Great messy day!

Got started today on cleaning the homeschool room! So right now it's a mess! Tomorrow I will hopefully clean my mess and have a wonderfully organized homeschool room! Hopefully being the key word there :-)

While I was cleaning in there, my dh was cleaning out some stuff from his closet:) So now there are cds and dvds all over his side of the bed. We both have our work cut out for tomorrow.

School consisted of math, language arts, and my dd spent 3 hours on a "date" with our 80yr old neighbor. The two girls had so much fun! They went to three different stores and had lunch together and topped off their outing with a stop at our local ice cream shop!

Great day!

I think I've finished!

I think I have finally ordered everything for this school year. We already started math and language arts, but I can hardly wait for all of my boxes and such to get here so that we can get started with everything. It should be a really fun year!

My dh is still searching for work. I really wish someone would see what a wonderful man he is and that they are really missing out when then don't call him for interviews! Oh well, there I go again trying to control things myself, sorry God! It's Yours, and Your timing is perfect and Your will is perfect and that's right where I want to be! Help me to listen to You more each day!!!

Sorry, rambling here, I do hope that anyone passing by will take a moment and pray that God will continue to be our provider. Thanks! Have a blessed day!

Finally!

I finally selected my curriculum for next year! I hope it will be a wonderful year with lots of fun learning!! We will be using Children Around the World minus a few things that are too sensitive for my dd and we will add in some animals and extra science. Ds will be starting in with us and be doing some of his own fun stuff too!! Can't wait for my purchases to get here so we can start doing more than just math and language arts!

Brainstorming

Just needed a place to put down some thoughts about next year that I couldn't lose. ie. my twenty different lists that are floating around my house.
8yr old
Math- I'm going to try Math U See Gamma, this is a switch from Saxon
Spelling- Natural Speller and Spelling City website
Vocabulary- Wordly Wise 3000 website
Handwriting- New American Cursive by Memoria Press
Grammar- Easy Grammar, Daily Grams(?), and Simply Grammar
Reading Comprehension- The Prairie Primer
Bible- The Awesome Book of Bible Facts
Geography- A Child's Geography: Explore His Earth & Geography Songs
Countries and Cultures

• Music- Wee Sing Around the World
• Art- The Kid's Multicultural Craft Book: 35 Crafts from Around the World
• Food-Around the World Cookbook
• People- Children Just Like Me, Window on The World
• Countries- Need to find a good Atlas
• Animals- The Complete book of Animals
• Literature- Around the World in 80 Tales & Around the World in 80 Poems
• Christmas- Christmas Around the World/the coloring book & The Adventure of Christmas
• WeeBee Tunes Travel Adventure Get Your Passport & The Journey Continues

More to come, my brain is tired!!!

Homeschool Curriculum

I finally added some stuff to my Homeschool Curriculum page, so hop on over and take a look. I'm very excited that I figured out how to create a widget. It was soo much fun!! Oh no! I might start really blogging if I keep playing around on here enough...lol!

Shingles! And not for my roof!

Yes, I have shingles! I'll be posting more about it, when I'm over it! The medicine is making me very tired. So for now, prayers would be welcomed!! :) Thanks!

When God?

God's timing is perfect! I know that, however I have days that I wish I could see His timeline! My dh's job was eliminated due to budget cuts last year. So one year ago we were packing our stuff to move in with family. God had other plans! By His grace we are still in our rental home which is absolutely a God thing! We are, however, still unemployed and can see the end of our current resources coming quickly! God has been so faithful to us! He's even given us the desire to serve Him fulltime in ministry. We are currently raising support to be self funded missionaries with Life Action Revival Ministries. Talk about a life change and what a time to be trying to raise your own support! God will provide for us! I just wish I could catch a glimpse at His timeline!!

Having a great day!

My dd is currently reading facts about the state of Mississippi. She has already done math, grammar, spelling, is finishing up with her state of the day. AND it's only 11:20am!!!! Then we are going to have lunch outside and have fun enjoying this beautiful day! I've been using Natural Speller and just recently found Spelling City. This has made my dd beg for spelling!! YEAH!!!
I'm still struggling over what God would have me teach my dc next year! I'll just keep praying and researching until I have a peace about it! Hope everyone is having a great day!

I Love a Good Book Fair!!

I praise God for allowing me the time to go to the book fair this past weekend. My precious friend was going to go with me Saturday, but on Friday morning she called and was unable to go. I was very sad and debated going alone. She encouraged me by reminding me that Friday was normally not as busy if I wanted to go ahead and go. Next thing you know I'm on my way, by myself! A few hours of me time sure was different (and nice)! (Oops! Are we allowed to say that?! LOL!)
While I was there I was unable to find anything that fit what I feel God would like me to teach my dd next year, so I left in tears feeling like I had failed my family.
The next morning I received a phone call from that same friend and she offered to watch my kids so that my husband could go with me!!! Thank you God for the gift of friends!! So off we went and strangely enough, he felt the same way I did! I guess I'll be praying a lot more about it and I may be creating my own curriculum for this next year. Pray hard for me if that's the way God chooses for me, even typing it makes me a little nervous! Math I will NOT be creating, but we would like something new for dd. Right now it seems to be the only thing she doesn't like about school! Hope everyone has a great tomorrow!!

Sorry!

For anyone who happened to read the parenting humor section of this blog today. I found it very offensive and have deleted the gadget! I apologize if it offended anyone else who happened upon my blog!