This morning I have been awake since 5 am. I cannot sleep with so many thoughts, memories, hopes, regrets, and prayers surging through me all at once... Anticipation sighs within.
Today I am preparing for tomorrow's journey *home*. With thanks giving in my heart, I will be traveling with my dearest [...]
Next month will mark five years that it's been since Chris started this particularly spectacular adventure for me... Yes, he signed me up with an account over on blogger, named this blog "the brew*crew adventure" and basicly got me started journaling online. To commemorate my five year anniversary (5 yrs,' [...]
Something hilarious happened this morning that I just had to write down and share with you... My girls and I were eating Dove chocolates (today's my birthday) and reading the foil wrappers. Tab says to me, "Aaah Mom, Savannah's says 'Dance like no one is watching.'!" She dances ALL the [...]
Last Friday we were pleasantly surprised by a call from my sister, a school librarian, who is currently working on earning her Master's Degree in Media Science. She'd called to ask me if we had time for her to interview myself and either N or T regarding their reading habits' [...]
**Added disclaimer: Please note that this post contains material that may be inappropriate for children to read.**
*Note: I originally published this article last year, August 25th, 2008 here at the the brew*crew adventure, but having recently published it over at the HSBA Post, I decided to re-post [...]
**Added disclaimer: Please note that this post contains material that may be inappropriate for children to read.**
*I recently posted this over at The Post, and originally published it here at the brew*crew adventure on August 25th, 2008. I thought it worth re-publishing here, as a reminder to [...]
The time is here to show some nominatin' love for your favorite homeschool bloggers over at the HSBA Post! There are 25 categories to consider (though you don't have to enter that many nominations to contribute your favorites), and the prizes being offered this year [...]
It's that time of year again... be sure and hop on over to the Homeschool Post to find out all of the details for the upcoming 5th Annual Homeschool Blog Awards! There's so many great categories, so start your list of favorites to submit, as nominations will begin [...]
Hello my lovely blog readers!
After the last three months of not writing on my blog here (not sure why my strong aversion?, just a season I guess), I'm ready to start back at it! Meanwhile, I'm also inspired by the brisk, Autumn weather we're having here, and so am trying' [...]
As we drove down a winding country road one day, a few years ago now, admiring the breathtaking views of hills ablaze with summer-ripened trees making ready to drop their sun-kissed leaf offerings for a rich next year, my son proclaimed to me with [...]
A is for Awake!
We were pleasantly surprised this morning when a friend and neighbor of ours woke us up to let us know that a hot-air balloon had just landed right in our front yard!?! What FUN!
As you can see, baby S, who only moments [...]
There are very few foods that I actually get to craving if I go too long without them, and this is one of them. I also get a lot of requests for this one from my 13.5 year old son. This recipe has evolved (I added more stuff) over the [...]
I wanted to take a moment to let you all know that a couple of great carnivals are up, and they're brimming with encouraging words for you as you gear up towards starting a new year of homeschooling with your kids.
The Carnival of Homeschooling- the Founding Father's Edition went' [...]
I wanted to share a few great give aways with you all, so that you can enter and maybe even win!
First of all Sprittibee is giving away $50 worth of free stuff from All Chilren's Furniture, a really cool childrens' furniture shop that has way more than just [...]
I recently joined a great online homeschooling community, Our Lifestyle of Learning, in which I've found an interesting discussion going on among some of the mommies in the "Dirty Stinky Boys" group concerning boys and "Weapons!", prompted by this great article Molly Evert wrote called "Boys and'" [...]
I have really been struggling with this whole moving thing these last few days... all of the unknowns looming larger on our horizon as our house's closing date approaches (and simultaneously SO thankful for THAT answer to prayer!). I deliberate over what to pack where and how to label boxes [...]
My blog here sure has been terribly neglected lately, hasn't it? I know, I know... If the truth be told, I haven't been much of a blogger this whole last year practically! *sheesh* Sometimes it's quite frustrating that I cannot seem to find enough time to do all that I' [...]
I really like books... Whether I'm reading them aloud to my kids, casually thumbing through a new prospect at an old bookstore, browsing the aisles of my local library, intensely studying some subject or just sitting in a room surrounded by their company as they adorn their shelves, books comfort' [...]
For even if the fig tree doesn't blossom,
and no fruit is on the vines,
even if the olive tree fails to produce, and the fields yield no food at all,
even if the sheep vanish from the sheep pen,
and there are no cows in the stalls;
still, I' [...]
I was recently offered the opportunity to read and review this newly released book, Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith, co-written by two Christian women who are both wonderfully inspiring teachers themselves, [...]
