~*What We Are Working On*~

Since I am already feeling off course I wanted to post about what we are working on:

















First we start with reading from the Bible:




















Then she can pick which subject we do next as long as the schedule topics for that day get covered:










History Books:


















History Reading For The Civil War (First Four Weeks):


















Math:


















Science:



















Spelling / Writing:



















Nature Study:




















Presidents & States:




















Geography:





















Health:




















Art:





















Music: No Book Available At This Time

Home Economics: No Book Available At This Time


We also use some websites thrown in there to add to the subjects topics.

Disappointed With Myself....

Barely a week into schooling and I am disappointed with myself already! I thought I was soooo prepaired this year, I spent time working out schedules ect. thinking that would make things go smoother. We already have had days off due to Tropical Storm Fay so there is no reason I should be scrabbling but I am! Our days just are not running smoothly at all.... I have a list of everything we need to do (I let Kelly decide in which order we do things as long as they all get done). Well already we are falling behind and things just aren't getting done : ( I really wonder what I was doing during the storm, It would have been a perfect time to get everything printed out and ready for the school week. I sure am going to really work on it this weekend and see if I can't get us running smoother.

Good Tuesday Morning : )

It's funny how when surfing the internet sometimes things pop up that you didn't think you were looking for but that you need to take a look at... I am in a nasty mood already this morning, I didn't sleep well last night because we got the electric bill yesterday (It is now up to $671.97 for two months - We will be getting the shut off notice any day now for the $308.10 amount). Yesterday we also had gotten the cable/internet/telephone bill which if we can't come up with $149.49 by the end of the week it will be shut off. The bad thing is my husband worked one day due to the storm so his paycheck is going to be barely enough for food - All this was running around in my head and would not let me sleep. I was also up a number of times with the puppies last night, then my husband puts on all the lights when he get's up this morning at 5am. which then woke the puppies up AGAIN, then just when I got everyone settled down and I jumped back into bed and started to doze off the phone rang at 6:59am (It was my husband's former business partner...)So I am tired, very cranky & in a major negative mood about EVERYTHING! I sat down to the computer and started looking around and happened to find this website which has alot of great things on it when you get a free minute take a peek: Garden Of Praise I was drawn to the heading Bible Lesson for Women & Young Adults - The first lesson listed is about Attitude I found it to be very helpful to kick my butt back in gear! I know someone was directing me to that site today for a number of reasons hope you enjoy it as much as I am. I am off to wake Kelly up for School Time : ) Have a Great Day!

Fay is finally gone!!!!!!

We made it through Tropical Storm Fay!
These pictures are not of streams these are our roads - At one point all the roads leading out were flooded! The back side of the storm was terrible for us, the winds were wild and it just kept raining and raining (but nothing like the poor souls who got over 20 inches of rain...). Our horse pen and driveway were underwater it really started to get a bit scary but then the rain started to lighten up and things improved. We had no electricity - We have a cable carrier (Bright House) which we have our telephone, cable & internet with, when the electric goes off we lose everything! It was rough not having a phone during the storm we had no way of knowing how long the repairs were going to take to get electricity back.... It reminded me of what people must have delt with back in the old days when they had no tv ect. and a storm would hit and they would not have had up-dates on tornado/flooding warnings - how scary it must have been for them.
We did take walks out in the rain and we did find some small crayfish swimming in the flooded streets which was so interesting (and kinda scary thinking we were just walking in those areas). We spotted some other strange looking bug type thing which I had never seen before (wish I had the camera), so the day was not without some learning : )
Thanks you for all the well wishes, They are greatly appreciated!

Tropical Storm Fay

We are starting to feel the affects of Torpical Storm Fay....
It is supposta travel right over us here in Flagler County, the winds are really picking up and of course the rain sure is coming down. I took this pictures of the horse pen - It is flooded and the storm hasn't really hit yet. The horses are miserable! The two of them are huddling under one of the litle tarp things we have for them to get out of the sun - It is falling apart and sure isn't helping them much today if the winds get too bad we will have to take it down! We still have electricity but it is flickering on and off so I have my fingers crossed it will stay on. I will try and take more pictures through out the day and post them as it get's worse.
My son called Winn Dixie to see if he should go to work or not and they told him to come in.... I worry he might not be able to make it back home if the roads get flooded.

2nd. Day Of School - Who said it can't be fun!

We are still here! The Tropical Storm Fay is supposta turn right over our area - Yikes! I'll keep you posted...
In the mean time, Yesterday we had our 2nd. day of school. Things are going okay, math is still a major problem for her : ( I did add in our Art class yesterday to keep things upbeat, I had seen over on the "School For Us" blog this painting of rocks activity so we tried it. LOVED IT! Kelly and I had so much fun, It is amazing how well the crayons actually color the rocks : ) I took some pictures of us working on our masterpieces - Kelly blinks in almost ever picture I take of her, this time I told her to just keep your eyes open!
We have no school today.... As you remember I had opend my fat mouth about running the same schedule as the public school, well they are taking the day off today and most likely tomorrow too because of the storm : (
The other problem is my husband has been home yesterday, today & will be home tomorrow too! I can't imagine what next weeks paycheck is going to look like.....Yikes!

1st. Day Back To School.....

Today we are getting back to the books, Woooo Hoooo!
Yesterday Kelly was thinking of ever idea she could come up with on why we should not start today..... On the top of her list is "Tropical Storm Fay". She feels why start back and then have the storm hit tomorrow and we will be off again... Our area (Flagler County) is on the right hand side of this storm so we have to worry more about tornadoes Yikes! This year I told her that we were going to follow the public school schedule, but I am thinking if they close school tomorrow and Wed. we should go ahead and have school especially if the electricity goes off it will be something to do..... Oh well if you could keep your fingers crossed for us here in Florida that Miss Fay treats us nicely I would appreciate it!