School Books...

I am trying to weed through my school stuff.

I seem to gather and gather books and never use them.

So today I am purging some books....about 60 of them.

I offered them on www.freecycle.org I know, I could have gotten money
for them, but I am just ready to get stuff I don't use out of my house!!

I am going to use only the stuff I know and love :D I will post later tonight,
subject by subject by grade what I plan on using for the rest of my homeschooling
adventures :D You know, the curriculum I am sold on :D

Web Site for all Parents/family members to check out

This is a great web site with all the latest txting lingo :D
A must for all parents to know.
There are "warnings" like PAW - Parents are watching
And there are other things like fun, silly, and normal.
Please take a look...it may not be your children using it, but a niece, nephew, or a friend of your child's.
I believe that the way to help our children is to be knowledgeable in their "world".

Here is the link:
http://www.webopedi a.com/quick_ ref/textmessagea bbreviations. asp

2 Weeks from Tomorrow...

I am traveling from KS to TX to see John graduate from Air Force Basic. I am taking 4 or 5 other people...21, 21, 16, 15, 14...all girls...13 hour trip...WOW, it's gonna be a LONG trip!

I can't wait! My dad was was in the Army, my husband was in the Army...I miss the military! I miss being on Post, the pride, the "community", all that stuff! I miss the uniforms! I am so excited to be able to go on Post again and look around...I could spend like ALL DAY there!!!

On another note...Joshua started meds today for ADHD. It's a newer med. It's a patch. He seems...hmmmm...can't tell just yet. I LOVE the way the Dr. explained the whole thing to him! She said that brains like his need some help focusing for now so that they can learn. When they get older people with brains like his are CEO's and inventors and all sorts of neat stuff because their brains work in many directions at once. That he will be able to be very sucessful later, but needs to be able to focus for now to learn how to do all the stuff he will need for later. .She is so wonderful!!!

I have almost tackled my laundry monster LOL! Now I have to get all the clean clothes taken care of in the livingroom :D

My weight is at 294. I cannot get any bigger!!!! I need to loose about 144lbs. For the next two weeks I am going to eat when I am hungry BUT it is going to be a detox type diet and I am thinking I found one online I am going to look at but for now I am eating only fresh fruits and veggies. Gotta get this weight off! Gotta get healthy!

So today I have eaten:

Breakfast: nothing as I had to get out of the house and to the Dr.

Lunch: cherry tomatoes, salad, 2 bananas

Dinner: don't know yet...1/2 grapefruit???

I am thinking maybe 1/2 grapefruit for breakfast and dinner with microwaveable bag of veggies for lunch and some fruit (bananas, oranges, grapes, apples)

I am going to make SIMPLE things for my kids cause I won't eat them...I like full meals with meat and potatoes...maybe some:

hotdogs/mac n cheese

french bread pizzas

and I don't know what else...

Parents...

Honor Your Father and Mother...
does anyone else have trouble with this commandment?

I am not sure how to do this with my mom. I mean I love her...I just don't agree with hardly anything she thinks. Sometimes she has some great thoughts, but mostly its just criticism of how I do things. Generally her sentences start "now, if I had your family I would..." Well, I hate that because I am an only child! She has absolutely NO idea of how things work in a family with 10 children. I am happy that she is concerned for her grandchildren BUT enough is enough! I have never lived up to her standards and probley never will. I am okay with that if she would just leave me be. I know my children are AWESOME and if she doesn't care to get to know them and all that, then it's her problem.

Can you sense my anger towards this? I have tried to talk to her, but she just gets mad and then talks about me behind my back. I don't know what to do besides pray.

Please pray with me that my relationship with my mom will be restored fully and that I am able to let go of he anger.

THANKS!

You know what happiness is when...

Your daughters boyfriend calls from basic (Air Force) for the second time in a week and now your daughter is on Cloud 9....

