Friday, March 23, 2012

Homeschool Mother's Journal - Light At The End Of The Tunnel

The Homeschool Mother's Journal


In my life this week...

I have been busy working on getting myself in shape. After 3 kiddos my body isn't what it used to be and I'm tired of not doing anything about it. I am one day away from finishing C25K Week 2 Day 3 and I'm doing Nike Training Club workouts. I'm seriously loving them both!! My body has been sore but a happy sore. My calories have been low and I'm feeling good. :) I'm excited!!

In our homeschool this week...

We hodge-podged around doing formula's for Area, Perimeter, and Volume. Dividing with remainders for the first time, and learning about the parts of a tree... heartwood, sapwood, vascular cambium, inner bark, and bark. We talked about the Indian Wars and the Gilded Age. Worked on Verbs and Spelling words. We also continued our work on building a Biblical Worldview.

I also decided instead of dreading how far behind we really are in our curriculum to sit and write out the last of our lessons to see how much longer we actually have till the end of our school year. I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED!!! When we first moved 4 months ago we were W....A....Y... behind! My daughter has been working her tail off doing double work for months now and has cut her time left for this year to actually finishing early vs working all summer. I am SO stinking proud of her!! I want to make the end of this year BIG for her! So much has happened through this school year and she has kept her head up. All A's but one class that ended at an 88%. Next school year marks another milestone for us. We add another student full time... Kindergarten for my middle child... so I want the rest of this year to be extra special for my hard working student. I was certainly renewed this week for our love of homeschooling!! Bring on 4th grade and Kindergarten... We're ready!

My favorite thing this week was...

Hmmm... I think other than what I mentioned above would have to be diving back into blogging and Twitter. Actually taking pictures and I guess getting back to me. I have felt the Lord more clearly this week and all around super happy with ME. It's been awhile since I have felt like this. It's a good feeling. :)

I'm reading...

Other than curriculum for next year... I picked up Reshaping It All from the sidebar over there again. I can't remember why I never got to finish it before, but I am determined to not let that happen again. God speaks to me through it and I can't wait to reshape everything the way HE wants me to. It need it I know it. This is a new beautiful season for me. It's going to be great!!

I'm grateful for...

God. All of you. My family and friends. My church and Bible study group. Everything. I'm seeing things in a whole new light and the growth God has me in right now is something more than awesome and definitely something to be grateful for. A cry of my heart this week too...

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

A photo(s) to share...

We got hit this week (Monday) with a crazy rain, thunder, and lightning storm. It was talked up so much with not much to show for it for so long I never thought it would show up. Then it did... Full force! It was AWESOME!! I love a good thunderstorm. The left over clouds this week have made for amazing viewing material.

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2 comments:

Dionna said...

I've always loved thunderstorms. Does the prospect of tornadoes take the joy out of enjoying the storm or do you still find them just as cool as ever?

Jen said...

Hey Sweetie!!! So glad you are feeling back to yourself ! It makes a world of difference doesn't it? No more long breaks between keeping up for us!! :)

I love thunderstorms too but I get kind of worked up when they talk tornadoes and I am here with just me and the kiddo :) I have been known to watch Twister in the middle of bad thunderstorms :) that's kind of weird isn't it?