Happy New Year friends!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
poor neglected blog - a two part post
Part one: So sorry blog readers for such an absence. It has been a very busy month. And I'm glad to say that I have finished all my handmade birthday and christmas presents. I don't know if I will go handmade next year. Atleast not to this extent. I didn't make anything for my two kids or my husband. Part of me is ok with that because they get my handmade stuff throughout the year. The other part of me thinks it is wrong. I have a quilt planned for each child, and I think I should have been making those quilts.
We've also been busy visiting this month. Visiting family and Disney theme parks.
We have finished school for the rest of the year. We will pick up again the first full week in January.
Part two: Four Way Swap. Four Way Swap was a doll quilt swap between laurajay, lucyellen06, calamity kim and myself. We each contributed rules to this swap. The rules for this round were:
1. include birds
2. include neutrals
3. include recipient's color of choice
4. include liberated piecing
from Kim
from LauraJay
from Lucinda
more pictures of the details of quilts and the goodies included on flickr.
It was a great swap. It challenged us all. We plan to talk about our plans for four way swap for next year soon. But we know that we want to continue it. Thanks for following along with our swap!
I have been asked "how do I join a swap like this?". The only answer I have is "make your own". Find two or three other quilters who you think would make a good group. Set up a few ideas, guidelines and deadlines. And have fun! I think there is at least one group that was inspired by our group. I would love to know if you start one.
And finally, Merry Christmas to you all! Thank you for reading my blog, and following me on flickr and (now) twitter. I am amazed by this network of friends that I have through the internet and throughout the world. And another thank you for the nice comments you leave for me. I enjoy every one. I hope you all have a joyful, peaceful and safe holiday filled with love and surrounded by loved ones. (I'm writing all this now because there is a good chance of me not writing another blog post before Christmas - hee)
We've also been busy visiting this month. Visiting family and Disney theme parks.
We have finished school for the rest of the year. We will pick up again the first full week in January.
Part two: Four Way Swap. Four Way Swap was a doll quilt swap between laurajay, lucyellen06, calamity kim and myself. We each contributed rules to this swap. The rules for this round were:
1. include birds
2. include neutrals
3. include recipient's color of choice
4. include liberated piecing
from Kim
from LauraJay
from Lucinda
more pictures of the details of quilts and the goodies included on flickr.
It was a great swap. It challenged us all. We plan to talk about our plans for four way swap for next year soon. But we know that we want to continue it. Thanks for following along with our swap!
I have been asked "how do I join a swap like this?". The only answer I have is "make your own". Find two or three other quilters who you think would make a good group. Set up a few ideas, guidelines and deadlines. And have fun! I think there is at least one group that was inspired by our group. I would love to know if you start one.
And finally, Merry Christmas to you all! Thank you for reading my blog, and following me on flickr and (now) twitter. I am amazed by this network of friends that I have through the internet and throughout the world. And another thank you for the nice comments you leave for me. I enjoy every one. I hope you all have a joyful, peaceful and safe holiday filled with love and surrounded by loved ones. (I'm writing all this now because there is a good chance of me not writing another blog post before Christmas - hee)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Today : Tuesday
Today I thought I would share a typical day for us. I don’t follow a strict schedule for schooling. I have what I want to get done every week, and I try my best. But things happen. Last week was to be our last week of school before the holidays, but Zach was sick several days. Then we went to Magic Kingdom at Disney World on Friday. So we have a bit of school left to finish up this week. We also have a Christmas party on Friday with our homeschool group, and on Thursday I thought I would take the kids to Hollywood Studios. We were told that the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are a good time to go to Disney World since it isn’t as crowded.
I am always interested to see how homeschoolers spend their days.
8:00 I got up. Since it has been cold, we let the dogs sleep in bed with us to help keep them and us warm. But I was tired of being sandwiched between Gonzo and Penny. I’m checking out flickr before I get the kids up.
