tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21161537859480850202024-02-20T12:05:31.625+11:00Rendezvous JunctionBechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-55304333671482737582016-09-20T20:12:00.000+10:002016-09-20T20:12:10.907+10:00VHC #2 how to deal with negative Comments<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had never really thought of comments made about homeschooling as negative. Everyone has an opinion and they have a right to that belief. They don't have a right to try and force that belief onto me. I don't have the right to try and force my belief on them either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the suggested negative comments have included, "is that legal?" "are you qualified to teach?" "what about socialization?". I don't view these as so much negative, as non-educated people making comments. People like to take the path of least resistance, follow the crowd and just accept what they have been told, rather than look into other options. I will always offer an answer in a polite way and the conversation moves on. Sometimes the answer is a quick "yes" or "no", others are longer and more in depth. Sometimes the topic remains the same and sometimes it is changed all together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I volunteered on a phone service for our national home education association, that people could ring for help and advice and most were asking these same questions. So these questions are not always a negative attack on your lifestyle choice. Some have just never given it a thought or even heard of it before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My biggest hurdle for negative comments actually come from within my own head. Especially when I first started out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"What if I am screwing my kids up?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "Are they going to miss out on something that I can't offer?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "Are they going to resent me for this later on in life?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "Would they be better off in the education system with trained professionals?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "Who am I to be educating my children?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Finding other homeschoolers really helped with this. Chatting to others mums on homeschooling forums and reading blogs all help with changing my self talk. And that is what it takes. I had to catch myself out and change the self talk to the positive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I am offering my children a safe environment to discover who they are with out the pressures that are found in schools."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "They are getting other opportunities that they would not get if they were in the school system."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "1 on 1 support is better than being in a classroom of 30 kids" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I am their mum and I love them, no one is going to love them more than me and have their best interest at heart." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So whats my advice? Think positive. Be respectful. Don't take the comments to heart (I know easier said than done). Be prepared to walk away from those that are just in it for a fight or want to push their own agenda's. You get to choose who you hang out with and who you rub shoulders with in person and on social media. I think our attitude is half the battle. "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." Proverbs 15:1.</span></div>
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This response is my part of the Virtual Homeschool Coop Channel
Collaboration. You can find out more at <a href="http://virtualhomeschoolcoop.com/" target="_blank">http://virtualhomeschoolcoop.com/</a> The goal of the Virtual Homeschool Coop is
to build the homeschool community of knowledge with collaborations to
give voice to all experiences in homeschooling.</div>
Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-71993359804594791972016-09-13T12:15:00.001+10:002016-09-13T12:15:08.687+10:00VHC Introduction Time.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have been homeschooling for 8 weeks, this time. I homeschooled all three of my children from Aug 2008 to Feb 2013, when they all went back (in Miss E's case for the first time) to school. Now the eldest is in her first year at Uni, my one and only boy is about to start his final year at the local High School, unless he finds a job, and then there is Miss E.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miss E is 11 and in grade 5. She has now experienced what mainstream school is like and obviously nothing like what she saw on the "Full House" so has come home. To be fair she has been asking for the last 12 months, but we kept putting it off as I didn't want to be yo-yoing between homeschool and school. So I wanted to make sure she was certain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I should look into making a mission statement, at the moment it seems like we are just winging our way through, trying to find what works for us. I do want Miss E to rekindle her love of learning and once that takes place it will be fun to see where it takes us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our approach is very and I mean VERY eclectic. I am using CLE for maths. Have just started LATL for english. Before we were using another spelling program and doing a lapbook from Hands of a child. The history book has been lost, so now we are visiting local areas and reading and notebooking. Miss E at the moment wants to become a lawyer, so we are looking at how the law system begun in Australia and how it works. So as the mood grabs us and interests grow we will find the resources we need I'm sure. Actually I'm quite sure that when looking at the others that join in with the VHC I shall see something and go "Hey that could be fun" "That's a great idea"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We live on a farm, but don't do the farming. We just rent the view. We are in New South Wales on the east coast of Australia about 1 hour from the Victorian Boarder. How I long to be back in Victoria where their registration is so much simpler. But being in NSW is ok, at least I get some sort of planning done for the registration process. As you can see its very wet at the moment. We have had higher than average rains of late. That water is normally all crop. But I'm enjoying the water frontage at the moment. We are coming into summer soon enough and it will be hot and dry again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last time I homeschooled, blogging was a way of recording what we had done, and no doubt it will form a part of that again. It was also a way of looking into others homes to see what worked and what didn't. I'm grateful that a friend told me about the VHC, as now I wont have to do so many google searches. I can just go and look at all the link ups and hopefully make new friends along the way that understand the joys and trials of homeschooling. </span></div>
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This response is my part of the Virtual Homeschool Coop Channel
