Life Skills as High School Electives: Laundry and Clothing Tips
I recall a story I find myself telling when discussion of life skills – specifically home economics types of stuff – comes up. While it isn’t directly laundry and clothing tips related, it is very similar. It speaks to how easily we can take for granted some of the seemingly basic household tasks. Many years […]
Our 9th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices
This is the beginning of my second go around at homeschooling high school. While some of our 9th grade homeschool curriculum is the same as what our first child used for homeschooling 9th grade, some things have changed too! This is our son Jayden’s first year of high school. According to the NYS Homeschool Regulations […]
Gone with the Wind ~ Check-in #3
. What do we think about the relationship between Rhett and Scarlett? They get off to a pretty rocky start with him secretly witnessing her little plight to get Ashley to say he loves her, and not Melanie. Rhett sticks it to her about how she is NOT a lady, although he likes that about […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ February 23, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010… Outside my window…the fresh snow has fallen and made a new blanket of white. The kids are looking forward to getting out and possibly building another snowman. I am thinking…about teaching and learning. I worry about my skills as a home school parent/teacher. Sometimes my role […]
I ♥ Faces – “Hands on Fun”
Who knew that with a little more preparation I might be able to come up with a photo I liked for this weeks challenge. Being a busy homeschooling mother of 3 I don’t really find the time to prep and take new photos for these challenges. Instead, I search the archives, using it as a […]
How About “Dadsense”? ~ Because the men feel left out…
After my husband Joe watched the “Momsense” song, he found another Anita Renfroe video about “Dadsense“. Now, I have to chuckle at someone even putting DAD and SENSE in the same sentence let alone in the same word! I wonder to myself, how many mothers out there feel as though the fathers in the family […]
Total Momsense
Chloe and I spent the afternoon at one of her friends’ houses for a birthday party this weekend. Her mother asked me if I had seen this comedian on YouTube who does this funny ” Momisms” song. Since I had not seen it, she pulled it up for me. It is Anita Renfroe doing “Total […]
Gone with the Wind ~ Check-in #2
I am starting this update out with a question for those of you that watched the movie before reading the book. Do you think you would have seen the whole Scarlett marries Ashley thing coming? I for one, did NOT see that coming. I also thought it was a strange contrast to what I have […]
Flashback Friday – “Big-Kid” Beds
Everyone knows it is like a right of passage to leave your crib or toddler bed and head into your “big-kid” bed! For each of our children it was a fun and exciting time. Unbeknownst to Chloe she had to move on because there was another sibling on the way who would need the crib. […]
Gone with the Wind ~ Check-in #1
Many of you have been wondering and asking about my goal of reading Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I appreciate all the encouragement and support from all of you. Until this week I had not made very much progress. The copy I took out of the library was the Avon copy. The print […]
I ♥ Faces – “I Wanna Dance”
Over at I ♥ Faces the challenge this week is “I Wanna Dance”. The pictures that are posted there for the contest are WAY out of my league! However, I do like having a fresh idea in mind while searching my photos and memories for yet another blog post. As dances go, the immediate thought […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook……February 15th, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: February 10, 2010… Outside my window…the weather is cold, gloomy, and sad. I am thinking…that despite the weather I feel as though it is going to be a good day. I am thankful for…continued good health in our household. For the first time on Friday we were hit with a […]