Four years into homeschooling and I finally got to go to my first home school convention today. Every year there has been something preventing me from going. I haven’t been too heartbroken because I figured that it would just overwhelm me to see sooo much curriculum in one place. It’s like Willa [...]
Archive for July, 2008
22 Jul
Of Blueberries and Birthdays
Summer is just rolling along for us. I can’t believe I am already seeing back-to-school stuff in the stores. It seems like we just finished. I thought summer might produce a slower pace for us, but it seems to just be flying by like the rest of the year.
12 Jul
The Monkey List
I have this list that I like to call the Monkey List. It’s a special to-do list of those things that are really bugging me that I want/need to get done, but haven’t been able to. What usually prevents me from getting to this list is the regular daily to-do list. I call it the [...]
10 Jul
I’m a Georgia Voter
Yep, I went by the library yesterday and voted in our county elections and got my peach sticker. That’s a sticker I’m proud to wear. Exercising my freedom to vote always makes me smile, even when the candidates don’t. There were actually several good candidates in our county elections – it’s the upcoming election that may leave [...]
10 Jul
Just a Teenager
A couple of months ago, my fifteen-year-old and I were doing errands and we were listening to the songs on her ipod. The majority of the music is Christ-centered, but we do allow her to put some secular music on it if it is not offensive or too lovey-dovey. We like a lot of the same [...]
8 Jul
Got me some bangs
I went to the stylist the other day in need of a trim. I knew I needed to do something about my baby chick hair. This is what I call the phase of hairdos that comes after you’ve had a baby, after you shed frightening amounts of hair and the new hair starts to grow in. You [...]
8 Jul
Driving Rain
I was coming home last night from filling in for Bill at his Financial Peace small group and it started to sprinkle, then rain, then all out pour. It had been so long since I had driven in pouring rain that I almost forgot how I was ‘treated’ to an awesome display as [...]
8 Jul
States Update and a recommendation
So far we are enjoying our states unit. We’ve taken a break this week to do a much needing clean-out upstairs, which is going to conclude with cleaning the carpets I am looking forward to jumpin’ back in at the end of the week by starting in the New England States. We have some [...]
2 Jul
Care for a Game of Tag?
I’ve been tagged by my friend Michele at Life As I See It. Since I got interrupted before I could finish this, and others have already responded, I’m not sure if I have enough people left to tag. But I will try to find five unsuspecting souls
The Rules:
Post the rules at the beginning
Answer the questions only [...]
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