Collaboration. You can find out more at <a href="http://virtualhomeschoolcoop.com/" target="_blank">http://virtualhomeschoolcoop.com/</a> The goal of the Virtual Homeschool Coop is
to build the homeschool community of knowledge with collaborations to
give voice to all experiences in homeschooling.</div>
Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-78008094256084155502016-09-13T10:11:00.000+10:002016-09-13T10:11:57.148+10:00VHC Assignment 1 - Structure or Relaxed?<div style="text-align: center;">
"This response is my part of the Virtual Homeschool Coop Channel
Collaboration. You can find out more at
www.virtualhomeschoolcoop.com The goal of the Virtual Homeschool Coop is
to build the homeschool community of knowledge with collaborations to
give voice to all experiences in homeschooling."</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> 31st January 2013 seems like a life time ago when I laid claim to the nails sealing the homeschooling coffin. I never did get rid of the idea of homeschooling and it has once again been resurrected in our household though only 1 child is home this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Tuesday 19th July 2016 saw me withdrawing Miss E from the local primary school and begin our new journey together. Now I'm breaking my way back into the world of homeschoolers and why not join in the fun of the Virtual Homeschool Coop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Assignment 1 : How Structured or Relaxed is your homeschool? Rate your amount or lack of structure from “0” being no structure to
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Curriculum = 5 I do have books for maths, english, science and history, but we are just about to change our english curriculum as I wasn't happy with what we were using. I am also thinking of dropping the books for science and history and having a go at doing unit studies or lapbooks for these. We are so eclectic its not funny. But it has to work for your family and we shall jsut keep trying new t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hings until we find our fit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Daily Routine = 0, could I even give it a negative number? - We have not set start time, no set end time. If fact I work casually and as such I can get a call at 8 am and be asked into work. Lucky for us my husband works from home from 8:30 to 1 <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">M</span>onday to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">F</span>riday, so I write a todo list and leave it with Miss E. If she is having problems then she just has to wait until Dad is available to help her, so sometime its schooling in the afternoon. The other day it was schooling after dinner when I had a chance to go through her maths with her. Our routine consists of Maths and English are worked on every day. Everything else happens over the week as the mood takes us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Homeschool Space = ? We have a dinning table, that counts right? We have one large room that has hubby's work desk, my work desk, the sewing desk and the dinning room table and lined with book shelves where we have space. I shouldn't forget the couch or the treadmill. It is somewhat organised. We have a space for Miss E books she is currently working on. Its all good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">W</span>e have only been back in the game for 8 weeks and it takes a while to find your homeschooling legs. last time it took me nearly 6 months to find a happy groove, if not longer. I'm sure it will happen, there is always tomorrow.............</span></div>
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Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-30754900615381774902015-10-08T14:09:00.005+11:002015-10-08T14:09:54.739+11:00And Sew The Fun Begins<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8th October, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week saw the start of the long awaited 1930's Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt Sew Along. Three blocks we were given directions for. 3!!. So while I only have 1 completed, I thought I may as well share what I have done with <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along-link-up-party/" target="_blank">Gnome Angle's</a> Link up party. With a bit of luck I wont be the only one that is taking my time.</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After purchasing the book and reading some of the lovely letters that are in there, I tossed and turned as to how I was going to make my quilt. Should I paper piece? Should I do templates? Should I use the machine or should I hand sew? The answer is wait and see on the day. So far I have decided to hand sew as this allows me to sit in the lounge room with the family. Plus they are starting with the easy blocks so hand sewing is not that bigger drama. So one might assume I am doing templates, but that would be wrong. As its squares and half triangles to begin with I'm just using my good old rotary cutter and rulers, after I sit and work out the measurements that I need on the diagram that comes on the cd with the book. Lucky for me being a 6 1/2 Inch block the diagrams are life size, provided you print actual size and not scaled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finding the time to work out measurements, cut, mark and sew. I know there are long term quilters out there sighing at my long way of doing things, but hey its how I work. Hopefully I will find more time to sit and sew this coming week. But I do have one block to show off and that is #12 Becky. Its back in its plastic sleeve and will go into a leaver arch folder and wait very patiently for me to finish the remaining 98 blocks.</span><br />
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Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-28096898858121977022015-09-07T10:06:00.001+10:002015-09-07T10:06:37.856+10:00All Sewn Up Or Is It?????<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Monday 7th September 2105,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last year saw me take on the new hobby of patchwork. So here is my major project that I ended up showing at the Henty Art, Quilting and Photography Exhibition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This was all my own design and sewing. The quilting I did get done by Pandora Quilting in Wodonga. She does an awesome job in there and I certainly wasn't about to try and make my first quilting attempt at a king size quilt. I dont think my little Elna would have survived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now it has rightful place on my bed, well not at the moment as I had to pull out my big winter doonah. But it will find its way once back once the nights warm up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next question was what to do next. This year I have managed to pick up casual work and between that and other family commitments I have not joined in with the local sewing group, so I have found a Sew Along to join in online. It starts on 28th September, so for once I have not discovered it half way through but will be able to join in from the start. It is a sample quilt, which normally I don't like, but sometimes we need to stretch ourselves and I do need to learn some new skills. So why not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If your interested, click on the button above and check it out. I must admit the main reason I'm doing it is because Angie, who is helping to put it all together, is based in Australia. Granted there is others helping so some of the schedule is US based, but I love the fact that there are things being done on the Australian time zone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ok I have to go and start looking for some fabrics now.</span><br />
