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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Whiskey’s whinings….
From my original blog on May 6, 2009
Whiskey’s whinings….: "I’m reading “Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus” for a Foundations class I’m taking at Kingsland. It’s all about the Jewish customs and history that would have been a part of Jesus’ life. By becoming more familiar with his everyday life, we should begin to understand many things written in the Bible that we may not have caught before. One of the old customs was to go about your day blessing God in all the ways that he touched your life, good and bad. For instance, when you got up in the morning you might say “Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for returning my soul to me another day.” Or as you got dressed “Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for clothing the naked.” This would tend to give perspective to your day, don’t you think? The Jews give blessings like these all day long. For us Westerners, we feel uncomfortable with “blessing God” because it feels a little blasphemas. How can we bless God with anything? Think praise instead of bless. We most certainly can and should praise God for everything good and bad. This might just go a long way towards understanding that we did not do it on our own. We would have nothing without God. So, Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for provided everything we need, down to the minute details and caring enough to look past our sins to provide for us at all."
Whiskey’s whinings….: "I’m reading “Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus” for a Foundations class I’m taking at Kingsland. It’s all about the Jewish customs and history that would have been a part of Jesus’ life. By becoming more familiar with his everyday life, we should begin to understand many things written in the Bible that we may not have caught before. One of the old customs was to go about your day blessing God in all the ways that he touched your life, good and bad. For instance, when you got up in the morning you might say “Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for returning my soul to me another day.” Or as you got dressed “Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for clothing the naked.” This would tend to give perspective to your day, don’t you think? The Jews give blessings like these all day long. For us Westerners, we feel uncomfortable with “blessing God” because it feels a little blasphemas. How can we bless God with anything? Think praise instead of bless. We most certainly can and should praise God for everything good and bad. This might just go a long way towards understanding that we did not do it on our own. We would have nothing without God. So, Bless the Lord our God, King of the Universe for provided everything we need, down to the minute details and caring enough to look past our sins to provide for us at all."
Whiskey’s whinings….
From my original blog on May 5, 2009
Whiskey’s whinings….: "I want to play with SO-O-OMEBODY! It breaks my heart when I hear Reese say this. Sometimes I think it would have been worth it to have another child just so he had somebody to play with. But that is not a reason to have a child. I play with him as much as possible but hours of imaginary play is just not my idea of fun anymore. It makes me feel incredibly guilty. When we start homeschooling we should be more entertained. I just hope that he likes to learn and that we spend more time doing instead of arguing. I’m actually having fun researching unit studies and looking at all the things that we will get to learn together. I just don’t look forward to the mundane things such as sentence structure and geometry. I didn’t enjoy those things the first time!"
Whiskey’s whinings….: "I want to play with SO-O-OMEBODY! It breaks my heart when I hear Reese say this. Sometimes I think it would have been worth it to have another child just so he had somebody to play with. But that is not a reason to have a child. I play with him as much as possible but hours of imaginary play is just not my idea of fun anymore. It makes me feel incredibly guilty. When we start homeschooling we should be more entertained. I just hope that he likes to learn and that we spend more time doing instead of arguing. I’m actually having fun researching unit studies and looking at all the things that we will get to learn together. I just don’t look forward to the mundane things such as sentence structure and geometry. I didn’t enjoy those things the first time!"
Whiskey’s whinings….
From my previous blog on May 4, 2009
Whiskey’s whinings….: "Where do I start? I’ve decided to try out this blog thing. I don’t know. I’m a big fan of journals and writing but it is so much easier and faster to type. I might be better at getting my thoughts down on this format. We’ll see.
Life has been extremely busy for the Gibson family lately. We’ve undergone a major project on the house. We knocked down a wall between what was the scrapbook room and the study and made it into one big playroom/man cave. This meant that the scrapbook room went downstairs into the soap room, the study moved downstairs into what was the playroom, the playroom moved upstairs and Reese’s tv and such moved upstairs as well. It has been a lot of moving furniture around and STUFF! I’ve been throwing things away left and right and putting things into piles for donation. I think I’m moving into a minimalist phase of my life. I’m so sick of stuff being everywhere! Really, we don’t need all this stuff!
Eventually, I would like to have a dining room again but that is just not possible with the current finances. I also would like to have an ikea love seat for the man cave but again, that is not going to happen anytime soon. We still have a lot of work to do but at least it is starting to look like things were put there on purpose and not just put wherever they landed! I’m just really, really tired. I have worked so hard on moving things around and painting and demolition and everything that goes with that. I wish I had a magic wand. Since I don’t, I’ll keep plugging away…."
Whiskey’s whinings….: "Where do I start? I’ve decided to try out this blog thing. I don’t know. I’m a big fan of journals and writing but it is so much easier and faster to type. I might be better at getting my thoughts down on this format. We’ll see.
Life has been extremely busy for the Gibson family lately. We’ve undergone a major project on the house. We knocked down a wall between what was the scrapbook room and the study and made it into one big playroom/man cave. This meant that the scrapbook room went downstairs into the soap room, the study moved downstairs into what was the playroom, the playroom moved upstairs and Reese’s tv and such moved upstairs as well. It has been a lot of moving furniture around and STUFF! I’ve been throwing things away left and right and putting things into piles for donation. I think I’m moving into a minimalist phase of my life. I’m so sick of stuff being everywhere! Really, we don’t need all this stuff!
