Sabbath Moments

Colleen hosts a wonderful blog where you can list three Sabbath moments (cease from 'busy-ness') you've experienced during your week.

1)  I had a wonderful time visiting with my two oldest sons that go to University of Maryland, my family, and friends at our great tailgate before the game today.  It was so beautiful here in Maryland today and was such a joy to be outside with everyone eating, talking, laughing, and relaxing.

2)  It brings me such peace to be able to sit quietly and come up with an idea for my class I'm teaching while my two daughters are doing their homework.  I love to think of fun things for the kids in my class to work on together.

3)  I so enjoy mornings when my six year old son and I say the five mysteries and a decade of the rosary together.  We light candles and are at peace and praise the Lord together.  We pray for our family and our country every day.

Eileen is Grateful

It is time for A Thankful Woman's Book of Blessings at Judy's blog.  Just list five things you are thankful for this past week.  To participate, just click on the link.

1)  I am grateful that I was able to see Steubenville University as a potential choice for my daughter's education.  I am so impressed with this university.  I pray that all our Catholic colleges can follow their example.

2)  Our homeschool co-op classes are going very well and I'm so thankful for the families that participate in this venture.  The children enjoy each other and are learning valuable lessons and good writing skills.

3)  I am grateful that my son found a good used car to transport him to and from University of Maryland and his part time engineering job.  The man he purchased it from had an unbelievable commitment to customer service.  This may be hard to find with a car salesman.

4)  Next week we will have the opportunity to meet all the teachers of both my daughters at parent teacher conferences.  I am so thankful for this orthodox school.

5)  My first grader just received his bobcat badge in tiger cubs.  I am very grateful for the scouts because it helps the relationship between hubby and sons grow strong!  Patrick is so cute in his uniform and reciting the cub scout oath and law.

NOL-A Trustworthy Remedy

A Trustworthy Remedy - Nucleus of Life  Thought I would share an earlier post from my website that holds much truth to it.  Forward to Obama means movement away from our strong Christian American heritage although he does not come right out and say this.  It is a return to past failed philosophies.  Click on the link to read about the virtuous pursuits of Conservative principles that have a proven successful track record with the knowledge of persecution from the beginning of time in mind.

Life Issues Forum: Praying for Life & Liberty

Life Issues Forum: Praying for Life & Liberty  Please click on the link to find great prayers for the month of October.  Our country needs them!

3 in 30

I'm linking up to 3 in 30 today to put some goals in perspective.  For the next week I will be focusing on educating my children, cleaning, and my health.

EDUCATION, CLEANING, AND HEALTH

1)  Today I have to get an EMG for my Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.  I'm not looking forward to this.  I have pain every day and the Neurologist wants to see how extensive my diagnosis is today to determine whether or not I need surgery.

2)  This weekend we will be visiting Steubenville College in Ohio and looking into their nursing program for my daughter who is a junior in high school.  She already looked at Villanova and was very impressed with their program.  As you can see, we are presently looking at Catholic universities but will look at University of Maryland later too.

I also have to teach my religious education class some basic prayers.  Three of the children know how to say the rosary but the others do not know how yet.  I have a lesson on good manners lined up for my journal writing class already for next week.

3)  I have to clean frequently because we are trying to refinance and need to have an appraisal of our house soon.  We have too much clutter and this is hard to do when the weather is beautiful in Maryland today.

My Homeschool Week

It is time for A Homeschool Mother's Journal.

In My Life this Week...It has been a productive two weeks since my last weekly wrap up of homeschooling.  We were able to attend back-to-school night and meet all my daughter's teachers.  My son's religion class began and the first class went very well.  We also held two NOL co-op classes for journal writing that were successful.  Patrick also started Tiger Cubs.

In My Homeschool Week...

Religion - Faith and Life Series, Chapter 4 on "God's Special Gifts" and Chapter 5 on "Adam and Eve" with 8 workbook pages.  We are also continuing  with our daily devotions; Joyful, Sorrowful, Luminous, and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary and 1 decade, and Pledge of Allegiance every day.  Our first religion class was on God's Creation.

Math - Subtraction, Addition, and Telling Time, and Counting Money

NOL Journals/English - Read books "Unexpected Treasures" by Victoria Osteen and Aesop's Fable:  "The Travelers and the Plane Tree" for our journal writing class.  We completed paragraphs and a craft for both books while learning twelve important character traits and two bible verses.  For English we discussed and completed an assignment on the four types of sentences:  declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.

