I've Been Tagged

Maria Tagged me to post on the years of my life. This might be hard LOL but here is my try.

20 Years Ago I... I was 11 years old. If I remember correctly we were living in California. I was held back in the first grade due to me missing so much school because of trying to get my epilepsy under control so I had to have been in 5th grade. I remember hating living in California. I just didn't make many friends because I was the quiet one and kept to myself. I just didn't like living there and was happy when we were moving later that year to Germany.

10 Years Ago I... Harlow and I were planning our wedding. We were married July 4th 1998. I was working at a Nursing home as a nurses aid. After we were married in our wedding clothes we went to the nursing home and showed my new hubby to the residents I took care of. It was a good time but it was also a sad time too because three weeks before we were to get married hubby's dad had committed suicide. I had told Harlow at the time that if he had wanted to postpone our wedding because of it I would understand but he wanted to make it a happy time instead of all the sad. It really was a beautiful wedding though!

5 Years Ago I... We had two boy's. Chord was almost three years old and Jarod was a year old. By this time I was a SAHM and all though it was an adjustment I enjoyed it. It had it's hard times but it was good. We also had to file bankruptcy. It was a sacrifice but it was well worth it in the end.

1 Year Ago I... It was a good year for the most part. I had been homeschooling for 2 years and was starting our third year of homeschooling. We also found out hubby was to lose his job in 2008. But was still a good year. We went to the zoo a lot and even went to the Museum not too far from here.


So Far This Year... We have been spending time together as a family and continue to homeschool. We are very blessed. I got the boy's next years curriculum but I might start them early don't know yet.


Tomorrow I... I will live one day at a time. Tomorrow we really don't have anything planned out but we will figure it out.


This Year I Shall... Be thankful for all that we have been blessed with and to remember enjoy the time I have with my family. I do want to be more organized though LOL. I also want to eat healthier and hopefully lose weight in the process. I also want to walk with God more and read my Bible more (we have been too) and be more involved with our church.



I know it looks like we have been through a lot and we have but I wanted to state here also that we are very blessed too. I think the hard times we have been through have made us who we are now and stronger together too. So don't feel too sorry for me LOL. I am a happy person and our family is happy too. We know that whatever "bad" we go through God is always there to walk us though! We are truly blessed.


I tag........Anne, and Kel. I would tag Julie but you have already been tagged with it LOL.

What’s Been Going on Here

I know I haven't posted a blog since Monday but things have been busy here. First going back to this past Wednesday night hubby started not feeling well. Thursday he ended up coming home early because he was really not feeling well and called off on Friday and I went grocery shopping. Through the weekend hubby still didn't feel well but Saturday we went to my SIL's for dinner. The boy's had a good time and hubby did his best to enjoy himself though he didn't feel good at all. Then Sunday he stayed home and the boy's and I went to my mom's house so he could rest peacefully.

Monday hubby called off work again because he was still ill and then called and made a doctor's appointment. They said he had a stomach virus and couldn't do much about it. He got a note for returning to work on Wednesday. Also on Monday I as I told you in Monday's post that I went to a Bible Study with the MOMS Club®. I also did a lot of errands and cleaned house along with schooling the boy's.

Tuesday I did my normal thing of going to the Laundromat to do laundry only this time I didn't take the boy's because they said they weren't feeling too well either. Thank the good Lord though because they didn't get the virus their dad had. I guess they just felt blah so we didn't do school that day. I'm just so glad that they didn't get hubby's virus though.

Yesterday we got schooling all out of the way and went to the Library where I got a few books they will need for some of their school work and they picked out some books to read and then we went to the park next to the Library. The boy's had fun playing at the park and later a little girl came and played with them as well. It warms my heart to see how well they play with other children. They don't care what age or sex you are. If you are willing to play with them then they are willing to let you play with them LOL. This little girl had to been about four years old and my two are five (will be six in Jan.) and seven (will be eight in March) and they played wonderfully with her. So we stayed there for a while and came home. Yesterday I also did more cleaning on the house that I don't get to very often.

