A Simple Woman’s Daybook A FOR TODAY: Tuesday, January 4th, 2011… A Outside my window…the sky is gray, the birds are mostly gone. It is a cold winter without the snow right now. The kids are itching to get some decent snowfall so they can make snowmen, forts, and go sledding. A I am thinking…that […]
A Monday: We had another museum and music lesson day. What made this one unique is that while sitting at the museum, eating lunch, I realized we had forgotten their music books and Chloe’s violin. We had to drive the 30min home and 30min back making us late for their music lesson. A Wednesday: Another […]
My preschooler, like my other two has a great love of books and reading. She not only wants to be read to, but will “read” on her own, as well as actually read simpler books with me. We have some favorites that I would like to share. Preschool Readers Read Alouds: The Red Blanket takes […]
In stark contrast to last week, this week we were free to stay home, instead of running everyday. Then we were surprised with a beautiful late fall heat wave and sun fest! As we were riding our bikes through our neighborhood at 1 o’clock on Tuesday, soaking in the sun, I was thinking to myself, […]
Monday: Today was a busy, busy, stay at home and work done day. This week and next are short due to activities out of the house and our 4 day camping weekend so we have to take advantage of the few full days we are home. Tuesday: We started Tuesday with a trip to the […]
Title: The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education . Author: Leigh A. Bortins . Author Biography: Leigh A. Bortins is the founder and CEO of Classical Conversations, Inc., whose enrollment is 20,000. She hosts a weekly radio show, Leigh! for Lunch and lectures widely about the importance of home education at nationwide […]
. Title: Dewey the Library Cat: A True Story . Author: Vicki Myron and Bret Witter . Copyright Date: 2010; Hardcover, 224 pages . Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers . ISBN: 0316068713 . Brief Character List: Dewey, Vicki, Kay, Spencer Town Library . Summary in my Words: This is a middle grade adaptation […]
. Title: The Girls . Author: Lori Lansens . Copyright Date: 2006; Hardcover, 352 pages . Publisher: Little, Brown and Company . ISBN: 0316069035 . Brief Character List: Aunt Lovey, Uncle Stash, Rose and Ruby, Cathy and Sherman Merkel, Nick Todino, . Summary in my Words: This is Ruby and Rose Darlen’s story; at 29 they […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: June 15th, 2010… Outside my window…our street is very quiet. The buses have not yet come for the neighborhood kids to go to school and the cars carrying the adults to work have long since left. I am thinking…that recently I have become very comfortable in my own skin. I […]
. Title: 13 Reasons Why . Author: Jay Asher . Copyright Date: October 18th, 2007 . Publisher: Razorbill; Hardcover, 304 pages . ISBN: 1595141715 . Brief Character List: Hannah Baker – the girl who committed suicide and left behind the cassette tapes . Characters from the Cassette Tapes: . (Kind of a spoiler so don’t […]
10 on 10: Take a photo every hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth of each month. Document a day of your life and find beauty among the ordinary moments. 8am 9am 10am 11am Noon 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm To view more 10 on 10’s, head over to Rebekah’s blog.
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: June 8th, 2010… Outside my window…the sun is shining with the promise of a new day. So many things to think about and decisions to be made. I am thinking…about all the words to positive songs that I can think of. The one ringing in my head right now is: […]