tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28732675020013690372024-10-25T00:53:52.373-04:00Life after homeschooling! Author of Trivium Academy talks about life: being a mom & step-mom, working outside & inside the home and the daily (mis)adventures of her family. Add in a little bit of this and a little bit of that and life is just delicious.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873267502001369037.post-46451260732100886252012-02-12T08:37:00.001-05:002012-02-12T08:37:16.829-05:00

The library I obtained as a homeschooler is massive. Every room has books in it. In an effort to down-size and get better organized, I'm purging our book collection. For a few hours yesterday, Camille, Caitlyn and I made some hard decisions. Which books to keep, which books to donate, which to sell. Some of the books were heartbreaking, a realization of a different path not taken fully. What

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Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.com0Ridgeville, SC, USA33.095723 -80.315373833.069117999999996 -80.35485580000001 33.122328 -80.2758918tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873267502001369037.post-54810932972396864542012-02-05T21:44:00.002-05:002012-02-05T21:44:14.797-05:00

We are a family of six, all four children are living with us now. All 5 in scouts: 3 Girl Scouts (Daisy, Brownie & Cadette),  1 Tiger Cub Scout and me (Adult Volunteer). A very full calendar. Emphasis on very. Volunteering weekly as a family at our local SCPA. Have taken up crocheting again. New job is still fabulous. Winston's hair is really short- Michael shaved him (poor

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873267502001369037.post-41705472199762122422011-09-22T08:13:00.002-04:002011-09-22T08:13:38.784-04:00

My new job is so very different than my previous, the amount of stress alone is a night and day difference. There are plenty of similarities since they are both banks and have similar policies and procedures. I am completely taking a backseat right now and just learning about the company and my co-workers. In simpler words, I'm keeping my mouth shut and my ears open. Lol. Danny & Camille

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My parents are not completely out of it, they are young...my mother is 51 and dad is 57. Ever since online banking and anything 'online' has been popular they have both not been interested in participating. They've been afraid of identity theft and other boogie-men like viruses, etc. I understand their stance although I tried to tell them that I had never experienced any problems. Now, they are

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Danny wanted to know what a vampire bat looked like and I told him to go find books on our shelves with b-a-t in the title. Smarty pants who has done nature study a billion times brings back the Petersen field guide on mammals and flips straight to the bat section. Of course, there is not a vampire bat listed. He then grabbed Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study and turned straight to the bat

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873267502001369037.post-71456427220801863342011-09-14T09:11:00.000-04:002011-09-14T09:11:16.641-04:00

Our kitchen newly tiled!  We're still working on faceplates and we have molding to still put up  at the bar near the sink but all in all, we're 98% done!   I need a good camera...my phone camera is not the best.  Mental note: add camera to Christmas list. What I've learned while tiling our kitchen: Patience & communication is vital when tackling

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I haven't posted much. When I'm stressed I tend to prioritize my time and blogging gets put to the wayside. The last post I did was in May with today's exception of Tile! I started looking for another job in May so my online time has been spent exploring job boards and updating my resume. I didn't want to talk about my job because I while it was happening, I didn't want something I said to come

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Under our yearly goals, tiling our kitchen back splash was one our most daunting tasks to do this year. We're almost done! Neither Michael or I have ever tiled before and after talking to the pros at Home Depot- we decided to tackle it head on. There is a new product for tile adhesive called SimpleMat and it's a peel and stick application making tiling super easy. After accounting for the total

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I'm reading books faster than I can keep track! I only get on here about once a week and I'm reading about 2 books a week. I just finished A Cup of Friendship by Deborah Rodriguez. Now I'm working on Black Out by Lisa Unger. I went to the library online and loaded a few ebooks, I have 21 days to read before they will disappear. I met Carolyn Davidson, an author of historic Harlequin novels. I

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873267502001369037.post-27161491485497667472011-05-10T17:02:00.000-04:002011-05-10T17:02:49.163-04:00

1. 6 mile bike ride with 4 kids (first and last). 2. Mother's Day Cook-Out with tons of family 3. Reading on Nook (love it!) 4. De-Cluttering (on going project) 5. Three (3) Family trips planned for summer 6. A dose of accountability 7. School is almost over...

