The Paschal Home
• Friday, April 25, 2008 -
HI! I haven't posted anything in such a long time. I've been trying to put all my energy into homeschooling. Now that I finally have curriculum I want to make up for all the time we lost when I was just trying to get by on nothing. I think if we go for 4 weeks into the summer, then we will be totally caught up on everything that I wanted to accomplish before 1st grade. And the best news is that my 3 year old ( almost 4) is FINALLY showing interest in wanting to learn stuff. He's so much further behind than any of the other ones were at his age. He has just not wanted to learn anything. He's always gotten mad if you try to work with him on his letters or tried to teach him to draw shapes. But just these last few weeks he's started asking me what certain letters are when he sees them. And he's been bringing me books so I will work with him! YAY!!!! It's not that he was developmentally behind. Realistically he's not expected to learn this stuff until he's 5. But I was just afraid he's NEVER want to learn. It has to be his idea.
Here is Arkansas we've gotten record breaking rainfall. Everywhere is flooded. I live on a mountain so I'm okay, but all of our springs are over full so our yard and driveway are just MUD! And most of our grass has washed down the mountain again. I wish I knew what I could plant that would live in very rocky thin soil, and NOT wash away so easily. And why can't the WEEDS wash away too? Our yard looks SOOOOO bad. It's been too wet to do anything. I think tomorrow might be the day though. I'm so looking forward to a day of hard yard work, and the wonderful feeling you get when are finished and your yard looks reformed! I may even get my garden planted! It's way later than I usually plant, but the weather has been against me!
Well, I better go get prettied up for when Hubby gets home! I've been cleaning out closets all day and look like something the cat drug in. He doesn't deserve to have to see this!
God Bless!
Allison |
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• Monday, March 24, 2008 -
I haven't posted anything in a while. I've just been busy. And the minute Spring started outside, the idea of sitting in front of the computer all day seemed ridiculous. I have seeds started. And more to go. So far I have, Snow peas, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, reg tomatoes, chives, and rosemary started. I will start some flowers this week. And we bought some haybales this weekend so I can get out there this week and start preparing my beds. Hubby built me a cute gate for my picked fence. Now I cant wait to get out there and get it all stained.
Hobby Lobby is having a big sale this week, so I'll head there later today. I need some scrapbooking supplies, and I want to look at the garden decor.
A family a blue jays made a nest in the tree right outside my window. When I sit here at the desk, I can look out at them and hear them sing. It reminds me of how wonderful Spring can be. I'm still dreading summer though. But at least I have a vacation to San Antonio in August to look forward to. And I'm currently trying to loose some weight so I will feel better this summer.
Last week I ordered a TON of Homeschool supplies and curriculum. I can't wait until it all comes in. Up to this point I've been making up my own stuff or just using little books from Wal-mart. This is my first real curriculum. Most of it is for next year, and making myself wait until then is going to be a real challenge. I ordered some big laminated maps for our walls. I know the boys will love those. And I'm getting ready to make a big bulletin board to hang over our work station. That will be fun to decorate!
I need to go get busy now. God Bless! |
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• Wednesday, February 6, 2008 - Sick No More!!
So I haven't been around in a week, but I've been sick. Bronchitis. It's gone now, HALLELUJAH!! And now I'm on my 3RD cup of coffee and SOOO pumped up!!! WOO HOO!!!!!! ( I haven't had ANY caffeine in 2 months so this is GOOD STUFF!!!) I have a LONG to-do list!
The good thing about being sick is I spent a LOT of time with curriculum magazines and reading reviews and message boards. And now I am set on what curriculum I am going to do with the boys. I even have a 12 year plan typed up, that I know will change over the years, but at least it gives me a framework to go by. (Justin taught me how to use EXCEL and now I'm addicted to making charts!)
Here's the plan for the next year:
-Five in a Row (with both boys [ages 4 and 6]) www.fiarhq.com
- (for Roo [PreK]) Winter Promise's Get Ready to Learn. [just a light version to compliment Five in a Row] The books - "Sing! Play! Create!", "Math Play!", and "Wow! I'm Reading!".
- (for SciFi [1st grade]) Abeka's Language Arts, and Spelling. And I'm going to try "Math Mammoth" for Arithmetic. It looks good, and it's inexpensive, so even if it doesn't work, I won't be out too much money!
