We have been back since Monday afternoon but so much has been happening that I haven't had time to blog. Our vacation was fun but since when do you need a vacation after you come back from vacation? We went to see both of our parent's too. Boy, there are some very negative family dynamics going on there...with both families. I just pray for grace, peace, forgiveness, and knowledge for both sides of our family.
It is usually easy for us to get back into the swing of things but we were gone for so long. I think it won't be until this coming Monday that it will be "normal" again. We started new activities this week and the girls enjoyed it. It is taking a while for R (she is pretty reserved and I believe some sensory issues). She is painfully shy really. She said she feels sick when she is around a lot of people she doesn't know. But she is doing better. E is taking a time to warm up but once she is and isn't hungry, she does WONDERFUL. That is all for today. I will post tomorrow evening and maybe Saturday.
May the Lord bless you this day! :-)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Another GREAT Giveaway!
On Tamara's blog, Training Hearts, she has a giveaway! She has a great blog and I have been reading it for a few days. I need to add it to my blog roll. Don't miss this giveaway and glean some wisdom and support from her blog! ENJOY!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Yesterday
Hebrews 10:23, "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Isaiah 50:4, "The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned."
Yesterday I was healed. My hand had been hurting this past week. Then it stopped and my knee started hurting. Then on Saturday it was hurting all of the way to my foot. I had been taking advil but I forgot yesterday morning before church. I asked Judy if she had any pain relievers and she gave me 2 aleve. It felt better to stand up so I stayed by the welcome center watching the service on the TV. After about 15min I decided to go back in the service. My leg was still hurting pretty bad. Then we started worshiping again. I stood up some and then I sat down because it was still hurting. I was praying and worshiping and I heard a voice say, "Stand up." I said in my head, "It hurts." The voice said, "I will take care of you." I stood up and the pain was GONE! I just started crying because I knew it was the LORD speaking to me again. His blessings and mercies are everlasting.
Those verses above are speaking straight to my spirit. I am working on when to speak about certain things...especially to my husband. It is difficult because what we get from the world as women is to correct them and show them their faults. But we are not to be of this world but of Christ. I am his helper and a helper is not condemning or fault finding. I am to be a prayer warrior for my husband , a woman of strength in the LORD. My husband is a wonderful man, husband, father, and provider. Now I need to continue to be the woman that God wants me to be.
Have a blessed day. :-)
Isaiah 50:4, "The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned."
Yesterday I was healed. My hand had been hurting this past week. Then it stopped and my knee started hurting. Then on Saturday it was hurting all of the way to my foot. I had been taking advil but I forgot yesterday morning before church. I asked Judy if she had any pain relievers and she gave me 2 aleve. It felt better to stand up so I stayed by the welcome center watching the service on the TV. After about 15min I decided to go back in the service. My leg was still hurting pretty bad. Then we started worshiping again. I stood up some and then I sat down because it was still hurting. I was praying and worshiping and I heard a voice say, "Stand up." I said in my head, "It hurts." The voice said, "I will take care of you." I stood up and the pain was GONE! I just started crying because I knew it was the LORD speaking to me again. His blessings and mercies are everlasting.
Those verses above are speaking straight to my spirit. I am working on when to speak about certain things...especially to my husband. It is difficult because what we get from the world as women is to correct them and show them their faults. But we are not to be of this world but of Christ. I am his helper and a helper is not condemning or fault finding. I am to be a prayer warrior for my husband , a woman of strength in the LORD. My husband is a wonderful man, husband, father, and provider. Now I need to continue to be the woman that God wants me to be.
Have a blessed day. :-)
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Go to this GREAT SITE and there is an AWESOME GIVEAWAY!This contest is only until the end of August so HURRY!!!
Friday, August 17, 2007
I won a door prize!
I won a door prize for doing the Homeschool Open House! I forgot about the door prizes and I wasn't expecting to win but I did! Thanks Tiany! It was such a treat seeing what everyone is using this year! I am such an eclectic homeschooler and I glean a lot from everyone! Here is what I won:
Door Prize #7(150. April B 
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And
Thursday, August 16, 2007
From the mouths of babes
On Monday we started at the beginning...creation. As we are discussing the fall, my ever so expressive 4 yr old asks, "Mommy, why did God put that tree there when He knew they would eat from it? And why did He put it there when He didn't want them to eat it?" First of all, I was amazed she was listening...she has a tendency to daydream. So I held her close and told her that God wants us to CHOOSE HIM. Sometimes things are put in our life and we have choices to make...the way of the LORD or the way of the world. He didn't want us to know good or evil...He wants to just KNOW HIM. She seemed pretty satisfied with that answer and gave me a big hug. It is amazing what comes out of their mouths that challenges us in our faith.
Today I can post!
We started school Monday. It has been great! The girls are really loving it! At first, they didn't know what to think of the narration and picture study but they enjoy it now. Rachel really likes her math, which I was concerned about. She is struggling a little with word problems (she isn't used to them), so we are working on that. The math really helps with that. Today we are going to do a poster on classifying...they don't know it yet so...shhhh! ;-) They are also going to be illustrating the creation. Today is going to be great!
Well, Awana registration was last night. I didn't get to see all the people who came but not that many came to the Cubbies room. I am not even sure how many Cubbies we have. I will find out tomorrow and work from there. Mike is off tomorrow so I can go to the church. We are going on vacation soon and we can't wait! 2 whole weeks! That is all for now...we are about to start our bible study! Have a blessed day and rest of the week!