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Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-80747009535810592232014-06-25T12:50:00.004+10:002014-06-25T12:50:44.089+10:00Sew what......<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wednesday 25th June, 2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, its been over a year. My poor neglected blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have found a new way to lighten my purse and spend my hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sewing. I've dabbled with sewing for many years but never really got stuck into it. I never saw the point of quilting. Honestly how many quilts does one person need?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I met Sharon. She runs <a href="http://www.sharonssewingservice.com.au/" target="_blank">Sharon's Sewing Service</a>. I needed a zip replaced and I was too lazy to do it myself so I went for a visit. Not only does she sew but she has a <a href="http://www.sharonssewingservice.com.au/" target="_blank">patchwork fabric shop</a>. She invited me along to her one of the sewing days that she has at her place and I was hooked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year to encourage the ladies of the community in their patchworking/quilting/sewing she organized a friendship quilt. We meet once a month, Well twice a month now, and learn a new block. Everyone that wanted to participate put their names in a hat. Along side that hat was another hat which had the names of blocks that Sharon is teaching us through out the year. Names and blocks were drawn. The plan is simple enough. Person named decided on a colour and that was the colour theme for the block drawn and all the blocks sewn for that block are given to that person. So here have been my contributions towards some lovely ladies quilts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Merry Kite</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dutchmans Puzzle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also along the way I have done some other various sewing activities.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before we tackled the palm leaf, we did another class on foundation paper piecing as no one had ever done it before. In case you didn't know its sewing material onto paper basically. The best part is you don't have to worry about bias or the grain of the material. It is a bit tricky at the start until you get the hang of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You have the material on the back and sew along the line. You do one section at a time so there is lots of getting up and down to trim and iron in between each new piece of material. So the picture above show what both sides end up looking like once you have finished. There are plenty of tutorials out there if your interested. </span></div>
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I ended up using mine to make Miss E a tablet cover. There is a panel on the front and back</div>
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I then needed a sewing book to keep all my papers and designs in so I made myself a cover to go over one of those A4 display books.</div>
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The photo below is of my very latest hand piecing project. The Atlantic Jewel. I'm going to be game and see if I can do more and turn it into a quilt, but I have to get this one sewn first. It took me ages to cut out the middle bit to get all the lines to match. Here's what it looks like just laid out.</div>
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There are 8 triangles in that middle piece. Sharon was showing us how to use fabrics with borders or patterns to create new patterns.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My day started with a womens bible study group and believe it or not the subject was facing temptations. Sitting on the table while we had our cuppas were scones with jam and cream, lemon slice, carrot cake (from a packet) and some orange cake. AHHHHHHHHHH. I was good. I had nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really I'm just trying to eat a lot healthier. I'm glad the rules are a bit "loosey goosey" as Lindsay said on her blog, as to what processed is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of years ago I had a bad rash on my hands. The doctors only wanted to give me some creams to help relieve the discomfort. "You'll probable never find the cause, best just to use this" said the doctor handing me a script.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I found a cause, food. After speaking to a friend who is a naturopath, I eliminated a few things from my diet. 2 to be exact. Dairy and wheat. Within 1 week the rash I had had for 3 months, and that was only getting worse and spreading up my arms, was gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bit more testing and talking with my friend and we eliminated some other things as well. Soy, gluten, cashews, almonds, yeast, oats and a few things I can't remember now as they were not really in my diet to begin with. An interesting thing happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I felt bad, really bad, really REALLY BAD. For about a week. The first couple of days were ok, but then it hit. My joints ached, every muscle in my body hurt, I was crabby and cranky and I did not have a problem in letting people know. And I was tired. By the end of the second week, I felt fantastic. I started to discover I had symptoms I never new were symptoms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things like walking up stairs no longer hurt, not that it hurt much before, but I could feel the difference. I had an ease of movement and didn't feel like it was an effort to be walking up the steps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't need my horizontal life pauses. I found that I could stay up later at night. It had become such a routin for me to crawl into bed at 7:30 on a friday night and sleep until 7:30 the next morning. I was actually starting to stay up later than the kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could think! I had heard of people talking about a brain fog before and had laughed it off, but I had it. I didn't relize it at all until it went away and suddenly I knew what brain fog was. My skin cleared up, I started to lose weight. I had alwasy been hungry. It seemed some days that I was a bottomless pit and nothing would fill me up. But after that first 2 weeks, I lost my craving, my hunger. I would look back on what I had eaten all day and think "Man, how did that ever fill me up?