Gymming it again
I love fresh starts… and I’m about to embark on yet another one. yet again, I struggle to find the ever-so elusive self discipline but again I will try.
What Do You Use To Measure
Friday: From the Archives Each Friday I plan to post a previous post from the archives. Hope you enjoy it! What's your measuring stick? (Originally posted here in Nov, 2005) What do I use as a yardstick to measure my family's growth by? I think a lot of us can fall...
Parenting – for whose sake?
To go along with the quote I posted reviously, here is another one. Ouch! Yes, God I know... but isn't it enough already? The challenges of raising a child are as much for the sanctification of the parents as they are for the benefit of the child. ~ Bryan Chapell
God’s Hidden Agenda
God’s initial goal for Christian homeschooling families is not the raising of godly children. Instead, God’s wonderful, but subtly hidden agenda is that the homeschooling experience be so challenging for the parents that they feel the need and hunger for a closer walk with their heavenly Father.
Facebook security check
Just a quick note: to all my friends who do use Facebook you'll know that I often post links or tips to help you keep up to date with Facebook happenings and Facebook security. Here is a neat little application that will check your privacy settings for you. It takes...
I Don’t Want Kids
I love my children! I don’t want kids. Do our words matter? Does it make a difference if we refer to our children as ‘kids’?
Baby Photo Used in Scam
I recommend using a free or premium service like photobucket or flickr to host your photo’s as you can control the privacy settings. However, as much as many people don’t like or trust facebook, they can be used to securely (as secure as anything ever is on the Internet) host your flicks. Just remember that there are 22 privacy settings to date so be mindful to go through all your privacy settings.
If using wordpress or blogger you can also upload your photo’s but post them in a password protected post.
It may not be of great concern if your photo’s aren’t direct head shots of your children… it’s up for you to decide. But please, just be careful and deliberate about all that you do on the Internet.
No Teens Here
There was a time when I banned the word 'teen' from our home. Being that the concept of 'teenagers' is a relatively new phenomenon we wanted to avoid the whole drama that seems to be synonymous with those teenage years. But you may have noticed that I have changed. I...
Rubbish!
This week I purchased a new tool for the home. No unfortunately it wasn't a new printer, computer or anything cool like that. Instead it is a tool that has been on my want-to-buy-essential list for awhile now. What is it? A paper shredder! Not all that exciting, is...
Qualities of an Educated Person
Yesterday I posted the 12 Things You Might Not Have Learned in a Classroom by John Taylor Gatto. I was actually looking in my computer for the 20 Qualities but couldn't find it. But now I've found it! The Twenty Qualities of an Educated Person by John Taylor Gatto 1....
12 Things You Might Not Have Learned in a Classroom
Many years ago I read something else that John Taylor Gatto wrote... I printed it out and stuck it on the wall. But many house moves later and I have lost it, which is a shame. However, whilst searching for it I came across this post. Higher Education: 12 Things You...
Finally… a homeschool post!
This is, after all, a blog by a homeschool mum eh? There's not been much posting about homeschool related matters lately though. Okay, time to update on what the boys are doing for their 'lessons' lately. If you've known us for awhile, you'll know that we believe all...
Try, try, try again
April 29th 2009 was when I started my Fit n 40 quest. How did I go? Well, I gained strength and fitness so I definitely gained some health. I even managed to play softball again. I went from doing circuit training to lifting heavy weights... and then somehow,...
A new Bible reading plan
“The goal of this system is simple, and twofold: To know scripture, and to love and obey God more!“ I want to share a really cool Bible reading plan. At the beginning of the year when it is customary to begin all new things, many people were posting their new plan for...
What would happen if we treated our Bible like our cell phone?
This did the Internet rounds a few years ago and I shared it then... but it's too good to not share again. I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell Phones? What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we turned back...
What about my rights?
"To be broken means to have no rights before God and man. It does not mean merely surrendering my rights to Him but rather recognizing that I haven't any, except to deserve hell. It means just being nothing and having nothing that I call my own, neither time, money,...
How to eat an elephant
Where to begin? It's been over one month since I last posted! I have heaps to write about but very little time in which to do so. I could have logged on and just written quick snippets but I keep holding out for the time to write that long, descriptive, captivating,...
Unschooling or School At Home. So which is it?
If you've read my blog over the years or my forum posts you may be excused for wondering what type of homeschoolers we are! One month we seem to be favouring an unschooling approach and another month we seem to be doing school-at-home! Looking at our homeschooling...
What is the Chief End of Homeschooling?
The Chief End of Homeschooling: there is an eternal reason for all this mess, untidiness, and constant training. That reason is that God wants ALL of us- our entire life. Our goal is to love God and glorify Him forever – in the midst of spilled Weetbix and poopie nappies and children that can’t spell.
Michal: first wife of King David
Knowing I was going to be laid up recently I had been on the lookout for a new fiction book. I don't remember how I came to find out about this new series but I'm glad that I did. I have been wondering if I'd find a series to enjoy as much as I loved Gods and Kings......