-and for Bible (for both boys ) I'm getting "The Big Book and Questions and Answers from the Bible" and the "Big Picture Bible Timeline". Both of those are also to compliment Five in A Row.
-Music, a variety of stuff.
- Reading - I have a VERY long Library Reading List. Right now for 1st grade only I have 84 books on it, and far from being finished!
-and ART, History, Science and Geography are covered in Five in a Row so I won't add any of that yet.
I've been told by several people that I don't need to add ANYTHING to Five in a Row because it's a complete curriculum in itself, but SciFi LOVES to do workbooks (Just like his Dad ). And he loves to school, wants to do it all day, instead of just a few hours. Plus, he's so eager to learn. So I'm adding to it for those reasons.
And Roo, well he HATES workbook work (Just like me ). BUT, he gets so jealous of the one-on-one time that SciFi gets when we do his work, so I'm adding the Winter Promise stuff as a fun curriculum that I can do "one-on-one" with him. He may not sit still long enough to do much, but I can re-use it for K if I need to. And I think he will like it since it's not workbooks! It's very interactive and fun.
Well, that's the plan. I'm NOT going to change my mind again! *chanting over and over again*. I think Hubby will strangle me if I do. I really think the Lord has led me in this direction. I'm working on compiling a list of Bible Verses that I can claim for our family, and our "Home School". Speaking of, there is one that I'm trying to find (but don't have a very good concordance). Can any of you find it for me? It's about "The indecisive mind" A great lady told it to me a few years ago when I first said that I couldn't make up my mind whether to homeschool or not. I said that I keep going back and forth. And she gave me a GREAT verse, that one, and I can't find it now!! Something about how indecision brings folly, or displeases God. Anyway, any help would be appreciated!
Well, I better run.
God Bless!
Allison |
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• Friday, February 1, 2008 - No Snow! And Homeschool Woes!!
We didn't get any! Everyone ELSE DID!! It's all over blogworld today! All that beautiful snow THEY got! I don't get it. We used to get snow. A couple a times a winter we'd get a little dusting. And every great once and a while, we'd get "the big one". But for years now, NOTHING. My KIDS have no idea what it is like to build a snowman! It's enough to make me believe the whole "Global warming" thing.
Or, maybe it's God with a really GOOD reason to keep the snow away. And I guess I need to just except that and praise him anyway. (But can I pout a little first?) Maybe there is a homeless family out here nearby, and every night while the mom tucks her little ones down in the box, she prays there will be no snow. ( you see, this is how twisted my mind is) And then of course her prayer is much more important than mine. I'll just keep believing that it is something like that. Because, as bad as that is, it's still better than believing we've destroyed the Earth to the point that our climates are changing and in a matter of years we'll all be underwater because the ice caps are melting.
This is really a post of me just ranting today. (If you didn't catch on)
Yesterday was a rough homeschool day. I have this math work for Si that is only supposed to take about 20 minutes. But it takes him all day! He doesn't pay attention when I'm giving him instructions, and since that is mainly what the work is trying to teach "Listening to Instructions" he's not doing well. OR him being himself, he will listen at times, but decide he has a BETTER idea, and do something else entirely, and then bring it to me SOOOO proud of his "great idea"! And this is were I am torn. I know I should be careful not to crush that creative, inventive spirit in him, but at the same time, I had to save for a LONG TIME and spend ALOT of money on that curriculum, and he is ruining it by not following the instructions. As proud as I am that he can write out the names of all the members of his favorite Rock Band, he was supposed to be counting the Farm animals and writing the numbers on those lines!! And yes the beautiful variety of colors he used to color the houses are pretty. But the instructions said to color the tallest house green, and the shortest house red. Period!!! Not use every color in the box to color ALL the houses just because he "thinks it's prettier this way". SO now he's ruined a chapter of work, I can't buy another, and he's NOT learning what those pages were trying teaching him! *banging head on wall*
Sigh..... I have a couple of ideas of OTHER ways to show him how important it is to follow instructions. We may play "Mother May I?" and "Simon Says". And do some activities. He does this with lots of stuff though. The other day he was playing a video game and I noticed he wasn't doing it right, and was getting a terribly low score on something that should be easy for him. I mentioned to him he was doing it wrong and he said "I know. I just like doing it THIS way, Mom." Funny enough, that sentence could sum up his whole personality. And I am so grateful that at least I CAN homeschool him because I'd hate for him to have to try and fit in the tiny (intellectual) box that most schools try to cram their students into. He's definitely an "outside of the box" thinker! Well I better go think up new ways of "ruining my children's fun"! Thanks for listening to me vent! Have a great day! God Bless!
