Early plans for next year

I know we just started this school year, but I keep planning ahead in the back of my mind. Do you do that? It’ll probably change a lot before spring ordering but at least it’s a starting point.
The change from Abeka to Christian Light Education was just what we needed to get him back on [...]

Misleading Christian music

I’ve been thinking a lot about music this morning. The subtleties it has. How it can directly and indirectly influence people.
What got me on this is I’ve had a song stuck in my head all morning. It’s one they play on the Christian station. I don’t know the exact title or who sings it but [...]

Canoe

Wow! Did hubby ever find a good deal this afternoon. He was driving in town and saw a canoe with a $50 price tag in a yard. He turned around and yes, it was $50 not $500. He left a note telling them we would buy it for that price. She called a few hours [...]

About Three finished

Karen is showing a real interest in books and learning to read lately. She has been working in About Three, an activity book for three year olds while Richard does second grade. She does a few pages a day. While we don’t work in it everyday, we do some each week.
Over the weekend, my husband [...]

Lights out, saving power

The last month we have been saving power in a novel way, not using any. I don’t mean just keeping lights, radio, and tv off but rather literally turning off the power at the meter for the house one day a week for 24 hours.
It does make for some careful planning before hand. It really [...]

Teacher plan book

The programs I’m using have each day planned but it is nice to see everything at a glance since I don’t follow the schedules closely sometimes. However, if you only use one program and follow the schedule closely, a plan book may be unnecessary.
One of the things we were given from teacher training at Christian [...]

Just as I am

When I was in Virginia, I went to revival/tent meetings held by the Mennonites in the area. One thing that left a very great impression was at the end of the meeting, they sang a song called, Just As I Am while inviting people to receive Jesus as savior. It was very fitting and beautiful. [...]

Healthy eating plan

I went to the doctor for a follow up appointment yesterday. I have a hormone imbalance. I’m also rather overweight. I need to change the way I eat and exercise more. I do get a fair amount of exercise already but agree I don’t eat very well lately. One happy thought is that if I [...]

New books for me

The box I mailed from Virginia arrived today! Yeah! Wonderful books for me. Thanks to CLE for letting me mail the stuff in their mailroom (most were from their bookstore anyway). There was also some things for Richard’s school, but mostly this was my goodie box.
NEW! Daughters of Eve, Daughters of God. [...]

Starting history

YEAH! A few more of the WinterPromise history books came in the mail today including 2 of the ones we need to start. We’re still missing one but I decided to start without it. We have enough to keep us busy. Today was the first day. It  went pretty well but took awhile to get [...]