Only the coolest song ever!

http://acl.hanyang.ac.kr/yohun/music/03%20-%20Be%20Thou%20My%20Vision.MP3

You know you are a homeschool Mom when

You Know You're a Homeschool Mom When...

My friend sent me this, I love it!

1) When a child busts a lip, and after seeing she's okay, you round up
some Scotch tape to capture some blood to look at under the microscope!

2) Your children never ever leave the "why?" stage.

3) You look at every room in your home to try and imagine how to
squeeze in another bookshelf.

4) You turn your china cabinet into bookshelves.

5) You ask for, and get, a copier instead of a diamond tennis bracelet
for your wedding anniversary.

6) Your kids think reading history is best accomplished while lying on
the floor with their head resting on the side of their patient dog.

7) Your husband can walk in at the end of a long day and tell how the
science experiment went just by looking at the house.

8) You never have to drive your child's forgotten lunch to school!

9) The only debate about the school lunch program is whose turn it is
to cook.

10) If your child gets drugs at school, it's probably Tylenol.

11) Your formal dining room now has a computer, copy machine,
bookshelves and there are educational posters and maps all over the
walls.

12) You have meal worms growing in a container....on purpose.

13) Talking out loud to yourself is a parent/teacher conference!

14) You can't make it through a movie without pointing out the
historical inaccuracies.

15) The teacher gets to kiss the principal in the faculty lounge and
no one gossips.

16) Your honor student can actually read the bumper sticker that you
put on your car.

17) If your student claims that the dog ate his homework, you can
ask the dog.

18) You can't make it through the grocery produce department without
asking your preschooler the name and color of every vegetable.

19) You can't put your produce in your cart without asking your
older student to estimate its weight and verify its accuracy.

Sunny Weather

It is about that time of year again...when we start running out of curriculum and have to spend spend spend...to get us through the rest of the year. This I will gladly do.

The weather is almost like spring and we hope to spend more time outside this year than ever before. Life is too short to waste these sunny days.

I sent an email to an online art society to inquire about a map for a tour of the cities statues. They never answered back....so I don't know what I will do about that. Perhaps a little more research and asking at the library.

We live by the Columbia River and I hope to get my children into drawing scenes from our river walks. Charcoal drawings would be cool.

We also live close to a pool and not far from the YMCA with weights and other muscle building equipment so we will be joining that this month.

Well that is it for a brief update on what we are up too. Back to ordering the books.



:)

Our Menu For this Week

Our Menu has done a bit of adjusting this week since I am not going to be home when my family has dinner.

Mon- Swiss Chicken Casserole

Tues- Oven baked Lasagna

Wed- Yankee Style Pot roast

Thur- Red Beans and Rice and corn bread

Friday- Meatloaf, baked potatoes and carrots

(note the simple dinner menu) The next time I make the menu I am going to aim for more fresh veggies. I just needed to get through this week, with a new schedule, a cold and making dinners.

A Happy Home

I know this is lengthy, but I really loved it! Ok so in review it was really lenghthy so I just posted a closing poem from the sermon.

"Happy the home when God is there,
And love fills every breast;
When one their wish, and one their prayer,
And one their heavenly rest.

Happy the home where Jesus' Name
Is sweet to every ear;
Where children early lisp His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.

Happy the home where prayer is heard,
And praise is used to rise;
Where parents love the sacred Word
That makes us truly wise.

Lord, let us in our homes agree,
This blessed peace to gain;
Until our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign."
–Henry Ware

Get Er Done

It is amazing to me how in the few short weeks that I did work and my schedules were not exactly great for homeschool....how much my kids let slide.

My daughter said today...."Wow mom...I have gotten so much done in the last two days!"

SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE

Thanks again God for allowing me to stay home with my kids.

Worms in the Spaghetti

I was driving to work the other morning when I heard part of a sermon. The speaker was telling a story from 5th grade. He had just been served spaghetti in the lunch line. Upon examining his spaghetti he observed that it was moving.

He quickly took his spaghetti to the lunch server and explained his situation.

WORMS WERE IN HIS SPAGHETTI!

School was dismissed for the rest of the day.

The point of his story was that God worked all things for good for those that loved him.

Romans 8:28
28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,who have been called according to his purpose.

While he was jesting, I would like to take his point and elaborate a bit.

This week was a horrible week for a working homeschool mom. My kids were fighting and it is so evident that they need me more than ever.

As the week began I was dreading the hours my work had given me and I was begging God for the chance to be with them more. One client became abusive this week. (HE WAS THE WORM) I had to tell the company that I would no longer work with him.

I received a call from my company giving me another client Mon- Friday 9am to 3pm...to which my heart sank...why couldn't I be home with my kids. At the end of our conversation the office lady said, that should just about give you your 40 hours. To which I opened my eyes widely and said, "Wait...I only want 25-30 hours a week!" "Oh!" she said and we changed my schedule. (SHE LET SCHOOL OUT EARLY!)

Now my schedule is in the evenings for just four short hours a day Mon-Friday and I have a great amount of time with my children. GOD DOES WORK THINGS OUT DOESN'T HE!

My children will have their father home with them in the late afternoon...into the early evening...giving them very little time alone! PRAISE GOD....and thank HIM for the worms!