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then after 3 months of being really super strick, it was time to try out the no-no foods. To work out which ones, my body could cope with and which ones I was never going to eat again. The theory being that after giving my body and immune system a time of healing I might be able to reintroduce some of the foods.And that my friends is where I fell off the wagon big time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the last 2 years I have learnt that I can survive on eating anything, but not live fully, Sure I dont get major cramps or have to run to the toilet. I have trouble remembering, it hurts just that little bit to move, I have no energy to do anything fun. I now know that what I am feeling now is not normal motherhood, as one doctor tried to tell me years ago when I complained about my tiredness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that brings me to today. Time to reassess what I'm doing to my body. Time to listen to it and find out what it likes and doesn't like.So here's hoping this whole food challenge will kick start me into gear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lindsay from the Happy Herbivore has set up a <a href="http://happyherbivore.com/2013/06/blogger-herbie-challenge-28-whole-days-HH28" target="_blank">challenge</a> </span>for anyone that is interested. I encourage you all to go and have a look. Your body will thank you.</div>
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Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-61144172657691375202013-06-02T14:16:00.000+10:002013-06-02T14:16:40.196+10:00There is life...................................<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday 2nd June, 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well what do you know, there is life after homeschooling. One could be forgiven in thinking that I had infact died when the coffin was sealed on homeschooling. Its been a long time since the last posting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What to do with myself is a question I am still asking. No longer are my days filled with teaching or researching curriculums. Leaving the homeschooling scene was not my first choice and there are days that I get pangs of wanting so badly for my kids to return home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm always quick to tell others that there is a season for everything, just because one door closes doesn't mean others wont open.Its also no reason for just stopping. How do I know if a door is locked or not if I dont try and open some.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well thats it. The lid has been shut and the nails are in. Homeschooling is officially over in our house.</span></div>
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Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-67622023447449896342013-01-08T08:58:00.001+11:002013-01-08T08:59:11.280+11:00Storm Photos<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23rd December, 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yeah I know my dates are not in order, but thats ok. These photos i want to share are from the storm on the 23rd December 2012. Yes nearly thought the Myans had been out by 1 day, but i knew better. Anyway to the photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The photo below was taken while still light and was pretty much a fluke. I had just been snapping away, as you can't take long exposure photos during the day. I tried that and you just end up with a white screen.</span> Any way I circled the lightning strike to make it easier for you to see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So once it got darker and i could set up my tripod and set the camera to a 4 second exposure these are the shots I got.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes it is still night time, you can see the light from the window on the grass near the garden bed. There were some huge flashes during this shot and in the circle you can see a clear strike.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The trees in the back yard make it hard to get good shots, so I discovered the front verandah. I can get a clearer shot, just the lightning has to be in the right spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> January 3rd, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this time I headed around to the front, my biggest problem today was the little midge bugs we have started to attack me, so I had to call it quits before the storm had moved past enough to get some good shots. But I managed to get some. Here a few of the better ones. I'm going to put all of them in a mini film as i think it would come up awesome watching the cloud move past, but that will have to wait for another day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I know there wasn't much lightning, but I thought it was cool the effect of a longer exposure. Any way hope you enjoyed looking at them.</span></div>
Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-30249153883586064312013-01-08T07:51:00.000+11:002013-01-08T07:51:08.882+11:00Angels working overtime<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8th January, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go." Psalm 91:11</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a great promise we have. A couple of nights ago I was reminded of God's love when I was able to take some photos of a passing storm which produced a beautiful rainbow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> God had just taken Noah and his family through the worst storm ever, and promised that there would not be another like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Storms are still bad and scary, maybe they only last a couple of minutes, but it is great to know that when they hit we have angels watching over us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night was a scary 10 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miss E had been put to bed at 9 and so the rest of family sat down to watch "War Horse". The landlords dog kept barking out side, so I gave her some water and she sat happily at the back door. More barking started this time with her running away. Normally the landlords dont leave their dogs at work so we thought it a bit strange that she was there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the 3rd time we decided that we had better call the landlord to check that everything was ok. This was when we discovered that a storm was coming. Having called the landlord he said he would come and collect his dog and take her home. She was probably upset about the storm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They came and collected her with winds raging around us. Dust was filling the air and we waited while the landlord checked their silos as we had heard some crashing and bashing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its very hard to see things at about 10:30pm. We don't have street lights out here. Everything must have been fine as the landlord gave us a toot and drove out the drive way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We continuted on watching the movie for only about 10 minutes, when the wailing of the wind caught our attention. Windows started to shake as the noise of the wind grew louder and louder. Mr J tried to open a door to have a look but the pressure of the wind was too great. We could hear things hitting the windows in the back room, so moved everyone into the front of the house and told them to stay there, as we knew we had a dead tree in the back yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The noise subsided, the winds died down. Mr J went out the house through the garage to check out side. Sure enough the once faithful shade giver had fallen. I never really understood a storm coming to a complete stop before, until last night, as that is what it was like. As quick as it came, it was gone. The stars where out shining like nothing had happened at all.