So that is what I have been up to and just haven't had the time or energy to post LOL. This is already my second post of today so I guess I am catching up some LOL. I hope no one else's family has been sick like ours. I really don't like this time of year because it doesn't take much to get sick. I guess it will be a little better in the winter months because at least then the temps will be a little more stable. Ahh living in Michigan and it's ever changing weather LOL.

Sad

What am I talking about? Well another blog I read is getting criticized about not only because she homeschool's but also because she is considering to sending her children to public school. So on one hand she has people saying you shouldn't homeschool because blah, blah, blah. Then on the other hand she has other homeschoolers telling her that she shouldn't send them to public school because blah, blah, blah. I didn't read the comment because she had password protected that blog post. But from her post afterwards I know it wasn't a nice comment. So I don't blame her for password protecting it and shutting off comments. It's just sad that, not even a fellow homeschooler can support her. I won't put a link to her site because I don't think she wants more trouble.

What I do want to say is that we all should support each other weather we are working moms, stay at home moms, moms that send their children to public/private schools and those that homeschool their children. We all have one thing in common and that is we all wants what's best for our children. For some it may be for both parents to work because 1) they need the income or 2) because maybe the mother wants a job outside of the home. Sometimes women want to work 3) Maybe they feel it shows their children that women can be hard workers outside of the home and women can be more than just a "mom". Still others want to be SAHM because they feel a pull to take care of the kids and be at home. This doesn't make them bad women it's just what they feel is best maybe for 1) they want to be there for their children whenever they need them (not that working mom's don't it's just different). 2) When I quit work to be a SAHM it was because my hubby and I would work separate shifts so we wouldn't need a babysitter and I missed being with my husband and being there for the kids. I felt like (not everyone feels the same way this was what I felt) I was missing out on the boy's life. 3) Maybe for some (it was for me too) they felt God was telling them to be home with their family. Not everyone who is a Christian or religious may feel that call but some of us do. This doesn't make either choice a bad choice. It just means different things to different people.

As for those sending their kids to public/private school or homeschooling them, there are many different reasons for both. For sending them to a public/private school it maybe 1) Both parent's have to work and maybe they don't think they can work and homeschool 2) Maybe to them it's the best choice for their family. 3) Maybe they generally don't want to do it or maybe they feel like they can't. For homeschooling them 1) they may feel it's the best choice for their family. 2) Some that are religious might do it for religious reasons and honestly that is their choice. 3) Maybe the school in their district is not a good school system. There are a lot of other reasons in either case but those are just a few that I mentioned. Again what we all have in common is we do what we think is best for our families.

Some people after homeschooling a while decide to send their children to public/private school again for many reasons. A few are 1) Maybe the parent that was homeschooling the children has to go back to work for financial reasons. 2) Maybe something has happened in the family like a death or other traumatic event and they can't fully keep their thoughts on homeschooling their children. 3) Maybe they are burn out and truly need a break to recuperate from it all. Sometimes we can stress ourselves out from it all. And 4) maybe just maybe it's because they feel it's the best for their family to now return them to public/private school.

In any of the cases above we must realize we are all mother's/father's or even grandparents doing the best we can for our families. Not every family is the same. We all have different needs and wants from our families. So what is best for yours isn't necessarily for someone else's family. I don't feel like I am the best parent because I homeschool and because I am a SAHM. I think we are all mother's/father's just trying to do our best with our children. So let's try to support each other even if you don't agree with each other's choices. Yes I know there are some bad parent's both public/private school parents and homeschool parents but I am not talking about them. I am talking about all of us parent's that try our best to raise our kids the best we know how. So instead of judging each other why don't we ban together and hold each other up and support one another. There is enough bad things in the world than to worry about how one educates their children don't you think?

