Memorial Weekend

Our Memorial Weekend was mostly spent on projects around the house. We did go to a family dinner at Jeff's Mom's on Saturday. Had lots of Yummy food and a very nice visit with everyone. Jeff and Anthony got my garden ready for me to transplant my salsa garden plants. I had some furniture given to me so we picked that up and I've been working on it to get it ready to go in the house.




The challenge will be seeing if I can get the orange dye out of the love seat...if not I have a pretty "Shabby Chic" slip cover picked out from Target.
















Jeff and the kids also started tearing down walls down stairs to make it a large open fun room for movies, games and friends.

















We'll be moving our big sectional down there and putting my new couch and love seat in the living room. It will be nice to have something more feminine again. The living room will be for school, reading and piano.


Was going to go to some friends house to night for dinner, but Holli got sick. Jeff, Ginger and Anthony went on with out Holli and I.


Sick Holli Napping with Yoda....Awwwww!!!
Yes, that is Yoda. He is naked and tired from his trip to the groomers.

4-H Record Books are due this week, we have a 4-H meeting and lots of projects started that need finishing. Looks like its going to be a busy week.

Mandi & Bryce's House

My oldest daughter Mandi and her husband Bryce are building a house. I'm so excited for them. We have been making trips out to see the progress.

Here are some pictures I took a few days ago.

My First Garden

My Salsa Garden....just getting started.
Parsley, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Onions, Jalapeños, & Cayenne Peppers





Where the Garden is Going





My Boys Working Hard



My Garden is coming along. Jeff and Anthony have been working hard on getting my spot ready for me to transplant my plants.
Kind of late in the year to start a garden, but I'm hopeful we'll be making some homemade salsa sometime this year.


Look...I have a Tomato Growing in my Flower Bed!

My List of Ten Project Update

My List of Ten is working out pretty good I think. I haven't had a day where I got all ten things done. I'm only up to day four with this project. I'm not going to be to hard on my self. So far eight things completed is my record. I may have been picking out to big of projects to complete on my second day.

I'm feeling hopeful and that's the important thing. In stead of looking at my goal in whole I'm looking at it as just somethings on a daily list that I'd like to do and it is much less stressful. I'm actually enjoying it and making things for my home like I used to do.



I made some decorative pot holders to hang in the kitchen and I'm working on some that match the kitchen, but are to use. Some of my pot holders are looking shabby and some don't match my color scheme. Replacing my old pot holders with homemade ones is part of my house beautiful goal. Thinking about making some curtains for the dinning room also. (Maybe I can get the kids to help me and they can enter what they make in the fair...Just a Thought.)













I also painted some fish decor that was in my upstairs bathroom to better match my color scheme.


I Love Pink & Green!!!

Little by little I will get to my goal. Going to have fun with it along the way.

List of Ten

Was reading back over Easy Homeschooling Techniques by Lorraine Curry. In chapter 4 she talks about Making Order. That is something I need to do on so many levels. My home was thrown out the window a while back. I've gone from Martha Stewart to Lazy Susan. It's time to remedy that. She says, "There's no fun like work! I Love to work because I love to see the results of work-clean house, a redecorated house, a weed free garden, knowledgeable children...and so on" This needs to be my motto.
Curry talks about setting goals and how to plan to reach those goals. In chapter 5, Planning for Success, she mentions making a list of ten things to do the next day. This will help you to reach your goals. Mary Kay called this her "35,000 List." Every night she made a list of ten things to accomplish the next day. And we all know that Mary Kay was successful. So here I go, I'm making lists.
I'm starting slow, just setting a couple to get me started. My Goals are, Long Term- "A Clean Pretty House" and Short Term-"Finish 4-H Record Books." Last night I made my list of ten things to do.
Here it is:
1. Help Holli work on 4-H Record Book
2. Help Anthony work on 4-H Record Book
3. Clean fish tank
4. Clean crafts off kitchen table
5. Deep clean corner of kitchen counter by microwave
6. Start a give away box
7. Return clippers to Wal-Mart
8. Trim Yoda's hair on one leg...he doesn't sit still very well
9. Put away stuff in floor on my side of bed
10. Start a craft for my home

I better get busy..."There's no fun like work!"
TTYL : )

May 25, 2010

Holli & Anthony are at work today and Gigi & I are trying to be productive. She's in the kitchen whipping up some banana bread as I type this. Had some ripe bananas we didn't want to waist. I've been working on some deep cleaning in the kitchen. That project may be bigger than I can accomplish in one day. Oh well, every little bit helps.