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning before the sun gets too much heat in it, I went to survey and take photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> How truly blessed we are. No damage to the house. The only fatalaty might be the watermelon and rockmelon vines that are now sitting under the tree over near the fence. But I'm not calling that yet, they may have survived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I feel like the last stand should be playing quietly in the background as I write this.My homeschooling days are numbered. That's right. My cherubs are going to be attending the local schools next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It started with Miss E wanting to know if she could go to the school now that we had moved. I took her for a look at the school and her eyes lit up, so many kids to play with. Back home she said maybe she would stay at home. It went back and forth between wanting to go and wanting to stay at home. I finally said enough and sent in the enrollment papers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have nothing against the schooling system and I would rather she try out primary school than wait to get to highschool age and then want to try it out. Who knows maybe she will come back home at some stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I decided that Miss Z needs to go to school to help prepare her a bit more for what she wants to do in 2014. We are trying to get her into a local TAFE, but that is still being worked on. It also has a bit to do with money. After doing some research into it I am not 100% sure that Centrelink are going to accept homeschooling when Miss Z turns 16. Some home educators have said they havn't had a problem, but others say they have been cut off dry. Each Centrelink office seem to be a law unto themselves, so I guess I am taking the wimps way out. However Centrelink and money put aside, I think it would be the best thing to help prepare her for the following year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Master J has also decided that he wants to be a historian. This will require a bit more english study than I feel I can give. I have also stated that if my children wanted to go to university and do more academic type studies they would be better in the school system. So while he is on a bent to do more study we took him in to have a chat at the local highschool. His enrollment papers have also been handed in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we only have 4 weeks left of school work and then its summer holidays. Then it will be time to relax and enjoy the last of our freedom routine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have been homeschooling for 4 years. Catching a bus and having things ready for the day by a set time is something we are going to have to adjust to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway all good books come to an end, so I shall enjoy this last chapter before we commence our new story. </span>Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-66118731031568062052012-10-22T19:36:00.004+11:002012-10-22T19:36:49.801+11:00Just another day homeschooling<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monday 22nd October 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love looking online for blogs where people share what their day looks like. I think one of the most common questions ever asked is, " Am I doing it right?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I had the revelation that there is no right or wrong way, as every blog I have ever read, reads differently. And no two days will ever be the same either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I woke up this morning and actually went for a 41 minute walk before the kids got out of bed. It was a great time to just get my thoughts together and do some mental planning of how my day was to go. Arriving back at the house the kids had surfaced and were busy eating breakfast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started our day with worship, something we try to do every day. We generally try to read a chapter of the bible and then have a discussion about what we have read, make comments or ask questions, then each take turns in saying a prayer. Some days its just the prayer if time is a bit short. Well at the moment we are reading through Daniel, so today was Chapter 5 and the writing on the wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that we progressed into Maths. Miss E did a quiz and scored 86 out of 100 and then did another lesson with the focus on telling time. Miss Z is doing some revision of geometry facts and formulas, while Master J was trying to get out of doing long division and converting fractions to decimals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With all the lessons fully completed and corrected, we decided to move outside and do some work on health and nutrition and physical education.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had found some "test your fitness" activities and thought that we would do them and then formulate an exercise plan and retest in four and eight weeks to see if there was any improvement. Miss Z made up some record sheets for us to record our data. Miss E had her skipping rope and Master J was in the garage getting out the dumb bells........ and thats about how far my planned day got.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Hey mum, theres a Kingfisher in the garage". Everyone runs into the garage to find this tiny bird flapping around on the ground. Its leg is damaged and I am thinking that its wing might have been broken as well, as it couldn't get off the ground. Well what to do?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grabbing an older towel we gentled grabbed the bird from under the bikes and took him inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A quick internet seach and we had a contact number for WIRES ( Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service). A phone call was made and then it was a waiting game for someone to ring us back. Not knowing exactly how long we would have to wait for the local person to contact us we found a shoe box and placed the bird inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While waiting, out came the bird book for the kids to try and work out what type of kingfisher this little fellow was. It was decided that he looked most like a Sacred Kingfisher. They also decided that my he was a she.