Ok, so we're not finished yet!
But it's ok...it's just a little more. We'll work a little on it next week and conclude all the grading.
I always get to the end of the school year and then the next beginning and wonder how I can accomplish 'school' with all the rest of what we're supposed to do during the day. Somehow, when we 'quit' school for the summer, our schedule is just as full as when we had classes.
We're planting seeds - we'll see if they grow. So far, no one, outside of our family, if optimistic. They all say that either the deer, elk or bunnies will get the plants, or the dogs will. Hm! We'll see!
We're going through rounds of eye doctor appointments and dentist appointments, fixing parts on the cars, selling things - lots of things this year! We're cleaning out the house and the yard. Next we'll work on the garage...We're going hiking next Thursday.
I am still running around waiting until the last minute to pee, since every event seems carbon bonded to the next. (You think I'm joking? Just ASK a homeschool mom!) Life is full. And I'm enjoying it.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
2 more days and an updated website
Well!
2 more days of school.
We spent about 2 hours today on Grammar. Some of it was notebook grading, and completing the last assignment. Tomorrow we finish the last assignment.
I have a funny to share - in the middle of the lesson, I took 2 papers from my 17yo and proceeded to staple them. Just as the staple hit the paper, he jolted and pretended to be shot...such is life with a houseful of boys!
I have a sense that I am completing this school year with my tank still full. I'm not drained or feeling like I'm 'hitting the wall.' Hallelujah! He has restored my soul. Just as He said.
I have just updated my website in order to make it a little more user-friendly and perhaps a little more appealing to more than just moms. I'd love to hear feedback on this - is it better?
We planted seeds yesterday - hopefully my children have better green thumbs than I!
That's all for now - time for sleep!
2 more days of school.
We spent about 2 hours today on Grammar. Some of it was notebook grading, and completing the last assignment. Tomorrow we finish the last assignment.
I have a funny to share - in the middle of the lesson, I took 2 papers from my 17yo and proceeded to staple them. Just as the staple hit the paper, he jolted and pretended to be shot...such is life with a houseful of boys!
I have a sense that I am completing this school year with my tank still full. I'm not drained or feeling like I'm 'hitting the wall.' Hallelujah! He has restored my soul. Just as He said.
I have just updated my website in order to make it a little more user-friendly and perhaps a little more appealing to more than just moms. I'd love to hear feedback on this - is it better?
We planted seeds yesterday - hopefully my children have better green thumbs than I!
That's all for now - time for sleep!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
New Study!
So we're meeting with another family (they have 9 children, we have 6) to do Bible Study together. We're going to meet about once a week, over the summer and into next year. We decided to study Matthew first and make comparisons with Isaiah. Age range? 4m to 17. It's noisy and a little crazy, but what fun! We're adding in the 7 principles to study as we go. And of course the biblical principles that we come across in our reading. Very cool. The other family just left, and my kids have gone to bed...I think I forgot to eat dinner! Wow!
We're cooking up some good stuff for Liberty of Conscience and I'm about ready to start blogging on that again. I'm excited about our study and our conversations on the topic.
Grades. My house is a mess. Last assignments. laundry, ironing, please don't look at my kitchen floor! Breathe in, breathe out...it's all gonna be ok!
Next stop, hiking! And lots of suntan lotion - I fell asleep in my deck chair the other day and got a rather colorful response! Ouch!
Got my new glasses - I can read again!
Bed time! Can't do tomorrow without sleep!
We're cooking up some good stuff for Liberty of Conscience and I'm about ready to start blogging on that again. I'm excited about our study and our conversations on the topic.
Grades. My house is a mess. Last assignments. laundry, ironing, please don't look at my kitchen floor! Breathe in, breathe out...it's all gonna be ok!
Next stop, hiking! And lots of suntan lotion - I fell asleep in my deck chair the other day and got a rather colorful response! Ouch!
Got my new glasses - I can read again!
Bed time! Can't do tomorrow without sleep!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Almost there!
Today we have 'off' because Daddy is home from work. Becca's dance recital is tonight, so that's our focus today.
I got most of the final grades done yesterday (still have to add in the last assignments of course) and piles of papers sit on our craft table. No one touches the table upon pain of death. Ha! Next I have to grade notebooks. With the CA home school challenges of late, I feel it is quite important to have everything in order. Not that I didn't see the importance of it before, but now there is 'pressure' to have a quick answer ready if anyone challenges our home school.
I've gotten most of next year planned out, changed it several times, and settled on a tentative schedule. I'm excited about next year! One new challenge that has come up is Human Physiology. I think I might use the Apologia as a guide and teach from it. It is an AP course, requiring Chemistry and Biology as prerequisites. I'm quite certain that the book is actually too advanced for us, but I also feel confident that I can teach from it, just using it as a guide. We have the Chemistry book and I can probably borrow the Biology book.
