If you look at the top of my page, somewhat lost up there in the header is a page titled Books I’ve Read. I have decided to add it as a separate page up there, instead of having the list on my sidebar taking up so much room.
I had only started keeping track on here of the books that I read back in October, and by the end of December the list was quite the trip down the side, and I felt that it took emphasis away from the buttons and other such things I wanted to display on my sidebar. So that being said, for those of you that are interested in the books that I have read, starting with January 2009, just click into the page above, and have a good browse. If I’m doing my job correctly, some of those books will also be linked to book reviews done here on this blog as well.
Hope you enjoy glancing at my bookshelves.
*LOL* I really didn’t know what I was going to blog about, but felt the need to come over here and type something out…..and after seeing what my last entry was, well, it struck me as kind of funny. It’s almost 5am, and here I sit, yet again, sleepless. Now, don’t get too upset, I slept yesterday, so it’s not so bad. *LOL*….I’m getting tired now, so perhaps I can go lay down for awhile, and get some rest.
It’s raining here right now, which is okay, but I hope it stops later, as I wanted to take a walk!! Yesterday was just a beautiful day, with temps near 70 degrees!! The girls and I walked the almost 4 miles, round trip, to go get some ice cream at DQ, and to pick a couple of things up from the store. It was lots of fun, since we haven’t done that since summer time.
I’m about ready to take the Christmas decorations down. I’m kind of tired of the cats trying to redecorate for me. *LOL* We shouldn’t have put the tree up quite so early, and than I wouldn’t be so tired of it already. Anyway, that will be happening in the next few days.
Okay all, I guess I have rambled on enough for this morning.
Blessings to you all!!!
It’s been over 40 hours since the last time I slept. Just another one of those times when I can’t sleep, mostly anyway. I figured after being up all night that I would be able to lay down and nap during the day, but I was too cold and kept coughing. When I hit the 36 hour mark, I was sure that I would be exhausted, and able to sleep. While the exhausted part is true, the sleeping part is not! I layed down, but just couldn’t sleep, and so here I am.
On the upside of my insomnia, I’m getting a lot done. I read chapter 15 out of my transcriptioning book (only 2 more to go!!), I did the transcript to submit for that chapter, although I still have to go back over it to fix some errors. I deep cleaned my kitchen, vacuumed the whole house, wiped down my washer and dryer, cleaned my bathroom, and laundry is all caught up except for one load that needs folded and put away. I’ve read my Bible, and read Charlotte’s Web and the Bible to the girls, although I could only do 1 chapter out of each as my throat started hurting. We’ve watched movies, and now we’re listening to music. It’s 2am, still plenty I can get done *LOL*…Might as well do something constructive with my sleepless nights.
Whatever bug that is going around is kicking my bottom! 2 weeks ago Desiree was sick for 3 days I think it was, and than I followed on her heels and got sick, except I haven’t gotten well yet, or maybe I am sick again as I do remember a couple of days when I felt better. Does sickness not realize that I’m not allowed to get sick? *LOL* Single Mom here…Hello!!!…However I keep coughing, keep blowing my nose alternating with not being able to breath (I haven’t figured out which is worse!), and keep having my left ear giving me pain…Yesterday morning I added a new development of cold chills. Could not, can not get warm, no matter what I do!! I thought I was over it earlier this evening, but sitting here, I’ve started shivering again. Dressed in sweats, socks and slippers on, with a blanket wrapped around me, drinking hot tea, by the heater and I’m still freezing. No appetite in days either. I’m all for losing a few pounds, but I haven’t eaten since Sunday evening, 1 slice of pizza, before that, it would have been dinner Saturday night. Add in a killer headache, but that’s probably from lack of sleep….
Before all of you dear ones start jumping down my throat, I am taking care of myself, as much as time allows.
Well 5 work posts under my belt, a transcript done to go over before I submit it to the college to be graded, the girls got dishes done, and part of the laundry folded. I got all the laundry washed. We are moving along pretty well tonight. I still have a quiz to go take, and had actually forgotten about it until I started typing this post. I need to read to the girls, but that isn’t work at all. I guess, other than that quiz, that the only work to be done is to clean the litterpan area, which won’t take long.
School is progressing along just as well. Handwriting is becoming a focus point for us, as Des only writes nicely when she wants to, and not when she NEEDS to, and Meg just needs a lot more practice under her belt. As with most things she is blooming late in the coordination factor of handwriting…but while I am not a severe grader, with Meg, when it comes to handwriting, I do think it important that she put in the time on it. Plus since we have started writing Bible verses, it serves several purposes for them to do handwriting assignments. Bible study has become the highlight of our school day, with all the interest and questions that the girls are coming up with. We also enjoy our story time, and are currently reading The Secret Garden. Math is progressing well, although I don’t have too many details on that. We are still working with flash cards, our school papers, as well as doing more cooking/measuring things. They are both doing exceptionally well in their reading assignments. Des finished the health book, and asked to read it again, who am I to say no. After she finishes it this time though, I will have her move on to the next grade’s health book so she can learn new things and not get bored with it. She also started the history book that was too advanced for her reading level a few months ago. Meg is doing well with her reading as well. I can see her reading level advancing almost daily.
Well I guess that’s enough for tonight, at least with this blog. *LOL* I have several more entries to do on the other blogs, but am not sure that they will get done tonight or not. First things first, the quiz.
My friend Amanda is having an awesome giveaway over at her blog, The Daily Planet.