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The phone rings after about 5-10 mintues and we are asked if we could met the carer half way, so it was into the car for a drive to Gerogery. About a 15-20 minute drive. She had made arrangments to take the bird to the vet. Should the kingfisher survive and be able to be released we shall get a phone call as they will release the bird back here, where she came from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So by now my tummy is rumbling, not to mention the kids, so its a drive home to make some lunch. Miss Z made Macoroni Cheese for everyone. While that was being made I had some time to work on Go For the Code Book C with Miss E. It threw her a bit today as it has moved on to listening and identifying end sounds. Once she got over not trying to find the first sound she did really well and the book is just about finished. Only about 5 pages to go and then we shall be up to Explode the code book 1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After lunch, Master J worked on his science. Miss Z and E did some more exercise outside with the skipping ropes and trampoline. Miss Z then came inside and worked on writing a drama script for the next kids church drama. Miss E then settled in to braiding. We had seen some really lovely friendship bands on the weekend which inspired her to have a go at making her own and not just the ordinary straight one either. She came up with her own design using 2 colours, knotting them and then every so oftern she would join the 2 colours making a chain type thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I then got a very pleasent surprise with my Aunty calling in for a cuppa late this afternoon. A very nice relaxing event. After she had left, it was time to get the 3 loads of washing of the clothes line, folded and put away. Wonderful hubby stepped up and offered to cook dinner, which I will never say no to, so here I sit typing up a blog entry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well dinner was yummy and the day is done. Not exactly how I had planned it in my early morning walk, but things were learnt and sometimes it is in those unexpected things that we learn the most.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Should you want more information about WIRES you can go to <a href="http://www.wires.org.au/" target="_blank">http://www.wires.org.au/</a></span>Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-16435663718848730712012-09-28T11:09:00.000+10:002012-09-28T11:09:22.175+10:00Jigsaw Mania<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some jigsaws complete by Miss E that she wante</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d to show everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All puzzles are 100 pieces and completed by Miss E by herself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well if your life was anything like mine, you would move alot. Along with moving there would be repairing, as most cheap furniture does not like being moved from house to house to house to house. And so it was for one of my bookshelves. No longer did it stand square and rigid, but instead swayed rather alot. Something that did not promise to hold my books very well at all.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now being the cheap person that I am, I didn't want to go buy another bookshelf just to replace one that I already had. Hey I've still got books in boxes due to a lack of bookshelves, so it was a much cheaper option to buy some wood and do some repairing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Figuring that if my kids turn out anything like me, they too will have the gypsy blood in them, so they will need to know how to fix things as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So out in the garage, Hubby watching the use of his tools, told the kids what the aim was and set them to work.</span><br />
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Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-44920942609432817212012-08-27T14:01:00.002+10:002012-08-27T14:01:27.581+10:00Welcome to my home<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27th August, 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you were to visit me to day, this is what you would see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to my new home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coming in through the front door you come into a hallway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Please remember that we still have unpacking to do. We have only been in the house for 4 nights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first room to the right is our room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The wall on your left is all wardrobe space, 3 sliding doors with the 3rd being the mirror. Opposite the mirror is the doorway to the ensuit. The ensuit is nearly as big as our last bathroom. THe best part is the view you get while sitting on the toilet. I just had to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Back in the hall the 2nd door on the right is the girls room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Standing at the door way you can see that it is one room, but in 2 sections. So at least we know who's mess is who's.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the back room as the wardrobes, though Miss E who is in the front half wants to use some of the hall way cupboards for her clothes. Probably that's what we will do. We are also thinking of getting on of those screens to put across the arch way so Miss Z can have a bit more privacy.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Back into the hall we go through the door to the left into the dinning room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just standing at the arch way now you can see a door to your right, well that leads into my .......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes the model trains have finally made their way inside the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going back out into the dinning room, opposite the doorway that came in from the front door hall way, is another hallway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Around the corner at the end of the hall is the huge laundry. The door that was at the end of the laundry and to my very right as I take this picture is the toilet and the door over near the washing machine, takes you out into the big double garage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you might have guessed, I am in love with the view's and why would you be, when you can wake up to this.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting. Hopefully one day you will stop by for a visit and enjoy my views in person.</span></div>
Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-74823816667559785772012-08-26T19:08:00.000+10:002012-08-26T19:08:36.750+10:00Changes<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26th August, 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I
have come to the relisation that if I were to wait until I have the
photo's that I want to share with you all, then I would never get