8:15 Woke kids up, set table for breakfast. Zach eats cereal every day. Marguerite doesn’t (english muffin today).
8:45 Everyone up. Everyone eating breakfast. Billy off to work. The kids are being silly and fooling around while eating with me saying “who’s eating?” every couple of minutes trying to keep them on track. I’m eating (cottage cheese with grape jam) and reading blogs.
9:15 I’m done eating. The kids are still farting around at the table. I’ve filled and started the dishwasher. I don’t wash on a “schedule”. I run it when it is full. M finished her “chores” before eating, so she is working on perler beads. Z will do his morning chores when he is done eating.
10:00 Schooling with Marguerite. We worked briefly on phonics, read a few pages of Leif the Lucky, a chapter (page) of Tree in the Trail, a chapter of Child’s History of the World, and part of the last chapter of Understood Betsy (both my children love this book – I do too!). Marguerite also played her piano piece. Zach worked on his independent school work. He read some of his astronomy book, a few pages of his reader, and a chapter of Minn of the Mississippi.
11:00 Marguerite is now in her room playing. Zach and I are reading a little bit of Age of Fable, and reading a chapter of Robinson Crusoe. Zach also practiced his piano pieces.
12:00 Zach is working on math, and I’m getting lunch ready.
12:30 Kids eating lunch (chicken nuggets and orange slices) and watching a little tv (Authur and Martha Speaks), then wrestling on the couch while their show ends. There are days when Z is completely annoyed with his sister, and there are days when he can’t leave her alone. Today is the latter.
1:48 TV show ended, they are hiding under a mass of blankets hoping I won’t dig them out. Or maybe hoping I will.
2:00 Z’s doing math, M is helping gra-gra (my mil) put away the clean dishes. I’m farting around on the internet. Z’s motivated to do math because he wants to go shopping with M and I this afternoon – lego has put out new pirate sets!
4:30 Home from running errands. Kids are playing board games. My kids tend to either play separately, or run/chase/annoy each other. They don’t tend to sit down and play together. I’m trying to foster that in them. I had to intervene and play with them for a game. I want them to enjoy each other – to realize the value of the other.
6:00 Billy’s going out to see a guy movie with a friend. So I picked up some McDonald’s cheeseburgers for the dinner. The kids are eating (cheeseburger, yogurt and raisins) and watching Pollyanna. They watched it for the first time last night. They are making gra–gra watch it with them.
7:00 Pollyanna’s over. Z finished is last math problems. Z is in the shower. M’s making more perler bead creations. Z will iron them tonight or tomorrow. I pay him $0.15 a piece.
I’m going to predict the rest so that I can post this tonight.
7:30 M takes a shower then does perler beads. Z plays on the computer probably looking up Nintendo wii games and looking at the new pirate legos on the lego website.
8:30 M gets ready for bed. If she finishes before nine, she will spend a few minutes with gra-gra. I usually start watching tv sometime in here. If I haven't eaten dinner yet, I will now.
9:00 M goes to bed. Zach spends a little time with gra-gra, gets ready for bed then gets in bed and reads. I usually turn his light off around 10:30.
11:30 ish – I go to bed and read for a bit or look at my doll quilt wall (across from my bed) and have quilty thoughts.
A day in our life. Most school days are a variation of this day. I like the idea of sharing our day with you. What do you think? Hope it wasn't too much information for you!
good night friends!
I am always interested to see how homeschoolers spend their days.
8:00 I got up. Since it has been cold, we let the dogs sleep in bed with us to help keep them and us warm. But I was tired of being sandwiched between Gonzo and Penny. I’m checking out flickr before I get the kids up.
8:15 Woke kids up, set table for breakfast. Zach eats cereal every day. Marguerite doesn’t (english muffin today).
8:45 Everyone up. Everyone eating breakfast. Billy off to work. The kids are being silly and fooling around while eating with me saying “who’s eating?” every couple of minutes trying to keep them on track. I’m eating (cottage cheese with grape jam) and reading blogs.