Well, Awana registration was last night. I didn't get to see all the people who came but not that many came to the Cubbies room. I am not even sure how many Cubbies we have. I will find out tomorrow and work from there. Mike is off tomorrow so I can go to the church. We are going on vacation soon and we can't wait! 2 whole weeks! That is all for now...we are about to start our bible study! Have a blessed day and rest of the week!
Saturday, August 11, 2007
"Created to be His Helpmeet" and "The Helpmeet's Journey" Book Giveaway!
This from the Country Porch!!!
Everyone has been very inspiring about blessing others through giveaways! I am going to have one myself! I have a brand new, not even opened, copy of "Created to be His Helpmeet"
and "The Helpmeet's Journey" companion journal
Everyone has been very inspiring about blessing others through giveaways! I am going to have one myself! I have a brand new, not even opened, copy of "Created to be His Helpmeet"
and "The Helpmeet's Journey" companion journal Since I already have a well used copy of both, I would like to bless someone else.
To enter: Go here
- Fill out the Mr. Linky
- Link to this post on your own blog, telling everyone about it!
- Come back and leave a comment that you posted it on your blog
**THESE NEW INSTRUCTIONS ONLY APPLY TO THOSE POSTING AFTER 2PM on 8/9**
I will be taking entries until August 26th, and the winner will be determined by random choice(read: names in a hat, drawn by one of my kiddos).
I hope that you enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I have read this book once. I borrowed it from my sister. After all that has gone this year, this would a blessing to my whole family. :-)
Friday, August 10, 2007
Simply Charlotte Mason
I would urge anyone reading this to visit Simply Charlotte Mason.
That site is just amazing! I discovered it a few years ago, and have been enamored with it ever since. I actually got to participate in a book club with Sonya (the owner of the site). She is such a wealth of knowledge about how to put the Charlotte Mason into practice. There are schedules, book lists, a book finder, narration ideas, etc. on the site. I have also been to one of her workshops. It was on habits, one of the foundational ideas of the Charlotte Mason method and it was phenomenal! I am not an expert, by any means, on the CM method. I absolutely LOVE the simplicity of it all. It isn't simple as it is not a strenuous educational method. It is, even more so than a lot of methodologies or curriculums. I have implemented a lot of CM methods into our homeschool this year. We are going to do nature study AT LEAST once a week. You think that would be easy to implement and it is, if you don't THINK too much about it. There is God-given curiosity in our children to know and spend time in God's creation. They absolutely love it, they THRIVE on it. But you HAVE to take the time. We are also going to do a gentle language arts/phonics program. Sandi Queen, at Queen Homeschool, has a phenomenal program called Language Lessons series. We are also going to do a lot of exercises orally, I am not going to require a lot of written work and we are going to keep lessons short. We are aiming for success in lessons done, not dawdling on 10 problems for 45min-1hr. We are using a spelling program this year but that is because I haven't gotten around to selling anything. I have quite a few Bob Jones curricula. I may sell these but not sure yet. We have done this for a long time but I cannot stress the importance of reading living books. A living book is a book generally written by one person whose passion is the subject written about. There are great book lists out there. Five in a Row is a great curriculum, if you can call it that...it shows you how to learn about a book. We may do it for our 4.5 yr old next year. Check out their book list and Ambleside Online. If you want to know pretty much anything about Charlotte Mason, look at that site. Oh and the best books on the CM method I have found are her own writings which can be found for free online, just go to Ambleside's website, Pocketful of Pinecones and The Charlotte Mason Companion, both by Karen Andreola. Those are just my personal favorites. We are really looking forward to starting on Monday!
That site is just amazing! I discovered it a few years ago, and have been enamored with it ever since. I actually got to participate in a book club with Sonya (the owner of the site). She is such a wealth of knowledge about how to put the Charlotte Mason into practice. There are schedules, book lists, a book finder, narration ideas, etc. on the site. I have also been to one of her workshops. It was on habits, one of the foundational ideas of the Charlotte Mason method and it was phenomenal! I am not an expert, by any means, on the CM method. I absolutely LOVE the simplicity of it all. It isn't simple as it is not a strenuous educational method. It is, even more so than a lot of methodologies or curriculums. I have implemented a lot of CM methods into our homeschool this year. We are going to do nature study AT LEAST once a week. You think that would be easy to implement and it is, if you don't THINK too much about it. There is God-given curiosity in our children to know and spend time in God's creation. They absolutely love it, they THRIVE on it. But you HAVE to take the time. We are also going to do a gentle language arts/phonics program. Sandi Queen, at Queen Homeschool, has a phenomenal program called Language Lessons series. We are also going to do a lot of exercises orally, I am not going to require a lot of written work and we are going to keep lessons short. We are aiming for success in lessons done, not dawdling on 10 problems for 45min-1hr. We are using a spelling program this year but that is because I haven't gotten around to selling anything. I have quite a few Bob Jones curricula. I may sell these but not sure yet. We have done this for a long time but I cannot stress the importance of reading living books. A living book is a book generally written by one person whose passion is the subject written about. There are great book lists out there. Five in a Row is a great curriculum, if you can call it that...it shows you how to learn about a book. We may do it for our 4.5 yr old next year. Check out their book list and Ambleside Online. If you want to know pretty much anything about Charlotte Mason, look at that site. Oh and the best books on the CM method I have found are her own writings which can be found for free online, just go to Ambleside's website, Pocketful of Pinecones and The Charlotte Mason Companion, both by Karen Andreola. Those are just my personal favorites. We are really looking forward to starting on Monday!
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