How I Came to Christ.(Long sorry)

I was reading a blog http://thehungryone.wordpress.com/ and it got me to thinking of sharing my own story on how I came to Jesus. When I was growing up the only thing my parent's told me of Jesus and the Lord was that, there was a god and the reason why we celebrate Christmas and Easter. Not the full story but basically that Jesus was born and that's why we celebrate Christmas and then Jesus died for us and that's why we celebrate Easter. That was the extent of it. So I believed there was a god and I had even went to church a few times with some friends but never with my family.
So moving on when I was fifteen not only did my parents divorce but I wasn't getting along with my dad either for various reasons I won't get into right now. Then my mom moved my brother and I to here in Michigan. (My dad was in the army so we had moved around a lot prior to the divorce). A few month's later. I don't even believe it was a year later both my grandparents (my mom's parents) died within months of each other. Then a year after that I had an aunt die and then maybe a year or two after that my aunt's fiance' died. So I became hardened and I started to think there was no God because why would a God that is supposed to be loving let all this happen?
This was for many years and even to my adulthood. I remember being so angry and resentful of just about everything. I would have heated arguments with people who were Christ followers. Now I never did drugs or anything but I did hand around a not so good crowd but thankfully I was too strong willed to do a lot of what they did.(actually I believe now that even then God was protecting me).

I met my husband when I was a month shy of my seventeenth birthday. He was also taught there was a God and had even went to church but he really didn't know God either. So we dated and then married when we were twenty-two years old.(July 4, 1998). At that time hubby's dad had committed suicide and his mom was hiding because she had cancer and was with a man that wasn't good for her (Hubby's mom and dad divorced about a year after we started dating) and she didn't want anyone to know about any of it. So we ended up with custody with hubby's three teenage brothers. We had them for a year and then because of different reasons they went and lived with their step mom.

So it is now 1999 and hubby and I decide to try to have a baby. It didn't happen right away. So then at our one year anniversary we went on vacation/honeymoon and I became pregnant with my oldest. (took about 6 months of trying). Went through the whole pregnancy still not really being a believer though I had calmed a little with my anger issues from before but not completely and I hadn't talked to my dad for about 7 years at this point.

March 24, 2000 after being in the hospital since the 22ND trying to be induced and finally through a C-section we had my oldest, C. I held him in my arms and remember thinking wow he's so beautiful and my heart started to melt. I realized that Wow there is a God and he gave me this beautiful boy even though I had been so ungrateful before. But even then I didn't know God. But I did finally talk to my dad and forgiveness came into my heart and all that anger started melting away. I no longer held grudges.

Ok fast forward to 2001-2002. I was pregnant with my youngest J. and I was working at a store and I met a woman and became friends with her. She was a Christian woman. She never pushed anything on me which made me really like her. Soon I began to have questions for her and she would quote scripture and answer my questions and what not. So I got curious and I would read a Bible we had at home (was my husbands dad's really) and then I would start watching Joyce Myers (sorry spelling LOL). The woman at work later gave me a Bible of my own once she saw that I was coming around.

My husband was freaking out. He was like what the heck has happened to my wife who didn't believe in God and was so angry before? He thought I was nuts! Then we began to talk about things and I told him how I read in the Bible about being Baptized and I began reading scripture to him. I than also started to go to a church where my husbands step mom would go on Wednesday's. (didn't go on Sunday's just yet). So my husband said why don't we get baptized? So I took him and the boy's with us to this Church and we started to attended regularly. They started talking about doing a Baptism and if anyone was interested to sign up for the classes to learn what it means and then be baptized. So we took the class and got baptized! 7/21/02.

So as you can see it was a long road. I learned that God didn't make the bad things happen but he made the bad things good. I believe that if none of that bad stuff had happened I would have never met my husband (because we would be living in Arizona not Michigan because that's where my dad lives) and I may have never gotten to know the Lord! All those things combined helped open my heart and to that I am grateful! God is awesome God!! Ok I know this was a long post but I wanted to tell you my story.