9:15 I’m done eating. The kids are still farting around at the table. I’ve filled and started the dishwasher. I don’t wash on a “schedule”. I run it when it is full. M finished her “chores” before eating, so she is working on perler beads. Z will do his morning chores when he is done eating.
10:00 Schooling with Marguerite. We worked briefly on phonics, read a few pages of Leif the Lucky, a chapter (page) of Tree in the Trail, a chapter of Child’s History of the World, and part of the last chapter of Understood Betsy (both my children love this book – I do too!). Marguerite also played her piano piece. Zach worked on his independent school work. He read some of his astronomy book, a few pages of his reader, and a chapter of Minn of the Mississippi.
11:00 Marguerite is now in her room playing. Zach and I are reading a little bit of Age of Fable, and reading a chapter of Robinson Crusoe. Zach also practiced his piano pieces.
12:00 Zach is working on math, and I’m getting lunch ready.
12:30 Kids eating lunch (chicken nuggets and orange slices) and watching a little tv (Authur and Martha Speaks), then wrestling on the couch while their show ends. There are days when Z is completely annoyed with his sister, and there are days when he can’t leave her alone. Today is the latter.
1:48 TV show ended, they are hiding under a mass of blankets hoping I won’t dig them out. Or maybe hoping I will.
2:00 Z’s doing math, M is helping gra-gra (my mil) put away the clean dishes. I’m farting around on the internet. Z’s motivated to do math because he wants to go shopping with M and I this afternoon – lego has put out new pirate sets!
4:30 Home from running errands. Kids are playing board games. My kids tend to either play separately, or run/chase/annoy each other. They don’t tend to sit down and play together. I’m trying to foster that in them. I had to intervene and play with them for a game. I want them to enjoy each other – to realize the value of the other.
6:00 Billy’s going out to see a guy movie with a friend. So I picked up some McDonald’s cheeseburgers for the dinner. The kids are eating (cheeseburger, yogurt and raisins) and watching Pollyanna. They watched it for the first time last night. They are making gra–gra watch it with them.
7:00 Pollyanna’s over. Z finished is last math problems. Z is in the shower. M’s making more perler bead creations. Z will iron them tonight or tomorrow. I pay him $0.15 a piece.
I’m going to predict the rest so that I can post this tonight.
7:30 M takes a shower then does perler beads. Z plays on the computer probably looking up Nintendo wii games and looking at the new pirate legos on the lego website.
8:30 M gets ready for bed. If she finishes before nine, she will spend a few minutes with gra-gra. I usually start watching tv sometime in here. If I haven't eaten dinner yet, I will now.
9:00 M goes to bed. Zach spends a little time with gra-gra, gets ready for bed then gets in bed and reads. I usually turn his light off around 10:30.
11:30 ish – I go to bed and read for a bit or look at my doll quilt wall (across from my bed) and have quilty thoughts.
A day in our life. Most school days are a variation of this day. I like the idea of sharing our day with you. What do you think? Hope it wasn't too much information for you!
good night friends!
Friday, December 5, 2008
the worst post ever
sorry, we are leaving soon to go to disney. but first....
1. we are going to a birthday party of a little friend of ours. she is turning 8, and she and marguerite are two peas in a pod. her mother and i are good friends too. so a doll quilt for the birthday girl:
2. i still owe a nice blog post about 4ws (stay tuned)
3. do you use twitter? i just started and it is fun! hoping some of my non twittering friends will join *hint hint* *HINT* it's free *HINT HINT* this means you *HINT!*
1. we are going to a birthday party of a little friend of ours. she is turning 8, and she and marguerite are two peas in a pod. her mother and i are good friends too. so a doll quilt for the birthday girl:
2. i still owe a nice blog post about 4ws (stay tuned)
3. do you use twitter? i just started and it is fun! hoping some of my non twittering friends will join *hint hint* *HINT* it's free *HINT HINT* this means you *HINT!*
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