Allison |
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• Thursday, January 31, 2008 -
I just changed my homeschooling schedule completely. Instead of trying to go Mon - Thur, I'm doing Tues - Fri. Monday is just impossible. It's my desk day. I have to pay bills, balance checkbooks, make expense reports, plan menus, cut coupons, make shopping lists, etc!! Plus, my house always gets trashed over the weekend, so I have to spend several hours "digging us back out of the mess". I use Monday to do most of my laundry, and ALL of my shopping. And because Sunday is such a long busy day at the church for us, we are all draggy on Mondays anyway. At least this way my kids get a much needed day to sleep in, play, and watch cartoons while I take care of all my business!! And hopefully by Tuesday we will all be ready to dig back into our books again! |
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• Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - Weekly Menu Plan Jan 27-Feb 2
Recently Editted so that it is readable now!
Monday
- Breakfast: - Bagels
- Lunch - Pizza
- Dinner - (Out in Town, Had Arby's)
Tuesday:
- Breakfast-cereal, grapefruit, soy milk
- Snack - Apple slices
- Lunch - Turkey Sandwiches, Sun Chips, sliced peaches
- Snack - Gingersnaps and milk
- Dinner - Zuppa Tuscana Soup (like at Olive Garden), Salad,, Bread Sticks, Alfredo Dipping Sauce
Wednesday:
- Breakfast - Smoothies and Bagels, juice and soymilk
- Snack - Apple sliced and Homemade Apricot cereal bars
- Lunch - Whole Grain Bagel Pizzas (Flat bread spinach pizza for MOM), fruit
- Snack - Gingersnaps and milk
- Dinner - Wednesday NIght Dairy Queen!! (before church)
Thursday:
- Breakfast - Cereal, grapefruit, soymilk
- snack - yogurt, apple slices
- Lunch - Turkey Sandwiches, Sun Chips, fruit
- snack - Gingersnaps and milk
- Dinner - BREAKFAST FOR DINNER, Bacon and Spinach Quiche, Baked Apple Pancake, Fruit, juice, milk
Friday:
- Breakfast - Smoothies and Bagels
- snack - fruit and Cereal Bars
- Lunch - Bagel Pizzas again
- snack - Gingersnaps and milk
- Dinner - At Church, Grilled Turkey Burgers, Potato Salad, various snacks for Scrapbooking night!
Saturday:
- breakfast - whatever you want
- snack - yogurt, cereal bar, fruit, whatever you DIDN"T have for breakfast
- . lunch - Sandwiches, chips
- snack - ??
- Dinner - Tacos, Beans, Banana Pudding
Sunday:
- Breakfast : Served at church
- Lunch: Crockpot Beef Stew, Bread, Salad, Banana Pudding
- Dinner: Super Bowl at church with catered meal!
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• Friday, January 25, 2008 - A Dreary Lazy Day
| It's COLD, and it's sleeting, with a mixture of freezing rain. If we were all home and could just bundle in by the fire as a family, I'd be trilled! But Hubby has to drive 4 hours north today to get the girls, and I worry for him. But, on the way, he's stopping in Little Rock at his old company to negotiate some contract work they want him to do, and that's hopeful! I just want them all the be safe.
Fridays are my favorite day! Hubby is off work. We don't schedule any homeschool. (we do use this day to catch up on anything we are behind on though) It's just a lazy day for us. And the best part, we ALL sleep in! YAY! ACTUALLY, today I couldn't sleep, (something to do with a squirming 3 year old who had crawled into our bed in the night!) so I got up early and took a REALLY REALLY REALLY long shower. It was so fantastic! And when I did emerge, I found that hubby had cleaned my kitchen all up for me! (Usually I do this before I go to bed at night, but I was feeling bad last night so I just went to bed with the promise that I would tackle it first thing in the morning) But Hubby did it while I was in the shower!!! He's so sweet. Then we snuggled on the couch and watched "3:10 to Yuma" which was SOOO good.
