Um, if you didn't know, I am a little OCD. If you don't know what that is, look it up, pretty textbook on a few of the symptoms. But anyway...
I am currently in love with this song, and I need to listen to it realllllllly loud. Sometimes with headphones on. If I worked out, it would definitely be on my playlist. If I had an iPod, it would be on in my ears non-stop. It is a really good way to drown out the noise of the kids...did I just type that out loud....oh well.
If you are not into rocking out...this song is not for you. However, if you have that moshpit, hands in the air, head banging rockstar deep down in your bones, you will probably like this.
This one is the acoustic version. Really pretty, so if you don't rock out, go for this one.
Showing posts with label Sassiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sassiness. Show all posts
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
for diagnosing my strange psychosis of Texas Angst!Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Happy Blogaversay!
Happy Blogaversary to Heather at Blog, She Wrote!
Heather is a fantastic blogger and encourager to other homeschoolers. When I need that special ooompfh I go take a look at Heather's blog and get inspired!!!
I am not sure how long I have been blogging. Maybe a year, but I am not very serious about it, now am I?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
This is Friendship
Ok, so I got a call from my dear friend Margaret. I do canning with her, she helps me organize my home, I help garden at her place. We help each other out... Today she calls and says, why don't you come over for a couple hours, I have some brush I want to clear. I say ok. So I quick find a sitter for the Puppy. Then I pack up the kids, a picnic, and all workbook stuff to be done today, and we were off.
The kids are all set. Puppy at the sitter, and Mouse and Monkey are having a picnic up near the house at Margaret’s.
So we start clearing this brush. Then about half way through the brush clearing, she tells me we are going to cut down a tree. We are talking a ginormous tree here! In total shock, and just seeing how cool that would be to blog about, I say ALRIGHT!!! Feeling like a superwoman for real now!
Well we went to sawing on that tree with the chainsaw, and it starts to go down. We are waiting for the big BOOM! But guess what? No dice. The top branches hung on 3 other trees. We were bummed. It didn't go down. So tonight a storm is coming. We are sure hoping for a good wind. If not, that is going to be a doozy of a job.
Sorry no pics. Just think really big white oak just laying on a few trees, but not falling, and still stuck on the stump!
Notes to self:
Next time wear long sleeves.
Stay out of firing range of the DR. Huge bruise on leg from wood chip. OUCH!
Start working out on a more regular basis! That is some hard work girl!
After that, Margaret tells me, "So, you gonna do 30 minutes on the treadmill?" I think she is out of her ever loving mind!!! But guess what? I did it! YaY me!
The kids are all set. Puppy at the sitter, and Mouse and Monkey are having a picnic up near the house at Margaret’s.
So we start clearing this brush. Then about half way through the brush clearing, she tells me we are going to cut down a tree. We are talking a ginormous tree here! In total shock, and just seeing how cool that would be to blog about, I say ALRIGHT!!! Feeling like a superwoman for real now!
Well we went to sawing on that tree with the chainsaw, and it starts to go down. We are waiting for the big BOOM! But guess what? No dice. The top branches hung on 3 other trees. We were bummed. It didn't go down. So tonight a storm is coming. We are sure hoping for a good wind. If not, that is going to be a doozy of a job.
Sorry no pics. Just think really big white oak just laying on a few trees, but not falling, and still stuck on the stump!
Notes to self:
Next time wear long sleeves.
Stay out of firing range of the DR. Huge bruise on leg from wood chip. OUCH!
Start working out on a more regular basis! That is some hard work girl!
After that, Margaret tells me, "So, you gonna do 30 minutes on the treadmill?" I think she is out of her ever loving mind!!! But guess what? I did it! YaY me!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tag....I'm it!!!
Molly from BloggingMolly just tagged me. I have been looking for something to blog about..so too bad you have to endure another "about me" post.
I am to tell 7 random things about myself, and tag 7 people.
1. I was a girl's camp counselor in Maine for 8 weeks.
2. I once sung an original compilation over the grocery store intercom system.
3. I love to make floral wreaths.
4. I am scared of the dark.
5. My favorite ice cream flavor is peppermint, with the red and green candy.
6. I am an excellent cook. Especially mexican and italian foods.
7. I enjoy serving others.
This is who I will tag:
Ronette, Cyndi, Heather, Shonda, Holly, Jill, and Jackie.
I am to tell 7 random things about myself, and tag 7 people.
1. I was a girl's camp counselor in Maine for 8 weeks.
2. I once sung an original compilation over the grocery store intercom system.
3. I love to make floral wreaths.
4. I am scared of the dark.
5. My favorite ice cream flavor is peppermint, with the red and green candy.
6. I am an excellent cook. Especially mexican and italian foods.
7. I enjoy serving others.
This is who I will tag:
Ronette, Cyndi, Heather, Shonda, Holly, Jill, and Jackie.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Some thoughts!