Yoda before hair cut.

Yoda partial hair cut.


Have been working on giving our new dog, Yoda a haircut. He's pretty matted and getting attacked by ticks in our yard. We decided we should just cut it all off and start over. He doesn't like to sit still and the trimmers I bought from Wal-Mart don't work so this is a challenge. We had made an appointment with the groomers to get this done, but I can't wait for June first. He keeps bringing in surprises after his potty trips. Ugh!!!! Forgot the joys of having an indoor dog.


The UPS man just dropped off a book I ordered about Fleece Crafts. Don't you just love the UPS man. Sorry Honey, he brings me books. I'm hoping this book helps me figure out what project to do in the Beginners Sewing Class I'm doing for our county 4-H Club in June.

Thinking about doing this one...


I guess I better get some things done...TTYL! : )

It's a Boy!!!

We have a new member to our family....It's a Boy!!!!

Boy Puppy that is! Yoda is an eleven month old Bolognese. He's a very cute white fluffy hair ball. We adopted him last night from some homeschool friends in Siloam Springs. We're all very excited about our little boy!! : )


Here is a website where you can check out the Bolognese.

http://www.gopetsamerica.com/bolognese/bichon-bolognese.aspx

Famous Homeschoolers

US Presidents

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
Abraham Lincoln
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson

Homeschooled Women

Abigail Adams
HelenKeller
Mercy Warren
Martha Washington
Florence Nightingale
Phyllis Wheatley

Lawyers and Educators

Patrick Henry
John Jay
John Marshall

Scientists

Leonardo da Vinci
Albert Einstein
Pierre Curie
Booker Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Alfa Edison
Blaise Pascal

Author

Hans Christian Andersen
Beatrix Potter
Mark Twain
Agatha Christie
Pearl S. Buck
George Bernard Shaw
C.S. Lewis
Charles Dickens

Musician, artist, composer

Irving Berlin
John Singleton Copley
Rembrandt Peale
Andrew Wyeth
Claude Mone
W.A. Mozart
Anton Bruckner

Read the Article: http://www.early-years-homeschool.com/famous_homeschooler.html

May 13, 2010

I'm just going to talk a little about my day. We had a piano given to us. Praise God!! I have been praying for one for a long time. We were able to get it moved in-spite of the rain.
Weeded my flower bed and moved some begonias around to make room for the four tomato plants I got for Mother's Day. I also got some plants started for a salsa garden. I know, it's kind of late to start a garden, but we'll see how it turns out.
Trying to get some ideas laid out for 4-H Fun Shop workshops. We have to get signed up for that tomorrow.


As for school, the kids are working quietly. We're still gradually making the transition over to a more Charlotte Mason method of schooling with Ginger and Anthony. Holli is nearly finished with her Penn Foster program. She only has to complete three more courses and she will get her diploma. I'm very proud of her independence and diligence towards her education.

In All things be Grateful. Continue to think on the things you are grateful for and the universe will open it's self up to you. It's Crazy the connections that have been made over the last few days that I've been focused on Gratitude. God works in mysterious ways...I think He built it into Creation. The things you need, the things you want, and the answers you need are on their way. : )

Reading To Your Children is the Greatest Gift

You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be-
I had a mother who read to me.
~Strickland Gillilan

Reading aloud is an essential part to bringing up and educating a child.
Reading out load to your child increases her vocabulary and comprehension. This will also serve as a natural way to learn Language Arts. When a child is hearing quality vocabulary and writing she will become a natural at writing and speaking.
If you read quality books with virtues you will give your child the tools she needs to live with others. There are many things to learn from the stories we read in books, such as, forgiveness, compassion, responsibility, persistence.... Wouldn't it be nice to be familiar with the things that happen in our lives and the ways that others have dealt with them before we have to face them ourselves? By reading quality books to your child you are giving her a foundation that will give her the advantage in life.
Unfortunately, I wasn't consistent about reading aloud to my children when they were young. However, I believe it is never to late. We spend a lot of time reading in our home. I read aloud to my children at least four days a week. I choose books that are well written and have many virtues to learn from. Everything I have read about this subject has given me confidence that my children are reaping the benefits of reading aloud regardless of their age.
My hopes for posting this is that others will see the benefits of reading aloud to their children and start today.