So now he's on the the road, the boys are eating their lunch, chicken soup with edemame, oranges, and fish sticks. I'm having a Bean and Rice Quesadilla. Then we are going to make a batch of Blueberry muffins with the blueberries I found in the freezer, so the kids will have something to snack on this weekend! And I may make up some Yeast Dough to make some rolls and bread with!
Our Daniel Fast is over in 2 days! I'm already planning my menus for next week. Although Justin is staying on it for another month so i still have to be careful what we eat when he is home. (And hide all the tempting stuff so he won't see it!) So far I have a Zuppa Tuscana Soup (like at Olive Garden) {thanks Kym for pointing me to that recipe!} and lots of homemade bread! I'd also like a big pot of Beef Stew this week. I know I want to make some White Chocolate Macaroons too! The rest is depending on what's on sale at the grocery store!
Well, I better get moving. Lots of cleaning to do before Hubby and the girls get home!
God Bless!
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• Thursday, January 24, 2008 - Longing for Snow
| I wish we would get some wintery weather... other than just cold. I don't mind the cold when it comes with some snow, but having one without the other is just depressing. I know there are many of you who would disagree. Every time I mention snow, I get several, "oh not me"s and "I hate snow and ice". As much as I love Arkansas, and never want to leave, I do wish we had more snow. Or at least wish I could afford to travel someplace every winter to EXPERIENCE some real winter. I would have done well up north. I'd love to live in a cozy cabin in some snowy mountains. And I HATE summer and the heat so that only makes me long for more winter. If God ever calls us away from here, I hope it's someplace that gets more snow, or someplace tropical. (I can do without snow I guess if the ocean is nearby and I have a huge tropical garden to keep me occupied year round!)
I do love Spring though. As I am washing dishes, I keep finding myself gazing out at my little desolate garden plot, and imagining what it will look like in the months to come. I started setting my egg cartons, and yogurt cups aside so I can start some seeds next month. We are going to concentrate on peas this year. Snow peas, and Sugar Snaps. They are Simon's favorite. He eats them like popcorn. And I want to make sure I have plenty. I also want to try again on some different lettuces. Last year, those didn't make it, but I know what I did wrong, and hopefully will be able to fix that this time. I'll pant MORE herbs, or at least more of the ones I USE (such as Rosemary, Dill, and Chives) , and less of those I didn't. And of course I have to have tomatoes and peppers. I saw in a catalog that they have these little mini peppers that grow best in hanging pots, and I'm really excited about those! My garden is so small that I'm always looking for ways to go UP with it, instead out out!
Well, I better go get dressed to my shoes, and start my day! God Bless!! |
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• Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - Home Again
| It's been SOOO LONG, since I have been on Homestead Blogger. I love this site so much. I could spend all day just reading and exploring. That's the main reason I've stayed away. I'm trying to stay busy, and not let myself get distracted. But I forgot what an ENCOURAGEMENT this place can be. Just reading about all the different people who have the same dreams, and the same struggles as I do. It makes me feel greatly relieved, and blessed.
RIght now my biggest hurdle is feeling guilty about being a stay at home mom. Ever since my husband left his job, over a year ago, to go into ministry full time. Money has been SUPER tight. But he was doing some computer work and the side and that made it possible for us to do this. Then in November, he lost his computer job. And the last 3 months have been nearly impossible. God is meeting our needs though. We have food, a home, gas, and everything else we need. And my husband has another job now that will help get us caught back up again, and back on budget. But, I just found out that many people we know and love have told my husband that he should make me go to work. He doesn't feel that way. He feels he'd be failing as a provider if he had to take me away from our kids and make me get a job. But the very idea that people we know think that I should be working (outside of my home) breaks my heart. I thought they were all supportive. That they agreed and believed as I did, that staying home with my kids, and home schooling them was the right thing to do.
I guess it's a good thing that I don't really care what other people think. It's just going to take some getting used to.