Aaah yes, adventures indeed! It looks like we are going to be moving soon, one way or the other! There seems to lots of interest in our house, which we've recently decided to sell, and for a very good price. Check it out! Hopefully everyone won't be scared [...]
It's now been about two weeks since I posted that I was going to start updating my blog regularly again... What happened, you may be wondering? Well, I got sick, and then as soon as I started feeling better- almost a week later- N got sick, followed by T and' [...]
This is something that I wrote early last August... a finished thought that, for some reason?, I just didn't hit *publish* on and let sit in my draft folder instead. Ironically, it's titled "timing", so maybe this is the right timing for it to be published anyways, after all?
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My heart [...]
It has been a long while since I sat here and blogged, hasn't it? Wow, I did not intend to take such a long sabbatical, and how rude of me to not even mention it. Life here has been rich, busy, good... I have been taking it all in~ and' [...]
Eight days the light continued on its own:
A miracle, they say, but not more so
Than ordinary lives of flesh and bone,
Consuming wicks burned ashen long ago....
~Nicholas Gordon, poemsforfree.com
See more Wordless Wednesdays [...]
i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
~ e. [...]
Outside My Window... it's a beautifully cold and blustery day out there today, with the sun's warmly shining rays seeming to shoo away the day's soggy-gray beginnings. The wind's now blowing through the mostly bared branches of our Maple tree, tugging on her last few brown [...]
I just happened to view my blog here in the IE browser on our laptop... and can I just say, YIKES! If you're using IE, then my blog template is most likely looking all messy and messed up on your end. I don't know how to fix that for you [...]
I haven't participated in this meme before, Blogger Friend School, which provides a weekly "blogging homework" theme. As I was browsing through some of the amazing blogs listed over at the HSB Awards, I clicked onto this week's theme for the BFS, and was totally inspired to join [...]
 My little 'ol blog here is a finalist for the "Best Unschooling or Eclectic Homeschooling Blog 2008"!
Thank YOU, Wow and whoo-hoo!
I am totally thrilled just to have made it to the list, knowing how many GREAT blogs are out there nowadays, and would be' [...]
Outside My Window... it's a sunny day today, but staying cold... beginning to feel very Fallish, and even winterish now that most of the leaves are dropping! All of the foliage along our street is a brilliant display of orange and golds!
I am thinking... the kids [...]
Today I was inspired by this meme over at Heart of the Matter Online:
I know that there are those that have amazing and elaborate school rooms dedicated to housing anything and everything related to homeschooling. There are also those who have mad skills when [...]
...that seasons change... and to everything there is a season.
Thursday Photo Challenge: Thankful
[...]Outside My Window... it's dark, curtains pulled. We had crisp Autumn weather outside today, and we were loving it... windows closed to the cold now. It's a beautiful sun-shiny Autumn day... T is out there "building a fort".
I am thinking... how nice it is when [...]
I watched the 3rd Party Debates on C-Span night before last. It was so very refreshing to hear the issues discussed much more frankly, with pointed (true) conviction, without all of the rhetoric and pandering to mainstream America-Media, double-talking fluff. If you missed them, you can view them here [...]
Yes, the 2008 Homeschool Blog Awards are already here. This time last year I was busy with a newborn, and missed them completely... so I'm excited to be on board and participating this year! Do you have a favorite homeschool blog that you'd like [...]
This just in from Campaign Emails:
We have very exciting news!!!
Chuck Baldwin will have an opportunity to share his views in a debate scheduled for Thursday, October 23, at 9:00 PM ET in Washington DC.
Baldwin, along with other third party candidates will show voters that [...]
Life with a little one is busy... ALL. the time. I'd forgotten just how busy one baby can keep a Momma, and then, throw in a seventh grader and a fourth grader, with so many of their activities and a large part of their education hinging on my daily accessibility... [...]
A few of you were interested in hearing a follow-up as to whatever became of the offending book I'd run across at our local public library. So here I am, finally writing an update... maybe it'll be a post sufficient enough to break the last month of blogging silence [...]
There's some great posting going on over at the *shiny-brand-NEW* Christian Unschooling website. I am so honored to have been invited to actually contribute articles to this project now and then. The purpose of all the homeschooling writers that are contributing to the site is simply to offer:
Encouragement and [...]
Amy of Dandelion Seeds is inviting anyone who would like to commit to praying for the Drews family to please email her to sign up for a specific time, or just let her know that you're praying, and she'll then let the Drews know that so many are lifting [...]
A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.
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