"The hand that rocks the cradle
is the hand that rules the world"


There are lots of wonderful books written on this subject. One of the best books I have read on this topic is the Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. Other books that help you pick out quality literature are Honey for a Child's Heart and Honey for a Teens Heart by Gladys Hunt

2010 Reading List

January:
1. So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore... an Unexpected Journey, by Wayne Jacobsen and Dave Coleman (Religion)
2. He Loves Me! Learning to Live in the Father's Affection, Wayne Jacobsen (Religion)





February:
3. Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell (Classic)
4. The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck, M.D. (Self Help)


















March:
5. Leprechaun in Late Winter; Magic Tree House #43, Mary Pope Osborne (Read aloud to my Ginger)
6. Just Jane, Nancy Moser (Novel Biography of Jane Austen)
7. Tales of Ancient Egypt, Roger Lancelyn Green (Ancient Egyptian History Study)





April:
8. Mummies & Pyramids, Will Osborne & Mary Pope Osborne (Ancient Egyptian History Study)
9. The Golden Goblet, Eloise Jarvis McGraw (Newbery Honor Book) (Ancient Egyptian History Study)
10. The Children's Homer, Padraic Colum (Ancient Greece History Study)


May:
11. Help I'm Married to a Homeschool Mom, Todd Wilson
12. How to be a Good Wife Even thou You Homeschool, Todd Wilson
13. Honey For a Teens Heart, Gladys Hunt


June:
14. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (Read aloud to kids; the virtue of true friendship)
15. Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination, Vigen Guroian (Mentions lots of classic stories that I'm now planning to read to my kiddos)

July:
16: Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi (Classic)


August:
17: Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson (Classic)


















Okay, so I ran out of classics and have resorted to using some children's versions I have around the house. Ordered some, but they wont be in until next week sometime. Yes, I could use the library, but that's too expensive for me. I always forget to return them. =(

18: Treasure Island; Bullseye Classic (Wanted to better understand the original I just finished.)
19: Around the World in Eighty Days; Moby: Illustrated Classic Editions
20: Gulliver's Travels, Moby: Illustrated Classic Editions
21: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Moby: Illustrated Classic Editions



September:

October:
22: Tom Sawyer Illustrated Classics

November:
23: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
24: Giants of Science; Albert Einstein

December:
25: The Chronicle of Narnia; The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
26: The Chronicle of Narnia; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
27: The Chronicle of Narnia; The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis



Reading:
Thomas Talbott, The Inescapable Love of God (Religion)
Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People (Self Help)
Mabel Hale, Beautiful Girlhood
Sarah Mally, Before You Meet Prince Charming
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of The Rings (Classic)
John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath (Classic)
Karen Armstrong, The Bible (Religion/History)

Sometimes I forget to finish a book before I start a new one.

Reading Goals:
Read more books by Jacobsen, books on God's Love, The Gospels (again), Romans (again) Galatians (again), Colossians (again), finish the books I've started, more Classics & more Newbery Medal, more books than last year. To write down the books I've read before I forget.

2009 Reading List

Books I Read in 2009

January:
1. Barbara Cartland, Lost Enchantment (Romance)
2. Barbara Cartland, Caught by Love (Romance)
3. Geraldine Mc Carghiean, Geoffrey Chancer’s The Canterbury Tales
4. Karen Cushman , The Midwife’s Apprentice (Newbery 1996 Winner)
5. Avi , Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Newbery 2003 Winner)
6. Barbara Cartland, The Blue Eyed Witch (Romance)

February:
7. Rachel Field, Hitty; Her First Hundred Years (Newbery 1930 Winner)
8. Betsy Byars, Summer of the Swans (Newbery 1971 Winner)
9. Lois Lowry, Number the Stars (Newbery 1990 Winner)

March:
10. Barbara Cartland, Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter(Romance)
11. Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Newbery Honor Book)

April:

May:

June:
12: Sandra Felton, Living Organized

July:
13: Barbara Meister Vitale, Unicorns Are Real

August:
14: Father Leo Booth, When God Becomes a Drug

September:
15: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie (Newbery Honor Book)
16: Laura Ingalls Wilder, These Happy Golden Years (Newbery Honor Book)
17: Laura Ingalls Wilder, The First Four Years

October:
18: Thornton W. Burgess, The Adventures of Mr. Mocker
19: Nathaniel Hawthorn Scarlett Letter
20: Stephanie Meyer, Twilight
21: Jane Austen, Persuasion

November:
22: Stephanie Meyer, New Moon
23: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

December:
24: John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing us Down; Hidden Curriculum in Compulsory Education

Reading:
Thomas Talbott, The Inescapable Love of God (Religion)
Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People (Self Help)
Mabel Hale, Beautiful Girlhood
Sarah Mally, Before You Meet Prince Charming
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of The Rings
Sometimes I forget to finish a book before I start a new one.

*Need to look over my books and try to remember what I read when....Stopped writing it down. : (

2008 Reading List

Books I read in 2008

January:
1. Eve Marco, Clara Barton and the American Red Cross
2. G. Clifton Wilder, Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer
3. Martha Brenner, Abe Lincoln’s Hat
4. Candice Ransom, Clara Barton; History Makers Bios
5. Rae Baines, Robert E. Lee, Brave Leader
6. Kay Moore, If you lived at the time of the civil war
7. Seymour Reit, Behind Rebel Lines
8. John Holt, How Children Learn

February:
9. Mary Griffeth, The Unschooling Handbook; How to Use the World as Your Child’s Classroom

March:
10. Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek; Little House Series #4

April:
11. Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Newbery Medal Winner 1963)
12. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in The Big Woods; Little House Series #1
13. Laura Ingalls Wilder, By the Shores of Silver Lake; Little House Series #5

May:

June:
14. Randy Newberry, If the Battle is the Lord’s Why am I So Tired (Religion)
15. Gary Beauchemin, Hope Beyond Hell; The Righteous Purpose of God’s Judgment (Religion)

July:
16. Harold S. Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People (Religion)
17. Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth (Classic)
18. Wendy Orr, Nim’s Island
19. Judy Blume, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret.
20. Gail Carson Levine, Writing Magic
21. Scott O’Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins (Newbery Medal Winner 1961)
22. Marguerite de Angeli, The Door In The Wall (Newbery Medal Winner 1950)
23. Judy Blume, Blubber
24. Felix Salter, Bambi: A Life In The Woods (Classic)
25. George Seldon, The Cricket In Time Square (Newbery Honor)
26. Frank Bawn, The Wizard of Oz (Classic)
27. Eleanor Estes, Ginger Pye (Newbery Medal Winner 1952)
28. Sid Flieschman, The Whipping Boy (Newbery Medal Winner 1987)
29. Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went To Heaven (Newbery Medal Winner 1931)
30. Elizabeth Foreman, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (Newbery Medal Winner 1933)
31. Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Newbery Medal Winner 1959)
32. Lewis Lowry, The Giver (Newbery Medal Winner 1994)

August:
33. Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves (Newbery Medal Winner 1973)
34. Cornelia Meigs, Invincible Louisa (Newbery Medal Winner 1934)

September:
35. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (Classic)
36. Harper Lee, To Kill a Mocking Bird (Classic)
37. Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Classic)
38. Thorton W. Burgess, The Adventures of Paddy Beaver
39. Lois Lensky, Strawberry Girl (Newbery Medal Winner 1946)
40. S.E Hinton, The Outsiders (Classic)
41. Patricia Reilly Giff, Lily’s Crossing (Newbery Honor)
42. Patricia Reilly Giff, Pictures of Hollis Woods (Newbery Honor)

October:
43. Thornton W. Burgess, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck
44. Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted (Newbery Honor)
45. Lois Lenski, Indian Captive; The Story of Mary Jemison (Newbery Honor)
46. Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved (Newbery Medal Winner 1981)
47. George Orwell, Animal Farm (Classic)
48. Barbara Cartland, Love Rules (Romance)
49. Barbara Cartland, Gypsy Magic (Romance)
50. Barbara Cartland, A Marriage Made in Heaven (Romance)

