Window Into a Home schoolers Life

 Life is so busy! Everyday I seem to have something going on and I just get stressed sometimes. When I get stressed I really seem to loose my sight on God. I start becoming a grumpy jerk that no one wants to hang out with. I just keep snapping at people for reasons that aren't needed. I need peace. I think the most effective way to get this extremely needed peace in time with God. If you just take a little time out of our day to pray this can bring you strength and peace. God is willing to take you in his hand and literally willing to let all you stress on him! Last night I was planning some stuff last minute. I needed to change my ballet teaching day to Thursday instead of Friday. Because on Friday I needed to have to friends over to practice a presentation that was due in like 10 with me (we had only practiced 1 time together). I was texting people left and right to see what was going to work for them. The next day I had babysitting for like 10 kids ages ranging from 1-9. And las

  You are going to have those times in you life when someone close to you gets hurt emotionally or physically. It could be a friend break up with a boyfriend, someone has a miscarriage, loss of a loved one etc. I've had multiple of these happen to people I know, and sometimes I just don't know what to say, act, or do. But I found some great things that help me to comfort people in a great, loving, and caring way. Listening. Yep, that is hard a lot of times. You want to tell them what they did wrong or someone else did wrong, or just give them some plain old advice. Well advice and correction come in time. First you listen. Listening can be one of the best ways to support your hurting friend. Just to be their, sit with them, listen to them, and comfort them. Identify with them. Sometimes you think that, wow, Kathy is like crying about that stupid boyfriend she had and he was like a jerk and a bum. Well, that's a bit harsh. You need to imagine yourself in their shoes. They ha

I'm the middle kid and the middle girl. It's hard. In this blog I'm going to be telling you some of the hardest things there are to being a middle kid. 1. You don't get as much attention. You become, well, sorta unnoticed for the things you do. And since it it is easier to get away with things you have to be careful you don't take advantage of that freedom. But also you don't get noticed as much for the good things you do. You do something good and expect to be applaud but instead you get pass unnoticed.  2. One of the biggest things I think is the middle girl get a lot of men's work. Ya, let's just say I know construction quite well! You can ask me to cut you a board any at certain measurements and I'll go to the chopsaw and cut that baby and whip it out in a minute or less. You aren't really expected to be that perfect women doing the lady chores. 3. People often don't notice your emotions, or your relationship with Christ. You

Homeschooling is great in many ways. But there are also some things I'm too fond about. I don't want to make homeschooling sound bad so I'll put the Pros in not just the Cons. I think one of the biggest pros is that you can be kept away from a lot of the trash that will be stuck into your mind at such a young age when you are public schooled or even Christian schooled. I just am almost positive that I would be such a more insecure person if I was in rolled in a school. So many kids in the schooling system are so insecure in who they are and they hate their bodies. One thing I don't like about homeschooling is that I'm home like a lot! Home is supposed to be a place that is a wonderful place to be. But when you are home all the time you want to get away more often. Another thing that hinders getting away from home is that my parents do adult foster care. So I don't get out a lot. We can't just leave a resident at home to fend for themselves. We mu

   Slowly, slowly, slowly it makes its way down the tree for its weekly potty break. They live most of their lives in trees. Sloths are the slowest mammals in the world, but this doesn’t make them uncool. They are one of the best animals at conserving energy. For an example on how slow sloths are, it takes them a whole month to travel only one single mile. The reason they have to sleep so much is because their big stomachs take 30 days to digest one leaf. They have 46 ribs to hold their stomachs because they are so large. That is more ribs than any mammal in the world. Their diet of leaves and bark doesn’t produce much nutrition.  So they must conserve their energy by sleeping and going very slow. They spend 15 hours a day sleeping and eat at night. There are two kinds of sloths, the 2 toed sloth and the 3 toed sloth. They live in Central and South America. The two toed sloth has the lowest body temperature of any mammal on this earth. It can go to as low as 30 degrees Celsius. Our bod

I was baptized at age 7 and I really believed that I wanted God in my life. But I don't think that I actually knew what giving my all was. I sadly drifted from God when I was older. From age 10-around 12 I found myself caught in a horrible sin. I was looking at pornography and I knew it was wrong, and I didn't care. My heart felt so heavy and dark. Like literally dark. I hated how I felt. But if I told anyone I knew I was going to be so in trouble. The first time I looked at it my parents found out. My mom talked to me and I really was sad and wanted to change. I repented and went back on with life. My mom was so gentle with what I had done. And I was really surprised. But I'm not sure how much longer it was but I started looking at it again. This time I told my parents, and I repented. After that time in my life I started noticing what a sinful life I was living. I told my parents, siblings, friends, the bad big and little things I had done wrong. I was truly c