11 weeks of exercising
Hello, my name is Susan. I've been exercising since the 13th April (11 weeks) and I haven't lost an ounce! Not a pound, not a kilogram. How unfair is that? I know I started off gung-ho. I can tend to get rather zealous with things and fitness is one of those things....
Only eighteen days to go
Only 18 days left...til John comes home! In that time I've had my dad leave to go back to Broken Hill, my youngest daughter leave home and my eldest son have his first night at Youth group. Still yet to happen: Eldest daughter is to go away and return from softball...
What To Blog?
A few years ago, I was told that my online persona did not seem to match my real life persona. Apparently, I seemed to give a different impression, a more 'perfect' or 'ideal' one through my online persona. I was shocked and disappointed but I now believe that it is...
Freedom versus Bondage
There are things that I struggle with in my life. Some things I have even had to set boundaries for. These boundaries give me the opportunity for accountability…they help me to be strong in areas that I am weak. Rules, boundaries, safe-guards, guidelines, do’s, do not’s…call them what you will but they are boundaries
Mini MasterChef: Lasagne
Last night (Friday evening) Master J cooked a scrumptious meal for his first meal in our Mini MasterChef competition. It's always a bit tricky when cooking a traditional family favourite because we have something to compare it to...but he did a fantastic job! And with...
Eat Fat to Lose Fat?
I've recently finished reading Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fat, by Mary Enig and Sally Fallon. It's an interesting and helpful read. Eat Fat, Lose Fat is similar to "Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct...
Open Kofta
As part of our Mini MasterChef competition, Master C (aged 11.11yrs) treated us to open Kofta's, inspired by the MasterClass recipe. You can watch the MasterClass video demonstration and/or download the printable pdf version of the recipe. Miss A (aged 18yrs) taught...
Our Mini MasterChef Competition
Some people might be lazy. Others might feel that spending too much time in the kitchen is a waste of time. Still, others just might not enjoy cooking but none of those are my reasons. My reasons for not spending too much time in the kitchen are purely noble. I have...
One down, five left to go
One week down only five more weeks to go. The house is clean, tidy and everything has a place and (here's the real miracle) everything is actually in its place! A few weeks ago, my dad visited and stayed with us for 3 weeks. During that time Damian also popped over...
Surviving a Book Fair
Book fairs, homeschool curriculum displays can make one’s heart beat faster and palms get sweaty. We all want to make the most of our time at a book fair. Here are my tips for getting the best out of my time at a curriculum fair.
Perpetuum Jazzile: vocal ecstasy
The video below is a lovely feast of rich sounds. From their website: The stage is our canvas, our voices are our colours. We blend and unite them to create masterpieces. Happy faces give us energy and confirm that we are devoted to what we do with our hearts and...
Do you tweet?
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others’ updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to other users – known as followers – who have subscribed to them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications.
Parent or Best Friend?
Hands up if you have a teen daughter? A few years ago, I was advised to be my daughter's parent- not her best friend. The advice was given that I need to be her guiding influence and an authority figure. And with that, I do agree! But... So I tried being more...
Putting it together
Where I share just a little of our lifestyle and how it looks, what sort of books we use in this pursuit of a Bible based, Cross-centric lifestyle of learning.
A Few Freebies- Christian, homeschool, blogging
Just a quick post to let you know of some goodies that found their way to my Inbox this morning. I don't know how long it will last so grab it quickly...a free audio download of Max Lucado's, "Your Are Special" read aloud by the author. Need a fun, self-paced,...
The Animal School – A Parable
An old story tells of the creation of a school for the animals. In this school, everybody took the same four courses: flying, swimming, climbing, and running. Among the students were a duck, a flying squirrel, a fox, and an elephant. These four were highly motivated,...
Developing the Vision
God doesn’t want us to strive for cookie-cutter children, rather He would have us prepare our children for an individual, definable life purpose. We try to recognise and identify each children’s natural (God-given) strengths, weaknesses, abilities, talents, interests and passions. From there, we can lean on God for direction in devising a flexible plan for developing our children as whole individuals with a purpose, for His service.
Getting the direction – as co-pilot
A Gospel-driven, Cross-centric, Discipleship approach simply means that we’re teaching each child what he needs to know, with a view to his/her God given strengths, weaknesses, interest, passions, and talents… their natural bents. An individual’s strengths and weaknesses and interests are part of their God given make up! By identifying and encouraging their natural bents we will be launching them toward their purpose.
Mapping the course- as the pilot
So began a new chapter in my homeschooling journey: that of putting God first…depending solely upon Him. I wanted Him to show me what to teach and when to each child. I was literally asking ‘What would Jesus do? What would Jesus learn? How would Jesus teach?’
Something missing…
I was revising my educational philosophy, my dreams, goals and ideals for the children. But deep in my heart I knew that something was missing. Oh, we did Bible study and had memory verses and all those ‘right’ things, yet something was missing. I knew that I was doing what God wanted- after all, I was doing this for Him, for His glory! Right?