Gratituesday: Sounds of Home
more reasons to be grateful this Gratituesday!
One of the things I love about our history curriculum, Tapestry of Grace (TOG), is the on-line support I receive from other moms using the curriculum in their homeschools. The TOG Yahoo Group, Loose Threads, has provided me with a wealth of information on using TOG, homeschooling, parenting, preparing meals, and so many other topics. …
I did it! I logged on to type my Gratituesday post, but before I did, I happened to read Amy’s Gratituesday post and I knew it was written to encourage me, to speak to my heart, to move me into action… and it did! Perhaps her post was not written only for me, but her…
Last month, Ryan attended an A to Z Mystery themed birthday party. The party host presented each of the boys in attendance with one of the A to Z Mystery books (by Ron Roy) as a party favor. Ryan read the entire book that afternoon and begged to head to the library before it closed…
There is so much to be thankful for this week. A snow shovel might be at the top of my list if it weren’t for my dear husband who, knowing how much I DON’T love football, actually willingly agreed to DVR the Super Bowl so that I could watch a Monk Marathon on Sleuth TV…
With the advent of e-mail and text messages, the art of the hand-written thank-you note seems to have become a thing of the past. Somehow, however, e-mails and text messages just don’t convey the same feelings as a thoughtfully hand-penned note that can be held in your hands, read again and again, and cherished for…
I love homeschooling, most days, I really do! What I don’t love is trying to remember the Virginia-state deadlines for Notice of Intent and Proof of Progress each year. And so, what I have done, in order to not have to remember deadlines, and to not have to deal with a missed deadline, is to…