Sunday, August 19, 2007
Neglectful
I have been a neglectful blogger as of late, but my life consist of homeschool, housework, and work at the old house. That is where Nate is at this moment. I'm pretty stressed out but that seems to be the story of my life. I am learning to be content in all circumstances, but some are harder than others. I am trying to remind myself on a daily basis what a blessing it is to be able to work, raise my children how I see fit, and be able to worship with a wonderful church family. I don't want my children to grow up in a bubble, so I have to make an effort to bring the world inside our home, since we don't venture out into it very often. What I mean is that I am bringing magazines like Voice of the Martyrs into our home classroom, I also read to them what is going on in the news, like hurricanes, missing men in utah mines, things like that, so that they don't forget why we homeschool (so they can make a difference in the world), and so that they don't think the world doesn't resolve around them. My greatest concern is raising fabulous children that grow up to raise fabulous children but never impact the lost world. My goal isn't just to make them smart, good fathers, and husbands that love the lord in their homes, but fail to take the love of God outside. I want them to understand and see the vision that God has for them. I want them to know WHY they specifically were created. We are always discussing what they will be when they grow up, but also what role they will have in the kingdom, and what can they do now to help them achieve those goals.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
A Moment
Nate just took all the boys and their dirt bikes into the woods to do some clearing for more paths. I am supposed to be cleaning up the gigantic mess from dinner, but I decided to pop over to the computer to blog otherwise I will never get around to it tonight. I fall into bed every night so exhausted that I can barely help myself from sounding like a whiney 2 yr old. I moan and complain and oooh and aahh over the sheets. I'm kinda of a mess. Our life is so very hectic, getting back to school has proven to be difficult, especially since I have added Luke to the mix this year full time. Our day in a nutshell
Cleanliness gets in here somewhere, if I'm lucky.
7:00 rise and shine, Nate heads to the gym, I lay in bed till 20 after 7, that's when he leaves.
7:30 till 8:00 or 8:30 when I get the boys up to start the day, is when I have my God time (most days) they usually get up right around 8.
8:30-9:30 morning house chores, and an outside chore while it's still cool enough. Right now they are weeding a different area of the yard everyday.
9:30-10:00 is when school starts, we don't have a regimented schedule, I usually never start school with a subject they hate doing, most of the time it is bible, handwriting, or science that we start off with.
12:00-12:30 is when we take an hour or 1 1/2 lunch break, after they eat they have been riding dirt bikes or heading to the creek.
1:30-2:00 we are back at it, usually with math and spanish in the afternoon, I will add spelling to the afternoon, since that is done on the computer and they like it.
We are done with school between 3 and 4, then they do some afternoon chores, like unload the dishwasher, vaccum the kitchen and school room, fold and put away laundry, clean toilets, and sinks. During the lunch break, I will check emails and blogs, and get whatever we are having for dinner ready. If I know my day will be interupted by an appointment or trip to the store, we try to double up on the easier stuff the day before. Today during our lunch break I called Tonya to chat and catch up, she is going through the same thing as I, only with more children, so I can only imagine, our lives have definitley become more challenging, but I feel committed to the process, at least for this year. I am surely being stretched and molded into a new creature, I only hope it is a good creature, and not one that you would see in a horror movie. So far I've been pretty patient with the kids, they've only had to confront me a couple of times for talking ugly to them. lol They are learning early what it means to confront in love. They all seem to be happier, and for the most part have better attitudes. I should go into the kitchen, but I may just hop on my bike and try out the trails, big momma (as Nate calls me) has yet to try them out. I need to make sure I can still ride though, because it's been awhile, and I do get chicken if it's been to long, and some of the paths are steep.
Cleanliness gets in here somewhere, if I'm lucky.
7:00 rise and shine, Nate heads to the gym, I lay in bed till 20 after 7, that's when he leaves.
7:30 till 8:00 or 8:30 when I get the boys up to start the day, is when I have my God time (most days) they usually get up right around 8.
8:30-9:30 morning house chores, and an outside chore while it's still cool enough. Right now they are weeding a different area of the yard everyday.