Another Reason Why I Love Home Schooling:
Today our Kindergarten Curriculum used lots of Farm Animals. Everything form Counting Eggs, to coloring the animals their proper color, and matching the babies, to the mommas. Plus much much more. At the end, they gave a tip to make "Eggs in a Basket" with your child. (You know the whole, cut a whole in a piece of bread and fry an egg in it thing). Well Si, (my 5 year old) is convinced he doesn't like eggs. Cries if you try to make him eat them. But, he loves to cook, so I thought we would give it a try. He cooked it, with my help, and LOVED it. Ate it all up, and asked if we could make it again for supper so Daddy can try it when he gets home! *Me doing a happy dance!!!* I really don't think he would ever learn to eat eggs, and love them, if he was going to public school! Now if I could just find a creative way to get him to eat more veggies...hum.... |
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• Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - Testimony and Questions
| I've been a little "draggy" these last few days. I think it's my immune system fighting hard on my behalf and for that reason I can't praise God enough. This time last year I had NO immune system at all. The doctors couldn't figure out why. And I was so sick all the time. My husband felt called into the ministry and we knew if he left his job and joined the church, we would lose our insurance. It was a HUGE step of Faith! But we did it, and the Lord has been SO faithful. It's been a year now. A whole year, and NOONE has been sick. We've had no need to go to the Doctor, or hospital. We've had some sniffles here and there, but nothing that needed a prescription. And I know it is the Lord.
Also, we switched to whole foods at the beginning of this year. And I can tell such a huge difference. My blood sugar has been under control. My kids are healthier. (Actually the Doc said at the boys check-up last week that they were "Healthy as Horses"!!) And just on the outside, my skin is clearer, and my hair and nails are growing so fast. Even faster than when I was pregnant. And they are strong and healthy! I haven't had heartburn in a LONG time and I used to live on TUMS. There are so many little things that I have noticed that I could be listing them all day. But to me it's such a great testimony to just how the food you eat effects your health and well-being.
Has anyone tried the "Go Alkaline" fad that's goinng around. I seems everywhere I turn lately I hear about the health benifits or drinking alkaline water. I was just curious if anyone around here has tried it and can tell me whether or not it's actually worth it.
Also, I really like the whole ONCE A MONTH COOKING thing, although I think I would prefer a ONCE A WEEK method, but I can't find many WHOLE FOOD recipes for it. Is there a book or website that anyone knows about that they could share?
Well, I better go play "Go Fish" with my kids now. God Bless!! |
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• Tuesday, September 18, 2007 -
| Saturday my husband walked into the house and said waht every woman dreams her husband will say. He said he wants to totally re-do our downstairs. He wants to put in wood floors, and he wants a new color on all the walls, and to re-do our kitchen and expand our bathroom. AND he wants it all done before Christmas. Can you believe it? Plus, we can do it cheap because his mom gave us neraly enough flooring to do our downstairs. She over bought when she did her house and all we have to do is buy a few more boxes to have enough! Justin said we can paint for cheap, and if can get some help, he thinks we can do the bathroom by ourselves and for very little money. I might finally have a bathtub!!! He did say that doign all this mean I won't be able to do a lot of decorating this Christmas. That's fine with me. I've been pouring over all my Country Living Magazines looking for ideas and inspiration! |
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• Thursday, September 13, 2007 - I'm Lovin It!
| It has been so cool this week. I can't believe it. I've had my windows open for 2 days now. And that breeze from the north is so refreshing! I just love it so much. It's such a nice change from last month! And while at Wal-Mart the other day I saw the big bin of pumpkins and gourds. I couldn't help but run my fingers over them and dream of frosty mornings, and stary nights! My husband commented last night that I get this way every year. I've been staying up late at night because my mind is running full speed and all my creative juices start flowing. I'm designing quilts in my head when I SHOULD be sleeping.
My 'Cutting Up In The Fall" small group met for the first time on Tuesday. We had so much fun but I don't think 2 hours is long enough!! We may have to change that up so that we have more time! I could have stayed all night gabbing, snacking, and scrapbooking. I spent all day yesterday organizing all of pictures, and then I went through all my stickers, and paper, and embelishments, putting together little "kits" for all the future projects I have coming up. I had to do that so I could determine waht I wouldn't need and put together a "free for all" box. Several people in my group have never scrapped before and don't own any supplies. And because we are in a very low income neighboorhood, we have many people who cann't afford supplies and I never want that to keep them from coming and joining in. So by deciding exactly what I KNOW I am goign to need and use, i could put the rest in a box for others. And it felt so good. While we don't have much money these days since we went into ministry, I have boxes a crafting supplies that I bought when money wasn't so tight. And now getting to share those with others makes me feel rich!