More of our classes will include the whole family next year. I am excited about this. We're going to do an inductive study in the Bible with another family - maybe Isaiah. Along with this we'll study the 7 Principles. Our history course will include Government (as always), Geography, Literature and writing (for research papers). We'll review World History, then launch into American History and Lit. This will be a time line overview, so that each child can cover what they need, according to where they are in their study. Over the summer, the younger kids and I will study from The Light and the Glory. And for the school year AFTER next, we'll step into The Story of Liberty, along with the study guide they provide. I have settled into a rotation kind of plan, and it seems that about every 3 years we'll cover in depth three levels of history, adding supplements as we go. American History will include a 2nd layer of Government, as I envisioned before. I see that the study of American Gov't must continue, in layers, for the rest of my life. I hope to instill this in my children. Joshua in particular was impressed with David Barton and his command of the subject. Inspired, is the word.
We're still finishing Grammar, R&S Social Studies, the primary History book and our sciences. Almost there!
I got most of the final grades done yesterday (still have to add in the last assignments of course) and piles of papers sit on our craft table. No one touches the table upon pain of death. Ha! Next I have to grade notebooks. With the CA home school challenges of late, I feel it is quite important to have everything in order. Not that I didn't see the importance of it before, but now there is 'pressure' to have a quick answer ready if anyone challenges our home school.
I've gotten most of next year planned out, changed it several times, and settled on a tentative schedule. I'm excited about next year! One new challenge that has come up is Human Physiology. I think I might use the Apologia as a guide and teach from it. It is an AP course, requiring Chemistry and Biology as prerequisites. I'm quite certain that the book is actually too advanced for us, but I also feel confident that I can teach from it, just using it as a guide. We have the Chemistry book and I can probably borrow the Biology book.
More of our classes will include the whole family next year. I am excited about this. We're going to do an inductive study in the Bible with another family - maybe Isaiah. Along with this we'll study the 7 Principles. Our history course will include Government (as always), Geography, Literature and writing (for research papers). We'll review World History, then launch into American History and Lit. This will be a time line overview, so that each child can cover what they need, according to where they are in their study. Over the summer, the younger kids and I will study from The Light and the Glory. And for the school year AFTER next, we'll step into The Story of Liberty, along with the study guide they provide. I have settled into a rotation kind of plan, and it seems that about every 3 years we'll cover in depth three levels of history, adding supplements as we go. American History will include a 2nd layer of Government, as I envisioned before. I see that the study of American Gov't must continue, in layers, for the rest of my life. I hope to instill this in my children. Joshua in particular was impressed with David Barton and his command of the subject. Inspired, is the word.
We're still finishing Grammar, R&S Social Studies, the primary History book and our sciences. Almost there!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Wrapping up the School Year
We're ending school the last week of May. That means I have 3 weeks left to wrap everything up. I'm a little behind...or the hurrier I go, the behinder I get, or something like that.
Becca's dance recital is next week and we still have a little to prepare for.
In 2 weeks I'll collect notebooks for grading.
I use an Excel spreadsheet to list classes, in quarters, and list their grades. If you know the right codes, it will actually assign percentages to each letter grade. (I'm so smart!) Unfortunately, I've forgotten the codes!
May is always a 'messy house' month. Things just don't get done because I'm scrambling to pull the last bit together.
So I'm behind in haircuts - have to do it all before Monday because Brian has CAP.
Brian is serving at the Fire Fighter's Memorial tomorrow - his unit does that every year. I was interested to hear that it was CAP who was called out to help with the search and rescue for the plane that went down the other day. But not Brian's unit. We are farther away from the crash site.
So we have 4 weeks of Physical Science. Physics will end the last week of May. Grammar will be finished by next Friday. History/Social Studies/Health Science will be done by the end of May.
Government, well I'll be hard pressed to cram the rest into 3 weeks! I'll have to see when Ami is leaving - maybe she can meet in June for a couple of weeks.
We have a graduation party at church on May 22. A friend is graduating TOMORROW!!! (Brian graduates next year. Since Josh and Brian have been studying together, I may be able to graduate Josh next year as well - we'll see. He'll only be 15 this summer.)
Brian has a shooting course next weekend - I think the focus will be on hand to hand combat on one day and maybe gun training the next, I'm not sure. They call it a Personal Protection Conference. He'll even learn defensive knife handling. I'll have to ask him for some tips!
I must have been out of my mind to schedule a photography session next weekend. I'll have to reschedule. I've already had to reschedule an appointment for next week - there's just no time.
In the midst of all this we had to change our address to a PO Box due to mail box theft in our area, AND I was sick for 4.5 days. Sigh!
So how do I have time to blog? Well, the boys finished their school work and went paintballing! I have just my 5yo at home at the moment. I hardly know what to do with myself!
Back to correcting math homework!
Becca's dance recital is next week and we still have a little to prepare for.
In 2 weeks I'll collect notebooks for grading.
I use an Excel spreadsheet to list classes, in quarters, and list their grades. If you know the right codes, it will actually assign percentages to each letter grade. (I'm so smart!) Unfortunately, I've forgotten the codes!