anything written in this blog, so for today its just my ramblings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well we have had a few changes. Our family has relocated 92km away in a new home and part of Australia. Our previous landlord's decided that they wanted to retire off the farm and move back into town and that ment they wanted to live in their house. Unfortunately that required us to move. With nothing in our price range and suitable we extended our search. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess that is one of the joys of homeschooling. We don't have to worry so much about changing schools and all the expenses and stress that goes with that. Having Hubby work from home also gives us a certain amount of freedom as well, with not having to worry about travel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So God has supplied us a new home. We have been blessed with a larger, cheaper house, surrounded by farm land. It will require some changes as we are now on tank water and we don't have a road side rubbish collection either.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are also going back to no tv reception, so the good old dvd collection will be getting a work out again as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With no street lights or other houses around, I can't wait for an electrical storm to have a go at getting some more lightning photo's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, hope life is going well for you where you are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bec.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-14042082591779376802012-07-17T08:56:00.002+10:002012-07-17T09:03:35.596+10:00All Aboard<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">12th July, 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We have had a really busy week, but have you ever noticed, that its at these times that the kids can really step up and show you what they can do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My parents have rented a house not to far from me after spending the last 3-4 years in a caravan and traveling around. This however, is some 440km from where they have had all their furniture and belonging's in storage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So on Wednesday Nan & Pa picked up Master J and myself and we set off on a whirlwind trip to collect their stuff. This left Hubby and the 2 girls at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We collected a truck, Wednesday at 12:00 and traveled all afternoon to arrive at our destination at about 5:30pm. Thursday at 7am, we were on the road around to the storage shed to load up the trailer and the truck. God held back the rain until we just had the trailer packed. We got a bit wet putting on the ropes, but at least we could reverse the truck right up to the shed doors and lower the ramp onto the concrete floor. There was only a little bit of open area that got wet, but overall we and the furniture stayed dry. (until when we were unpacking on Friday morning we discovered that the front of the truck leaked like a screen door on a submarine). We got everything packed and was on the road by 12:30pm arriving home at 6:15pm very tired peoples. Friday 7:30am on the road again to the parents house to unpack, so they could return the truck by lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ok so the stepping up part happened for Miss Z. You see Thursday 12th was my hubby's birthday. Normally we have a meal out or take away and birthday cake. This was not going to happen with what I just informed you about. So Miss Z, armed with a birthday cake recipe book, baked a cake on Wednesday and then proceeded to decorate on Thursday so it would ready for us all to have a cake for when we got home. She also then made the evening meal for us and had it ready for when we got home. What a wonderful thing after traveling and packing to be able to walk inside have a shower and sit and eat with family. I do say shower first as three years of storage and the occasional dead mouse and the not so occasional amount of mouse poo, will want to make you shower as soon as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So I know you have all been hanging out to see her creation so here it is......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And yes it was very yummy. So I can now tick off that my daughter can make a birthday cake, and she can cook ( That's her yummy pasta dish in the background) for herself and others without me being in the house. Well done Miss Z.</span><br />
<br />Bechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008485854615231806noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2116153785948085020.post-18331093073622987262012-07-15T18:58:00.001+10:002012-07-15T18:58:08.951+10:00Just for Fun<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">15th July, 2012</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well I was tagged, and after finding out what that actually ment, decided that I would sort of play along. I figure that Deborah from <a href="http://adepts.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/bit-of-fun.html" target="_blank">"Paper Maid"</a> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">could change the rules to suit, so could I.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Post these rules.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Post a photo of yourself and 11 random facts about you.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Answer the questions given to you in the tagger’s post.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Create 11 new questions and tag new people to answer them.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Go to their blog/twitter and let them know they have been tagged. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> 11 random things about me...........</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. I've lived in 22 houses that I can remember, soon to be 23. 24 if you count the time that I moved back home, just before I got married, for 4 weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2. I love MacGyver.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3. I wish I could solve all my problems with a swiss army knife and a roll of duct tape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. I hate housework with a passion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. I think the 80's had the best music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6. I was married a week after my 18th birthday and not on my 18th as I wanted my husband to remember 2 dates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. I'm wearing black and purple socks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8. I'm struggling to think of 11 random things to share with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">9. My bank account details are.......well obviously I'm not stupid. I know that will be a shocker to some.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10. I love not having the morning rush that comes with having children in the schooling system. Homeschooling is great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">11. I'm a St. John volunteer and think that if you have the chance you should become one as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Questions to Answer>>>>>>>></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. What are you reading at the moment?</span><br />