Besides that I really don't have much to blog about. We are goign to the County Fair tonight. That's always fun. I LOVE fair food, and walking through all the craft booths! And the weather should be nice. Last year it was SO hot we were miserable.
Well, I better get busy!
God Bless! |
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• Monday, September 10, 2007 - A Small Dream Come True
| My favorite time of year, FALL, is hitting us early this year. We are having highs in the low 80s and lows in the 50s. We usually don't ge those temps until Oct. And the wind has changed, now coming from the North, which is also an Oct. occurance. I don't know if it will last, but it sure is a blessing while it is here. When I think that a few weeks ago the averages were 20-30 degrees warmer, it's a VERY big blessing! It's also rained constantly for 2 weeks now. I happen to love this. Most people are starting to complain though. But with all the clouds covering up the sun, I don't have to run my air conditioner as much, and that's saving me money! And just maybe all this rain will make up for the HUGE Summer Drought we had and help the make fall colors more vibrant next month!
I have some fall quilts to work on starting next week. And my Scrapbooking Small Group meets for the first time tomorrow night! I always get crafty in Sept!
Today I deep cleaned my bedroom. It needed it sooooo bad. And now it's so nice in there I don't want to leave. Maybe I'll pull the boys in there for their afternoon nap and we can all enjoy the clean lemon scented air and listen to the rain on the roof. And then I need to finish sprucing up there room and goign through their winter clothes. I LOVE winter clothes. There is something so comforting to me in soft flannel and warm corduroy. And the dark richer colors.
Tomorrow I'm cleaning up the GIRLS room, and organizing all the scrapbooking supplies for my meeting tomorrow night. I'm also going to make a big pot of chili and pretend it's much colder outside. I made some Tiger's Candy earlier and that will be a good snack for the kids to eat on this week. I still need to do my menu planning too!
God Bless!!
Allison |
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• Thursday, September 6, 2007 - Let's Get Moving
| I'm having a really hard time getting myself motivated today. I know that it's just a mindset that I need to get. But getting it is the hard part. I have SOOO much to do. I made list. It's very long. All I really WANT to do is cook, and play outside. But I guess I'll kick myself and gear and get moving! |
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• Thursday, August 30, 2007 - The Best Laid Plans, Laid to Rest
| This morning I woke up to the sound of more rain. Thank you Jesus! And it was dark and cool in the house for the first time in months. And while our morning nature walk was now out of the picture, that was fine because I plan on using my oven today and cooking with my 5 year old. Then I my father-iin-law calls and says we have a busted pipe and our water will be shut off today, and probably all day tomorrow. :( So, now I can't flush my toilets, wash our hands, do laundry, wash dishes, mop floors, or do my freezer cooking that I had planned. :( AND I have someone from our church coming out tomorrow to give a bid on some construction so I had planned on spending this evening doing what we ALL do, running around stashing and wiping to make my house look visitor friendly!
SO, with little else to do, I guess, I'll do some blogging and reading today.
I have to admit that I think I'm addicted to freezer cooking now. I keep finding more and more things to make and freeze. The other day I was making waffles in our waffle iron (something I haven't done in years, we usually just buy the frozen ones) because I wanted to try making whole grain ones from scratch! They turned out SO well, that I made up two more batches and spent and hour and a half making tons of waffles and freezing them! I have BAGS full of frozen waffles now. And they taste SOOO much better than Eggos! And today Simon and I were going to attemp making our own Mini Corn Dogs! We bought some Nitrate Free dogs, (to cut into thirds) and we were going to dip them in some thick sweet cornbread batter, and then try both frying and baking them to see which turn out best. Simon suggested we experiment with wrapping the dogs in cheese before we dip them too. (Boy after my own heart) We also want to make some more homemade cereal bars, this time with mixed berries. And some pigs in a blanket! Then we want to try out a recipe for Macaroni and TREES (broccoli) that I got from the whole foods website. Maybe we'll do some cooking anyway. I did fill both sinks up with water before my water got shut off so I could soak dirty dishes! And I set out two buckets to collect some rain water so maybe I can flush my toilet!
