Great Sites for Moms

Do you know about two great sites that encourage praying God's word over our children and nurturing Godly character in our children?

MOB Society (Mothers of Boys)



MOB Society also has a prayer party every Tuesday night at 7pm central on Twitter. Join in and share what God has on your heart.


and


MOD Squad (Mothers of Daughters)



Check them out!

Are You Ready to Hop?

Don't miss all of the Back to School or shall I say Not Back to School Excitement next week. There are two great sharing and learning opportunities for you listed below. I love reading and learning about what others are doing in their homeschool.







Be sure to join the fun!

My Self Evaluation

The Homeschool Village has a great link up this week. The topic is Self Evaluation.

The question:

1. If you were to "grade" yourself on homeschooling this past year ... what "grade" would you have earned? What if your children were grading you?

Well, this wasn't too hard for me to answer because I'm always grading myself which could be good and bad at the same time. I would give myself a B-. I have had an extremely hard year (2009). Many of you know, if you have read my blog, and understand the circumstances which were beyond my control but I give myself a B- concerning the situations which were yet still within my control. Going through a divorce and returning to work, I managed to continue homeschooling five children and graduate one of the five. Although, we weren't always on schedule, on task, or on time, we pressed through the stress! My children continued their sports and music lessons and every activity imaginable in order for Mom to keep a sense of normalcy within our home. However, if I were to jot a little note on my progress card, it would read "needs to be more consistent". I have a tendency of stopping and starting things or losing my motivation and gusto after a while especially when my wheels are running like crazy. As a result, I have been more relaxed this year which could be good.....and bad. Being relaxed can remove the pressures of homeschooling yet it could also enable one to become too relaxed or inconsistent in certain areas. I see several areas that need consistency.

How would my children grade me? I ask my children this question a lot! We have started to periodically have family meetings to discuss how our homeschooling efforts are going. These meetings have led to curriculum changes this past year after listening to the feedback of my children and now they couldn't be happier. These meetings have been eye openers for me as well because my children are free to voice their opinion and thoughts without fear of punishment or repercussions. I've been told that I'm on Facebook entirely too much, I need to arrange more field trips, etc. etc. Ouch! The truth hurts but it also helps. After asking, my children stated they would give me a B+.

Please feel free to link up or read more self evaluations at Homeschool Village.

Wordless Wednesday: House Call

What Am I Doing?

I'm just thinking over here. ...thinking about our new year. ..thinking about schedules.... thinking about what to do with this blog LOL!....just thinking, thinking, thinking...hmmm. I'm excited and nervous about our year with homeschooling, work, college and all of the activities and to do lists in store. Oh, my oldest was blessed with a job! Thanks for all the prayers. He's working part-time while he attends college full-time this year. He was a part-time student last year and just wanted to get his feet wet with the college experience. Now he's pushing forward. I'm proud of him. We are still homeschooling year round so we have been continually working on the 3r's. Our new year will be in full operation in a few weeks with all subjects in tow. We have a few more summer activities to complete before we start but I'm gonna get back with you soon. Thoughts are stirring! I miss you, guys!

Hey, you can follow me on Twitter to read about what I'm doing daily. Craziness! LOL! Linky on the left. Also, if you have anything on your mind that you would like to ask me, ask away! My email is in my profile and I've been feeling a little nutty. There's no telling what kind of response you just may get but feel free to ask. Ha!

Our Menu

Monday~chicken salad sandwiches and baked chips

Tuesday~ Tator Tot Veggie Casserole

Wednesday~ Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Thursday~ Homemade Pizza

Friday~ Sloppy Joe sandwiches and fries

Saturday~ Spaghetti and salad

Sunday~ BBQ chicken, corn, greens and candied yams