Homeschooling Zorro!
• Nov. 20, 2009 - Homeschool blog awards
Posted By Encouragement Along the Way
I was just looking at the list of Nominees and realized I have had a really disconnected year with all my knee surgeries, rehab and stuff. Seems I don't recognise any of the nominees in any given catagory. Who I am so out of touch! Either that, or you all have been changing your blog names on me. LOL How strange it all is to me. Do you know who these fellow homeschoolers are? I sure hope they have as much fun as we did.
Congratulations all you nominees. I plan on doing some visiting to get to know you. (o: |
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• Nov. 18, 2009 - Hard week again
Posted By Dot
Boy have we been having a hard week. But some good has happened too. I did get out of the jury duty for that murder trial. I thank God for that every day. That was stressing me out pretty bad. Then on Thursday, son was throwing wood in our furnace room and smashed his finger really bad. We had to take him to the ER and he got 8 stitches that we counted in it.
  These pictures are 3 days after because he had to keep a bandage on it til then. Pretty nasty don't you think. They said he will lose that fingernail. He is doing pretty good just staying a little bored cause he can't do much. The good part it is his right hand and he is left handed so it didn't effect school. Although he doesn't think that is a good thing. lol Also he had no broken bones so we are very thankful for that also.
Ok next, we had my van's fuel pump went out, got that fixed then the brakes on the bucket truck went out and still don't have that fixed. Suppose to have a guy come out and do that but it has been raining so that hasn't happened. Then hubby's truck had a problem of not wanting to back up when it was cold. We thought it was the transmission but found out it had something to do with his brakes on one of his back tires. So all is good on that now.
Got both the quilts done that I was working on and started a couple more now to try and get done before Christmas. We will see how that goes. lol Here is one of them and the other is a post back.
Lots of cleaning to be done cause our oldest son and his wife are suppose to come down for Thanksgiving. Whew! Lots to do.
So I hope this finds you all doing well and wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving.
Dot
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• Nov. 17, 2009 - Reflecting on my boys birth day.
The boys birthdays are always extra special for me. Yep I said me, probably more so then for the birthday boy. It's a day I spend reflecting on the day of their birth, my pregnancy with them and how they are growing. Am I making each day count, am I taking every opportunity to show them how far and wide the love I have for them flows.
Do I take the small moments to create lasting memories. Birthdays are always joyful with a tinge of sadness; they are growing up too fast. My time with them feels like sand slipping through my hands, it runs out fast.
Today is Ashton's 5th Birthday, he is my tiniest boy weighing 5 lbs less than his younger Brother Noah (2). He is my feistiest and funniest of the 4. He is precious in every way if I do say so myself! :-)
We had an early Birthday party on Sunday so that Troy could celebrate with us. Today we had our Birthday breakfast with Ashton's favorite... cinnamon rolls and hot cocoa! :-)
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• Nov. 16, 2009 - Neat Homeschool Project
| I just wanted to let you all know about a a neat project some of my friends are doing on eHow. Several of them are going to be sending a doll around the country and taking the doll to different landmarks and places in their community. They will be taking pictures and writing about the adventures. The project can be followed at this link: http://www.squidoo.com/ehowdollysgrandadventure This would make a really good geography project. I will say, though, a couple of the people sometimes have a uhm... colorful sense of humor, so I would preview it before showing it to your kids. lol!!! Just in case. Dolly is about to arrive at her first destination which is Maine. This project will be going on through the winter and possibly into the spring. Each person will be adding their adventures as they do them. |
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• Sunday, November 8, 2009 - Boys and Their Toys
Most of my years as a mom has been spent acquainting myself with the toys boys love. Many of you may understand some of the love-hate that can go with that whole process. Take, for example, the plain and simple Lego. I love the hours of entertainment my boys have with their thousands and thousands of Legos of every size, shape, and...I'd say color, but most are standard issue Star Wars gray and black. The hate part of these toys is what happens to my vacuum cleaner when it has finally sucked up just one too many Legos. *sigh*
So, on to the topic of this entry: Bakugan. I won't begin a debate on the merits (or lack thereof) of the game itself. I'm just talking about the little plastic balls that turn "critter" when they are rolled. Moms who have these things in their homes know they are a combination of Happy Meal meets Transformer meets card game meets bowling. (At least, that's my take at this point.) Lucky me. These have been in my home for a very short time, and they have wreaked more havoc than I'd like to admit.
First, these things are small. They are pocket-sized and, for some bizarre reason, thoroughly entertaining and enthralling to a boy. Maybe this is why they seem to be everywhere I look? They appeared under the covers at bed time, so they had to disappear. When they appeared at the home schooling table, they disappeared. When they appeared at home school group, they disappeared. When they appeared at church--you got it--they disappeared! (Sensing a theme here?)
