Gatherings

I am having one of those weeks where I keep cleaning every day, having the children do their chores, yet again each day looking around and thinking, “Hey who trashed my house?!” Well tomorrow we are having company so this should give us more incentive to tidy and keep things tidy!!I am also trying [...]

I am reading “The Journeyman” by Elizabeth Yates to my younger children (Though Tyler has now joined us! He could overhear me reading and got hooked!). This is a wonderful book that I highly recommend. It is a coming of age story about a young boy named Jared. Jared has not known much love in [...]

Today is one of those wonderful days when I get to stay home alllll day! I love that. We got quite a bit of school work done, as well as some tidying and dusting. Here is how our day went:7:30-8 a.m. Getting ready for the day.8 a.m.-11 a.m. School time.11 a.m.-1:00 p.m. [...]

January is a busy month for me. Not only am I plotting out the rest of our school year and working very hard to have us done by the end of May, but I am also planning our curriculum purchase for the next school year. So there is little time for much else including taking [...]

“Gather my thoughts, good Lord, they fitful roam,Like children bent on foolish wandering,Or vanity of fruitless wayfaring;O call them home.
See them, they drift like the wind-scattered foam;Like wild sea-birds, they hither, thither, fly,And some sink low, and others soar too high.O call them home.
My silence speaketh to Thee, but I roamWith my poor silly thoughts, [...]