9:30-10:00 is when school starts, we don't have a regimented schedule, I usually never start school with a subject they hate doing, most of the time it is bible, handwriting, or science that we start off with.
12:00-12:30 is when we take an hour or 1 1/2 lunch break, after they eat they have been riding dirt bikes or heading to the creek.
1:30-2:00 we are back at it, usually with math and spanish in the afternoon, I will add spelling to the afternoon, since that is done on the computer and they like it.
We are done with school between 3 and 4, then they do some afternoon chores, like unload the dishwasher, vaccum the kitchen and school room, fold and put away laundry, clean toilets, and sinks. During the lunch break, I will check emails and blogs, and get whatever we are having for dinner ready. If I know my day will be interupted by an appointment or trip to the store, we try to double up on the easier stuff the day before. Today during our lunch break I called Tonya to chat and catch up, she is going through the same thing as I, only with more children, so I can only imagine, our lives have definitley become more challenging, but I feel committed to the process, at least for this year. I am surely being stretched and molded into a new creature, I only hope it is a good creature, and not one that you would see in a horror movie. So far I've been pretty patient with the kids, they've only had to confront me a couple of times for talking ugly to them. lol They are learning early what it means to confront in love. They all seem to be happier, and for the most part have better attitudes. I should go into the kitchen, but I may just hop on my bike and try out the trails, big momma (as Nate calls me) has yet to try them out. I need to make sure I can still ride though, because it's been awhile, and I do get chicken if it's been to long, and some of the paths are steep.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Thrills and Frills
Friday,Austin, Evan, and Nate headed to six flags to meet up with Noah, Micah and Landon for a scorching day of thrills. The temp here was 103, so I can only imagine how hot it was in Atlanta on the hot concrete. The boys had a blast even though Evan won't touch a roller coaster or anything that resembles a coaster. He probably rode 3 or 4 things, but I guess hanging out with the cousins was enough fun. I almost could have had a day off, but alas little luey was stuck to me like glue all day. I was planning on having a fun day with him, but we sorta ran out of stuff to do. I took him to swim at papa's pool, but the wasps were filling up on water so frequently that we couldn't get in, there were a dozen or more in the pool at any given time. We did do a little visiting, had lunch at Mc'D and, played a few rounds of yahtzee jr, and rented Tom and Jerry for the evening.
Saturaday was a non-stop work day at the old house (yuck), I will say no more, except that those people that wanted the house can't afford it, we came down 13,000 but they still couldn't swing it, and we aren't going any lower.
We did have a bright spot on sat though, Jenny(sil) works at a furniture store in town, and they were massively dicounting a sofa and loveseat. There are some problems with it, it was basically butchered in the assembly line, but it is really not noticeable unless you are looking for defects, there are also a few scratches on the wood that can be touched up easily, and the loveseat is missing it's back feet. No problem for us though because papa has a wood shop. Anyway we got this really pretty set for a whopping $300 bucks. I love a deal, I really live for stuff like this, it's perfect because it really is beautiful and looks great in the living room, plus the furniture that was in here could be moved to the basement, which was devoid of furniture. If the stuff gets messed up by the kids, at least we didn't pay thousands of dollars for it.
Saturaday was a non-stop work day at the old house (yuck), I will say no more, except that those people that wanted the house can't afford it, we came down 13,000 but they still couldn't swing it, and we aren't going any lower.
We did have a bright spot on sat though, Jenny(sil) works at a furniture store in town, and they were massively dicounting a sofa and loveseat. There are some problems with it, it was basically butchered in the assembly line, but it is really not noticeable unless you are looking for defects, there are also a few scratches on the wood that can be touched up easily, and the loveseat is missing it's back feet. No problem for us though because papa has a wood shop. Anyway we got this really pretty set for a whopping $300 bucks. I love a deal, I really live for stuff like this, it's perfect because it really is beautiful and looks great in the living room, plus the furniture that was in here could be moved to the basement, which was devoid of furniture. If the stuff gets messed up by the kids, at least we didn't pay thousands of dollars for it.
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