Well, I better get on with it! God Bless!! |
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• Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - Truggin' Along
| We finally got rain!!! Yay! It's been almost 2 months! We got a little yesterday, just enough to settle the dust. And then today, right at naptime, the skies got dark, and the Heavens opened! I was sorely tempted to go out and dance in it!! (The thunder warned me of that idea) and it rained for hours. I put the boys in my bed and I crawled in with them. We read a book and then all 3 of us fell asleep to the sound of rain on our tin roof! I had so much to do, and really didn't need to take a nap, but it was such a wonderful treat!
This week I've been trying to do more jobs that I've been procrastinating! When we start home schooling next week, I want to have my to-do list wiped clean, or at least shortened!
I bought a MP3 player this week thinking that it would be nice to have something to listen to as I work. But I can't get it to work. Half the time I can't even get it to turn on!! And I've NEVER been able to get the battery to charge any more than a bout a quarter full. If my husband can't fix it, then I'm going to have to return it! That's what I get for trying to be hip!!!!! |
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• Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - Procrastination Day!
| Today, I'm tackling all these little things I've been putting off. First I took care of homeschooling stuff. I went to the school and talked to the super, and got the waver signed so I can do it! And then I came home and called our new Pediatrician (new insurance, new doctor) and made appts for the boys. Then I had to go online and print out all those forms and spent 2 hours filling them out! Next I cleaned out my purse. Then I made more laundry soap. (I've been out) And NOW I'm trying to get caught up on laundry. This will take a few days. Next on my list is to go through the boxes of clothes and bring the outgrown stuff to storage, (saved until the the next kid gets into that size) and sort through all the winter clothes to see what I'm keeping for this year, what needs to go, and what still needs to be bought! I told Simon I would take him to the store and get him some new jeans since all of his are too short! We may do that before church tonight! I've been buying up fabric all summer when I see stuff I need for these Fall quilting projects and now it's time I pull it all out, wash it, iron it, and organize it. That's probably all I have time for and I can only hope I still feel inspired to do this tomorrow because the list goes ON AND ON!!!
I'm just so ready to get all this stuff out of the way so I can really get moving an all these upcoming projects with freedom! I'm sure any mom can relate!! Well, I better get moving again!
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• Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - YAY!!
• Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - Well, It's Official
| Tomorrow I'm going in to a meeting with our School District Superintendent to tell them why I want to homeschool. I missed the deadline. I feel so stupid for that already. I just had no idea there was one. I had several people tell me they NEVER contacted the school to give them their "letter of intent" and it was purely optional. I now know that's WRONG! And really bad. I missed the homeschooling deadline, and now I have to go meet with the school and discuss it with them. I just hope there isn't some way they can force me to put my son in school. I really don't think there is. I just wish I had more experience with this stuff so I felt more confindent going in there and declaring myself. When I read that the first year of homeschooling was full of trials and errors, I didn't expect the FIRST error to happen before I even got started! If anyone reads this and has input, it would be grately appreciated!! |
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• Friday, July 20, 2007 - I love Fridays!
| Fridays are my favorite! My husband is officially off. He's a minister so her works Sunday through Thursday, however it rarely works out that way. But at least we had this morning! Fridays are lazy mornings. We don't homeschool. We turn off all alarms and sleep as long as our bodies (or children) will allow us. Then we just HANG OUT. We talk, descibe how our weeks have been, plans for the weekend. Have a good breakfast in our jammies. It's a PERFECT morning! Now hubby is at the church running wire (we had the stage carpetted this week and now all the cables have to be run again before Sunday!) The boys are watching cartoons and I need to make my to-do list for the day! My step daughters are coming tomorrow for their last 2 weeks stay of the summer. That's always sad (not their coming but it being the last of the summer). Since their room has been closed up for the last 3 weeks, I need to get in there and air it out, freshen the bedding, pick up all my craft stuff that I tossed on the bed. That's about it for today!! Short list! YAY!!! I DO love Fridays!!!
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Here on the side of our little Arkansas mountain. Our family includes me, Allison, my husband Justin, my step daughters (14 yo twins) "Bert" and "Nic", our sons (6yo) "Si", and (3yo) "Roo". Next door are the in-laws Wendy and Dan. And between the two homes, we have 3 dogs and two gardens. We live next to a National Forrest so we see all sorts of wildlife. We love homeschooling, gardening, whole food cooking, quilting, crafting, and having bonfires!
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