November:
51. J.D. Salinger, The Catcher In the Rye (Classic)
52. Nicholas Sparks, Nights in Rodanthe (Romance)
53. Jack London, The Call of The Wild (Classic)
54. William H. Armstrong, Sounder (Newbery Medal Winner 1970)
55. Pat Frank, Alas Babylon (Science Fiction)
56. Karen Hesse, Out of The Dust (Newbery Medal Winner 1998)
57. Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie (Newbery Medal Winner 1958)
58. Bishop Carlton Pearson, The Gospel of Inclusion (Religion)
59. Philip Gulley & James Mulholand, If Grace Is True; Why God Will Save Every Person (Religion)

December:
60. Barbara Cartland, Kiss The Moonlight (Romance)

Classic Books

Just off the top of my head...there are a few more, trying to remember.
Want to read 100 Classics

Twenty Read ~ February 20, 2011

1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
2. Animal Farm, George Orwell
3. Beowulf
4. Call of the Wild, Jack London
5. Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
6. Frankenstein, Mary Shelly
7. Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
9. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
10. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
11. The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
12. Persuasion, Jane Austin
13. Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyon
14. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austin
15. Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane
16. Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorn
17. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
18. Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
19. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
20. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Newbery Medal Books I've Read

I discovered Newbery books after I started homeschooling my kids. My children and I enjoy reading the Newbery Medal and Honor books. I have made it a personal goal to buy and read at least all the Newbery Medal books in my lifetime. (X) Means I have read it and * Means I own it.