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"<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Eat to Live" by Dr. Joel Fuhrman</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2. What blogging advice would you give a new blogger?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I still consider myself a new blogger. For sure I might have started this blog in 2010, but I have no idea how the blogging world works, so my advice, google your questions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3. What is your idea of a perfect day?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm not sure that there is such a thing as a perfect day. But if there was it would be a day where I didn't have to do any housework yet it still gets done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. Do you use a curriculum and if so which one?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am very very eclectic in my curriculum so here are some that I am using at the moment. Christian Light Education - Maths, Common Sense Press (LLATL) - English, Hands of a Child Lapbooks - science, history. Plus what ever else I can get my hands on and fit in with what we want to study at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. How do you do it all and find time to blog?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well I don't. That's why I don't blog that much and when I do there is normally 3 or so posts in the one day. Its something I want to improve on and maybe one day it will. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6. What are your top three traits in a friend?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Honesty, Loyalty and Humour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. Do you use Pinterest?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Nope, not even sure exactly what it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8. What are the top five homechool/school blogs you visit?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://adepts.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Paper Maid</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ingidefyinggravity.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"> Defying Gravity</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.hiphomeschoolmoms.com/" target="_blank">Hip Homeschool Moms</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well I only have 3 that I check on a regular basis, but Hip homeschool moms is a lot of different blogs normally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">9. Do you join in link up parties? If so which ones?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Never even heard of them, maybe its something I should look into.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10. Do you use Notepook pages? If so where do you access yours from?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not really, but when I do I normally google for something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">11. Do you do Nature Journaling? If so have you blogged about your methods?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Nope and nope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now if your reading this consider yourself tagged. Below are my 11 questions that you can copy and paste. If you choose to play along please leave a comment with your name and blog link.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1. Do you homeschool? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2. what is your favourite subject?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3. What is your child's favourite subject?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4. Do you follow the school terms?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5. what do you do to relax?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6. whats your favourite food?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. what is the best movie you have ever watched?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8. Is there a book you started reading and never finished?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">9. What is one time saving tip you would like to share?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10. What is one money saving tip you would like to share?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">11. If money was no object where would you like to go for a vacation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miss E is a crafty girl. Normally she is painting and drawing, but today she pulled out the old socks and decided that is was time to do some sewing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a pillow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a mattress. I know the stitching needs some work but not bad as a first attempt for a 7 year old, doing it all by herself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A night cap. I loved the tassel that she included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A teddy. Yes the arms and legs are strips of material stitched on and she drew on the face. Stuffy for all things is the ever very handy tissues.That reminds me, I must add that to my shopping list, box of tissues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And who is this all for you ask? Why Cream her stuffed dog of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know 26th April, is a long way from 22nd June, but hey better late than never. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So on the 26th April we had a lesson in basket making, well weaving actually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We used paper cups and baling twine. Not sure if I have called it the thing there, but its the string that farmers use to tie up their bales of hay. After you know the steps, you can really use what ever you find. I'll post some photo's further down that the lady leading the class has tried. Paper, wire, plastic milk bottles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So first things first. The show and tell of how to do it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a large milk container that she cut up so we could all see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You continue to alternate between the two pieces moving you way around the container, until you have about 10cm of string left. To add in a new length, put it over the spike that you are up to and then weave both the new and old string at the same time. When you have about 5 cm left on the old string let it stick out and just continue on with the new string. Once you have finished you go back and with a needle thread the sticking out bits under the weave and trim. Sorry don't have photo's for that bit. So always leave the sticking out bits on the outside of the container or it can make it very tricky to tread it through the weaves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we used paper cups. Cut the paper cup into strips, but don't go all the way to the base.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our cups had been pre cut, so the first step for us was the flattening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then the tricky part of the weaving. You can see that our string is very stringy. The twine is a bit like your cross stick cotton that you only use 2 or 3 strands out of the 6. We untwisted it and used thinner strands.</span></div>
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