Her giveaway is for something from the Homeschool Boutique. I just love this site, even though I haven’t been able to order from there yet, they are just full of great things for homeschoolers. T-shirts and tote bags, baby to adult, you can find something for you! It was and is very hard to say what is my favorite thing from them! I especially like their Scripture Tote Bags though, and would like to get one for myself, and one for each of the girls!
Amanda has several ways to enter her giveaway, so pop on over to her blog, by clicking the above link to her blog, or hop on over to the Homeschool Boutique by clicking the link above to see what awesome things they have!
Even though I haven’t been making regular entries, nothing is wrong, it’s just that life has been moving along. The weather is turning colder here. Won’t be long before it is too cold to take walks, and that saddens me, as taking walks with the girls is one of my most favorite times. Recently our walks have not only been filled with heart to heart talking, our walks have also been filled with joyful praise and singing.
Schoolwork is progressing magnificently! I am so pleased with how things are going with them! They are learning with joy, and we are all having a great time doing so. Learning about God, asking questions, and praying, it’s wonderful. The girls help me every night with dinner, which is something new, before I only had them helping every once in a while. Chores are getting done, maybe not completely joyfully, but we’re working on that! *LOL* Oh yeah, I suppose I ought to mention how the “real” school is going…The girls are whizzing right through their reading books, both the girls love science especially! Writing skills are getting better and better…It must be the Bible verses they are writing, instead of plain old writing books…*S*..Math is good as well….
Well, I guess that’s about all for now!
I can’t tell you how excited I am by the articles in Growing In Grace online magazine. The magazine is designed for young ladies, but I myself get a lot of enjoyment out of it. The contributers put in a lot of time and effort on their articles, and they turn out wonderfully!! They have something for just about anyone. Some wonderful recipes that I can’t wait to try out, tips on modesty, how to apply God’s Word to your life…It’s just great!!!
One of my most favorite articles is done by Miss Rachel and it’s called Snuggle Up With A Good Book. This month she did a review on the Circle C Adventure Series. I have not read these books, but I have heard of them, been to the website and etc. and I have to say that they sound wonderful!!! I can’t wait until I can get these books, because I’m almost sure that the girl’s will LOVE these books!!
This month, not only did she do a review, but there is a GIVEAWAY too!!! You can find the icon on my sidebar, or click below to find out how you can enter!!!
*******************Written October 31**************************************
On this day, when most are blindly dressing up in costumes and going out to seek candy, we are sitting here with tears in our eyes, and a heaviness upon our hearts!!
Our Beloved George died this morning, of unknown cause. He was a darling cat, as I’m sure you can see by the picture. Megan’s darling, as he slept with her EVERY night, without fail, no matter where she slept, he would find her. It is sweet memories we have of him. Chasing his tail and romping through the house, but most of all was the endearing bond he had with Megan.
As some of you know, he was taken to the VET earlier this week to have surgery done on one of his eyes. He came home Wednesday, and other than being just a bit tired from the surgery, he acted completely fine. Even last night, he seemed to be fine. This morning I woke up and noticed that he was not with Meg, and so I went searching for him. I found him laying in our laundry room. I couldn’t even tell if he was breathing, but upon looking closer, found he was breathing. We rushed him to the VET, where he died acouple of hours later.
We do not know what happened, we only know that we miss him dearly, and his passing has left a hole in our hearts and an emptiness in our house. It is small comfort to know that he is with God. He is not in pain anymore, for that we are thankful, though we ourselves are in pain because of his heavenly assent.
It is times like these that I wonder if God’s clock is working right..Yes, I do mean that as a joke. Here in this world I can not see why God chose to take George, as I think we’ve had enough to deal with lately…but there is the popular saying “God’s timing is not alway ours”. I hold my daughter and dry her tears as my own fall, and I tell her that God had a reason, even though it hurts us, and even though we don’t know the reason, God did have a reason. George is in a better place now.
Goodbye my dear George, we will miss you always!
I’m not even sure what to write. I did an update about the accident over at my Prairie Roses blog, but it seems silly to repeat the same thing here.
I have read a few books in the last few days, to add to my sidebar, but don’t have the authors names handy to make sure I get them spelt right. I was especially glad to finally get The Hollow written by Nora Roberts! I have been looking for that book for months! I am even more excited that the third installment of that triology will be coming out in November. I do detest being left on the edge of my seat, with no way to know what happens until the next book is finally published.
School was put on hold over this past week, while we dealt with the after-accident mess. I still have plenty of phone calls to be made, but other than that and chiropractors appointments things are pretty well back to normal.
This week we need to go to Kansas City and get Des’s glasses, and get Megan’s fixed, as they both had their glasses broken in the accident. I am not looking forward to the trip, but yet I wish that it could have been this week, as I really hate them being without their glasses.
Please feel free to visit my other sites!! I have set up a new blog at Winter Lilies if you’d like to take a look, although it’s far from being that interesting right now!!
Well anyway, enough rambling I suppose. Please keep us in your prayers, especially about financial difficulties.
The girls and I were involved in a car accident October 10. No serious injuries, although I am trying to type this entry with a splint/brace on my right arm…*LOL* Ought to make life interesting for a while donm’t you think??
In any case, we are thanking God that we are alive, and that we weren’t hurt worse!! The car was totalled, but than we did roll several times. Still have to contact the insurance company, thank God for full coverage insurance!!
Now if I can stop replaying the accident in my head, that would be good. That is why I am up at 4am, and have been since 2:30am….every time I close my eyes I see what happen, and wonder if I could have done anything differently to protect my babies better. God was sure looking out for us though, because as I said the injuries are minor, and no one else was injured.
Keep us in your prayers please!!!