Newbery Medal Winner Book List
“I’ve Read 24 of 77 Newbery Medal Winner Books”
•( ) 2010 -Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me
•( ) 2009 -Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard
•( ) 2008 - Laura Amy Schlitz, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village *
•( ) 2007 - Susan Patron, The Higher Power of Lucky
•( ) 2006 -Lynne Rae Perkins, Criss Cross
•( ) 2005 -Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
•( ) 2004 - Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux *
•(X) 2003 - Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead
•( ) 2002 -Linda Sue Park, A Single Shard
•( ) 2001 - Richard Peck, A Year Down Yonder
•( ) 2000 -Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy
•( ) 1999 - Louis Sachar, Holes
•(X) 1998 - Karen Hesse. Out of the Dust *
•( ) 1997 - E.L. Konigsburg. The View From Saturday
•(X) 1996 - Karen Cushman. The Midwife's Apprentice *
•( ) 1995 - Sharon Creech. Walk Two Moons
•(X) 1994 - Lois Lowry. The Giver *
•(X) 1993 - Cynthia Rylant. Missing May *
•(X) 1992 - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Shiloh *
•( ) 1991 - Jerry Spinelli. Maniac Magee
•(X) 1990 - Lois Lowry. Number the Stars *
•( ) 1989 - Paul Fleischman. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
•( ) 1988 - Russell Freedman. Lincoln: A Photobiography
•(X) 1987 - Sid Fleischman. The Whipping Boy *
•(X) 1986 - Patricia MacLachlan. Sarah, Plain and Tall *
•( ) 1985 - Robin McKinley. The Hero and the Crown
•( ) 1984 - Beverly Cleary. Dear Mr. Henshaw
•( ) 1983 - Cynthia Voigt. Dicey's Song
•( ) 1982 - Nancy Willard. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
•(X) 1981 - Katherine Paterson. Jacob Have I Loved *
.( ) 1980 - Joan Blos. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
•( ) 1979 - Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game
•( ) 1978 - Katherine Paterson. Bridge to Terabithia *
•( ) 1977 - Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
•( ) 1976 - Susan Cooper. The Grey King *
•( ) 1975 - Virginia Hamilton. M.C. Higgins, the Great
•( ) 1974 - Paula Fox. The Slave Dancer
•(X) 1973 - Jean Craighead George. Julie of the Wolves *
•( ) 1972 - Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH *
•(X) 1971 - Betsy Byars. The Summer of the Swans *
•(X) 1970 - William H. Armstrong. Sounder *
•( ) 1969 - Lloyd Alexander. The High King *
•( ) 1968 - E.L. Konigsburg. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
•( ) 1967 - Irene Hunt. Up a Road Slowly *
•( ) 1966 - Elizabeth Borton de Treviño. I, Juan de Pareja
•( ) 1965 - Maia Wojciechowska. Shadow of a Bull
•( ) 1964 - Emily C. Neville. It's Like This, Cat
•(X) 1963 - Madeleine L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time *
•( ) 1962 - Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow
•(X) 1961 - Scott O'Dell. Island of the Blue Dolphins *
•( ) 1960 - John Krumgold. Onion John
•(X) 1959 - Elizabeth George Speare. The Witch of Blackbird Pond *
•(X) 1958 - Harold V. Keith. Rifles for Watie *
•( ) 1957 - Virginia Sorensen. Miracles on Maple Hill
•( ) 1956 - Jean Lee Latham. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch *
•( ) 1955 - Meindert DeJong. The Wheel on the School
•( ) 1954 - John Krumgold. ... And Now Miguel
•( ) 1953 - Ann Nolan Clark. Secret of the Andes
•(X) 1952 - Eleanor Estes. Ginger Pye *
•( ) 1951 - Elizabeth Yates. Amos Fortune, Free Man
•(X) 1950 - Marguerite de Angeli. The Door in the Wall *
•( ) 1949 - Marguerite Henry. King of the Wind
•( ) 1948 - William Pène du Bois. The Twenty-One Balloons *
•( ) 1947 - Carolyn S. Bailey. Miss Hickory
•(X) 1946 - Lois Lenski. Strawberry Girl *
•( ) 1945 - Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill *
•( ) 1944 - Esther Forbes. Johnny Tremain *
•( ) 1943 - Elizabeth Janet Gray. Adam of the Road *
•(X) 1942 - Walter D. Edmonds. The Matchlock Gun *
•( ) 1941 - Armstrong Sperry. Call It Courage *
•( ) 1940 - James Daugherty. Daniel Boone
•( ) 1939 - Elizabeth Enright. Thimble Summer
•( ) 1938 - Kate Seredy. The White Stag
•( ) 1937 - Ruth Sawyer. Roller Skates
•(X) 1936 - Carol Ryrie Brink. Caddie Woodlawn *
•( ) 1935 - Monica Shannon. Dobry
•(X) 1934 - Cornelia Meigs. Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women *
•(X) 1933 - Elizabeth Lewis. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze *
•( ) 1932 - Laura Adams Armer. Waterless Mountain
•(X) 1931 - Elizabeth Coatsworth. The Cat Who Went to Heaven *
•(X) 1930 - Rachel Field. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years *
•( ) 1929 - Eric P Kelly. The Trumpeter of Krakow: A Tale of the Fifteenth Century
•( ) 1928 - Dhan Mukerji. Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
•( ) 1927 - Will James. Smoky, the Cow Horse
•( ) 1926 - Arthur Chrisman. Shen of the Sea
•( ) 1925 - Charles Finger. Tales from Silver Lands
•( ) 1924 - Charles Hawes. The Dark Frigate
•( ) 1923 - Hugh Lofting. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
•( ) 1922 - Hendrik Van Loon. The Story of Mankind *

Homeschooling

Thanks to my experiences and my children's experiences in Public School along with my son's past health problems and past learning differences I'm a homeschooling mom. My kids weren't always homeschooled. If I had known that it was legal and that people other than religious groups (Pentecostals with long hair and long dresses) and hippies homeschooled I would have done it from the beginning.
I love all the time I get to spend with my children and I can't imagine doing anything else. We have learned to be there for each other and to depend on each other like I believe a family should. My children are each others best friends and I wouldn't want it any other way. Friends come and go, but family is always there.

God and the Universe

I'm a Christian Universalist. That simply put means that I believe God is Love and that He made a way for all to be saved. I believe that no one will burn in a burning hell for all eternity.


He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. ~1 John 2:2 (NIV)

Education

I attended school at Locust Grove Public Schools. I don't really feel that I learned much. Did manage to make a few friends along the way. Although, I really don't see them much.
I've had some college education through Roger's State University. Someday I would like to finish that endeavor. If for no other reason to say I finished what I started.

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
~Mark Twain

Hello World!

Well, I'm here. Going to try blogging and see what kind of trouble I can get into with this. Hehehe : )