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We spent Saturday kid-free with my parents, they graciously cooked us breakfast and then took us to their new camper. My dad is big about toys, he works very hard- always has but when it comes to relaxing, he works just as hard at it. My parents have had a pontoon boat for a while now and the place they store it has a dock, storage for boats and RV campsites. I hope I said that right. It's

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I've read Water for Elephants. The book was great, I'm surprised it was written for NaNoWriMo, albeit the research for the book was done beforehand. I want to see the movie, I do know it's different than the book based on the reviews I've seen. If you haven't read it, try it. I found it fascinating and didn't want to put it down. I'm now done with all the books on my previously made list and

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I have no idea what to post, a lot of things but not really anything. I've gotten a lot of anonymous posts lately, attacking my relationship with Michael- saying we won't be happy a few years from now, just give it time- he'll hate you eventually...all deleted because they were posted anonymously. Whenever I post at someone else's blog, it's always positive- a kind word, congratulations,

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It got home. That is all that matters. It does not matter that the bike was not on the bike rack the correct way. What's important is that it got home. Stop laughing honey. Sorry the bike didn't work out, love you.

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Of course, taken precariously while riding my own bicycle. 4 Kids, 2 Adults- no one on the trail was safe. We rode down the left side of the path, thinking it would take us to the town park. No. If we had taken the right side of the path, we'd have come to the park, after about 1 hour and half of riding the trail and realizing we went the wrong way, we turned around. When we reached the place we

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873267502001369037.post-75222468669784168112011-04-03T11:11:00.000-04:002011-04-03T11:11:41.657-04:00

Greenville was nice but home is better.  I met other people with the same job as me, learned a lot and I'm glad to be home. Two weeks away is too long. Getting settled back in...

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Training has been great, I'm learning the tools and methods I need(ed) desperately. I feel a change coming at work, a positive change. Being gone, living in a hotel room all week feels a little like summer camp. I'm home for the weekend and going back today- yesterday we took the kids on a 6 plus mile bike ride. It was great and relaxing to be outside in the sunshine. Men's Legacy Schwinn

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Michael had a life-saving idea for me regarding work. Use a notebook, write everything down and stop driving yourself crazy by trying (and unsuccessfully) keeping everything in your head. This past week although I was Ms. Busy Bee running around accomplishing tasks that I will not be able to do in the next two weeks- was calm. Situations arose, I wrote it down. I write down what I want to do

Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962142768868238733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873267502001369037.post-77416855470475658092011-03-13T18:26:00.000-04:002011-03-13T18:36:04.635-04:00

Our home after winter's ravage. A few Christmas Cheer Azaleas, Indian Feather Pink Cloud (Gaura lindheimeri) that will outgrow the azaleas and fill in very nicely but can be controlled by pruning. I guess the kids' flowers can't really be seen, they all chose an annual to plant. We also planted strawberries. I had to give the Azaleas and Pink Cloud room to grow, I'm sure it'll fill in

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Sunday is probably the fastest day of the week. We have Caitlyn and Hannah with us this weekend and they go back home this afternoon. It seems every hour just flies by unlike Saturdays. Time sprang ahead one hour and the time seems even shorter. It seems like just a few hours before bedtime tonight, a sense of what we should have done with our weekend hours, a momentary flash of regret before we

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Today after another day in court, read about it at Trivium Academy, Michael and I stopped at Cracker Barrel for lunch and I found a print for our home, The Art of Marriage. It is based on Wilfred A. Peterson's poem, albeit truncated. "The Art Of Marriage" by Wilferd A. Peterson (short, popular version) Compliments Of Erik & Beth Kent, Co-Publishers of NJWedding.com  A good

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The kids made stepping stones for the garden, their handprints with names and jewels designed their way. Here's some pictures of them creating them in January.   My favorite gift from Christmas, spending time with the kids, making a memory. We're going to polyurethane them so they can be in our walk up to the front door.

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Morning of 3/7/2011 Her eye is healing well. It's hard to see her this way. Camille said EVERYone asked her at school today what happened, and she told them that she got into a fight with a basketball goal and the basketball goal won. Her eye is less swollen this evening and she's doing so well at cleaning the cut herself. Thank you for your well wishes and prayers.

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Jessica said I had to post. I don't know what she wants me to post about. I was thinking I would just get on here and write a bunch of pause dots... what?... I spent the week painting, cleaning and organizing our garage. Jessica said she wanted to be able to pull her car into it and she hasn't been able to since we moved here last April because the garage was our unseen storage unit. Wait, I

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