That's happiness...sweet happiness :D

Medicine

I love medicine lol! Anything that makes me feel better! After one dose I felt ALOT better, today, even better...I can't wait until the 10 days is up cause I will feel 100% ( I hope)! If you think about it please pray that the medicine totally clears it up so that I can go to TX pain-free :D

God, Thank you for giving Dr's the knowledge to help us when we need it!

Nothing is getting done today...

My ears are bothing me ALOT! I have different times that I have problems with my ears, and most of the time I end up at the EENT...it's not that bad this time...so hopefully at my appt. today they will be able to give me something to help. I hate taking medicine, BUT I would rather NOT go to TX next month with ear infections!

Mallory went to the midnight showing of Prince Caspien last night. She said it was very good and would recommend seeing it! Justin and Joshua are going with their friend to the 11:30pm show tonight to see it. They think they will love it all BUT the kissing lol! They are such boys lol!

Well, I am going to throw in a load of laundry and do some dishes as long as I can stand up. My ears are making me off-balance, so I don't expect to much to get done today :D

Also, later I will be posting a daily list, chore list and school list later :D

Mallory and John

Cool!! I figured out how to add pictures :D

I thought I would add this picture first...this is Mallory (16) and her boyfriend John (18). I took this 2 days before he left for San Antonio, TX for Air Force Basic. It was a sad day for the both of them. Mallory misses him so much and looks forward to next month when we go and see him! He was able to call her last night and she's still on cloud nine LOL! He has called her twice now. She keeps joking that she is the "pathetic girls" she makes fun of on tv.

I cannot figure out...

how to post pics on here...any help?

Just stuff going on...

First I should say we are not the "typical" homeschooling family. We seem to think differently than all our friends..which is ok..I mean if we were all the same then life would be boring :D

So...
On June 4th - 9th, I am taking my oldest (Mallory 16) to TX to see her boyfriend graduate from Air Force Basic. I am looking forward to this. I think it will be an awesome trip. We are taking her best friend and 2 of our youth sponsors too. I can't believe I am so excited. I mean I really, really like John..I never thought I feel this way when my dd is only 16. I thought I would be chasing all boys away!
I am hoping that this trip will be 2-fold...
One...if Mallory and John work out then she will be there for him from the "beginning"
Two...Mallory will develop some sort of Military/USA pride. Right now she is only thinking about how the uniforms look. It's really shallow on her part. Her family military history is so rich I want to show her the pride of it all. I think that by going she will get a first hand experience on how things work and hopefully from that she will develop some sort of pride.

We have been taking Joshua to the therapist to be evaluated for adhd. He has now been diagnosed with adhd...she specified "hyper". Now we will be going back to the doctor for medicine. For ever I have been against medication...behavior modification is how I have delt with it...until recently it has worked okay for us. Now we are at a point that he can't control it. I don't really want medication, BUT I want my son to be able to succeed in life...at this time that means medication.

My younger children seem to be out of control too. I am having to spend the summer focusing on specific things...discipline and respect a MUST. Also, reading for some and math facts for all. I pray that God honors our efforts cause it will definitely be a struggle for me :D

One more thing...I REALLY need to get my weight under control. I am around 150 lbs overweight. I hate it. I hate the way I look. I hate the way I feel. I hate the aches and pains that I am now having. So please pray with me that I have strength to loose the weight and become healthy for my family :D

Guess that's it for now. I am sorta sleepy lol and typing is making it worse. I have to make it until Mallory and her best friend come home from the movies with a bunch of other friends :D

WOW!!!

I have not posted to my blog in awhile...why?
well...
I kept login in under the WRONG gmail account!!!
It took me about 10 days to figure it out...
Well, I will post more later tonight :D

Intro :D

There are a bunch of us :D

Nikki (35) & Bob (39) married for (17yrs)

Mallory (16) Justin (12) Joshua (11) Jakob (9)
Miranda ^i^ Jeram (8) Josiah (6) Morgann (5)
Joab & Melodee ^i^ & ^i^ Mariska (3) Josef (2)
and Marayah (6mnths)

We love God and our church...
We have homeschooled from the beginning...
We love to be together and have fun :D