It’s Valentine’s Day and I have about an hour before I leave for dinner with my husband. We’ve had a great day. It started out on the hectic side; I wanted to leave for church by 8am. Dh had to finish some work before joining us for the service so that meant I had to [...]
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Valentine’s Day
Posted in Faith, Life and other stuff on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Suffering from planning withdrawl
Posted in Day to day homeschooling, Life and other stuff on December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’ve been enjoying a more flexible and spontaneous few weeks of homeschooling, but my need to plan has finally caught up to me. I have just finished a beautiful schedule outlining our Christmas plans with our family. It not only highlights when family arrives, but also lists important events and eben schedules who cooks each [...]
I may reach 52 yet…
Posted in Life and other stuff on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It seemed like a great idea, in January, to commit to reading 52 books in 2009. Unfortunately, I have lagged behind since almost the first week. And then convention hit and I didn’t have time for any reading. But, now it’s summer and I feel like maybe, just maybe, I can catch up. So far [...]
Maybe he likes to listen to strings?
Posted in Life and other stuff, Suzuki Violin on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
During our last afternoon at Suzuki Institute there were excited conversations about a bear in a tree across the street from the school. He was busy eating cherries and possibly listening to fine music. The boys and I went out after our last class to see if he was still there…and he was. The bear [...]
Early Childhood Education is Out to Lunch
Posted in Life and other stuff, tagged BC ministry of children and families, early childhood development, early childhood learning agency on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/early_childhood/index.htm You’ve got to be kidding me. My province is considering full-time pre-kindergarten programs for 3 and 4 year olds??? Apparently our goal is to be the most literate and best educated jursidiction on the continent and they’re going to achieve this by yanking three year olds out of their homes and placing them in [...]
Warning!
Posted in Life and other stuff on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These are jalapenos. They are hot. If you are cutting them, and some jalapeno juice squirts near to your eye do not go to the sink and rinse the juice away with water. If you do, it will spread the jalapeno juice over the skin of your face and eventually it will get into your [...]
I made a cake
Posted in Life and other stuff on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I couldn’t have done it without the step-by-step photo instructions at The Pioneer Woman. Sam is having his Sunday school class over tomorrow for a swim and some cake and I’ve been looking for an excuse to make PW’s 4th of July cake for a long time. This counts as a good enough excuse, I [...]
Year end thoughts on Worldview
Posted in Life and other stuff, Workish Posts, tagged Christian education, worldview on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the last few weeks I’ve spent a lot of time listening. Listening to Mp3s from the BC Christian Home Educators’ Convention, listening to Greg Bitgood’s podcasts and listening to the last few sermons at church and I’ve been inundated with the importance of discipleship. Homeschooling has been revolutionary for me. I grew up attending [...]
Back on the FlyLady bandwagon
Posted in Life and other stuff on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hot Spot #1. Right in the middle of my kitchen. There’s no excuse for this – I’d never let my kids do this, so why do I do this? I have no clue…but maybe FlyLady can put an end to this slovenly mess. This room looks mostly Ok, except for the flaming hotspot under the [...]
Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Life and other stuff on May 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
