Recently a friend, who is interested in homeschooling through the middle school years, came by to talk about my homeschooling journey and what works and what definitely has not worked. Before I began sorting through the various curriculums and teaching strategies we (Miss Sam and I) experimented with and those that we have found success [...]
April 29, 2009 – 12:57 pm
I love the flexibility of my two jobs. I took today off. My plans: some spring cleaning some gardening updating client files watch our new sod grow finalizing summer lesson plans more spring cleaning more and more gardening more watching our new grass grow By the way, did any of you catch Adam’s performance on [...]
A memorable moment…identifying with the main character of Ariana Trigiani’s Big Stone Gap series. The second book in the series “Big Cherry Holler” is having quite an impact on me. I am grateful…that my husband sees my need to get out of the house and agrees to go out to dinner, even though he would [...]
April 24, 2009 – 12:43 am
This is it!!! I first heard about the Big Stone Gap series by reading a comment written over at Thoughts of Joy (one of my favorites places to find books for my ‘To Be Read’ list). I am so glad that I did!! I have really enjoyed this book and have already checked out the [...]
Thinking back over time it didn’t seem as though we had done much with the outside of our home. That is until I got our ‘new home’ scrapbook out and found this photo of our house when we bought it eight years ago: This is our home today: …complete with new roof and new lawn. [...]
Those of you who have followed me through my “blogging career” understand that I have no real connection to the individuals that make up the “Batog” side of the family. For several it has been by mutual consent to sever ties. For others there is no such desire, just an undeveloped sense of how [...]
My morning routine is quite simple: I get up and let the dogs out I get the dogs’ treats ready I let the dogs in I make a pot of coffee I go out with the dogs and sit in the sun for a few minutes We all come back in I make a [...]
April 15, 2009 – 12:35 am
The phone call went like this: Collection Agency: Your father obtained a credit card using your name and social security number. He has informed us that he is not paying the balance of over $3,000.00. We are calling you as a courtesy to inform you that if this balance is not paid it will negatively [...]