My Rambblings

We had a good weekend. Saturday was my mom's birthday so we went to her house to be with her. It was a nice time of just being together as a family. We are blessed that our families combined (hubby's and mine) get along really well. So we don't have the rift between in laws like some families do. All though hubby's mom and dad have passed away I did get to know my MIL really well before she passed away.
My MIL was a strong willed woman and always said what she meant and never minced words LOL and I loved her for it. She was like another mom to me. Which is saying a lot since my mom is a great mom herself. I miss my MIL. She passed away in Nov. 14, 2002 of breast cancer that spread to her brain. She had her faults of course but all in all she was a good woman.
Anyway I got off track again LOL. I swear I do that all the time. It's like I have a million things going on in my head and they all get jumbled together and I just ramble LOL. So if I don't make any since you know why LOL. Just ignore me.
Sunday the boy's and I didn't do much because hubby had to go to his friends house again to help with something so he had the car. We only have one car so when one has it the other one can't really do much LOL.
Monday was a MOMS Club meeting and the boy's and I went. It was nice. We had a guest visitor and she was a Child Consultant. She basically deals with children who are having a hard time adjusting to day care, school, day care homes, child centers and registered relative care providers. Anyway a lot of what she was saying about children and some of their behaviors is what I have done with the boy's. Such as acknowledging good behaviors instead of only focusing on the bad ones. I have notice when I see the boy's doing something "good" and I compliment them on it. Like one time sitting through a long sermon at church and being very hungry. They at first whined and then they just sat still and I told them wow look how good you guy's are. They behaved through the whole thing after that. Not that I don't discipline when they act bad but I try to acknowledge when they are good as well. I have to say doing that has always done well for us because the boy's don't act out as much as they did when they were younger. There were other things that she said that we do at home too. So it made me feel good that I am doing well by the boy's. Not that "experts" always have the right answer but this one believed how I believed and I have see how it works with my boy's. I may not be a perfect parent but hubby and I must be doing something right because it shows through the boy's.
Today I just had to go to the Laundromat to do laundry like every Tuesday LOL. I got compliments again about the boy's by two different people. They both said they were so well behaved. I had them do some school work there but let them play around too. One of the ladies that gave me the compliment was an elderly woman. She was saying you don't see that much these day's. I am so proud of my boy's LOL. Can you tell? Ok I am done bragging LOL. My children aren't perfect (neither are hubby and I for that matter LOL) but they are good kids.
Tomorrow is a Halloween party with the MOMS Club that I am in. So I will taking the boy's there. I will get there early though to help out with getting it all together. The boy's get to dress up in their costumes so they will love that. Then it's off to Trick or Treating. So if I don't blog tomorrow you know why LOL. Hubby is taking the day off work to go with us too. Will be an eventful night to say the lest LOL.

Another Blah Day and other things

It's been a rainy, grey day. It hasn't poured down rain but he slow drizzling kind. I don't mind rain too much but when it's a drizzle like it was today it makes me so tired and blah feeling. If it was stormy I would love it. Since I really do love storms but it wasn't a storm, just blah! I know it's fall but I can do without this blah weather LOL. Then again I am not ready for winter just yet either LOL.
Can you believe it's only two more months till Christmas? We got ahead this year. We are pretty much done with the boy's stuff. They wanted Star Wars stuff so it wasn't too hard LOL. Now we just have to get a few things for like my mom and other family members. Can't do much this year though since H. will be losing his job at the end of Feb. Pray that he finds a new job before this one ends. But there in Michigan it might be hard. Don't know what or where we will go if we have to move to another state. Michigan is slowly dying though. With the car manufacturing going down hill and jobs moving out of Michigan. I just don't know what will happen. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers!
Today was laundry day so we went to the Laundromat and did that along with getting all their school work done there. The boy's are so good for me when we go. They do their work like I ask them and never give me too much trouble LOL. All though they like to get gum out of this gum ball thing where you play pin ball with it till it falls in the hole lol. We were there from almost 8:30 a.m. till about a quarter till eleven a.m. I am blessed to have such good boy's LOL.
Tomorrow, other than doing school we don't have anything planned. It will be nice to just relax for a day. Saturday will be a busy day with going to the zoo and hubby being off again to help his friend out again. Ah a mother never really rest does she? LOL

