MERRY CHRSTmas!!

Just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a very

MERRY CHRISTmas!

Gloria

It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas..

Well, Christmas is almost upon us and we are so ready for it to get here. We are looking forward to a couple of weeks of no school. Just relaxing and enjoying the season.The only thing that could make it better would be SNOW! But here in this part of Arkansas that is most likely not going to happen. But hey, we can wish can't we!?!?
Don't have too much time but I wanted to pop in and Wish Everyone a Very Merry Christmas!!

Until the New Year!!
Gloria

Whew! Busy Time of Year

It has been a while since I have blogged but we have been really busy, what with the holidays and trying to wind things down before our Christmas break so we can start the New Year fresh. But first we had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My husbands brother Now we are preparing for Christmas. Going to put the tree up this weekend, hopefully. Still have not bought any presents yet. The boys are getting really hard to buy for and it takes SO MUCH more money to buy their presents now.
So, lets talk about school here in out little humble abode. Like I metioned we are wrapping up some things in history and Biology so in the New Year we can start on a different topic and I will be adding in some additional studies in January. We will start studying about World War II in history and we are going to start the human body study in Biology. We are going to also continue with Nature Study and will be using Anna Comstocks book The HAndbook of Nature Study. My son will continue to make a Nature Journal. This will be a fun part of our week. We are going to start a beginning computer class using my college book and course material that I used last year in college. We will be adding in Spanish and possible German. Of course we will continue with all of our other studies whcih will make for a very busy new year.
Well guess that is all for now.

MAY YOUR FAMILY HAVE A VERY BLESSED CHRISTmas SEASON!!! MAY WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT CHRISTmas IS TRULY ABOUT!!

Until Next Time

Gloria

Needing a break

Do you ever feel like you need a break from everything..well at least from homeschooling,housecleaning,cooking and laundry? WELL I DO..but alas we know that is not going to happen. You know maybe if someone would just give me a little appreciation for everything I do around once in a while it would be okay too.
Oh well, I can always dream. LOL
Gloria

TAKING A DAY OFF TO RELECT ON SOME OF MY CURRICULUM DECISIONS

I decided to give the boys the day off today because I am going to redo our composition curriculum for this year. While I would love to use IEW , well the reality of it is I can't afford it at this time. I mean it's not like I have nothing to use, on the contrary I have lots of things to use I just need to organize them and decide how to precede from here. I like the idea of using CM ideas of copywork and oral and written narration but my boys do not really like the copywork. So my afternoon will be filled with going through the curriculums and various aides I have and figuring out how to make them work for us.
Wish me Luck!!!!

Gloria

1. Answer the questions below using only one word.

2. Thank the blogger who gave it to you. (no one did, I swiped it from someone)

3. Pass it on to 6 of your favorite bloggers.

1. Where is your cell phone? table
2. Your hair? straight
3. Your mother? unstable
4. Your father?estranged
5. Your favorite food? mexican
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? Dr. Pepper
8. Your dream/goal? contentment
9. What room are you in? family
10. Your hobby? reading
11. Your fear? heights
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? country

13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something you aren't? outgoing
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. Wish list item? camper
17. Where did you grow up? Arkansas
18. Last thing you did? drink
19. What are you wearing? Jeans
20. Your TV? on
21. Your pets? loveable
22. Your friends? fun
23. Your life? happy
24. Your mood? bored
25. Missing someone? nope
26. Vehicle?truck
27. Something you're not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? wal-mart

29. Your favorite color? green
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? weeks
32. Your best friend? Husband
33. One place that I go over and over? wal-mart
34. One person who emails me regularly? noone
35. Favorite place to eat? chilis

Thank goodness it is Friday!!

I thought Friday would never get here! We did not accomplish as much as I would have liked to this week, but then again I seem to over plan the week so maybe that is the problem. B and I have started reading the Hobbit and so far it has been interesting. Our discussions seem to get off track a little at times and I remind myself that we are not doing public school we are doing school our way and it ahs worked so far so we will continue as is. He started World War 1 in history this week and is reading Albert Marrin's book The Yanks Are Coming. I think he is learning because everyday he has something new to tell me. Algebra is coming along nicely. Math has always been hard for him but since we switched to MUS he seems to understand it better. Compostion is going rather well. I had him read one of Andersons fairytales and then the next day write it in his own words and I was rather impressed with it. There were some minor grammatical mistakes but over all it was quite good.Biology is well just Biology. He is on track and seems to be enjoying it. We are doing vocabualry with his literature reading right now and this seems to work pretty well. I am thinking about having him start Vocabulary Cartoons after the first of the year but we'l see. I am sure that I have skipped something but this is about all I have time for today as I need to get back to cleaning the house.
Enjoy your journey!!
Gloria