My friend, Carol (not the Carol in the story), recently posted the following on her blog and I was reminded again of the importance of all the quiet work moms do, so I’m following suit … This is an excerpt from The Invisible Woman by Nicole Johnson… It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, […]
I’ve just finished re-reading the Harry Potter series. I was determined to take my time and really enjoy the story. I did pretty well with the first three books or so – I’ve read them a number of times and it was fun to notice the introduction of characters that I knew would become significant later on. But as the […]
So, you’ll remember that I took the 30 day New Testament challenge early in the year. Afterwards, I thought I’d read the Old Testament to round out the experience (the entire Bible in a year). There are some cool reading schedules out there (one I’d like to try some time has daily readings from the Old & New Testaments, as […]
So, here it is, 1:30 am, and I’m awake and coughing and totally disgusted. I was sooo tired tonight, and of course the kids were up late because we were going to watch the fireworks (which didn’t apparently get rained out, but we went home before they started because it was POURING). Anyhow, the children FINALLY went to bed and […]
So it’s been almost a month since my last post and I’m not sure why. I had thoughts of blogging about our garden (and posting pictures, of course) but in the end I was too bored – it’s a garden and nothing is really doing much yet (except the bugs are eating all the leaves). June was busy – Spencer […]
Memorial day was an exciting one in our family. Spencer went skating with some buddies and had an accident – got himself a nice concussion and a case of short term memory loss. I can joke about it (a little) now, but at the time it was totally freaking me out. He hit his head after falling backwards off his […]
I’ve been reading Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and I have to ask myself, “What is this on-going illness trying to tell me about my life??” (that’s an inside joke to anyone who has read this massive tome on how our thoughts and feelings come out in the illnesses and symptoms our bodies display). Seriously, though, I’m really tired of being […]
So, I’m officially 24 years old (that’s not a typo, is it??). It’s feeling good to be back in my 20’s. I’d forgotten how carefree and happy I was. Why did I ever leave my 20’s? I had it all figured out back then – I knew how to be the best mom and the best wife and keep my […]
I just read a comment about this on someone else’s blog and I have to chime in … Latest example of government waste that I (and everyone else) is personal witness to … the census procedure. Notice: the letter announcing the upcoming arrival of the census form, then the postcard, then the form, then the reminder postcard (and for those […]
So – I thought I’d update the homeschooling situation. Here’s the schedule I came up with: 8:30-9:30 Morning housework 9:30-10:00 Scripture study/memorization 10:00-10:30 Math 10:30-10:45 Break/snack 10:45-11:00 Handwriting 11:00-12:00 Reading/Spelling/Grammar/Writing 12:00-1:00 Lunch Break 1:00-1:30 Independent reading 1:30-2:30 Science/Social Studies 2:30-2:45 Piano practice/lesson 2:45-3:00 Spanish 3:00-3:30 Enrichment subjects (art/computers) or finishing up work Tom thinks it is too long – and […]