Learning patience

I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the most patient person. I get frustrated at little things that go wrong, only to have it work out in the end. I get frustrated at being frustrated. I don’t want my kids to be that way. There’s no need for it.
Today my son made a toy [...]

‘08-’09 school’s almost over

We have just about a month of school left to do. Originally I had planned to be finished by now but with our unexpected long vacation, we got a bit behind. This post started as a comment on another blog, but I thought everyone may be interested in a wrap up of the year. I’ll [...]

Fitness update 2009 #11

This is my first fitness update after returning from our cruise. I did meet my goal weight last month for those of you who were wondering.
I am at 157 today. To meet this month’s goal, I have to loose two and a half pounds still. I haven’t been very diligent about diet or exercise because [...]

2009 CLE ordering

Today was the used curriculum swap and ordering for Christian Light Education. There weren’t as many people selling stuff as the past few years. Still, the kids found a few things they spent their allowances to get. Karen got 2 wooden puzzles. One is ABC’s the other numbers 0-9. Richard got a 3D horse puzzle, [...]

Canoe adventure & garden update

Yesterday afternoon we went canoing on the Noyes Slough. With one notable exception it was fun. For those of you familiar with Fairbanks, we put in near Danby road and paddled up to the Illinois street bridge. There were a few log jams we had to plow through and one beaver dam we portaged over.
There [...]

Homeschool progress reports

Progress reports are due to the district today for our homeschool. Rather than just listing each subject and having an arbitrary letter grade, Chugach progress reports list each individual target for the levels your child is in of each subject. The targets that have been previously met are already marked off. I go through and [...]

Faith and works together

I have recently begun reading through the New Testament again. I haven’t done this since high school. I’m only halfway through the book of Matthew. Still, in those few pages, there is tons of instruction on how a true Christian should and should not live.
I am struck as I read through how some Christians and [...]

Our cruise highlights

As many of you know, last month we went on a cruise around South America. It was 39 days aboard Holland America’s MS Amsterdam. We boarded in Rio DeJeneiero, Brazil and went south around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America then up the west coast to Seattle. If I had to pick [...]

Weigh-in week, AAKK!

Yikes! It’s weigh-in week. I’m so not ready this month. First I was on vacation. A 6 week long cruise to be exact. Statistics show that the average person on a cruise gains 1-2 pounds A DAY on a cruise. Wow! Luckily, we had a plan and managed to stick to it good enough so [...]

Planning for ‘09-’10 school year

It’s that time of year again. Time to plan and begin ordering for the next school year. This year both kids will be doing school regularly. That will take extra planning and coordination. I have a good idea of what I want to order for most subjects. As usual art is still up in the [...]