It seems that every January we hit a funk. It is usually do to the weather and post holiday blahs. Well, I saw this coming this year. I knew it was probably going to happen. The following are a few ideas to prevent total homeschool meltdown in January.
Find some good books that you all enjoy and read them out loud.
Find a way to change your thinking every day. Challenge yourself to do something fun and fresh each week. Invite a friend to join your challenge.
We are doing some Top Secret Adventure Packs from Highlights that are adding a little bit more fun to our daily grind. We are also doing some fun Science experiments from some kits we got at Christmas.
Focus on your reasons for homeschooling. Are you doing it to make your kids the smartest, best behaved kids on the block? Because it is popular...? Or are you doing it to develop relationships that last and instill a love of learning. Are you doing it because it was something you are called to do? Then trust in the One who called you.
Steve Lambert, publisher of our homeschool curriculum Five in a Row, has an excellent talk about homeschooling. He says this is a marathon, not a sprint. And on that marathon there are some steep hills and January to me is one of these hills. I have to remember that there is a great downhill stretch up ahead.
Find some good books that you all enjoy and read them out loud.
Find a way to change your thinking every day. Challenge yourself to do something fun and fresh each week. Invite a friend to join your challenge.
We are doing some Top Secret Adventure Packs from Highlights that are adding a little bit more fun to our daily grind. We are also doing some fun Science experiments from some kits we got at Christmas.
Focus on your reasons for homeschooling. Are you doing it to make your kids the smartest, best behaved kids on the block? Because it is popular...? Or are you doing it to develop relationships that last and instill a love of learning. Are you doing it because it was something you are called to do? Then trust in the One who called you.
Steve Lambert, publisher of our homeschool curriculum Five in a Row, has an excellent talk about homeschooling. He says this is a marathon, not a sprint. And on that marathon there are some steep hills and January to me is one of these hills. I have to remember that there is a great downhill stretch up ahead.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The 12 Days of Homeschooling
(To the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas”)
On the first day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Can you home school legally?”
On the second day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the third day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the fourth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“What about P.E.? Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Canyou homeschool legally?”
On the fifth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.? Do you give them tests? Arethey socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the sixth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“How long will you home school? YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.?Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the seventh day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Look at what they’re missing? How long will you home school? YOUARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.?Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the eighth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Why do you do this? Look at what they’re missing? How long will youhome school? YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.? Do you give themtests?Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the ninth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“What about graduation? Why do you do this? Look at what they’remissing? How long will you home school? YOU ARE SO STRANGE! Whatabout P.E.?Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the tenth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“I could never do that! What about graduation? Why do you do this?Look at what they’re missing? How long will you home school? YOU ARESO STRANGE! What about P.E.? Do you give them tests? Are theysocialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the eleventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,“Can they go to college? I could never do that! What about graduation? Why do you do this? Look at what they’re missing?How long will you home school? YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.?Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the twelfth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied:“They Can go to college! Yes, you could do this! They can have graduation! We do it cuz we love it! They are missing nothing! We’ll homeschool forever!WE ARE NOT STRANGE! We give them P.E. ! We give them tests! They are socialized! AND WE HOMESCHOOL LEGALLY!”
On the thirteenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“How can I get Started? Why didn’t you tell me? Where do I buy curriculum? When is the next conference? WILL PEOPLE THINK WE’RE STRANGE? I think we can do this … if you will help us, can we join P.E.? and we’ll home school legally!” ~ author unknown
On the first day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Can you home school legally?”
On the second day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the third day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the fourth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“What about P.E.? Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Canyou homeschool legally?”
On the fifth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.? Do you give them tests? Arethey socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the sixth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“How long will you home school? YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.?Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the seventh day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Look at what they’re missing? How long will you home school? YOUARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.?Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the eighth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“Why do you do this? Look at what they’re missing? How long will youhome school? YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.? Do you give themtests?Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the ninth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“What about graduation? Why do you do this? Look at what they’remissing? How long will you home school? YOU ARE SO STRANGE! Whatabout P.E.?Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the tenth day of home school my neighbor said to me,“I could never do that! What about graduation? Why do you do this?Look at what they’re missing? How long will you home school? YOU ARESO STRANGE! What about P.E.? Do you give them tests? Are theysocialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the eleventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,“Can they go to college? I could never do that! What about graduation? Why do you do this? Look at what they’re missing?How long will you home school? YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E.?Do you give them tests? Are they socialized? Can you home school legally?”
On the twelfth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied:“They Can go to college! Yes, you could do this! They can have graduation! We do it cuz we love it! They are missing nothing! We’ll homeschool forever!WE ARE NOT STRANGE! We give them P.E. ! We give them tests! They are socialized! AND WE HOMESCHOOL LEGALLY!”
On the thirteenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“How can I get Started? Why didn’t you tell me? Where do I buy curriculum? When is the next conference? WILL PEOPLE THINK WE’RE STRANGE? I think we can do this … if you will help us, can we join P.E.? and we’ll home school legally!” ~ author unknown
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