This and That. That and This

Sunday we didn't get to church. Because H. didn't get home from helping his friend till four a.m. He even woke me up when he got home LOL. That's ok though because we went outside for a minute and looked at the stars. It was really pretty. That's one thing that is nice about living a bit out in the country because you can really see the stars. They were so bright! So I guess getting me up at that time of night (morning) turned out ok LOL. We were pretty much lazy for the rest of the day LOL.
Today was a pretty normal day. Woke up at seven a.m. I woke the boy's, they had breakfast and brushed their teeth and got dressed. Then I let them play till eight a.m. and we started school. C. and I are having fun learning about George Washington. We are making a project out of it. He is really learning a lot from it and I am too LOL. That's one thing I really love about homeschooling too is that I can learn right along with them. Keeps my mind sharp LOL. We all finished just before 11 a.m. and they went and played together while I got tomorrow's lesson planned and printed and the house cleaned up some and then it was dinner time. Not too many dull moments in this house LOL.
Tomorrow is Tuesday so it's laundry day. Which means it's time to go to the Laundromat. I got all the clothes ready and the boy's school stuff packed to go tomorrow. I do school a little with them while we are there. Keeps them busy and keeps our schedule a bit on target. But if something happens our schedule can be changed and not a big deal. Another great thing about homeschooling LOL.
Instead of going "Trick or Treating" on Halloween, we are going to go to the Zoo this weekend and do it there. They do it every year and we have a membership there so it's only a small fee to do it other wise. Plus we did it a couple years ago and the boy's loved it. So I know they will love it this year too! We have had their costumes for a month now LOL. They have been counting down the day's. C. is going to be a Clone Trooper and J. is going to be Darth Vader. LOL can't tell they love "Star Wars" can you? LOL. My brother got them into that. I have to really be sure to thank him for that(Insert rolling eyes) LOL.

Busy yet Again.

Saturday we went to Hubby's 2ND cousin's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony and reception. They even had a video with pics of both families. See Hub's 2ND cousin is 57 years old. His first wife died in a crash many years ago. So this has been a long time coming. I thing he will have a wonderful marriage.
Anyway the boy's had a great time too. Especially when the music started LOL. They both went to the dance floor and got down LOL. C (my oldest) even met a little girl there. The little girl kept following him around. So I went to C and told him he should ask her to dance with him. So he did and he and the little girl danced LOL. Not slow dance of course, he is only seven years old LOL. They talked and danced most of the time we were there. It was just too cute. Once I put the pics in my laptop I will post the pics. Later I went to talk with C and he told me he was going to ask her to be his girlfriend LOL. But, later he said he was too nervous and it was time for us to go home LOL. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen LOL.
J. danced most of the night on his own or with his brother. He just loves to dance and talk to people LOL. I am surprised he didn't dance with anyone LOL. At my brother's wedding, a year ago, he danced with almost every girl there, especially with the teenage girls LOL.
Sunday we went to church and just spent time as a family. It was nice to just relax and be together as a family. I don't get on the computer much during the weekend because I try to just be with my family. Next weekend I might be on a little more because hubby is going to his friend's house to help him out with a film he is making for his school. (His friend is going to school to make films).
Today, was a really busy day. First I got up and got dressed and it was off to go to the dentist for my appointment cleaning. No, cavity's for me LOL. That's good because with C's fillings last month my mom actually paid our deductible and other things that weren't covered. We've just had a lot going on with fixing our car and insurance being due soon. So it's good I didn't have to get any fillings! Anyway after the dentist I had a mom from the MOMS Club come over so we can go over our crafts that we are going to do with all the kids in the club on Thursday (Create and Play). It's something her and I do together for the club kids to do crafts and sing song's and read some books. It's really fun for all the kids. I also enjoy reading and playing with the kids LOL.

My day today

Today was a busy day. First when I wake up I find that C. has a bad headache and a slight fever (99.7) so he is not quiet over whatever it was that J. had before. But after I gave him some Motrin he felt much better. Hasn't had any more issues since then. So we had a light day of schooling. After that I went to the Laundromat and did laundry. Afterwards I came home and hubby was putting the other computer desk in the living room. That way we can make the room it was in more of a toy room for the boy's to free up their room a bit. They aren't very big bedrooms and there is no closet in their room (long story LOL). So I spend the rest of the day going through old papers and getting things a little more manageable in there. I still have work to do in there but it looks a lot better. Well I am wiped out from all that so I think I will just surf the next for homeschool stuff and watch House at 9pm LOL.

