Busy As Bees

When I was younger I could not wait until I was grown up and could do my own thing. I had all these big dreams and high ideals. I was going to travel all over the world, discover new things and learn all that I could. I am all grown up (well at least I think I am) and I do my own thing. I still have big dreams, and I am working on some of them now. I still have high ideals of what I would like to see happen, but I am also learning to accept that sometimes life just doesn't happen the way I had planned. I am learning that sometimes I have to just roll with the punches so to speak. I take one step at a time, one day at a time, and sometimes just one minute at a time.

Slowly, slowly we are making progress on our house. I will be so glad to just have it to the point to move in. It has been difficult to live in one house and have most of our stuff in the other house. If we could just stop finding leaks that would be great! It has been a long adventure that I will be glad to see finished! I need some peace and a place to call my own.

Schooling has been different, again, this year for us. We alternate working on a different subject each week. Sometimes we are all about math, all day, every day for a week. I am still learning how to organize my time so that I can offer individualized teaching to my two children who are on different levels for math and phonics instruction. It has been a learning curve for me to see just how different my children are when it comes to learning styles and preferences. What worked in the classroom of 15 students does not work at home with my two who are currently the only ones old enough to "do school". I have just started reading one of Diana Waring's book on homeschooling. I am excited to see what gems of wisdom I can learn from her.

And then spring has brought more than green grass, flowers blooming and birds singing. It has brought allergies and yucky colds. My little ones have been sick for at least a week and a half. I have been up most nights, and then had to turn around and be up early the next with either a sick kid or a teething baby. I am busy, but I am right where I need to be. I use to think that if I wasn't doing great and big things then I wasn't living my life to the fullest. I am living my life to the fullest! I am taking care of my family, homeschooling, working part-time, working on my house, cooking, cleaning, and the list keeps going on. Is this what I dreamed life would be like when I grew up? No. But it is what it is. I can't and don't want to waste my time on the what-ifs, could-have-been or any other distraction from what is before me. I want to run the race set before me! I am living my life everyday so that God gets the glory and recognition because without Him this life is not worth living.

So how have things been your way? I hope wonderful. I hope you find the good and the beautiful that this life has to offer and hold on to it. Hold on to Jesus. He is my hope and my anchor.

Hebrews 6:19a "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure."



Spring Time And Other Happenings

Well we have been so busy lately. Spring has arrived. The flowers and trees have bloomed in all their glory. The sun is shinning a lot more. (Praise the Lord!) And living in the South means more rain. There are some days were it doesn't bother me, but if you have children you know that a week with rain can make things tense with all the bound-up energy. (Can I get an Amen?)

This is an up-date of where I have been which is why I have not been here. (sad face) We are slowly, very slowly, still working on our little place called "Home Sweet Home". The saying that home projects take longer than expected and cost more than expected really does not do justice until you have lived it. My hubby and I have since learned that we would NOT make good carpenters or construction workers or plumbers (at least not me). Now painting interior, I can do that and actually don't mind. It is just the other stuff. The stuff that is needed to actually live in a house. I just have to keep trusting God that we will be able to get it done soon. It has been tough to say the least, especially with little children and two of whom I am homeschooling.

 I am trying to view this as a lesson that I can teach them such as patience, determination and perseverance. I hope and pray that one day my children will have good work ethics and remember to whom they are actually working for. Life is a lot like working on my house. Everyday I am working on my relationship with God and my family. I don't do everything right, but I know how to find out if I am and make it right. My Bible is my "blueprint" for how I should be living everyday so that I can bring Him glory and so that I can point my children to the Savior. It is my hope and prayer that I live a life that engages my children to want to be a Christian. I remember one of the first times that I heard a seasoned, well-know homeschool mom say that homeschooling won't save your children. I sat in shock with my mouth open until I let the words sink in. The Holy Spirit draws man unto Himself, not the task of educating my children at home. Yeah! It was a kick in the gut, but it was a good thing. I don't view the very task of teaching the ABC's higher than building a relationship with my children. Even as a homeschool mama I had to have my priorities in order and let Him lead our homeschool. If He is not in the middle of what I am doing then I am laboring in vain. I don't want to do that. I want my life to count for something. I want to be used of God even in the little everyday things, especially when it comes to my children.

This is just an example of when I ask God to do that very thing, and He directs to path of my post. I believe in a living God that wants a personal relationship with me and you. We just have to be willing to yield to His voice, plan and purpose of our lives.

And in closing I want to says, "Thanks!" to my loyal readers. Please forgive me for being absent. I will try to do better about posting more regularly. I have so much that I want to share and so little time. I will be squeezing in every available minute to be writing more.