grade. She is a quick learner when she is willing to learn.
I start a new job tomorrow. I am so excited about this because it is working daycare with one of my friends. I get to bring the kids and just hang out there. We all know that I will be helping out with the babies of course. I am thinking that I may try to convince her to make her daycare a little bigger and keep me on for good because I love this kind of work. I know that she doesn't want to do this forever though. So we'll see. It's worth a shot.
I downloaded that Homeschool bar last night. So far it seems really cool. I love reading blogs in my spare time and in the morning before the kids wake up. I am always looking for new ways to implement learning in our school environment with our kids. I get a lot of ideas from other peoples blogs too.
Well I'm heading to go make some breakfast and get Peyton to finish her math work before the new week starts. Have a good day.
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• Jul. 17, 2008 - Last Night
It was a stormy night. The lightening was flashing. The thunder was thundering. The rain was even falling down. It was 10:00 and we decided it was time to put the kids to bed. I went to put out Bella (the dog) and I thought I saw one of the cats out there by the BBQ grill. Unfortunately for me, it wasn't a cat but a SKUNK!! That's right as skunk..... Bella got sprayed by a skunk last night. It is unusual for me not to turn on the light to check for skunks before I let her out at night. But last night was one of those multitasking nights and I simply forgot to turn on the light. Had I done that, we wouldn't be dealing with this horrible stench throughout our home today. I have fans in two of the downstairs windows and I have all the windows open. One of the bad parts is that I think the grill got sprayed too because I can smell it pretty bad right there. UGH!!
There's my post for today. Have a wonderful good smelling day. I know I won't. |
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• Jul. 15, 2008 - Quiet Tuesday Morning
I'm sitting here in the schoolroom/dining room this morning at 8:45. It is quiet and I can hear the birds singing. Bo is getting ready for work and Hunter is sitting on the couch claiming that he was awake at 5 this morning. I checked on him about a 1/2 an hour ago and he was sleeping. So we know what that means. I have lots of laundry to do today because it had to be put off yesterday. I also have to fix the pool and finish the lesson plans. School starts in two weeks. I am so excited for this. I know the kids aren't really because they want to play with their friends longer. But their dad is going out of town on business for a week and I want to start while he's gone. That way we are in full swing when he returns.
Today is such a beautiful day that we may go outside for awhile. I need to patch the pool with the patch kit because the bubble has a lot of holes in it. Then we might go outside and play either frisbee or baseball or soccer. Something in the big field. I promise I will take pictures. We may take a bike ride if I can get my bike fixed. I think that would be a lot of fun to do. Like I said, it's a beautiful day and it's suppose to get to be 78 today. There are hardly any clouds in the sky too. I still have a lot of lesson plans to put in though. So I may just let the kids outside and unleash all that energy that they have stored up inside them.
I'll be going on an overnight trip with my mom and sister's next weekend. I am kind of looking forward to it and kind of not looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to it because I can finally get my hair cut. I'm not looking forward to it because I don't want to get my pictures taken and I don't want a makeup make over. I'm not one to do those kinds of things. I don't normally wear makeup or actually do my hair any further than putting it up in a ponytail. Sometimes I wear mascara but not often. I'm looking forward to getting some new clothes though that I can pick out too. Sometimes I hate what they pick out for me. The kids will be staying with my dad because Bo will be heading out on Sunday morning for his trip.
Anyway enough of the rambling. Have a great day.
Brandy |
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• Jul. 10, 2008 - Leave me a message
I have only gotten a few messages on this site. If you are reading this blog, please leave me a message. If you want, you can tell me ways to improve my site.
Thanks,
Aunt B. |
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• Jul. 7, 2008 - What is your mother style
I found this on a blog today. I thought I would share it with you all.
Your type is: isfp —The “Giving” Mother
“A people pleaser from Day One, it took me 30 years to
figure out I could say ‘no.’”
- Quiet and unassuming in her devotion, the ISFP mother is responsive to her children’s needs, offering behind-the-scenes love and support. She is gentle and non-intrusive, flexible and adaptable.
- A “be there” mother, the ISFP takes pleasure in physically caring for her children and doing for them. Her best times might be “doing little things” with each child one-on-one.
- More than anything, the ISFP mother wants her children to know they are loved. And she enjoys being needed in return.
- Dedicated to raising children who are responsible and care for others, she favors a non-directive approach: instilling values by setting a good example. She may be a strong role model for community service.
So what is your mother style? Check it out here.
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• Jul. 7, 2008 - Planning the NEw Year
I am in the process of planning our new year. It is very frustrating right now. My mother, who is a public school teacher believes that I should have written objectives and goals for the entire school year for each kid. That is a lot more work than I bargained for. Little do they know that I have changed things a little this year. Last year we were a little lazy in our school days. Basically it was me saying do this and they did it. This year, there is going to be a little more teaching involved.
I usually use homeschool tracker or Donna Young PDF printables. However this year I'm looking for a little more so I know what I am doing. I found the School house planner while I was looking for more typable pdfs to use because I really like those. I was in awe about it. It looks so good. Unfortunately I don't think it's in the cards for school budget.
With me sitting and working on the lesson plans for three kids for the entire year, my children are running around like little animals. My house is getting to be quite messy and it is quite frustrating. I feel like a wild woman moving around here sometimes. Today for instance, I haven't showered but I've mopped the cellar and started to fill the pool. Now the pool is almost filled and the kids still aren't fed. But I still have a lot of lesson plans to do!!! UGH!!
Have a good Day!! I know I will
Aunt B |
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• Jul. 3, 2008 - Our curriculum
It has taken us a long time to find exactly what fits our needs for a curriculum. Finally we have found it. There are still a few snags here and there but it works! We use Abeka science, History, Health, and Reading. We use Saxon math, We use Harcourt Spelling and Language. I really enjoy this. We also use either the Bible or a poetry book for handwriting. It works and I enjoy it.
I am currently typing up the lesson plans for next year. I am using Donna Young's class schedule for lesson plans.
I really like it because I can put 9 weeks of lesson plans for one subject on each page. It makes it easier to have all the lesson plans together. I am going to highlight each day as we go through them. It will make it really simple.
The house is finally organized. If the kids can keep their rooms picked up and their bathroom clean, then I can keep the rest of the house done. This is so exciting. We set up our pool yesterday so that the kids could swim. Two out of the three sunburned. We forgot to put on the sunscreen. However we plastered the bug spray on and they still were supper for the black flies. Tai got 50 bug bites just on her back and neck. It was awful yesterday for sure.
Bo has been home for a little over a week. I had a nice drive down by myself and I enjoyed our time together before the kids came home from my parent's house. I was really excited to see him again. He told me that he almost hit a dog. He didn't know if he hit any part of it or not. I hope he didn't.
School starts again on August 4th this year. I am ready to start tomorrow. However since tomorrow is Independence Day , we can't. Plus Bo will be gone this week anyway so it will be easier to start school without him being here.
Anyway. I have to get back to the lesson plans. Have a good night.
Aunt B. |
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About Me
We are a homeschool family of five. We live in Northern Maine. About 5 minutes from the Canadian border. We live in the country so we see a lot of wildlife. We homeschool our three children who are 10, 8, and 6. We have a Pomapoo named Bella and a Torti cat named Piper. I am looking to share our life as we journey through school days, special events, struggles, and every day happenings.
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