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 […]
Chloe’s Thoughts
Almost every day both Jayden and Chloe work out of a Language Arts/Grammar Techniques kind of book. Chloe is nearing the end of hers and instead of the usual fill-in-the-blanks and multiple choice type activities, it has different types of writings for her to practice. Things such as compare and contrast writing, a friendly letter, […]
Learn Something….about Jayden
Here is another revelation in my quest to “Learn Something“: Jayden recently decided to take a real stand about something. It started with his underwear. Suddenly, any underwear with characters on them were no longer acceptable. He only wanted to wear the white ones. Apparently, characters are “for babies”. On that note, I went out […]
Flashback Friday ~ Jump for Joy
I was recently searching for a picture for a photo content over at I ♥ Faces and I came across a series of pictures that I took in June of 2009. They were taken at my Uncle Henry and Aunt Sue’s house when we were there for a family picnic. Separately, I don’t think the […]
Accuweather Called it a “Snow-icane”
Winter has hit us full force here in Western NY! I believe we had more snow this past weekend than we have had all winter! Schools were closed on Friday due to the 14 or so inches we received in a short period of time. What is weird about the whole thing is that it […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ March 2, 2010
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: March 2, 2010… Outside my window…the world seems still and quiet. Quite a contrast to my miserable 3 year old who is screaming at her brother not to make her toast! I am thinking…I don’t feel that well and would love to curl back up in bed and have my […]
I ♥ Faces ~ “Hilarious Outtakes”
I ♥ Faces is having their “Hilarious Outtakes” contest this week. The rules are a little bit different as they are allowing 5 photos instead of just one. Unfortunately for me, most of my real “outtakes” were deleted before they ever made it to my computer! But I am sure with a little digging I […]
Learn Something….My dad
The phone rang at my house on the morning of February 25th. As I answered the phone I heard not only my mother, but even my father singing “Happy Birthday” to me. I commented on how surprised I was that he was singing as well. He responded by saying, “You must be pretty special for […]
Learn Something
This is a new blog project for Amy over at Bring Yourself. As Amy writes here: “This project is about learning in a different way. I want to learn different things. Instead of big, earth shattering things, I want to learn things that are important to me. I want to find things out about myself […]
Flashback Friday ~ My Birthday Edition
Yesterday, February 25th, was my birthday. As birthdays go it was pretty normal for me. A regular day with nothing really special other than general well wishes, a couple of cards, and a fantastic homemade ice cream cake. My birthdays in adulthood are not nearly as great as I remember my childhood ones to have […]
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 […]