new things

Boy a lot has happened in a year (sorry I was gone so long)

   Hubby went from being self employed to unemployed to now being temporary employed (oh well it is something).

   I have gone from being a stay at home mom--- who just homeschooled to working 6pm --6am 2 days a week.

      I have a son in 11th grade and a daughter in 6th (who has now started youth group at church and loving it)...

boy how things change...

All these changes wont change any of the plans to teach my kids at home just make it more difficult to get it done.

November

   Hard to believe that today is the first of November, but considering all the apples that I have had to deal with, and all the family issues that have been going on I have to say at least it should be over.

   We finished the book The Viking and now we are reading Men of Iron for history.  I have to admit I was suppose to read the first one with my youngest and this last one with my oldest but I messed that up and so we are now reading all the books together.
    Men of Iron is a little confusing for my daughter, but she is holding up only because the chapters are so short.  When the characters speak they are in old English which gets me tongue tied but at least when the author is describing things it is easier to read.
    My oldest (son) is about to change his math to division for a month and after that I am thinking we will go back to algebra.
    Math u see is working really good so far for my youngest so I will leave her with that program.

lessons on math

It seems that my oldest has tricked me on his math lately.
    I have listened to the "I can't do it" so much that I started to believe him.  After telling him that his dad would take over math lessons all of a sudden he can do it... hum... what to believe on this.

I think that I shall believe that he is bored with math.  Right now he is answering 3 questions a day until I decide if his getting all right is a fluke or he really knows what he is doing (I believe the latter).
After that we are moving up to another math and by Christmas I expect us to be on algebra again.

So moral of the story.... that is for everyone to decide I think I have my idea on it

Oct.

Can you believe that the month of October is almost over?  I can't that is for sure.
The month has been very educational for sure, hubby has replaced the radiator on his jeep, my truck has been in the shop getting brakes, and belts fixed.

Kids are getting school done (slowly but surely).
With all the stuff going on in the news with our government I have decided to start my oldest on a class that will explain the government and the powers that they have.  The Constitution and the Bill of Rights, I think he believes it is too much to do but being homeschooled I don't think he realizes just how small it really is.

new week

I can't wait to start the new week off, see hubby had dental surgery and was home for the last 2 weeks, and it is hard to school with hubby sitting on the couch.  Some dad's want to be the school principal (mine wants to be the class the clown).

Kids are not looking forward to having school yet, but they will be ok with it when we get it done.

Apples are almost done getting picked, of course after our first snow fall you would think that would be end of them, but it is not.  Somehow they survived the snow and cold and so me and the kids have more apples to get.  I think I have recruited some help on this though we shall see. (fingers crossed)