Sorry I have been MIA

I haven't really forgotten to blog. I have just been busy with family. The boy's are all healthy and back to normal now, thank goodness. Saturday, my mom and I hung out together. We did some shopping and just spent time together. I love hanging out with my mom. With her working afternoons and all it's hard to get some one on one with her. So when we do get that chance I enjoy it very much. My mom bought the boy's some workbooks from Walden's and some other books too. She also bought them some fall coats. I didn't ask her to do any of that but she did anyway. It was just nice to just spend time with her and talk and be silly LOL. We are good at doing that LOL. Hubby (H.) even cleaned the kitchen and did dishes while I was out! I was very appreciative of that. What a good hubby I have!
Sunday we went to church and we just spent time at home as a family. I also did a little bit of grocery shopping. I usually do it on Saturday's but our electric company was going to shut off the electricity for a few hours from 12:01am to 5:30am Sunday morning. So I just waited till Sunday to go to our local little store to pick up a few things. I will probably do more at a later date. Depending how we go through what I got.
Today, not too much is going on. We got up at 7am and ate breakfast and everything else we do and then at 8am we did school work. A little after 11am we were done and then I spend some time with hubby. Just before hubby went to work (he works afternoons) we read some of the Bible (We do that everyday as a family). That's been our day so far. Don't have much of anything planned other than cleaning the house and making dinner later.
Tomorrow is laundry day so I need to get clothes around and school books around. That way when tomorrow comes I just have to put it all in the car and go to the Laundromat. Ugh I so wish we had hook-ups in this house we rent but nope we don't. I guess I should just be grateful for what we do have and I am but I can always wish right? LOL

Kids (Insert rolling eyes here) LOL.

Kid's are resilient aren't they? Why am I saying this? Well, it started yesterday. We came home from being out and about (getting my hair cut along with other errands to run) and I noticed J (my youngest) had what look like a small rash on one of his cheeks. I thought maybe he just brushed up on something that maybe he had a slight allergy to. Other than that he was ok. So I forgot about it. Well later that night he complained of a headache. So I gave him some Tylenol and gave him a cold wet wash cloth. Started to get a little concerned but I thought well he was up early this morning. He might just be tired.
Fast forward till morning time. I had decided to let the boy's sleep in a little to make sure they got enough sleep. Well they wake up just fine and we start schooling after getting dressed and brushing teeth. Everything goes by ok and then J starts to lay his head down and be whiny. I check him and he has no fever so I tell him to take a nap (this was about 9:30am). Then about 11:00am he wakes up and he has a slight fever, he's crying of a headache and he now has a rash not only on his face but his stomach as well! I get so worried I call the doc. They said they would give me a call back to get me an appointment for him. So I wait and J is whaling that his head hurts. I am getting worried about him so I give him some Motrin and give him some water to drink. The doc's office calls back and says to bring him in at one p.m. So we eat lunch and I watch over J and then out of no where he says he feels better and even eats (at first he didn't want to ) and starts playing with his brother. This after screaming bloody murder about his head. We take him to the doc's office anyway and they said it's just a viral thing and to just keep giving him Motrin or Tylenol. I guess though here in Michigan they have had a few instances of Measles but they really checked him out and he does not have that thank the good Lord. He seems fine now but I will keep an eye on him. Tomorrow we will all just have a easy day together with family. At least till hubby has to go to work.

Been so Tired and Hair Cut and Dyed

The last two day's I have not been sleeping very well. I don't know why though. I haven't been worried about anything or feel overwhelmed or anything. I probably need to do some exercises or something so I get more tired?! I would be sleeping and then all of a sudden I would wake-up. Hubby says I am not snoring so that can't be why I am waking-up. It's only been the last two day's though. Hopefully tonight I will sleep better or at least find out why I am not sleeping well. That's why I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday. I was just too tired. LOL.
On other news, I got my hair cut and dyed today. It's the shortest I have ever had it but it so needed it!! I haven't cut my hair in about a year because honestly who has the time when you are a SAHM, and homeschool mom LOL. Any time I would think about it, it was when we were doing something else. After many dye jobs and other abuse I did to my hair it was very damaged LOL. Hubby got sick of finding my hair every where too LOL. I am a heavy set person to put it politely (lol) and I probably shouldn't have cut it so short because honestly it shows my neck too much but it's not bad actually. I really do like it. Besides like I said it desperately needed it. I probably shouldn't have dyed it again either but hey at least it was a darker color so no ammonia in it. It's definitely a change. That's ok though because in most cases I like change. I grew-up an army brat so change is definitely an old friend of mine LOL. Well that's all I can think of right now to post. Maybe whenever I get enough sleep I will have more to talk about LOL.