Eventually, I would like to have a dining room again but that is just not possible with the current finances. I also would like to have an ikea love seat for the man cave but again, that is not going to happen anytime soon. We still have a lot of work to do but at least it is starting to look like things were put there on purpose and not just put wherever they landed! I’m just really, really tired. I have worked so hard on moving things around and painting and demolition and everything that goes with that. I wish I had a magic wand. Since I don’t, I’ll keep plugging away…."
In search of Caldecotts....
I've decided to start a new curriculum with Reese called Five in a Row. You take a book from the book list and read that book for 5 days in a row but emphasizing a different area (language, history, geography, etc.) every day. Reese has really taken an interest to books lately so I think this will really work with him. I know I can find most of these books at the library but I'm not very good at returning books (as my over due book fines will attest) so I'd much rather buy them. Besides, if they are Caldecott medal earners then they are a good addition to our library anyway. I'm so excited that Reese is finally showing an interest in books. I love books and was pretty much addicted as a child. I was an early reader and would immerse myself totally into a book, much to the frustration of my mother. I would be thrilled if Reese developed a love of books.
I've started trying to track down the books we will need. I made a trip to Katy Budget Books yesterday and was able to find some on the list and a whole lot of others that I wanted. I've been taking books there to trade in for a while now and with my credit from yesterday, I was able to get $250 in books for $50. I probably got about 40 books or so. After I got home and started looking at the list for FIAR again, I realized I had passed up some at the store that were on the list. I'll have to go back again without Reese so I can look easier. The good thing about Katy Budget is that new stuff comes in all the time.
I need to start making an effort to go to garage sales on Fridays. I want to start looking a little closer at the books that I find now that I know better what I'm looking for. It's the cheapest way to get books and I can always go trade them in at Katy Budget for credit. I'm also looking on Ebay and I'm bidding on a couple of lots with FIAR curriculum and books. Definitely cheaper than getting everything new, although there is something really awesome about a new book. I'm surprised to find that some of the Caldecott winners are books that I remember having as a kid. We sold most of my books in garage sales but I managed to hold onto a few. I was surprised to find that I actually have a few of the books on the FIAR list from when I was a kid. I really need to ask Kyle's parents if they still have any of his old books because he remembers some of these too. I've also been ordering some of my favorites as a kid that I don't have anymore. Some like Harry the Dirty Dog and the rest of the series. Dr. Seuss books, which Reese adores. The Legend of the Texas Bluebonnet. And some of Reese's favorites that aren't on the list such as Caps for Sale.
I always wanted a full library when I grew up. You know, the kind with a ladder on a track that goes around the room and a little catwalk at the top. I still think it would be so cool to have a room full of books. Lately, I've been limiting myself to what can fit on my shelves but I find that I start to look for a book and then realize that I've sold it or traded it in thinking that I was done with it. How cool would it be to be able to keep all the books we've read in our lifetime! What a legacy!
I've started trying to track down the books we will need. I made a trip to Katy Budget Books yesterday and was able to find some on the list and a whole lot of others that I wanted. I've been taking books there to trade in for a while now and with my credit from yesterday, I was able to get $250 in books for $50. I probably got about 40 books or so. After I got home and started looking at the list for FIAR again, I realized I had passed up some at the store that were on the list. I'll have to go back again without Reese so I can look easier. The good thing about Katy Budget is that new stuff comes in all the time.
I need to start making an effort to go to garage sales on Fridays. I want to start looking a little closer at the books that I find now that I know better what I'm looking for. It's the cheapest way to get books and I can always go trade them in at Katy Budget for credit. I'm also looking on Ebay and I'm bidding on a couple of lots with FIAR curriculum and books. Definitely cheaper than getting everything new, although there is something really awesome about a new book. I'm surprised to find that some of the Caldecott winners are books that I remember having as a kid. We sold most of my books in garage sales but I managed to hold onto a few. I was surprised to find that I actually have a few of the books on the FIAR list from when I was a kid. I really need to ask Kyle's parents if they still have any of his old books because he remembers some of these too. I've also been ordering some of my favorites as a kid that I don't have anymore. Some like Harry the Dirty Dog and the rest of the series. Dr. Seuss books, which Reese adores. The Legend of the Texas Bluebonnet. And some of Reese's favorites that aren't on the list such as Caps for Sale.
I always wanted a full library when I grew up. You know, the kind with a ladder on a track that goes around the room and a little catwalk at the top. I still think it would be so cool to have a room full of books. Lately, I've been limiting myself to what can fit on my shelves but I find that I start to look for a book and then realize that I've sold it or traded it in thinking that I was done with it. How cool would it be to be able to keep all the books we've read in our lifetime! What a legacy!
Growing up...
I'm constantly amazed at how fast Reese is growing up. I'm sitting here watching him play Mini Ninjas on the Wii and I'm impressed with how well he can play. It seems like just yesterday he was "playing" with a controller that we gave him that wasn't plugged in. He was perfectly happy just to sit there and "play" beside us. He knows how to change disks, turn everything on and off and start whatever game he wants now. His language cracks me up too. He's sooooo dramatic. He's growing up way to fast and it makes me sad.
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