Home school group was Friday, and I confiscated the "critters" right before I left town for a ladies trip to Springfield, Illinois, for a Beth Moore conference (another topic to be sure). Well, wouldn't you know it--the little buggers ended up in my leather tote bag the whole time and continued to roll out of my bag repeatedly, causing them to expand/explode at various times when I was not in the mood. I can't even count the number of times I put the critters back into ball form at the hotel on Friday night! I would close one, and another would explode. See? These things really are everywhere I turn!
Today the critters were confiscated before service (all six of them). My Dashing Hero determined I should be the keeper of the critters in (where else?) my leather tote bag. This wouldn't be a problem if I weren't carrying my Bible, pen, and other necessary church things in my bag. Between worship songs and sermon, it was bound to happen. The leather tote toppled...and out came six little balls out of my bag. Yep. They exploded all over the aisle, popping like popcorn all over the floor.
Moms watching knew I had recently confiscated them, I'm sure.
But, really! Really? What did I do to deserve this moment in life? I would have left them in the middle of the aisle, but I knew people would probably be tempted to punt them in the direction of the stage thrust to score a goal...or maybe that's just me.
*sigh*
Boys and their toys.
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• Nov. 4, 2009 - Hello All
Posted By Dot
Well hello everyone. It has been awhile since I have posted here. I got on Facebook and don't get over here much anymore.
School is going good. Teaching Textbooks is working out good for my son for math. He is able to do it without any help from me and it is a good thing cause that stuff is just going right over my head. It is probably cause I have no interest in learning it, but I won't tell him that. lol He is really doing quite well. I am so proud of him.
Lets see, I got a quilt top done and will try and post a picture of it real soon.
Son got his first deer this youth season. It was an 8 point buck. Let me tell you that was alot of work cutting it up and putting in the freezer. But got it done.
I got called for jury duty this month. Really dreading that. I tried to get out of it cause of homeschooling and they said no way.
Son got his desk finished too. It turned out really nice. Here is the before shot.
 And now the after picture
 We finally got a dry week this week. It is so nice not to be fighting mud every time you go outside.
Well that is what has been up with us . So until next time, here's hoping you all are doing well.
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• Nov. 3, 2009 - When dreams become cloudy....
Posted By Encouragement Along the Way
Of all the places I could choose to write about this, here seems to be the perfect place. Maybe becauseyou know my heart better than most, maybe because "Encouragement Along the Way " is the title of my book and my blog. Venting is something I do very rarely and these words are not writing in anger, more befuddled and confused than angry.
You see I discovered the other day that my publishing comapany no longer exists. I was not told it was no longer in business. I was not notified that they were no longer distributing my book. Truth is I don't even know if my book is even available anywhere any longer. The original file, the publisher did not return. You see I wrote an email requesting I be mailed a case of books. I was planning on a book signing prior to the Holidays. After all this is the time people are most likely to buy a devotional. Anyway, the email was returned adressee unknown. So we went to the Publishers website.. It was gone! Without any notice it was completely gone.
When my first publisher sold the company, we had great correspondance, decisions were made and new contracts exchanged. The new publisher well, that has never been the case and it breaks my heart. I expect Christians to behave honorably. And that has not been the case, not even respectfully have I been included in this dissolving of my ..."MY" book.
I am told it is mine to do with as I please. Find a new publisher, self publish, or e-book it. I am open to the Lord's direction. Valerie posted this verse on her FB today, and I knew it was God speaking to my heart.
We rejoice too, when we run into problems and trials for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with love. Romans 5:3-5
This is my prayer,my focus, my desire. This hope is the only hope that does not disappoint. So today I am developing character, praying to forgive and waiting for direction. After all, it was never ever my book, the heart of it, the words in it ,they were always the Lord's. It is His to do with as He chooses.
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• Nov. 2, 2009 - Swine Flu!
Posted By EclecticEducation
| Ugh! I've had a rough month! My 2 sons came down with the Swine Flu on Oct. 7th and I followed on Oct. 8th. My kids are doing ok. I am still fighting to get well. That is why I haven't written at all for so long. I've been very sick. I've seen the doctor's 4 times and had to get chest X-rays. They say if my cough is not better by the end of the week, I may be getting more X-rays. *sigh* I was having trouble eating and couldn't keep my food down. I lost a total of 12- 14 pounds and I was getting dehydrated. If I hadn't started keeping my food down over the weekend, my husband was suppose to take me to the hospital on Sunday night. Luckily, I started keeping it down!!! I think I am finally on the mend, but I still have a ways to go, so my post may be light for another week or two. Hopefully by then, I'll be doing better. |
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• Oct. 27, 2009 - Homeschool Toolbar Blog Launch Giveaway - Discovery's Planet Earth
Posted By Tiany
To kick off the launch of the Homeschool Toolbar Blog a pretty nifty giveaway is underway!
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• Oct. 25, 2009 - My daughter and her husband renew their vows
Posted By Encouragement Along the Way
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