Relaxing Day

It's been a relaxing day. Much needed since we have been on the go so much in the last few weeks. I woke up about eight a.m. The boy's woke up a bit earlier than that. Then we ate breakfast and the boy's did their routine and then we started school. We took it a little easy since they went to bed late last night. Then we pretty much lounged all day LOL. Well I did clean house a bit. The worst of it was the dishes LOL. So it wasn't too bad. It was nice not having to go any where.
Tonight I don't know what I did but I was getting stuff around for tomorrow for the boy's (printing out some papers for their schooling) and I turned my wrist a certain way and now my wrist hurts. Oh well at least it doesn't hurt to type LOL. Just to move it any other way. Hopefully tomorrow it will be better.
Tomorrow I have to go to the Laundromat to do laundry. See we rent and the house we rent has not hook-ups for washer and dryers. So that means I have to go into town and do laundry. Ugh a pain in the butt LOL. I will take the boy's along with some of their school work with us to do there. They are usually pretty good about it. That was pretty much my day. Pretty boring huh? LOL. This week I really don't have anything planned. So if my blogging is boring that is why LOL. It will be nice though not to have to run around every where though.

How We Came to Homeschooling

Well, how we came about homeschooling is like this. A long, long, time ago in a galaxy far, far away. LOL ok I know cheesy sorry. My boy's are really into Star Wars so it's rubbed off me I guess LOL.
Anyway when my oldest son (we'll call him C.) was just a baby we lived in a town that I didn't care for the school so much. I remember commenting to my husband (we'll call him H.) that if we lived there when he was older I was going to homeschool him. See I went to that school when I was in high school and I hated every minute there. Anyway, years pass by and we have another son (We'll call him J.) and we did move to a better town. Actually we moved to the town he grew up in. The summer before C. would have started Kindergarten hubby came to me and he said. "Remember when you said something about homeschooling them?" I paused for a moment and said, "Yes, do you still want to do that?" He of course said yes and that summer I spent a lot of time at the library and getting every book I could on homeschooling. I also scoured the Internet for sites on homeschooling. Like the laws in Michigan, how to get started and the like. I also began praying about it. I prayed that God would give me a sign that this is what we were supposed to do. I found that the laws in Michigan for homeschooling were very laid back. No test taking,(which I believe that test don't really prove what your child knows or not) and no having to report to anyone. As I prayed and read more about it I felt for sure that this was the right thing to do.
I won't lie and say it was easy from the get go. In fact I had worked myself up so much about doing it and trying to get him to learn that I gave myself high blood pressure LOL. The first year as most anyone will tell you is the hardest. That first year was more of a learning experience not only for C. but for me too. I learned how he learns and he learned more and more each day and we learned together that we could do this together and be closer than ever too.
We are now into our third year of homeschooling and this year my youngest is now learning along with us. You would think it would be harder to teach the both of them together but it's not really. At least not so far LOL. Give me a couple more years and I will let you know LOL. I think J. watched C. as he was just starting out and wanted to do what his big brother was doing too. J. just started doing Kindergarten work this year and he is already starting to sound out small words. I thought he would be harder to teach because he is a very active little guy LOL. To get him to sit still can sometimes be a struggle but we find ways to keep him occupied and keep him working. I am still learning everyday with each on how they learn. Things I am sure will change over the years but one thing that won't is that we all will learn as we go. Learning never really stops. I enjoy learning more now than I ever did as a child. I hope to help my children love learning through out their whole lives and not to take even the smallest learning experiences for granted. Even watching an ant carrying it's food to it's hill is a learning experience.
That has been our homeschool journey and it will continue to grow each year. What I don't know we will learn together and even with what I do know there is always room to learn more. Homeschooling isn't just about teaching your children but it's also about continuing your (my) education. It's also about love and family. Each homeschool family is different and each child is different. The only way really to do homeschooling wrong is not learning anything at all.