May is always a 'messy house' month. Things just don't get done because I'm scrambling to pull the last bit together.
So I'm behind in haircuts - have to do it all before Monday because Brian has CAP.
Brian is serving at the Fire Fighter's Memorial tomorrow - his unit does that every year. I was interested to hear that it was CAP who was called out to help with the search and rescue for the plane that went down the other day. But not Brian's unit. We are farther away from the crash site.
So we have 4 weeks of Physical Science. Physics will end the last week of May. Grammar will be finished by next Friday. History/Social Studies/Health Science will be done by the end of May.
Government, well I'll be hard pressed to cram the rest into 3 weeks! I'll have to see when Ami is leaving - maybe she can meet in June for a couple of weeks.
We have a graduation party at church on May 22. A friend is graduating TOMORROW!!! (Brian graduates next year. Since Josh and Brian have been studying together, I may be able to graduate Josh next year as well - we'll see. He'll only be 15 this summer.)
Brian has a shooting course next weekend - I think the focus will be on hand to hand combat on one day and maybe gun training the next, I'm not sure. They call it a Personal Protection Conference. He'll even learn defensive knife handling. I'll have to ask him for some tips!
I must have been out of my mind to schedule a photography session next weekend. I'll have to reschedule. I've already had to reschedule an appointment for next week - there's just no time.
In the midst of all this we had to change our address to a PO Box due to mail box theft in our area, AND I was sick for 4.5 days. Sigh!
So how do I have time to blog? Well, the boys finished their school work and went paintballing! I have just my 5yo at home at the moment. I hardly know what to do with myself!
Back to correcting math homework!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
No Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, it's not Mocha this time!
School's almost out for the summer!!!!!!!! Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm already planning for next year. I have to get grades done. I need to stop getting sick!! Summer plans are already made. I may be moving my mother out from GA (we can't decide what's best). Two friends and I are going to write a book. I have to figure out how to get the PayPal buttons on my website - anyone know html well enough to help? Still thinking about buying Curves (if it's still for sale). A friend is helping me put the ACH sessions on MP3 to sell on my website (very cool!).
There's a sense of rushing to get everything done. There's a sense of almost freedom - we're almost finished! There's a sense of burn out - "do I have to do school today???"
So what did we do today? Played Rock Band! The Rolling Stones - Sam would be proud!
School's almost out for the summer!!!!!!!! Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm already planning for next year. I have to get grades done. I need to stop getting sick!! Summer plans are already made. I may be moving my mother out from GA (we can't decide what's best). Two friends and I are going to write a book. I have to figure out how to get the PayPal buttons on my website - anyone know html well enough to help? Still thinking about buying Curves (if it's still for sale). A friend is helping me put the ACH sessions on MP3 to sell on my website (very cool!).
There's a sense of rushing to get everything done. There's a sense of almost freedom - we're almost finished! There's a sense of burn out - "do I have to do school today???"
So what did we do today? Played Rock Band! The Rolling Stones - Sam would be proud!
Mocha
OK, so I don't have her picture up yet - I've been sick all week, give me a break!
Just before the snow melted in our back yard, Josh looked out the window to see her lay down on her back. It was icy and on an incline. You guessed it - she slid the whole way down the hill head first!!
The other day I looked over to see her lay her head on the floor. He rear was still up and leaning on the wall. While I watched, she slid her rump down the wall and thudded into a laying down position. I laughed for ever.
Lots of laughs, to be sure!
We can't decide if we should call her BDH, for Big, Dumb and Happy, or Stampeding Buffalo, or Bull in a China Closet, or what!!
She chased Josh around the corner to our dining room the other day and slid on the tile, right into the bathroom! She's so big she couldn't turn around!
Daniel looked up the stairs the other day and saw her standing there...his comment? "Oooh, big scary dog!
Just before the snow melted in our back yard, Josh looked out the window to see her lay down on her back. It was icy and on an incline. You guessed it - she slid the whole way down the hill head first!!
The other day I looked over to see her lay her head on the floor. He rear was still up and leaning on the wall. While I watched, she slid her rump down the wall and thudded into a laying down position. I laughed for ever.
Lots of laughs, to be sure!
We can't decide if we should call her BDH, for Big, Dumb and Happy, or Stampeding Buffalo, or Bull in a China Closet, or what!!
She chased Josh around the corner to our dining room the other day and slid on the tile, right into the bathroom! She's so big she couldn't turn around!
Daniel looked up the stairs the other day and saw her standing there...his comment? "Oooh, big scary dog!
Music Anyone??
Brian just bought himself a Rock Band set...Electric guitar, drums, mic. It's a computer game for those who are not familiar with it. You outta hear it!!!!!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She did it again!!!!!
So, I guess if she gets the butter a 4th time, it's OUR fault and not hers, right???
So, I guess if she gets the butter a 4th time, it's OUR fault and not hers, right???
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