Reading - Story Time Treasures workbook pages after we read Little Bear's Wish together (Chapter 1)

History - The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer:  Finished test on Egyptians live on the Nile River; Read Chapter 3 - The Earliest Writings and Chapter 4 on mummies and pyramids.  Here are pictures of our Nile River we flooded and the Cunieform writing of the Sumerians.

Science - Harcourt Science:  Finished unit on animals.  We made up a song regarding mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.  We read How People Grow and Change; What Bones and Muscles do; How the Heart and Lungs work.  Here is a picture of our model of how muscles and bones work together.  The balloon acts like a muscle when one bends the paper towel tubes.

Music Class

I'm inspired by...MeetUp website for the co-op classes:  http://www.meetup.com/nucleusoflife-com/

My favorite thing this week...Our homeschool co-op.  We have a new student and the boys all seem to get along great.  It is so much fun teaching them.

Things I'm Working on...We've been cleaning because we are getting our house appraised soon.

Questions/Thoughts I have...Have you been spending time in prayer?  Our country needs this.

I'm Reading..."Behind the Lodge Door" by Paul A. Fisher and "Founding Brothers" by Joseph J. Ellis

I'm Cooking....Salmon and rice

I'm grateful for...our Church.

I'm praying for...our country.

A picture to share...My son playing with the world beach ball.  We learn about the world with this.

My Homeschool Week

It is time to record our week in homeschooling at The Homeschool Mother's Journal.

In My Life this Week...It has been a busy week because my husband traveled to California for the wedding of the son of our cousin.  Therefore, I had a bit more carpooling.  I could have gone with him but chose to stay home because it is the start of the school year and my arthritis is acting up.

It is a good thing because I've been able to take it easy on the weekend.  Meals have consisted of salads, pizza, fried chicken, and mac and cheese.  There were no scheduled commitments and we ate when we were hungry and got a little shopping done at a mall (which is rare). My daughter invited her good friend to go shopping with her.

In My Homeschool Week...

Religion - Faith and Life Series, Chapter 3 on "God is Everywhere" and 4 workbook pages, daily devotions with Mysteries of the Rosary and 1 decade, and Pledge of Allegiance every day.

Math - Subtraction, Addition, and Telling Time

NOL Journals/English - Read book "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" by William Steig and verbally recorded sentences for our paragraph.  We marked our Subject Nouns, Verbs, and Enhancers.  We also had our first homeschool co-op.  We read "Jesus, the Good Shepherd" did a craft with sheep, and wrote our first sentence for paragraphs.

Reading - Story Time Treasures workbook pages after we read Little Bear together - Chapter 3:  Little Bear Goes to the Moon

History - The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer:  Chapter 2 - Egypt  Farmers along the Nile, Created our Nile River Project, narration, map work, and coloring page of Osiris and his brother Set

Science - Harcourt Science:  Chapter 2 - Animals Grow and Change:  Animals w/ bones - mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish; and Animals w/o bones - insects; Life Cycles of Birds and Cats; Measured and recorded pictures of large and small bird eggs; Classification of animals that Have Fur, Can Fly, Live in Water, and Have Scales; Observed specific body parts of animals and how they help survival.

Geography - Map Skills:  Using Four Main Directions

Music Class - Missed music class.  Arthritis acting up.

I'm inspired by...MeetUp website:  It is fun to post messages about our co-op.  I'm also inspired by my daughter.  She is keeping in touch with a good friend that left her school and is now going to another school.

My favorite thing this week...Our homeschool co-op.  We have a new student and the boys all seem to get along great.  It is so much fun teaching them and seeing the other moms.  They really enjoyed playing the game I created.

Things I'm Working on...I have to develop a plan for my son's first grade religion.  I will be calling the director of religious education to arrange a time I can pick up the syllabus because I have to go to Back-to-School-Night and meet my daughters' teachers.

Questions/Thoughts I have...Have you ever enjoyed the peace and quiet while your hubby is away.  I'm grateful for all he does but sometimes...it's nice to have a break.  He bought me an inexpensive airline ticket to go to the wedding but is unable to transfer it over to his name.  Therefore, he said to me, "You can fly somewhere and just come right back."  Isn't he sweet!

I'm Reading..."Behind the Lodge Door" by Paul A. Fisher and "Founding Brothers" by Joseph J. Ellis

I'm Cooking....Nothing at all!

I'm grateful for...all the teacher's we are going to meet on Back-to-School Night.

I'm praying for...my friend's sister who was in a horrible bike accident.

A picture to share...University of Maryland Tailgaiting